wonderful town 11/26 matinee: my review

[Yankeefan007]

wonderful town 11/26 matinee: my review#0

Posted: 11/27/04 at 12:23am

It was good, not great. Brooke was not as bad as I expected, not as good as the critics said. She held her own, dancing and singing up a storm. Gregg was great like usual, but the stand out was Jennifer Wills. She was better than I can even put into words. At the stage door, everyone signed and was very receptive of the audience.

[secret-soul]

re: wonderful town 11/26 matinee: my review#1

Posted: 11/27/04 at 1:05am

wow you had a big day today: wonderful town AND la cage. fun fun fun.

Plince! Plince! Nein! T-Rex!!

[bdwybelle]

re: wonderful town 11/26 matinee: my review#2

Posted: 11/27/04 at 11:23am

yankeefan007,
Did you see Wonderful Town with Donna Murphy? I saw it with Donna Murphy, and I'm curious about seeing it with Brooke Shields. I saw her perform at the parade, and it wasn't as good as the critics said. She was not that great compared to Donna Murphy.

[Yankeefan007]

re: wonderful town 11/26 matinee: my review#3

Posted: 11/27/04 at 11:26am

i saw it with linda....

[bdwybelle]

re: wonderful town 11/26 matinee: my review#4

Posted: 11/27/04 at 11:32am

Did you like it? I saw it once with Linda. The 3 other times were with Donna lol. I thought that she did a very good job, but it was totally different from Donna Murphy. What did you think?

[Crazy4MattMorrison52]

re: wonderful town 11/26 matinee: my review#5

Posted: 11/27/04 at 11:43am

glad you liked it. i saw it in sept, with linda and thought she was great. after seeing the performance on the parade i might to see it again with brooke.

"gimme a bottle of bourbon and half a chicken and i'll conquer the world!"

[Unknown User]

re: wonderful town 11/26 matinee: my review#6

Posted: 11/27/04 at 12:12pm

bdwy belle---I agree with you. I saw it twice with Donna M and after seeing Brooke perform in the parade----I decided not to see it again. I'll remember it with Donna's expressions and movements----IMO much better.

[bdwybelle]

re: wonderful town 11/26 matinee: my review#7

Posted: 11/27/04 at 12:16pm

justafan22,
I still want to go see it just for the heck of it. I also really loved the show, so I still want to see it one last time. But I didn't think that Brooke's performance at the parade made an amazing impression.

[bdwybelle]

re: wonderful town 11/26 matinee: my review#8

Posted: 11/27/04 at 12:18pm

Donna was amazing, and I think it would be extremely difficult for anyone to replace her?

[Ruth Sherwood]

re: wonderful town 11/26 matinee: my review#9

Posted: 11/27/04 at 1:27pm

The only person who I think deserved to take over the part of Ruth Sherwood was Lucie Arnaz. She would be great in the part, and after all, Donna replaced her in the show "They're Playing Our Song," so it would be fitting that she take over in "Wonderful Town."

"Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one." -Stella Adler

[bdwybelle]

re: wonderful town 11/26 matinee: my review#10

Posted: 11/27/04 at 1:31pm

That would be great!!

[Yankeefan007]

re: wonderful town 11/26 matinee: my review#11

Posted: 11/27/04 at 1:42pm

linda, by far, was better than brooke....theyre two different classes of actors, though. linda is theater, brooke isnt.

[bdwybelle]

re: wonderful town 11/26 matinee: my review#12

Posted: 11/27/04 at 1:43pm

yankeefan,
I agree with that!

[magruder]

re: wonderful town 11/26 matinee: my review#13

Posted: 11/27/04 at 1:59pm

Ruth Sherwood-

At what point did Donna Murphy replace Lucie Arnaz in They're Playing Our Song? Murphy went into the show as one of the Sonia voices, but I don't think she ever replaced Arnaz. (I did see it on Broadway with replacement Sonia and Vernon, Anita Gillette and Tony Roberts).

"Gif me the cobra jool!"

[Unknown User]

re: wonderful town 11/26 matinee: my review#14

Posted: 11/27/04 at 2:09pm

Donna WAS amazing-----her voice (slightly nasal), her facial expressions and body language fit the part to a T. I could see Lucie Arnaz and maybe even Megan Mullally (sp?), but Brooke Shields just doesn't really seem to fit. (Again, just my opinion). To me Donna was that role and I'll probably just leave that last performance (one or two days before she left) in my memory. (I still have the CD----sniff) I'm still not sure why the box office was so bad ----- I guess some people still need a known Hollywood name in order to get to the theater.

[bdwybelle]

re: wonderful town 11/26 matinee: my review#15

Posted: 11/27/04 at 2:12pm

Donna was amazing. The role was hers. I'm so sad that its over. : (.
No one can ever replace her.