#1
Posted: 11/22/04 at 4:11am
This thread isn't about your favorite shows, songs, or actors, but I'm looking for a specific actor/actress in a specific role and show that you found incredibly amazing, moving, inspiring, and even life changing. Not just their name and role, but a short justification for it. I'm talking really, seriously, brilliant. I know there will be about a dozen Idina Menzel in Wicked's, but really really think about it. Post as many as you want, I'll start.
In no particular order:
Bernadette Peters in GYPSY - I found her performance in this show completely amazing and groundbreaking, as far as her career is concerned. I've seen many, many productions of this show and didn't expect much different from what I had seen before, but her performance as Rose will remain in my mind forever as one of the most touching portraits ever on stage, and the inspiration it provided me is almost rediculous.
Tonya Pinkins in CAROLINE, OR CHANGE - From the very beginning of the show, I was mesmorized by her. The depression, sadness, confusion, and incredible life of this character was crystal clear from the moment she delivered her first line. In fact, I found it SO clear and touching that I would have awarded her the Tony for it hands down over the rest of the nominees. I still get chills when I hear her sing "Lot's Wife."
Mary Stuart Masterson in NINE - Her decisions were so precise, and her intentions so honest that I found her the real star of the show. For me, she clearly stood out in the star studded cast and each and every time I watched her I was pulled into her world and felt for her more than any other character, and it is for that reason I was so moved by the show as a whole. This woman deserves more work, as well as the Tony she should have gotten last year.
More to come later, I want to hear yours.
In no particular order:
Bernadette Peters in GYPSY - I found her performance in this show completely amazing and groundbreaking, as far as her career is concerned. I've seen many, many productions of this show and didn't expect much different from what I had seen before, but her performance as Rose will remain in my mind forever as one of the most touching portraits ever on stage, and the inspiration it provided me is almost rediculous.
Tonya Pinkins in CAROLINE, OR CHANGE - From the very beginning of the show, I was mesmorized by her. The depression, sadness, confusion, and incredible life of this character was crystal clear from the moment she delivered her first line. In fact, I found it SO clear and touching that I would have awarded her the Tony for it hands down over the rest of the nominees. I still get chills when I hear her sing "Lot's Wife."
Mary Stuart Masterson in NINE - Her decisions were so precise, and her intentions so honest that I found her the real star of the show. For me, she clearly stood out in the star studded cast and each and every time I watched her I was pulled into her world and felt for her more than any other character, and it is for that reason I was so moved by the show as a whole. This woman deserves more work, as well as the Tony she should have gotten last year.
More to come later, I want to hear yours.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
(Exactly my thoughts...just mine weren't as expressed so eloquently.) I really do adore that man.
