Whoopi Goldberg starring in ANNIE at MSG — Page 2

I wouldn't expect much from Whoopi in this. She even said she doesn't need to sing this role. When I saw her in Xanadu in 2008, she could barely keep up and remember her lines. Now 16 years later, all I would expect from her is to stand in one spot and say her lines.

the NY theater scene would survive without another Annie revival.

But those kids on GMA today sounded good! Bet they sold a lot of tickets this morning!

ACL2006 said: "I wouldn't expect much from Whoopi in this. She even said she doesn't need to sing this role. When I saw her in Xanadu in 2008, she could barely keep up and remember her lines. Now 16 years later, all I would expect from her is to stand in one spot and say her lines."

I worked at Xanadu and as LOVELY as she was to every person in the building she actually kept getting worse and ended up carrying note cards with the lines on them at one point (and it wasn't the beginning). I don't think she ever got her Ursula Andress line correct the entire run.

ACL2006 said: "i saw Whoopi in Xanadu and she had note cards at certain points in the show."

Why is this actually making me want to see her in Annie? Can't wait to hear reports!

I hope she’s messy as she can possibly be. I can’t wait.

RippedMan said: "Kind of agree. But also why is she doing it?"

Whoopi is known for not being good with her money. she makes about $8 million a year at "The View" but had to take out a loan to pay for her new place in Italy. Can't imagine she's getting all that much for this 4 week run in Annie.

Updated On: 12/11/24 at 06:55 AM

Anyone going tonight?

Bwaygurl2 said: "Whoopi has got to be doing this for the fun of it right?"

Anyone at her level of fame and wealth is only doing the things she wants to be doing. She's got weird tastes. She gets offered a lot of things and this, for some reason, must have appealed to her. (I assume she's been offered Hannigan MANY times over the years)

Okay, here's more! I will echo Jordan about the actors...I have the playbill and those performers were Hazel Vogel (Annie), Julia Nicole Hunter (Grace), and Christopher Swan (Warbucks). All really honestly excellent.

The whole cast and production are enjoyable, and Whoopi picked a better and more supportive vehicle for a stage comeback than many might have suspected. Look, I don't want to be hyperbolic, but it was great to me to see her in this mode. Especially seeing some of the "old" Whoopi in the context of something nostalgic for the holidays. And I think she will get better, as she seemed pretty actively to be trying some choices out tonight, which was fun to see. She really sang Little Girls and I thought pulled it off! Yay for Whoopi. Fan of so many of her 80s/90s movies and original standup, but I didn't expect much from this other than to say I saw her. I left really happy to have seen her actually give a comedic performance.

The set may not be super expensive-looking (this is a tour post-Covid) but I found it pretty classy and it has a nice forced perspective throughout. The pit sounded very good too. Having only seen the Lapine revival, I generally preferred this more modest production. I certainly laughed more.

The children were well-behaved, by the way, but there were some really terrible drunk and loud adults. Not enough to wreck the fun night. Insane getting in tonight with the Knicks game also going on.

Updated On: 12/11/24 at 11:18 PM