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| re: Vanya,Sonia,Marsha and Spike | |
| Posted by: portenopete 01:06 pm EDT 03/21/21 | |
| In reply to: Vanya,Sonia,Marsha and Spike - FinalPerformance 12:24 pm EDT 03/21/21 | |
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| I almost prefer the imperfect recording to the more "sophisticated" NT Live and other broadcasts. I wish I liked the play more. I'd seen it in L.A. with Nielsen and the lovely late Mark Blum, Christine Ebersole and David Hull. All fine performers but it felt like heavy lifting. In this original cast I thought Sigourney had the right Durang energy (from 40 years of experience) but even that didn't always elevate the material. |
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| re: Vanya,Sonia,Marsha and Spike | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 06:11 pm EDT 03/21/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Vanya,Sonia,Marsha and Spike - portenopete 01:06 pm EDT 03/21/21 | |
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| "In this original cast I thought Sigourney had the right Durang energy (from 40 years of experience) but even that didn't always elevate the material." Interesting, as I thought she was the only cast member who missed the boat -- and missed it by a long shot, so much so that almost every time her character started speaking, I found myself hoping she's soon stop. To each their own! |
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| re: Vanya,Sonia,Marsha and Spike | |
| Posted by: Circlevet 02:49 pm EDT 03/22/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Vanya,Sonia,Marsha and Spike - Michael_Portantiere 06:11 pm EDT 03/21/21 | |
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| I totally agree. She seemed to have little understanding of the character, absolutely no comic timing and as a result left a huge hole in the play. Would love to have seen Julie White. The rest of the cast were terrific. | |
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| re: Vanya,Sonia,Marsha and Spike | |
| Posted by: NewtonUK 06:16 pm EDT 03/21/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Vanya,Sonia,Marsha and Spike - Michael_Portantiere 06:11 pm EDT 03/21/21 | |
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| Julie WHite nailed Masha when she took over - mainly because she showed us the real person under Masha;'s artifice. ANd also invented one of the biggest laughs in the show. | |
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| re: Vanya,Sonia,Marsha and Spike | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 09:42 pm EDT 03/21/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Vanya,Sonia,Marsha and Spike - NewtonUK 06:16 pm EDT 03/21/21 | |
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| "And also invented one of the biggest laughs in the show." Tell, tell!!! |
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| re: Vanya,Sonia,Marsha and Spike | |
| Posted by: NewtonUK 07:37 am EDT 03/22/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Vanya,Sonia,Marsha and Spike - Michael_Portantiere 09:42 pm EDT 03/21/21 | |
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| Here you go ... in the scene where Masha comes downstairs dressed as Snow White, Nina asks Masha, in re Spike: "What is he going as?" and Masha replies: "He's going as Prince Charming. It took a long time to convince him .... so everyone tell him he looks sexy." Sigourney just said this, instructing people how to respond to help HER out. Julie White - in the space where I put (...) - rotates her haw for a moment - letting us know EXACTLY how she convince Spike. It brought down the house every night. | |
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| re: Vanya,Sonia,Marsha and Spike | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 02:10 pm EDT 03/22/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Vanya,Sonia,Marsha and Spike - NewtonUK 07:37 am EDT 03/22/21 | |
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| Thanks! I assume you typoed "haw" for "jaw," but I got the meaning anyway through context :-) | |
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| re: Vanya,Sonia,Marsha and Spike | |
| Posted by: NewtonUK 03:49 pm EDT 03/22/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Vanya,Sonia,Marsha and Spike - Michael_Portantiere 02:10 pm EDT 03/22/21 | |
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| OMG typos! Sorry! | |
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| re: Vanya,Sonia,Marsha and Spike | |
| Posted by: Genealley 01:20 pm EDT 03/21/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Vanya,Sonia,Marsha and Spike - portenopete 01:06 pm EDT 03/21/21 | |
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| The original cast made the difference. The Marsha was amazing! |
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