Victoria Clark will be Sally in Los Angeles Follies- Page 2
Victoria Clark will be Sally in Los Angeles Follies
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/21/06
Victoria Clark will be Sally in Los Angeles Follies #25
Posted: 1/11/12 at 5:05pmTickets are now also available at the CTG website. Many good orchestra seats for the days I looked at were already gone though most seats at the Ahmanson are not bad anyway.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
Victoria Clark will be Sally in Los Angeles Follies #26
Posted: 1/11/12 at 6:24pmLet the Bernadette Peters trashing begin, before Victoria Clark even goes on stage...
Victoria Clark will be Sally in Los Angeles Follies #27
Posted: 1/11/12 at 7:14pm^ Exactly. Kind of irritating.
Victoria Clark will be Sally in Los Angeles Follies #28
Posted: 1/11/12 at 7:16pm
"...but Bernadette's performance was puzzling, to say the least..."
I agree completely WWII. I saw the show this past weekend. I thought "In Buddy's Eyes" showed promise. But the rest of her performance was so overwrought and weepy, I couldn't understand her choices. She milked "Losing My Mind" like he was in a high school production. She started the song crying and progressed to the point that she was literally squatting on the stage, croaking the song out while wiping tears from her face.
Other than her performance, I thought the production, and all the other performers, were brilliant. So I can't wait to see this production pulled into place with a proper Sally.
Victoria Clark will be Sally in Los Angeles Follies #29
Posted: 1/11/12 at 7:27pmI saw Clark play Sally at Encores and I saw Bernadette in DC and I thought Clark gave the better performance. Overwrought and weepy, as artscallion said, is exactly what I thought of Peters.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
Victoria Clark will be Sally in Los Angeles Follies #30
Posted: 1/11/12 at 7:34pm
I'm sorry, the fact that you didn't like a performance doesn't mean that the performer wasn't "proper".
But it's not like trashing Peters isn't popular on BWW - I pretty much feel it is the general consensus that a monkey could pull off any performance better than her.
Victoria Clark will be Sally in Los Angeles Follies #31
Posted: 1/11/12 at 7:37pm
The Peters trashing actually seems fairly recent to me. Patti LuPone has been getting trashed here by some since day one, LOL.
Updated On: 1/11/12 at 07:37 PM
Broadway Star Joined: 4/17/10
Victoria Clark will be Sally in Los Angeles Follies #32
Posted: 1/11/12 at 7:38pmI guess I'm in the minority because I love Bernadette's Sally, although she does overdo it at times. Vicki Clark is a phenomenal talent herself and I'm thrilled for her.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
Victoria Clark will be Sally in Los Angeles Follies #33
Posted: 1/11/12 at 7:44pm
The Peters trashing actually seems fairly recent to me. Patti LuPone has been getting trashed here by some since day one, LOL.
Whether she's successful or not, Peters is one of the few Broadway stars that will never give you the performance you were expecting from her. I know that must be infuriating to some, but I rather see someone from her caliber explore and risk and get it wrong, than a calculated performance like...you know, other Broadway stars usually give. 
Victoria Clark will be Sally in Los Angeles Follies #34
Posted: 1/11/12 at 7:50pm
"...I'm sorry, the fact that you didn't like a performance doesn't mean that the performer wasn't "proper". ..."
Proper's in the eye of the beholder, Blaxx. So, um yeah...in my opinion, it does. Since when does an educated audience member not get to express whether they thought a performer/performance was proper to the role? I thought that's what this site was for...to discuss how we felt about shows and performers. Didn't know BP was hands off.
I never come on BWW to bash any performer. So don't lump me in with your serial bashers. I just saw this production this weekend and had strong and specific feelings about it. Just because you don't like hearing them, or because there's been a glut of the same opinion lately, doesn't mean my opinions aren't valid.
Victoria Clark will be Sally in Los Angeles Follies #35
Posted: 1/11/12 at 7:51pmI should say that I actually like Bernadette Peters- I thought she was fantastic in A Little Night Music, and I love her performances on the Sunday/Into the Woods recordings. But I just didn't enjoy her work in this production.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
Victoria Clark will be Sally in Los Angeles Follies #36
Posted: 1/11/12 at 7:53pm
Proper's in the eye of the beholder, Blaxx.
It's blaxx for you, love. You're right, of course, it's great you'll get to finally enjoy the show with a "proper" performer for the role.
Victoria Clark will be Sally in Los Angeles Follies #37
Posted: 1/11/12 at 7:53pmSame with me WW. I've loved her in many things. I'm not a BP hater in the least. I just thought she was awful in Follies.
Victoria Clark will be Sally in Los Angeles Follies #38
Posted: 1/11/12 at 8:04pm
, but I rather see someone from her caliber explore and risk and get it wrong, than a calculated performance like...you know, other Broadway stars usually give.
I TOTALLY agree.
Victoria Clark will be Sally in Los Angeles Follies #39
Posted: 1/11/12 at 8:05pm
Your problem is with my word choice? Really?
Merriam-Webster
proper: marked by suitability, rightness, or appropriateness : fit
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
Victoria Clark will be Sally in Los Angeles Follies #40
Posted: 1/11/12 at 8:19pmI did say you were right (look up). If you don't think Peters is suitable, right or appropriate for the role, then you'll soon have Clark who is obviously all that and more. I just rather watch an "awful" uncalculated performance from a risk taker, is all.
Victoria Clark will be Sally in Los Angeles Follies #41
Posted: 1/11/12 at 8:26pmI don't get how this became a discussion about calculated and uncalculated performances, or what exactly that even means in this context.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
Victoria Clark will be Sally in Los Angeles Follies #42
Posted: 1/11/12 at 8:29pmIt's nothing, love. I was just addressing how Clark's performance magically became better than Peter's, even before she starts. But I see that a lot of posters found Peters so awful, that they think even Miss Piggy could do better.
Victoria Clark will be Sally in Los Angeles Follies #43
Posted: 1/11/12 at 8:32pmWell, Clark has performed the role before, albeit in a concert-style setting. It isn't as if people are just assuming.
Victoria Clark will be Sally in Los Angeles Follies #44
Posted: 1/11/12 at 8:32pmWell, some of us have seen her play the role already. Shrug a dug dug.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
Victoria Clark will be Sally in Los Angeles Follies #45
Posted: 1/11/12 at 8:34pm
Well, Clark has performed the role before, albeit in a concert-style setting. It isn't as if people are just assuming.
I'm sure a few here are assuming, but anyhow...
Victoria Clark will be Sally in Los Angeles Follies #46
Posted: 1/11/12 at 8:35pm
I saw Clark LIVE in the Encores! concert, and I much prefer Bernadette's performance. But I DO think Clark has it in her to deliver a wonderful Sally in a full scale production.
Victoria Clark will be Sally in Los Angeles Follies #47
Posted: 1/11/12 at 8:35pmThe thread you're reading must have different posts than the one I'm reading, blaxx. Updated On: 1/11/12 at 08:35 PM
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
Victoria Clark will be Sally in Los Angeles Follies #48
Posted: 1/11/12 at 8:38pm
Well, b***h better be the 8th wonder, or else I'll pay you a visit, PRS!
Victoria Clark will be Sally in Los Angeles Follies #49
Posted: 1/11/12 at 8:42pm
I mean, clearly it's all subjective. I didn't NOT want to like Peters in the role when I saw it in DC, but I just didn't care for almost any of the choices she made. And even though Bernadette had the longer rehearsal period, had more performances under her belt and had the benefit of a full production around her, I still liked Clark better at Encores.
But seriously, I don't see much "bashing" of Peters in this thread, certainly not enough to warrant all these noses out of joint.
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