War Paint: Patti vs Christine

[Butter Broadway]

War Paint: Patti vs Christine#1

Posted: 4/6/17 at 2:12pm

Who do you guys think is giving the stronger performance?

Updated On: 4/6/17 at 02:12 PM

[BroadwayConcierge]

War Paint: Patty vs Christine#2

Posted: 4/6/17 at 2:13pm

"Patty"

[ljay889]

War Paint: Patty vs Christine#3

Posted: 4/6/17 at 2:16pm

Sigh

[IdinaBellFoster]

War Paint: Patty vs Christine#4

Posted: 4/6/17 at 2:18pm

It's PATTI, not PATTY.

LuPone is giving the stronger performance IMO, but I also think the material is slightly partial to her. Ebersole is also excellent. Pitting them against each other is counterproductive to the ultimate message of the piece.

"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards

[uncageg]

War Paint: Patty vs Christine#5

Posted: 4/6/17 at 2:22pm

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.php?thread=1099573&dt=287

Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder

[Butter Broadway]

War Paint: Patty vs Christine#6

Posted: 4/6/17 at 2:23pm

Fixed it! Where was my head?! And didn't Christine get better reviews out of town?

[ljay889]

War Paint: Patty vs Christine#7

Posted: 4/6/17 at 2:24pm

IdinaBellFoster said: ". Pitting them against each other is counterproductive to the ultimate message of the piece."

Thank you! 100% true.

[HenryTDobson]

War Paint: Patty vs Christine#8

Posted: 4/6/17 at 2:36pm

People complain about message boards because of threads like this. 

[Tony2600]

War Paint: Patty vs Christine#9

Posted: 4/6/17 at 2:59pm

A better question would be which of these two singing divas wins the Ken Watanabe elocution award?

[Butter Broadway]

War Paint: Patti vs Christine#10

Posted: 4/6/17 at 3:25pm

Definitely Patti would win that award.

Updated On: 4/6/17 at 03:25 PM

[A Director]

War Paint: Patti vs Christine#11

Posted: 4/6/17 at 3:36pm

If one of these divas is nominated for a Tony and the other doesn't, there will be hell to pay!

[GiantsInTheSky2]

War Paint: Patti vs Christine#12

Posted: 4/6/17 at 5:01pm

While Patti got more laughs, her dialogue was pretty difficult to understand for most of her scenes. I saw the second preview, so things could have been worked on. 

I think Christine's performance is subtle and layered, while Patti's seems...easy? For the lack of a better word. I never got the feeling that she was challenging herself outside of the accent. 

I am big. It’s the REVIVALS that got small.

[goldenboy]

War Paint: Patti vs Christine#13

Posted: 4/7/17 at 12:48am

They were both wonderful. Fascinating portrayals. BOTH!!!!!

[CurtainPullDowner]

War Paint: Patti vs Christine#14

Posted: 4/7/17 at 1:26am

They should sing BOSOM BUDDIES as an encore.