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| re: Did anyone ever come close to Joanna Gleason as the Baker's Wife? | |
| Posted by: donnyboy 12:17 pm EDT 06/19/18 | |
| In reply to: Did anyone ever come close to Joanna Gleason as the Baker's Wife? - bobby2 01:00 am EDT 06/19/18 | |
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| Imelda Staunton played The Baker's Wife in the original London production of Into the Woods and was truly magnificent - comic and heartbreaking. She won the Olivier award for Best Actress in a Musical (the second of her four Oliviers). Obviously it was in a very different production to the broadway incarnation - this one directed by Richard Jones which overall felt darker and more Grimm-esque I preferred it to the Lapine original and Staunton to Gleason - but maybe that's because I only saw the Broadway version once whilst I was a repeat visitor to the relatively short-lived London production. | |
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| re: Did anyone ever come close to Joanna Gleason as the Baker's Wife? | |
| Posted by: blfan 02:01 pm EDT 06/19/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Did anyone ever come close to Joanna Gleason as the Baker's Wife? - donnyboy 12:17 pm EDT 06/19/18 | |
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| Staunton's reading of "This is ridiculous. What am I doing here? I'm in the wrong story!" is perfection. | |
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| Imelda / Original London Production | |
| Last Edit: Chazwaza 12:57 pm EDT 06/19/18 | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 12:55 pm EDT 06/19/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Did anyone ever come close to Joanna Gleason as the Baker's Wife? - donnyboy 12:17 pm EDT 06/19/18 | |
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| I didn't get to see the full show, but the pictures and videos I've seen are fascinating and intriguing, and what I've heard described of the staging and designs from a cast member had me swooning. It's a production I would have eaten up with a spoon. And Imelda on the OLC recording is absolutely incredible. I can't say I prefer her or not to Gleason, but I think she equaled her in her own take on the role. God I wish a video of this unique, visionary production existed. Thinking of it makes me all the more bummed and angry that Lapine got to direct the Broadway revival instead of giving someone with a different view of the material a chance to bring their vision to it. What a waste. Lapine had his chance and what he did was perfect, but give someone else and someone else's vision a chance now. (and I don't mean the Fiasco production - which I liked in many ways, but I want to see the vision of someone who can direct the show AS WRITTEN). |
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