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| Too late to replace Uranowitz? | |
| Posted by: NoPeopleLike 07:50 am EDT 08/13/17 | |
| In reply to: Thoughts about the Prince of Broadway - Shutterbug 08:11 pm EDT 08/12/17 | |
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| Everyone seems to think he's the weakest link. | |
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| i thought he was great. | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 11:23 pm EDT 08/13/17 | |
| In reply to: Too late to replace Uranowitz? - NoPeopleLike 07:50 am EDT 08/13/17 | |
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| Too late to replace you at your job? | |
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| Too late to replace Cooper? ... | |
| Posted by: flaguy 08:12 am EDT 08/13/17 | |
| In reply to: Too late to replace Uranowitz? - NoPeopleLike 07:50 am EDT 08/13/17 | |
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| Not EVERYONE thinks Brandon Uranowitz is the weakest link. In fact, I thought he was pretty terrific throughout. |
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| re: Too late to replace Xavier? ... | |
| Posted by: EvFoDr 02:19 pm EDT 08/13/17 | |
| In reply to: Too late to replace Cooper? ... - flaguy 08:12 am EDT 08/13/17 | |
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| Sorry couldn't resist. But for me it was Xavier. Wasn't he supposed to sing Hey There but it was cut? Wasn't he replaced by Yazbeck as Che in the Evita section? That had to be the most atrocious performance of Being Alive I have ever seen or heard. Every line back-phrased to the point of preposterous. More spoken than sung. Constant twisting of word emphasis. I guess so he could "act" it more?? Some songs and composers might need those liberties to elevate their work, but not this one. It's funny, but he showed later in the Phantom section that he actually CAN sing and hold out a phrase. I am just baffled. I also saw him play Archie in The Secret Garden and thought he was wonderful in that. I hope he's ok. He seems really at sea here. And honestly I think all of the men have their issues, due mostly to not being a match to some of the material they are given. Perhaps that's an unavoidable side effect of using a relatively small groups of performers to play a wide variety of types and styles. I was surprised from early reports that no one was mentioning Uranowitz because I generally find him to the high point of everything he's in. But I get it now. Tonight at Eight is his jam. He might make a convincing emcee in a full production with more time to work on it but this isn't there yet. He seemed oddly miscast as Molina, which surprised me. But this is one show. I am still a big fan and look forward to what he'll do next. I feel the same about Cooper. He's a huge talent except where he's not well matched to the material. I think Yazbeck comes off best because he's mostly doing parts he could actually be cast to play. The odd but fascinating exception is Follies where he is clearly too young. But because it'a a nervous breakdown expressed in dance, and he's an expert dancer, he steals the show. |
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| Underwhelmed | |
| Posted by: stan 12:38 pm EDT 08/13/17 | |
| In reply to: Too late to replace Cooper? ... - flaguy 08:12 am EDT 08/13/17 | |
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| Pretty nice show -- No Yazbeck -- A couple of excellent performances -- a lot of OK numbers -- I believe I've seen all the shows (and several that weren't shown (I think there was a show about baseball at the old Circle in The Square, highlighted with the Abbot and Costello routine?) , but the memories of the sensational performances I saw the first time around probably served to disappoint some of what I saw yesterday. It was kind of nice to see that each vignette had a fine set, although 50 scenes (It seemed that way) was a little too much. My wife reminded me that she doesn't like the Channel 13 shows where they do Shakespeare scenes or Opera highlights either. Maybe, if Act One was a montage of Love Songs, Act Two : Comedy scenes, Act Three: Tragedy. One production melding into the next might have worked. Who knows. Mr Prince was sitting in the back. | |
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