"I think it's arguable that a few of the Roxies who followed Ann Reinking were better in the role, even if Reinking's dancing was in a class of its own. Her Roxie from the planet Mars was interesting, but so out of style with what everyone else was doing. Perhaps in a different production with more stylized acting, her performance would have made more sense. I liked her performance, and her dancing really was amazing, but certainly some later Roxies were superb and fit the production better."
Agreed, and also, Reinking was really quite vocally impaired by the time that show rolled around. P.S. Another really great Roxie I saw after Reinking was Belle Calaway. |
