anyone get duped into watching the DRS QVC thing?

I watched QVC for one hour hoping to see the performance from cast members of DRS. I should have known it would be a waste of time. There were two live performances with Gregory Jbara, and Rachel De Benedet (understudy for Muriel) and the ladies of DRS. They performed "What was a woman to do?" and "Like Zis" They also showed two 10 second clips from the show. The live performances were ok, but I don't feel that Rachel has the same sense of humor in her singing that Joanna does.
Anyone else have similar feelings about this QVC thing?

i was happy that they acknowleged rachel's being there (i've seen things that the understudy was kinda ignored to talk to the star) but i insisted on flipping between this and medium... and got a lot of blank looks watching the numbers they showed (they were kinda waiting for something big)

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I'm so pissed! I was tricked into watching this thing thinking that Norbert would be there. I actually thought this was a serious promo for the show and the cast would be there to sell it. If I hadn't seen the show and know how great it is, I'd think it was boring and wouldn't travel from all over to see it. What a wicked waste of time!

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it sucked!!!! Where the heck was Norbert?!?!? At least I watched about 5 minutes worth of "theatre" rather than an hour of crap on MTV!!!!

Wish Norbie was there...would have made my week!

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"I'm sure John has a "I don't play QVC" clause in his contract."

LOL, smartpenguin. I think Joanna probably has one of those as well. (But I thought her understudy did a great job.)

I thought it was great! Norbert, John, Joanna, etc will get plenty of coverage around Tony time. How ofter do you get to see an understudy performance? Also loved that they did What Was A Woman to Do and Like Zis Like Zat. Of all the songs, I didn't expect those.

my mom's theory on the song selections was they fit in easiest to show what they were hawking- i would assume the woman doing "what was a woman to do" had a good deal of the jewelery on (i only caught the end of that part) and since rachel was already there, i'm sure it was most cost effective to just bring on gregory to do their number together (i can only imagine the appearance fee they'd have to pay john lithgow)

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okay as for John Lithgow, didn't one of the jewelry designer guys
mention that John had gone to California to see his newborn (and also very first) grandchild? So I think we can all cut ol' Grampie Lithgow some slack on this one. lol

Also, the QVC studios are in West Chester, PA. I'm not sure how much of a day trip that is from NYC, I haven't "map quested" it, but it could well be that most of the cast couldn't work going there into their schedules on their one day off. Remember, the show on QVC last night was LIVE, not taped, and at 10-11 Eastern. Also, I believe they tend to like to rest their voices as much as possible on their day off. With all these factors combined, I think we should be thankful that we got to see the members of the cast and ensemble who were there last night.

Just some thoughts to ponder. :)

Thought maybe some might like a list of who from the cast and ensemble were on the QVC "Soundrels Jewelry Collection" show last night, especially those who didn't have a chance to tune in ...

Gregory Jbara, Rachel eBenedet, Julie Connors, Rachele Rak, Gina Lamparella, Laura Marie Duncan, Sally Mae Dunn. Everyone did a great job!

Oh yeah ... and via taped clips from the musical, we saw John Lithgow and Norbert Leo Butz ... John, with ensemble, in a very brief, maybe less than 30 sec.? clip, doing "Give Them What They Want" and the end of "Dirty Rotten Number" with Lithgow and Butz.

Updated On: 4/26/05 at 11:26 AM

I remember Rachel when she did great things at Sacramento Light Opera Association. I love her!

bwayguy2: "why waste me time with QVC?"

Arrrrr, matey! why waste ye time indeed?

Now me, I'll "waste" me time anytime to set me sights on as handsome a pirate as Gregory Jbara! He's a treasure, that one is.

Updated On: 4/27/05 at 01:07 AM