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re: Brantley reviews "The Visit."

Posted by: AnObserver 09:12 pm EDT 08/08/14
In reply to: re: Brantley reviews "The Visit." - Glitter 07:59 pm EDT 08/08/14

Not laughs. She just basically a really good chorus girl who got lucky and has SOME depth, but not enough. Don't get me wrong. I've enjoyed her. Just can't imagine she's right for this part. And I've enjoyed her enough. Don't want/need to see her again.


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re: Brantley reviews "The Visit."

Posted by: robert_j 10:38 pm EDT 08/08/14
In reply to: re: Brantley reviews "The Visit." - AnObserver 09:12 pm EDT 08/08/14

If we were talking about her performance in Drood I would agree with you -- she did not impress me there. But she really is sensational in the Visit. I did not care for the show itself, but Chita was not the problem.


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re: Brantley reviews "The Visit."

Posted by: PlayWiz 11:35 pm EDT 08/08/14
In reply to: re: Brantley reviews "The Visit." - robert_j 10:38 pm EDT 08/08/14

I saw Chita do this at the Ambassador Theater about 2 years ago as one-night-only benefit. She was quite good, and some of the score and book were compelling.

One problem with moving this to Broadway is that, diva-worshiping critics aside, Chita is not and has never been box-office like her "Chicago" co-star Gwen Verdon. Her "A Dancer's Life" show ran only a few months. She's a wonderful performer, but unless she's in a really brilliant show like "Kiss of the Spider Woman" or a popular one like "Bye Bye Birdie", or has box-office co-stars like Liza Minnelli, she might sell perhaps 3-6 months worth of tickets.


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