Who's going to NPH's final performance in HEDWIG tonight?- Page 2
Who's going to NPH's final performance in HEDWIG tonight?
dreaming
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/24/09
#25Who's going to NPH's final performance in HEDWIG tonight?
Posted: 8/17/14 at 4:03pm
What the hell is 'tasking'? I think you mean 'taxing'. And I think the role is difficult on a number of levels (the book scenes are tough-it's an emotional roller coaster of a role).
I don't think the question is whether there are harder roles (I'm a little sick of people using that to degrade someone's performance). How about just looking at this particular portrayal of it rather than asking if it's 'the hardest role'. That's not the right measurement of the quality of a performance, IMO.
Updated On: 8/17/14 at 04:03 PM
#26Who's going to NPH's final performance in HEDWIG tonight?
Posted: 8/17/14 at 4:12pm^ All i am saying is it did not look to be as demanding a role as everybody is making it out to be- that's all. I was NEVER saying that a role has to be hard to be enjoyable.
brdway411
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/24/14
#27Who's going to NPH's final performance in HEDWIG tonight?
Posted: 8/17/14 at 4:28pmI cannot wait for school to start.
#28Who's going to NPH's final performance in HEDWIG tonight?
Posted: 8/17/14 at 4:39pm
Let's see...95 minutes straight, speaking nearly all of the dialogue and singing lead on 10 out of 11 songs. All in heels quite a bit higher than anything typically worn by stage performers.
Yeah, that sounds like a walk in the park. SMH in disbelief.
#29Who's going to NPH's final performance in HEDWIG tonight?
Posted: 8/17/14 at 4:43pmSorry you don't like my opinion. But's that's just what it is- MY opinion. One person's art is another's Trash. I have ADHD, so a show like this is a walk in the park. And those heels are nothing.
#30Who's going to NPH's final performance in HEDWIG tonight?
Posted: 8/17/14 at 4:48pm
BUT, that is me. I am not you, so my view on something is going to be different from yours. I don't think it looked like that demanding a role, that is all. I did not get the emotional rollercoaster and there was time between each song to recover with all the dialogue between- Which was mainly just NPH standing there (Kinda like Stand-up).
I don't get why people seem to be soo bothered by my opinion- i mean, so i feel that way- So what. What's it to you.
#31Who's going to NPH's final performance in HEDWIG tonight?
Posted: 8/17/14 at 5:22pmNo offense Daryl, but I HIGHLY doubt you have the training, stamina and talent to perform Hedwig 7 times a week. ADHD or not. It's definitely not a "walk in the park". Even for the most talented performer.
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#32Who's going to NPH's final performance in HEDWIG tonight?
Posted: 8/17/14 at 5:30pm
I agree ShakinBacon, that's a tremendously draining and tiring role, he pretty much carries the entire show and he knows most people bought a ticket to see him. Talk about pressure. Until you can do all that Darreyl and know what it's like, you should probably stop assuming things.
Updated On: 8/17/14 at 05:30 PM
#33Who's going to NPH's final performance in HEDWIG tonight?
Posted: 8/17/14 at 5:33pm^ Have either of you done it? You are presuming it IS a hard role, but to your line of thinking- if you haven't done it- How can you assume it's a hard role to do?
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#34Who's going to NPH's final performance in HEDWIG tonight?
Posted: 8/17/14 at 5:36pmAre you serious?
#35Who's going to NPH's final performance in HEDWIG tonight?
Posted: 8/17/14 at 5:37pmHow can you assume Priscilla is a hard role if you have never done it? Your logic is flawed in this argument.
#36Who's going to NPH's final performance in HEDWIG tonight?
Posted: 8/17/14 at 5:42pmYou were pointing out how since i haven't done it, how would i know. i was pointing out that you were doing the same as i was- I never said i did not assume, but that you were also assuming. You are the one that made the claim about having to do it to know it's hard, Not me.
#37Who's going to NPH's final performance in HEDWIG tonight?
Posted: 8/17/14 at 5:49pmBut i will admit that my opinion of doing a show like that in around 20 years (When I'm NPH'S age) will probably change.
#38Who's going to NPH's final performance in HEDWIG tonight?
Posted: 8/17/14 at 5:56pm
I think there is ample, first-hand evidence proving that it is a very exhausting role -- if from no one else than from those who have played the role. Including NPH, and JCM who created the role, as well as others.
If you're going to assert that it is NOT a draining part to play seven or eight times per week, or that it doesn't "look" like a part that would be tiring, you either need to offer better evidence of your presumption or the ridicule you're receiving here is richly deserved.
#39Who's going to NPH's final performance in HEDWIG tonight?
Posted: 8/17/14 at 6:17pm
From them, it probably was- i never said it wasen't a hard role for them to do. I said it did not look like a hard role- That is all- that it did not LOOK like a hard role-Period. My opinion is not going to change.
But i am done with this back and forth, Feel free to continue but don't expect a response from me. I have a right to my opinion, just as you do.
#40Who's going to NPH's final performance in HEDWIG tonight?
Posted: 8/17/14 at 6:20pm
Can you provide a definition for the word "wasn't?" Or perhaps you can tell us what two words it is a contraction of.
#41Who's going to NPH's final performance in HEDWIG tonight?
Posted: 8/17/14 at 6:24pm
Yes. 100%. You are absolutely entitled to your ill-informed, unsupported and downright silly opinion of how difficult the role "looks" to be. No one is trying to deny you the right to sound dumb. We just want to be sure you recognize how dumb you sound and why.
#42Who's going to NPH's final performance in HEDWIG tonight?
Posted: 8/17/14 at 6:25pm
"I said it did not look like a hard role"
So - dancing, singing, and acting the entire night in high platform shoes, including jumping off cars, balancing on the two narrow arm rests of a theater seat, while dancing, swaying and singing while balancing, does not look hard to you.
um, opinion oshminion, you're ridiculous. Can't take you seriously.
FishermanBob
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/9/12
#43Who's going to NPH's final performance in HEDWIG tonight?
Posted: 8/17/14 at 6:29pmI like Darreyl's opinion but I do not care for it.
#44Who's going to NPH's final performance in HEDWIG tonight?
Posted: 8/17/14 at 6:30pmWe're at T-minus-30 minutes for the final NPH performance...
nyctechie08
Chorus Member Joined: 8/5/14
#45Who's going to NPH's final performance in HEDWIG tonight?
Posted: 8/17/14 at 6:31pmI'm going tonight! Leaving in 10 mins. I saw it on August 3rd and loved it so much I HAD to see it again! After losing SRO, lottery and cancellation all week, I went ahead and paid for a premium seat in 3rd row Orchestra.
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#46Who's going to NPH's final performance in HEDWIG tonight?
Posted: 8/17/14 at 6:33pmThis became a bit off topic, have fun techie!
#47Who's going to NPH's final performance in HEDWIG tonight?
Posted: 8/17/14 at 6:54pmplease report back!!!
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#48Who's going to NPH's final performance in HEDWIG tonight?
Posted: 8/17/14 at 7:51pmMake him stahhhhhhhhp.
nyctechie08
Chorus Member Joined: 8/5/14
#49Who's going to NPH's final performance in HEDWIG tonight?
Posted: 8/17/14 at 9:23pm
The show just ended. Waiting for to NPH to leave the theater. One word - Electric! JCM and David Burtka were 3 rows behind me. 6th row is VIP 
The audience gave JCM 2 standing ovations! One before the show - another at the end. Audience also cheered for NPH/David kiss during Sugar Daddy. Nothing extra at the end of the show except extra bows and tears, and seeing JCM was awesome!
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