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| re: Kristin Chenoweth | |
| Posted by: tandelor 11:26 am EDT 05/27/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Kristin Chenoweth - Thom915 11:19 am EDT 05/27/18 | |
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| And at almost 50 year old, is close to 7 years older than Carol Channing was when she created the role. | |
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| re: Kristin Chenoweth | |
| Posted by: Thom915 12:19 pm EDT 05/27/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Kristin Chenoweth - tandelor 11:26 am EDT 05/27/18 | |
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| And more than 20 years younger than Ms Midler in this revival which is the production being discussed here. She is additionally almost 25 years younger than Ms. Channing was when she did the 1995 revival. Therefore we are talking about an incredible age range here. I stand by my post. | |
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| Temperamentally, she's more of an Irene Molloy, no matter the age. | |
| Posted by: Delvino 09:32 am EDT 05/28/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Kristin Chenoweth - Thom915 12:19 pm EDT 05/27/18 | |
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| It's not that she couldn't land comedy and the songs. But Chenoweth just feels like a maturing ingenue. It's not a negative, it's a casting type concern. I believe Peters would've been far less persuasive at age 49 than she is now at 70, but we'll never know. I can see Chenoweth as a definitive Irene, and her music is just ideal for the Chenoweth voice. That's not a random issue. Dolly's size and grandeur just seem still not in the toolbox for this gifted performer. More realistically: If she played it now, it would be a feat but not necessarily something a large number of people would want to pay top dollar to see. | |
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| re: Temperamentally, she's more of an Irene Molloy, no matter the age. | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 01:22 am EDT 05/29/18 | |
| In reply to: Temperamentally, she's more of an Irene Molloy, no matter the age. - Delvino 09:32 am EDT 05/28/18 | |
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| IMO - and I know I've said this before - I think Chenoweth is really a Minnie Fay. She could manage Irene, but to me she's much more of a natural Minnie. But of course I don't tend to think she'd be interested in the role. | |
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| Age and temperament and life experience: Zeta-Jones' Desiree. | |
| Posted by: Delvino 12:19 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Temperamentally, she's more of an Irene Molloy, no matter the age. - Chromolume 01:22 am EDT 05/29/18 | |
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| This Chenoweth discussion takes me back to the Zeta-Jones casting in "Night Music." I felt she was too young -- not in chronological age, but in presentation -- and it made Desiree's dilemma weaker. Johns, originally, may have been close to the same age, but suggested a very different life experience and world-weariness. Many others disagreed. (The stakes were raised when Peters went in, and I loved her Desiree.) The Chenoweth Dolly idea is easily a version of the same conversation. | |
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