The Tony Battle Is Enjoined; First Blood, Prince

Today's NY Times marks the first shot in what will no doubt be the bloodiest battle of the 2008 Tony Awards: Faith Prince vs Patti LuPone...and this early round goes to Faith Prince. She's remade herself, even dyed her hair, to play a "Risky" role in new musical. Whereas Patti played herself in yet another revival is the inference.

I don't know if she's going to pass out "Vote Your Heart" buttons, but the girl is making her case....

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What exactly was "risky" about Faith Prince's role in A Catered Affair?

Faith wears a wig in CATERED AFFAIR. So the fact that she dyed her hair is irrelevant.

And JoeKv99 hasn't even seen A CATERED AFFAIR or GYPSY. So his starting of this thread and calling Faith's role "risky" and saying Patti is just playing herself is just an exercise for him to pass his time and see how people react.

Kind of an odd article, though. I don't understand why the NY Times would want to interview her while she's at a hair salon when it doesn't have anything to do with the show.

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The NYT article didn't say much about the show, one way or the other. Which bodes ill for the show, I would opine.

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There is a lot about her character, and how she works with Doyle, which I prefer to Raul's interview the Sunday before COMPANY opened, which was about his confused sexuality.

It seems the TIMES is on the right track trying to find something interesting about the actors and not a rehash of the show which you can find anywhere.

I loved Ms. Prince in the show in San Diego, it's a far more interesting performance than others I have seen this year.

"She's remade herself, even dyed her hair, to play a "Risky" role in new musical. Whereas Patti played herself in yet another revival is the inference."

"...is the inference" implies that JoeKv99 is not making a statement about his own feelings, but is stating what he believes the article is implying. Yes, it's odd structure, but if you read it, he's not talking about HIS feelings.

You guys are forgetting that she has a nude scene. That's why it's considered risky.
Apparently it's being compared to Kathy Bates' hot tub scene in About Schmidt.

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This writer had his facts wrong about Prince and Lane winning Tony awards for their portrayals of supporting characters turned into leads, Mr. Lane did not win for "Guys and Dolls."

Wasnt her last NY stage role in "A Man of No Importance", not "Noises Off?" (Interesting that that was with LuPone.)

I didnt see a word about LuPone playing LuPone, inferred or not...maybe I missed it because I completely disagree. I also was unable to read a thing into the color change to her hair...perhaps at 50, orange hair is silly and unattractive? Did she have flaming hair on "Mad About You" or "High Society?" I remember her being pretty dowdy in both of those roles, and brunette...not brassy or "cookie"ish. I find this article annoying...not sure what it's saying.

Still, I adore Ms. Prince and hope she has great success with ACA, I dont doubt she's wonderful in it.

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Sweetheart = Sutton Foster maybe.

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Yeah, I thought of Kristin Chenowith as "the ditz". But who is the sweetheart?

And Donna Murphy isn't one of them? Who is another lady besides Adura, Bernadette, and Patti that can/have headline shows?

Kristin is certainly the ditz. No idea about the sweetheart.

I second theaterkid's thought. If this article came out during Tony voting, then it would be a different story. Brantley's review will have much more effect, as will the financial success of the show.

I still think Sutton Foster is the sweetheart.

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