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| re: give me a break | |
| Posted by: Indavidzopinion 04:24 pm EDT 08/01/22 | |
| In reply to: re: give me a break - kidmanboy 03:31 pm EDT 08/01/22 | |
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| As has been reported in my thread, below ( last evening performance with Beanie) and the more recent thread ( last performance with Beanie/ Sunday matinee), the production of Funny Girl, towards the end of its run, had a very powerful double effect. First there was the play, itself, but then there was the fact that the leading lady had been so heavily criticized. The audience came with the idea that this was a young woman who had been treated very harshly, so every time she sang a line like: « …and if I’m fanned out….at least I didn’ t fake it, » or « That’s life in the theatre! » those lines had special resonance. Here was someone, on stage, who had seen her hopes dashed, who had suffered humiliation, but she did not seem to have been crushed by the experience. Anyone who caught those last two performances can testify that there was an undeniable special emotional electricity in the theatre that night, intensified by the fact that the other featured performers were on their best game. Over the length of the run’ Beanie overcame what was denounced as lack of emotional connection between her and her leading man. In the « You are woman/ I am man, » when she straddled her partner and hiked up the hem of her skirt, it was quite an effective gesture. All in all, she exited the show showing that, in the months since the first preview, she had really grown in the role. I know that, as soon as I post this, others will disagree, but, for the record, this is my estimate of the last of a very stormy tenure as featured actress on Broadway. | |
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| re: Quentin Tarantino was bad for Broadway | |
| Posted by: LouHarry 12:06 pm EDT 08/03/22 | |
| In reply to: re: give me a break - Indavidzopinion 04:24 pm EDT 08/01/22 | |
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| For context, I don't recall anyone saying Quentin Tarantino was bad for Broadway when he decided he could star in a production of "Wait Until Dark" and gave the most amateurish performance I've ever seen on a Broadway stage. Would have been a wreck even if it was a community theater production. |
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