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| Posted by: Roman 05:49 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
| In reply to: MERMAN, CHANNING, PETERS - LivingMyDream 05:23 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
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| Then you’re missing a glorious performance. And you missed another in “A Little Night Music”. She is sensational in Dolly. It’s a genuine joy. She lacks Midlers huge star power and persona, but she’s giving a better performance overall. And her Desiree was sublime. | |
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| re: MERMAN, CHANNING, PETERS | |
| Posted by: LivingMyDream 07:29 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
| In reply to: re: MERMAN, CHANNING, PETERS - Roman 05:49 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
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| I agree, Peters was brilliant in Night Music. But I think she is limited in the parts she can make work. | |
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| re: MERMAN, CHANNING, PETERS | |
| Posted by: Roman 10:58 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
| In reply to: re: MERMAN, CHANNING, PETERS - LivingMyDream 07:29 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
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| As are MOST performers. I agree, she’s not right for every part. She really, really surprised me in Gypsy. She was an absolute revelation. Where Lupone really added nothing new, Peters got all the humor and more nuance than any of the 47 Roses I’d seen before.i was staggered. This is where I began to really take her seriously. And she’s currently giving an uproarious performance on the very same stage. She’s nothing short of glorious. Truly. Don’t miss it. Mabel, the Witch, Desiree, Rose, Dolly. That’s an incredible resume. She was also very underrated in the dreck that was The Goodby Girl. I hated the Follies revival(s), save for Papermill (which I ADORED). And Song & Dance was just ... unnecessary. Buckley (her replacement) made Peters look better than she was. She really sparked through lousy material, but what a crappy show. Ugh. I’d rank her Dolly, her Witch, her Desiree and her Rose as her best work. With Dot right behind. She’s terrifically versatilr. Reconsider your position. See her Dolly. She’s dynamic. You’ll be very glad you did. |
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| re: MERMAN, CHANNING, PETERS | |
| Last Edit: PlayWiz 05:59 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 05:56 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
| In reply to: re: MERMAN, CHANNING, PETERS - Roman 05:49 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
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| I think Peters is giving a great star performance as Dolly -- it's just Midler is so rare to see in a theatrical setting, hence the big prices and "big event" aura. Peters was fabulous in "A Little Night Music", though a bit problematic for me in "Follies" (I think the director had her play her as crazed and desperate from the beginning when I saw it), and terrific in "Gypsy" when I saw it later in her run. She has had some recurrent vocal problems at times; when she did "Song and Dance" the joke was "See It on a Monday, please" a la "Tell Me on A Sunday", since her voice was fresher/less tired in the beginning of the week in that demanding, basically one-woman first act song cycle. But I loved her Dolly -- she was hysterically funny, her voice was in good estate, and her chemistry with Victor Garber was marvelous. I agree that her Annie Oakley might have been better cast with the more authentic Donna Douglas of "The Beverly Hillbillies" who Peters seemed to be going for, while Reba was absolutely brilliant and seemed born for the role. | |
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| re: MERMAN, CHANNING, PETERS | |
| Posted by: BruceinIthaca 07:41 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
| In reply to: re: MERMAN, CHANNING, PETERS - PlayWiz 05:56 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
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| I keep reading how terrible people thought Peters was in AGYG. I thought she was perfectly fine, but that it was an odd choice of show for her. I'm not sure I needed to see another production of it in any case (though I bet Reba was excellent--if ever there were a role for her, that would be it--I was less taken with her Nellie Forbush). I've seen Peters in a number of other shows--Into the Woods, Song and Dance, A Little Night Music, and Follies. The biggest surprise for me was her Desiree--I thought she was far better than Jean Simmons (who I saw in the National Tour back when I was in high school) and much more convincing than Patti LuPone, who I saw do it in a "concert" production at Ravinia. I went mainly because I wanted to see Stritch in what I thought might her final role (was it? other than her TV work) and I lucked out, as she was practically letter-perfect the night I saw her. But Peters broke my heart in "Send in the Clowns," and made me believe in her as the still vital, yet growing weary actress. And I've never seen her less than interesting, even if the vehicle was second-rate, such as Song and Dance (and knew I didn't need to see The Goodbye Girl). I missed her Rose--I had seen Lansbury, Daly, and Buckley (as well as Russell and Midler in the film/video versions) and just didn't have it in me for another go at the time (I did see LuPone). A friend of mine, who is a professional actress, said she saw Peters and liked the show for the first time, which is interesting. Anyway, I loved seeing Channing as Dolly in 94--she wasn't where she was in 64, no doubt ( was too young to see her then), but I was very grateful to get to be in the same space and get a sense of the craft and inspiration she brought to the role--the acting was still superb and the singing and dancing were good enough to warrant seeing her do it. I saw Midler and her company last year--it was a very different experience, but equally enjoyable in its own way. I never got the complaint that Midler was just playing Midler. I thought what she was doing was using her instrument (and the habitus of her body, style, etc.) to create yet another version of Wilder and Herman's indestructible Doll(y). And I bet Peters is just as good, but in a different way--with the possibility of romance still there. I'm a big fan of Betty Buckley, and I hope to see what she does with it (I'll have to find her on the road). Comedy has never struck me as her forte, but wistfulness and wisdom are, and she may find another variation. People say Rose is the Lear of musical theatre for women--I think it may be Dolly. | |
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