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| re: And Channing was amazing | |
| Posted by: BruceinIthaca 07:44 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
| In reply to: And Channing was amazing - Britannia 03:31 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
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| I also think the point in 94 was that it was an opportunity to see a legendary matching of role and performer--of course, she wouldn't be the same as she was in 64. I wasn't either. But it felt like a privilege to be able to see her. And her monologue about the leaf still moved me to tears. 20 years down the road--when I am getting closer to Channing's age then (I still have another decade or so to go), I feel Dolly's loneliness and resolution. I bet Channing would make a fascinating Madame Armfeldt. I saw Margaret Hamilton, Zoe Caldwell, and Elaine Stritch do it--each brought different colors and qualities. Isn't that what makes live theatre wonderful? |
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| re: And Channing was amazing | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 08:58 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
| In reply to: re: And Channing was amazing - BruceinIthaca 07:44 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
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| I wrote a post in response but ATC is screwing with my Mac today. Some ad probably is doing it. Lost the post. So here's a second try. Back in my relatively early days on this board, I used to sometimes post that I would have loved to see her as Armfeldt, but even back then I knew it wouldn't happen. By the time she played her final performances as Dolly back in February 1997, it was because she really had to stop. And I think it would have been impossible for her to learn Madame Armfeldt at that point. But there are various roles, including Madame Armfeldt, Lady Bracknell and Miss Prism, that I would have liked to see her attempt. And at one time, as I noted here a few days ago when suggesting that Mrs. Lovett might have been a good role for her had she not given up on other roles at that point (and if the vocal transpositions necessary would not have probably made it impossible), she sometimes tamped down greatly on the eccentricities for which she was known even from early in her career. Reviewers noted this when she played Ruth in Wonderful Town, especially on tour. Not all the New York critics who reviewed her when she took over here thought she totally succeeded (although Kerr did), but it seems that she did get there. Not that she necessarily would have needed to tamp down much on her eccentricities for Bracknell, Prism, Armfeldt or Lovett. It does seem that a passable English accent and a Cockney were in her arsenal at one time as she played both Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion and Epifania in The Millionairess to good reviews. Dolly and Lorelei Lee were both her fortune and perhaps just a bit her misfortune. |
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| Years ago, I saw a clip of Channing perform "One Hundred Easy Ways." | |
| Posted by: RobertC (robertcollier930@gmail.com) 09:10 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
| In reply to: re: And Channing was amazing - AlanScott 08:58 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
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| For me, it was kinda flat. | |
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| re: Years ago, I saw a clip of Channing perform "One Hundred Easy Ways." | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 10:58 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
| In reply to: Years ago, I saw a clip of Channing perform "One Hundred Easy Ways." - RobertC 09:10 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
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| i saw it some years back. My memory is that she seemed to be doing it as Channing, not as Ruth, and that doing it as herself was part of the setup. She did it on the Sullivan Show several years after she had played Ruth. | |
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