I don’t have a trained ear, mind you. But, when she goes into her soprano voice it resonates as “tinny”. How is disappointing? She’s given what is arguably one of the greatest love songs in the American Musical Theatre. You WANT to be carried to the roof of the Winter Garden on the last note. You want to jump up and give it the extended ovation. You are desperate to see this uptight character really let loose. That final note? Ecstasy. If and when it’s delivered by a lush soprano like Cook and Luker. So, for me, a Music Man devotee, half the disappointment in Foster’s soprano is the sound. The other half is the lack of it.
She is giving the best performance of the night. Don’t get me wrong. She makes a very funny Marian ( a role that isn’t traditionally funny). She mines every bit of humor from the role, humor I didn’t see was there until Sutton. |
