caOrville Peck - Masked or Unmasked?
caOrville Peck - Masked or Unmasked?
mitchern
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#1caOrville Peck - Masked or Unmasked?
Posted: 3/11/25 at 1:24pm
I saw a TV commercial this morning that had him masked. Does anyone know if it'll be the same in the show?
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#2caOrville Peck - Masked or Unmasked?
Posted: 3/11/25 at 1:28pm
I have a hunch they're building it up to a moment in the show where he will take the mask off, OR, he won't have it.
He's been teasing with the idea of losing the mask for a while now. It used to cover more of his face, then it got smaller.
#3caOrville Peck - Masked or Unmasked?
Posted: 3/11/25 at 1:30pm
Considering the official production promo photo for Peck is cut off above his lips, it’s pretty obvious they’re teasing this decision.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
Updated On: 3/11/25 at 01:30 PM
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#4caOrville Peck - Masked or Unmasked?
Posted: 3/11/25 at 1:45pm
He will be masked and probably remove it in some dramatic moment.
#5caOrville Peck - Masked or Unmasked?
Posted: 3/11/25 at 1:57pm
I do not hate this, especially if it builds to a cool moment where he takes the mask off late in the show...
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#7caOrville Peck - Masked or Unmasked?
Posted: 3/11/25 at 4:04pm
If he's going to take the mask off at a dramatic moment in the show, the obvious one to me is right before "She wouldn't look Jewish at all," which I have always considered an "unmasking" of the Emcee who for he really is.
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#8caOrville Peck - Masked or Unmasked?
Posted: 3/11/25 at 9:48pm
I haven’t seen this production yet, so it may not work with the staging/direction, but I could also see the removal of a mask either before or during “I Don’t Care Much” being an effective moment
#9caOrville Peck - Masked or Unmasked?
Posted: 3/12/25 at 6:11am
If this was the Sam Mendes production it would be poweful in the finale if he removed the mask, all exposed in the uniform etc.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
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