Women on the Verge closing frees Patti up for more interesting projects
Women on the Verge closing frees Patti up for more interesting projects
Musicaldudepeter
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/18/10
#1Women on the Verge closing frees Patti up for more interesting projects
Posted: 12/29/10 at 9:29am
Patti I HOPE will be going straight into Lonny Price's 'Company' as Joanne and then in a new revival of 'Dolly'
Here's hoping!!!! No hateful replies thank you very much!!
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#2Women on the Verge closing frees Patti up for more interesting projects
Posted: 12/29/10 at 9:30amSeven Deadly Sins
#2Women on the Verge closing frees Patti up for more interesting projects
Posted: 12/29/10 at 9:57amIsn't she joining the cast of THE WALKING DEAD?
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#3Women on the Verge closing frees Patti up for more interesting projects
Posted: 12/29/10 at 10:06am
I know she's already played Lady Bird Johnson, but I wonder if she would play her again maybe in a stage version.
There is a lot of material that hasn't yet been explored regarding Lady Bird. She was not a pretty woman and had to follow one of the most stylish First Ladies in American history. Her husband was saddled with the Vietnam War and the Kennedys really didn't want LBJ as VP. A lot of good material there.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#4Women on the Verge closing frees Patti up for more interesting projects
Posted: 12/29/10 at 12:50pm
Wait.... so another rehash of DOLLY or COMPANY is more 'interesting' than a new musical based on WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN?
Um... no. This was a VERY interesting project, whether or not you like the show.
#5Women on the Verge closing frees Patti up for more interesting projects
Posted: 12/29/10 at 12:55pmWhatever happened to Mamet's "Waitress in Yellowstone" musical from 500 years ago?
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
#6Women on the Verge closing frees Patti up for more interesting projects
Posted: 12/29/10 at 1:01pmThe show was already scheduled to close January 23. It's not like she was stuck ewith the show forever. It was a limited engagement to begin with.
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
jacobsnchz14
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#7Women on the Verge closing frees Patti up for more interesting projects
Posted: 12/29/10 at 1:53pmShe still tours around the country doing concerts, too...
#8Women on the Verge closing frees Patti up for more interesting projects
Posted: 12/29/10 at 2:01pmI hear Spiderman is looking for a new Arachne.
logan0215
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/05
#9Women on the Verge closing frees Patti up for more interesting projects
Posted: 12/29/10 at 2:05pmCrossies for COMPANY
jimmycurry01
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/05
#10Women on the Verge closing frees Patti up for more interesting projects
Posted: 12/29/10 at 2:10pm
Do two weeks really make that much of a difference in her schedule? Will she be able to commit to things she wasn't able to before?
Snarkyness aside, I do hope she stays clear of Dolly. She isn't right for the role.
ndrwmls10
Swing Joined: 12/16/10
#11Women on the Verge closing frees Patti up for more interesting projects
Posted: 12/29/10 at 3:08pmjimmycurry01 I respectfully disagree. Patti is a brassy and funny woman. That what Dolly is. She would be perfect.
#12Women on the Verge closing frees Patti up for more interesting projects
Posted: 12/29/10 at 3:48pmGoth, I'd see that play, and Patti spoke very fondly of the role/woman in her memoir. Johnson's also a really interesting president, could be a great role for an older actor. Someone, quick, start writing!
Some people paint, some people sew, I meddle.
#13Women on the Verge closing frees Patti up for more interesting projects
Posted: 12/29/10 at 4:16pmI really hope Patti joins the Next to Normal tour
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Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#14Women on the Verge closing frees Patti up for more interesting projects
Posted: 12/29/10 at 4:22pm
Don't cry for me Austin, Texas
The truth is I never left you
I went to DC
to make it easy
for you to see me
as the First Lady
There is a lot about Lady Bird that hasn't been mentioned. Most people remember her as the crazy lady sitting in a meadow of flowers not wanting them to be cut down.
She financed her husband's political campaign. She owned radio and television stations. As the wife of the VP she covered Kennedy's *ss a whole lot when Jackie didn't come through.
The only question is who will play Eartha Kitt in the scene when she tries to smack down Lady Bird over the Vietnam War?
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
Updated On: 12/29/10 at 04:22 PM
#15Women on the Verge closing frees Patti up for more interesting projects
Posted: 12/29/10 at 10:34pm
I said this elsewhere on here today. I'm still pissy that the show opted to close THREE days before I had tickets to see the show!!! Come on - stay open until Wednesday!!!!
TD
Show's I've Seen: 2011: American Idiot, Lombardi, Screwtape Letters, Adams Family, Imaginocean, Phantom - 2010: Spiderman, A Little Night Music, Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson, La Cage aux Faux, Next to Normal (twice), Fanny (City Center), Next Fall, - 2009: Finian's Rainbow, Let Me Down Easy, Toxic Avenger, Hair, Mary Stuart, 9 to 5, Avenue Q (a few times), Young Frankenstein, Cry Baby, Applause (City Center), Xanadu, Legally Blond, Glorious Ones, Gutenberg: The Musical, Spring Awakening, Company, Dessa Rose, Jersey Boys, The Color Purple, Taboo, Altar Boys, Lestat, The Weddings Singer, Hairspray, Spamalot, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Wicked, Brooklyn, Urinetown, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Grey Gardens, Drowsy Chaperon, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Les Miserable, Aida, Great American Trailer Park Musical, Into The Woods, Naked Boys Singing, Cabaret, Last Five Years, Jekyll & Hyde, Corpus Christi, Side Show, Rent (a few times), Footloose, and Ragtime (First Broadway Show I saw).
#16Women on the Verge closing frees Patti up for more interesting projects
Posted: 12/29/10 at 10:40pmI was planning to see it sometime in mid January. I really wish it could have just finished out its scheduled run, but if its not making money it doesn't make sense for them to I guess.
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
SondheimFan5
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/10
#17Women on the Verge closing frees Patti up for more interesting projects
Posted: 12/30/10 at 12:07amJanuary's such a hard time to do a show.
NotSinceCarrie2
Swing Joined: 12/22/10
#18Women on the Verge closing frees Patti up for more interesting projects
Posted: 12/30/10 at 1:19amAdd me to the list of people interested in a Lady Bird Johnson musical. The only thing souring it to me is that people might see it as "Evita 2"
jimmycurry01
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/05
#19Women on the Verge closing frees Patti up for more interesting projects
Posted: 12/30/10 at 2:01am
Ndrwmls10, you are right, she is brassy, and funny. I do think she is quite the actress. I just don't see her in the role. I don't see the right spark in her that Dolly needs.
I am also not a huge fan of Patti's voice. I wish I were, and try to be frequently, but it rarely works. I think she makes a great Mrs. Lovett, she sings the best Meadowlark I have ever heard, but I just find that more often than not, her voice turns me off. Of course Carol Channing is no great singer either, but made the role work with her great wit and comic timing, so I guess Patti could surprise me.
#20Women on the Verge closing frees Patti up for more interesting projects
Posted: 12/30/10 at 2:09am
she sings the best Meadowlark
I agree. I love Patti's voice and I think this is one of the best thing she sings.
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#21Women on the Verge closing frees Patti up for more interesting projects
Posted: 12/30/10 at 9:44am
"Add me to the list of people interested in a Lady Bird Johnson musical. The only thing souring it to me is that people might see it as "Evita 2"
As much as I joke about it being a musical, I think that it would have to be a play rather than a musical. I don't think there's enough theatricality in Lady Bird's life to justify music. It would be more like "Master Class" rather than "Evita".
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
fbueller
Leading Actor Joined: 9/30/07
#22Women on the Verge closing frees Patti up for more interesting projects
Posted: 12/30/10 at 10:20amI would LOVE to see Patti join Spiderman! (Ha!)
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