Vanessa Williams or Bernardette Peters as the Witch??? — Page 2
#27
Posted: 3/15/05 at 9:21pm
LOVE Vanessa, but NOT as much as my Bernadette !!!
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#28
Posted: 3/15/05 at 9:25pm
Bernadette - hands down.
...and your children start to leave you from the moment they are born.
#29
Posted: 3/15/05 at 9:50pm
Bernadette, definitely. I never saw her live, but she was amazing in the video. Vanessa was good, but not as good.
"Blow out the candles, Robert, and make a wish. Want something. Want something."
Wishes come true, not free.
Wishes come true, not free.
#30
Posted: 3/15/05 at 9:53pm
Vanessa was good in the role...but Bernadette IS the witch in every possible way. SHE BECAME THAT WOMAN...SHE IS MY GODDESS!
"I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about." - Oscar Wilde
#31
Posted: 3/15/05 at 9:58pm
If you want humor go with...Bernadette
If you want beauty go with...Bernadette
If you want singing go with...Bernadette
If you want charisma go with...Bernadette
If you want pure starpower go with...Bernadette
If you want talent go with...Vanessa Williams
Ha ha ha kidding about that last one
If you want beauty go with...Bernadette
If you want singing go with...Bernadette
If you want charisma go with...Bernadette
If you want pure starpower go with...Bernadette
If you want talent go with...Vanessa Williams
Ha ha ha kidding about that last one
BSoBW2: I punched Sondheim in the face after I saw Wicked and said, "Why couldn't you write like that!?"
#32
Posted: 3/15/05 at 10:03pm
Did anyone see Ms. Rashad?
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#34
Posted: 3/15/05 at 10:07pm
Bernadette! Vanessa was great but she was no Bernadette Peters.
#35
Posted: 3/15/05 at 10:19pm
Bernadette
Don't you know what's out there in the world?
Someone has to shield you from the world.
Stay with me.
Princes wait there in the world, it's true.
Princes, yes, but wolves and humans, too.
Stay at home.
I am home.
Who out there could love you more than I?
What out there that I cannot supply?
Stay with me.
Stay with me,
The world is dark and wild.
Stay a child while you can be a child.
With me.
Don't you know what's out there in the world?
Someone has to shield you from the world.
Stay with me.
Princes wait there in the world, it's true.
Princes, yes, but wolves and humans, too.
Stay at home.
I am home.
Who out there could love you more than I?
What out there that I cannot supply?
Stay with me.
Stay with me,
The world is dark and wild.
Stay a child while you can be a child.
With me.
It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story...
AGATHA CHRISTIE, Life magazine, May 14, 1956
#37
Posted: 3/15/05 at 10:35pm
That's so funny. I am listening to the OBRC recording when I looked at this thread.
#38
Posted: 3/16/05 at 12:14am
Definitely Bernadette!
"He says... he wants to be obsessed with art, like me. He says... he wants to redevelop the creative side of his brain." - Mark NYTW RENT
#39
Posted: 3/16/05 at 12:35am
Bernadette's singing was bewitching but her acting was lost and she gave an embarassing performance. Again, this time the Tony committee got it RIGHT by Not nominating her for this clueless performance.
I can't vote because I never saw Vanessa Williams in the part.
I can't vote because I never saw Vanessa Williams in the part.
"Blow out the candles Robert and make a wish. Want something, want SOMETHING."
#40
Posted: 3/16/05 at 1:37am
WISHIHADATONY: You say that time and time again, yet I absolutely could not disagree with you more. I thought she was absolutely fantastic in INTO THE WOODS, only judging from the video, that is. Embarrassing performance? Come on....you sound like you're critiquing someone from GOOD VIBRATIONS, not INTO THE WOODS...
With that said, I thought Vanessa Williams was absolutely 100% AWFUL in INTO THE WOODS. It's the worst performance I have ever seen on Broadway, next to Gary Beach in LA CAGE. She was wretched.
Bernadette Peters, hands down.
With that said, I thought Vanessa Williams was absolutely 100% AWFUL in INTO THE WOODS. It's the worst performance I have ever seen on Broadway, next to Gary Beach in LA CAGE. She was wretched.
Bernadette Peters, hands down.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#41
Posted: 3/16/05 at 2:50am
Yeah, there's no if's and's or but's, Bernadette all the way. Vanessa was good (yes, I did see her), but I couldn't erase the memory of Bernadette's performance. She just IS the Witch. And Bernadette sang the role so much better as well. I mean, come on, Bernadette's "Last Midnight" or "Stay with Me" cannot be topped. Just beautiful.
~Steven
~Steven
#42
Posted: 3/16/05 at 3:51am
Julia MacKenzie in London was brilliant- in fact, the whole production was stunning- possibly one of the best ever of a Sondheim show. It is a tragedy that nobody got around to taping it.
But in terms of the original message- Bernadette, no question!
But in terms of the original message- Bernadette, no question!
#43
Posted: 3/16/05 at 4:31am
i liked vanessa better.
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
#44
Posted: 3/16/05 at 5:26am
Julia MacKenzie in London was brilliant- in fact, the whole production was stunning-
Never saw the London production, but I love the London cast recording. Julia MacKenzie was great in it.
Never saw the London production, but I love the London cast recording. Julia MacKenzie was great in it.
#45
Posted: 3/16/05 at 5:47am
My vote goes to Bernadette
~And let us try, before we die, to make some sense of life~
#46
Posted: 3/16/05 at 8:04am
Anyone who knows me will know where my vote will go.
And that is with...
Bernadette.
Incomparable. Divine. Robbed of a Tony Nod (though I still believe Joanna deserved to win)
And that is with...
Bernadette.
Incomparable. Divine. Robbed of a Tony Nod (though I still believe Joanna deserved to win)
#47
Posted: 3/16/05 at 8:11am
Thank you for your avatar Elphaba!
Glenda Jackson as Elizabeth Regina. (Looks like episode five or six)
Love it!!!
Glenda Jackson as Elizabeth Regina. (Looks like episode five or six)
Love it!!!
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#48
Posted: 3/16/05 at 10:26am
Bernadette - no question
When someone blunders, we say that he makes a misstep. Is it then not clear that all the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill our history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill in dancing. - Moliere
#49
Posted: 3/16/05 at 10:34am
I never feel anything when Vanessa sings - and she's just so bland - I'd definitely go with Bernadette.
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
#50
Posted: 3/16/05 at 12:12pm
What happened with Betty Buckley? Was she fired? I never heard this story.
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