I think Ana Gastayer can do no wrong.
I randomly saw her perform at EPCOT Center's chintzy / shmaltzy Candlelight Processional Christmas Concert last year, which was in so many ways just tacky and eye-rolling, but she brought this incredible HUMANITY and WARMTH to the narration, and was just so tonally perfect about the whole thing.
She's such a goof, and I think people associate her with some of her memorable SNL characters, that they don't realize what a great range she has. I don't think HELLO, DOLLY is the right fit for her. She needs something new and bold and original; here's hoping that a successful composer who can open a Broadway show will pen something for her. Jeanine Tesori, Jason Robert Brown, Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz -- I'm looking at you guys.
- GMB |
