| re: “Peters did some disservices to the show in her portrayal of Sally....” | |
| Last Edit: Delvino 08:18 am EST 11/25/17 | |
| Posted by: Delvino 08:17 am EST 11/25/17 | |
| In reply to: re: “Peters did some disservices to the show in her portrayal of Sally....” - Chazwaza 05:59 am EST 11/25/17 | |
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| I saw the production three times. The penultimate performance in DC, from the next to the last row upstairs, and I was so relieved they didn't blow the show, I barely recall having a strong impression of what worked, except for "Who's That Woman?", which was so thrilling, it was able to wring tears. (And "Lucy and Jessie" was better danced in DC, a quibble.) I was fortunate to see it when it landed on B'way in previews, the week that Sondheim worked with Paige (I subsequently read) and for -- it may be fewer -- three performances they removed the intermission. That production coalesced as few have, and it was genuinely magical. Paige just took the roof off with "I'm Still Here," in ways she had not in DC, and did not when I saw the show again in its waning days of winter. I will always recall that "middle" performance, when everything cooked, and without that damned break in the middle, "Loveland" landed the way it (in my mind:) should, as it did in the original. I still say, it's a show that just doesn't work as well with a break. Ever. It's even damaging. Peters was focused and fearlessly willing to be almost certifiably disconnected from reality. But by the third viewing, I was more aware of her effort. Still that preview, what a night. |
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