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Posted: 10/23/04 at 11:10pm
Today I was lucky enough to go to Wonderful Town for the second time and boy was I impressed. I think its just one of those shows you need to see more than once to appreciate it. It was 1000 times better than the first time I saw it.
Brooke- PHENOMENAL! I mean really, really, really great. She really shocked me by how much she resembled Donna Murphy while performing and yet she kept a boundary there, letting the audience know that there indeed was 'a new girl in town'. She dissapointed me with 100 EASY WAYS though. CONGA! was ABSOLUTLEY FLAWLESS and Brooke was hysterical. I highly, highly, HIGHLY reccomend you guys to go and see her in this show. She has saved it from going under and holy crap is she doing a great job. The theater was PACKED. You must see Ms Shields as Ruth.
Jennifer Hope Wills- She was great! A little too contrived, making one forget it wasnt Ms. Wesdefeldt (sp) up there. She, unlike Brooke, took almost every quirk straight from Wesdefeldt, who I thought gave one of the most understated and great performances of the year. Therefore, Wills was excellent but I thought she should have brought a little originality to the role. Still wonderful though.
Gregg Edelmen (sp)- Good. Not great. I just wished he showed off his singing skills more. He was so quiet when he sang and since I saw him in INTO THE WOODS and know how great he can sing, I was depressed he didnt show this once again. His acting was great though.
The show itself was wonderful. I would ultimatley give it 3 stars out of 4. Although I thought Little Shop was the best revival of the year, this was close behind it. Please go see Brooke. She and the show are at their prime.
I'll try and post a little more tomorrow. Im tired
Brooke- PHENOMENAL! I mean really, really, really great. She really shocked me by how much she resembled Donna Murphy while performing and yet she kept a boundary there, letting the audience know that there indeed was 'a new girl in town'. She dissapointed me with 100 EASY WAYS though. CONGA! was ABSOLUTLEY FLAWLESS and Brooke was hysterical. I highly, highly, HIGHLY reccomend you guys to go and see her in this show. She has saved it from going under and holy crap is she doing a great job. The theater was PACKED. You must see Ms Shields as Ruth.
Jennifer Hope Wills- She was great! A little too contrived, making one forget it wasnt Ms. Wesdefeldt (sp) up there. She, unlike Brooke, took almost every quirk straight from Wesdefeldt, who I thought gave one of the most understated and great performances of the year. Therefore, Wills was excellent but I thought she should have brought a little originality to the role. Still wonderful though.
Gregg Edelmen (sp)- Good. Not great. I just wished he showed off his singing skills more. He was so quiet when he sang and since I saw him in INTO THE WOODS and know how great he can sing, I was depressed he didnt show this once again. His acting was great though.
The show itself was wonderful. I would ultimatley give it 3 stars out of 4. Although I thought Little Shop was the best revival of the year, this was close behind it. Please go see Brooke. She and the show are at their prime.
I'll try and post a little more tomorrow. Im tired
Updated On: 10/23/04 at 11:10 PM
WickedRocks liked Jennifer a lot...that was no attack. I agree with you...she seems like an amazing girl after meeting her briefly at the stage door and she is amazingly talented but again...perhaps you really do her an injustice here on these boards by constantly taking up for any little off color thing said about her. Are you her boyfriend or something? If you are...you are a very lucky guy 
