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| Posted by: ryhog 09:32 pm EST 11/20/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Oy Vey! - Singapore/Fling 08:10 pm EST 11/20/20 | |
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| "with the casting of Ally Sheedy, they established that Hedwig could be played by performers of different genders." May I ask for a minor edit of this: "with the casting of Ally Sheedy, they ATTEMPTED TO ESTABLISH that Hedwig could be played by performers of different genders." Poor Ally was a trainwreck for the ages, not because she was a woman. Lena Hall, otoh, DID establish this. |
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| re: Oy Vey! | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 09:57 pm EST 11/20/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Oy Vey! - ryhog 09:32 pm EST 11/20/20 | |
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| I didn't say she was good in the part ;-P I agree with you, she was rather lost, but whether she was able to perform it is, I think, secondary to the act of casting her and making a case for a Hedwig as a role that isn't limited to one gender. |
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| re: Oy Vey! | |
| Posted by: ryhog 10:13 pm EST 11/20/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Oy Vey! - Singapore/Fling 09:57 pm EST 11/20/20 | |
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| yes. I just thought it was important to memorialize one of the biggest fiascos in casting history (and that's saying a lot). "Rather lost" is either an understatement or a euphemism. Sorry if it made such an impression on me that I can't unsee it. lol | |
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| re: Oy Vey! | |
| Posted by: OriginalTopherP 07:29 pm EST 11/23/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Oy Vey! - ryhog 10:13 pm EST 11/20/20 | |
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| ...and for anyone not familiar with the fiasco, here's the NY Post article detailing what happened. | |
| Link | https://nypost.com/1999/12/17/weird-ally-quits-hedwig/ |
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| re: Oy Vey! | |
| Posted by: Quicheo 10:59 pm EST 11/20/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Oy Vey! - ryhog 10:13 pm EST 11/20/20 | |
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| On the night I saw her, she had Yitzhak sing over half of Hedwig's songs. Some of the monologs worked--she has a magnetism--but this certainly wasn't her role. And fiasco is certainly an apt word. | |
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| re: Oy Vey! | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 11:15 pm EST 11/20/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Oy Vey! - Quicheo 10:59 pm EST 11/20/20 | |
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| I guess I got lucky - we didn't see a fiasco, more like a competent understudy in the star part. | |
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