patti cohenour reviewed in piazza.

well, how do i start? understudies can definitly be amazing. i have seen piazza 3 times with tony winner victoria clark. can anyone be better than her as margaret? hell yes!!! patti gave a performance that touched me more than victoria's. her singing is as good as clark's but she made the role more believable, at curtain call time, patti was crying, it was really something else. she was simply thrilling. i can't explain it, it was a master class for any actor to see patti in action. aaron lazar was great as fabrizio, probably i prefer matt morrison, but he was as talented as matt. katie clarke was...how do i put it? she played a more childish clara, but at the same time we can say she was overacting, her voice is weaker than kelli o'hara's, even the original understudy jennifer hughes and franca(sarah uriarte berry) have stronger voices, the question is why a girl fresh out of college with just a high school production of "anything goes" in her bio got this starring role on broadway???!!! clarke was just ok. it made me miss kelli o'hara, a lot!

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Updated On: 5/4/06 at 01:12 AM

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Updated On: 5/4/06 at 01:27 AM

She performs EVERY tuesday and wednesday evening as margaret

i waited for patti after the show, i was the only person waiting for her, she thanked me for waiting and i told her she was my favorite margaret, she was so amazing, i can't say enough good things about her. patti's acting is simply thrilling. she is the best.

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patti made margaret more real and more vulnerable, it was the only time i could relate to this charachter and feel what she is feeling. how many times do you see an actress crying by the curtain call?...i can't get over it, i wanted to go and hug her, usually the role of clara is the one that moves me in this show, tonight it was margaret for the 1st time.

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If you don't know how to put it, then how can you possibly understand this show? You amaze me.

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Wow, ohk, I totally knew that she played certain performances regularly and yet I still asked. I feel silly now, haha. Thanks for the info anyway.

~Steven

Keep in mind that Tom Cruise's performance on Oprah was also amazing.

Is Tom Cruise a RETARD, too?

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Yes. He jumps on couches like a buffoon and gets real stupid real quick.

I feel bad for RETARDS. Especially RETARDS in musicals. What made Tom Cruise RETARTED, does he have diabetes or did Star Jones kick him in the head?

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Hahahaha.

Glass houses are dangerous like that.

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I was merely copying Muscle's spelling - that's the point.

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