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| re: What happened to Donna Murphy’s career? | |
| Posted by: Maverick2884 08:31 am EST 01/02/19 | |
| In reply to: What happened to Donna Murphy’s career? - Zelgo 06:56 am EST 01/02/19 | |
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| Well, she was headed to Broadway in the SITP production of ITWoods, but we all remember how that turned out. Eek. Sadly, she's one of my very, very favorite performers. So skilled. So detailed. Her "Could I Leave You" at Sondheim's 80th is a masterclass in musical theatre performance, diction, arch, and characterization all in just a few minutes. Astonishing. As someone pointed out below, she's chosen to focus on her family, which I respect entirely. However, like you (it seems), I too miss her very much from the Broadway stage... |
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| re: What happened to Donna Murphy’s career? | |
| Posted by: mermaniac 05:10 pm EST 01/02/19 | |
| In reply to: re: What happened to Donna Murphy’s career? - Maverick2884 08:31 am EST 01/02/19 | |
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| There's your MAME !!! | |
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| Agreed -- her *details* on her choices are beautifully specific | |
| Posted by: GrumpyMorningBoy 11:25 am EST 01/02/19 | |
| In reply to: re: What happened to Donna Murphy’s career? - Maverick2884 08:31 am EST 01/02/19 | |
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| I've only had the chance to see her live a few times, but my god, she is one of the most detail-specific actors I've ever seen in a musical. She's a work of art. Her DOLLY was so far outside anything I'd seen her do before (ie., Fosca), and I went, in part, just to see if she could really do that kind of broad comedy. I was shocked at how well she handled it all. It seemed effortless for her, and she knew how to absolutely HAM IT UP when the role required it. I'm so sad I missed her WONDERFUL TOWN. And I agree about that "Could I Leave You" performance. It's thrilling. - GMB |
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| re: Agreed -- her *details* on her choices are beautifully specific | |
| Posted by: bicoastal 04:23 pm EST 01/04/19 | |
| In reply to: Agreed -- her *details* on her choices are beautifully specific - GrumpyMorningBoy 11:25 am EST 01/02/19 | |
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| Donna Murphy's performance in "Wonderful Town" is without doubt one of my personal favorite performances ever. She was so funny, so endearing and so human, it was sheer delight. I'm sorry you missed it! Also, since I don't have a good ear for pitch, her singing in "King and I" didn't bother me. That, for me, was the definitive production of that show (at least in my lifetime). | |
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| re: Agreed -- her *details* on her choices are beautifully specific | |
| Posted by: mikem 02:25 pm EST 01/02/19 | |
| In reply to: Agreed -- her *details* on her choices are beautifully specific - GrumpyMorningBoy 11:25 am EST 01/02/19 | |
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| That level of detail was something I also saw in Jan Maxwell, particularly in terms of physical movement. With both Maxwell and Murphy, they clearly spent a lot of time thinking about how the character would gesture and move, which is not something every actor is as detailed about as they. | |
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| One more performance that few of us saw | |
| Posted by: fredfrankg (fredfrankg427@gmail.com) 11:40 am EST 01/02/19 | |
| In reply to: Agreed -- her *details* on her choices are beautifully specific - GrumpyMorningBoy 11:25 am EST 01/02/19 | |
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| I've been a fan for some time. Her performance in King and I was plain wonderful, and in perhaps one of the most beautiful productions I've ever seen. Also like Wonderful Town, but was mesmerized by her in Lovemusik. But the best performance I've ever seen of hers was as the guest performer at the annual Garden Party hosted by The Center. I only saw her rehearsal as I was volunteering at the event that evening. She sang Cole Porter's I Happen To Like New York and it was the greatest performance of hers I'd ever witnessed. Just breathtaking. Anybody else catch it? And, yes, I wish she were performing more frequently. I'd love to see her in a cabaret setting, and if she recorded, I'd buy it. But I also understand and fully respect her priorities, and wish her and her daughter all the best. |
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| re: One more performance that few of us saw | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 05:14 am EST 01/03/19 | |
| In reply to: One more performance that few of us saw - fredfrankg 11:40 am EST 01/02/19 | |
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| Donna was terribly flat in THE KING AND I the night I saw it. I've never heard a Broadway singer sing that terribly. "Hello Young Lovers" was particularly horrible, | |
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| re: One more performance that few of us saw | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 07:23 pm EST 01/02/19 | |
| In reply to: One more performance that few of us saw - fredfrankg 11:40 am EST 01/02/19 | |
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| I'm not remembering clearly, but wasn't it at a special Encores! concert at City Center that Donna first sang "I Happen to Like New York" and brought the house down? Or was that not the first time? | |
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| re: One more performance that few of us saw | |
| Posted by: mermaniac 05:14 pm EST 01/02/19 | |
| In reply to: One more performance that few of us saw - fredfrankg 11:40 am EST 01/02/19 | |
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| I was there for "I Happen To..." and no one who was there will ever forget the electricity and tears. I made it a point to meet her and tell her so. Merman, Martin, Lansbury, Rivera, Gray-----------and MURPHY ! | |
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| re: One more performance that few of us saw | |
| Posted by: Amaliax2 04:51 pm EST 01/02/19 | |
| In reply to: One more performance that few of us saw - fredfrankg 11:40 am EST 01/02/19 | |
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| Omg I’m so glad you mentioned the “New York” performance - still sticks in my mind as one of the most moving I have ever witnessed in any performer. If memory serves— it also happened sometime right after 9/11- she brought the audience to tears. | |
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| re: One more performance that few of us saw | |
| Posted by: larry13 12:12 pm EST 01/02/19 | |
| In reply to: One more performance that few of us saw - fredfrankg 11:40 am EST 01/02/19 | |
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| Didn't see that "I Happen to Like NY" at the Center but her rendition of it at Town Hall, not long after 9/11, was one for the ages. I too have loved her in all that I've been able to see, probably most in WONDERFUL TOWN: she had EVERYthing! |
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