the piazza triumverate!

Although you all make valid points, and I do support Matthew and Kelli, I think Spamalot deserved the Tony. It wasn't just a big-name musical, it gave what it promised, and I was totally thrilled to see a less traditional musical win best musical.

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ok, i changed the thread to more accurately reflect what i want this thread to be about... i don't want to get into a spam/piazza argument, that's been done. i more want to talk about the three tremendously talented performers who lead the cast of this show!

well, I havent seen Spelling Bee but I was hoping for Matt to win even though I expected the awards to go the way they did- one acting award for each show.

I would like to add about the other performers: the person that I was most impressed by after the "triumverate" was Michael Berresse. I loved his dancing! Every time I hear "American Dancing", I can picture Matt Morrison and him dancing in my head. I thought he was hilarious in the show. Also, I loved Sarah Uriate Berry and her voice is so amazing. I have no idea how she sings those notes in Aiutami every night... it amazes me because it's not completely necessary, if that makes any sense. In POTO, it's kind of required to hit that high E, but here... she just sings it. Patti is such a powerful singer... her "I don't speak English, but I have to tell you what is going on" was hilarious! I honestly didn't expect it to be either. Lastly, Mark's voice was good also... but I definitely liked Joseph's interpretation of Signor Nacarelli. I thought Joseph did it in a more humorous manner, which I defintely preferred.

I am excited to see the entire original cast once again before Matt and Mark leave!
--korenglish

you bring up an interesting point kore... i hated the idea about the breaking the fourth wall before seeing the show and i hate it now every time i hear the recording. but in the theatre i did laugh with the rest of the audience... i think it's the one major flaw in the book.

I dunno about calling it a flaw in the book, ap. I think it was necessary to add some slight relief to the audience because everything beforehand had become so heavy dramatically, a little weight needed to be lifted in order to keep the audience involved mentally and emotionally. After all, it was only a short break, because next Patti goes into the "Risk is everything" bit, and we are drawn into her version of how events unfold, which is dramatic by itself. IMO, the one flaw of the book is that the issue of Clara's mental problem never comes into the marriage discussion between Margaret and Sr. Naccarelli, as we never find out if the Naccarellis find out about it. What would happen if they did, etc, needed to be addressed.

it's just so gorgeous.. i don't understand why they didn't change all their posters! i guess it would have been too expensive.

I liked the way they did the story... to me, the song "Love to Me" tells us that Fabrizio doesn't even need to know everything: all he knows is that he loves Clara, and it's all that matters to him. I think it's an important part of the story, because it shows the strong bond between the two characters in the show. To me, it doesn't matter whether or not Clara grows in Italy... but I believe that she does. Maybe she doesn't grow at all, but in some way Fabrizio's love helps her to grow in an emotional way.

I don't think that Margaret set the whole thing up, though I've never seen an intepretation that way. I think she brought Clara to Italy to try and remember better days she had with her husband. It's important to her because she wants to show Clara a different side of the world. Obviously, we see throughout the musical that she only wants what is best for Clara... and that is a central theme in Margaret Johnson.

--korenglish

Hehe, looking at the posts, it looks like we're the "triumvirate," Korenglish and Apdarcey. Unless Mistress, Taboo, and Thenardier are still monitoring the going-ons.

first i want to say that i love having an intelligent conversation!

ok, so now, aegeus, she tells him in the beauty is reprise what happened... yes, she stops short, but basically tells him, so i think it's more a question of his understanding/caring about the issue. clearly fabrizio doesn't care as kore said.

kore, who do you think margaret was singing dividing day about? this is the question i always ask myself? was her husband the one who had a dividing day from her? or did she from him? and if it was her (as my interpretation believes...), when was it? because what i found interesting was that during fable, though we obviously all knew whose wedding was happening in the back, it was lighted in a way where if you didn't know, it could practically be anyone... so what if it was an allusion to margaret's wedding? where she was outside, knowing that this love was a fable for her? that her marriage wouldn't work. maybe it was her dividing day on her wedding day. and maybe she wants clara to already find the love in italy, rather than lose it before she gets there? and i do think she hopes that love will help clara grow, since it was a lack of love that led margaret to where she is at her age?

ok.. now you!

the puplish blob! i love it...

i love the cd art, i think it represents clara's growing to run towards the light=intelligence=love... and obviously it represents the "light" in the piazza. and it could be a little girl or a grown women, with that sundress on, like clara is.

Updated On: 8/19/05 at 02:16 AM