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| re: Boroff: Sweeney: Groban+Ashford | |
| Last Edit: Roman 03:51 pm EDT 08/23/22 | |
| Posted by: Roman 03:44 pm EDT 08/23/22 | |
| In reply to: Boroff: Sweeney: Groban+Ashford - ryhog 02:59 pm EDT 08/23/22 | |
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| Aww, nuts. I was holding out for Toni Collette or Donna Murphy (yeah, I said it — come at me! She’d be a sensational Lovett. And the age difference would be an interesting angle.) I’m still annoyed by the tics, dips, and just flat out weird and increasingly odd choices Ashford made the longer her Kinky Boots run went. It was nuts. She was in another show altogether. I’m afraid she’ll mug her way through Lovett. I sure hope not, but I am in no way convinced this is the right role for her. Hers is not thoughtful casting. Collette or Murphy paired with Groban would make this a very, very big event. |
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| re: Boroff: Sweeney: Groban+Ashford | |
| Posted by: mikem 09:57 pm EDT 08/23/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Boroff: Sweeney: Groban+Ashford - Roman 03:44 pm EDT 08/23/22 | |
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| I think Ashford is extremely talented, but I find she often seems to prioritize going for the laugh, even if it sacrifices being true to the character. Quirky inflections amuse the audience, but when she speaks or gestures in a way no real human being would speak or gesture, it takes me right out of the show. I wish she would trust her gifts and stop going for the cheap laugh. | |
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| re: Boroff: Sweeney: Groban+Ashford | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 07:16 am EDT 08/24/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Boroff: Sweeney: Groban+Ashford - mikem 09:57 pm EDT 08/23/22 | |
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| Are we just talking about Kinky Boots? Or is this the case with other projects? I thought her performance as Paula Jones in impeachment was pitch perfect. | |
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| re: Boroff: Sweeney: Groban+Ashford | |
| Posted by: Jason 05:18 pm EDT 08/23/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Boroff: Sweeney: Groban+Ashford - Roman 03:44 pm EDT 08/23/22 | |
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| As much as I like Groban and Ashford and consider them very talented, the casting doesn't excite me. It feels a bit uninspired. Would love for them to prove me wrong though. Now, Toni Collette as Mrs. Lovett is brilliant. Can we just remake the movie and cast her? Donna Murphy would be wonderful too. She's one of those actresses who surprises you with her outstanding comedic chops. What I've seen of her Cora Hoover Hooper was fabulous! Take care, Jason |
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| re: Boroff: Sweeney: Groban+Ashford | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 03:54 pm EDT 08/23/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Boroff: Sweeney: Groban+Ashford - Roman 03:44 pm EDT 08/23/22 | |
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| Did Ashford do that as Dot? Or in any other role? I mean, I would make the same comment about Ben Platt in Dear Evan Hansen, which I started calling Tic Tic Platt. But has he done it in other roles? |
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| re: Boroff: Sweeney: Groban+Ashford | |
| Last Edit: Roman 04:05 pm EDT 08/23/22 | |
| Posted by: Roman 04:02 pm EDT 08/23/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Boroff: Sweeney: Groban+Ashford - Chromolume 03:54 pm EDT 08/23/22 | |
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| Ha ha — oooh, I’m gonna remember Tic Tic Platt. She was a fine Dot. No Peters or Plunkett. Not much room for mugging in Sunday. Importantly, though, that was a limited engagement. She stayed with the open-ended Kinky Boots too long. It was as if she got bored and did these odd histrionics to keep herself entertained. It was something (confusing, frustrating, irritating). |
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| re: Boroff: Sweeney: Groban+Ashford | |
| Last Edit: Chromolume 04:11 pm EDT 08/23/22 | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 04:07 pm EDT 08/23/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Boroff: Sweeney: Groban+Ashford - Roman 04:02 pm EDT 08/23/22 | |
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| The other problem with Ashford's take on Lauren is that everyone else seemingly thought it was written that way. When women started using "The History Of Wrong Guys" as an audition song, I wanted to tear my hair out from the awful Ashford impressions I heard... Very much to her credit, one of my former students, Lauren Chapman, who was in the Broadway company and the tour, and covered the role of Lauren, did her own honest take on the song. Still quirky, but without it being the "point" of the performance. |
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| re: Boroff: Sweeney: Groban+Ashford | |
| Posted by: ryhog 04:21 pm EDT 08/23/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Boroff: Sweeney: Groban+Ashford - Chromolume 04:07 pm EDT 08/23/22 | |
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| She had the advantage of being able to play the part within her own name. No doubt inducing greater honesty. :-) | |
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| re: Boroff: Sweeney: Groban+Ashford | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 04:26 pm EDT 08/23/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Boroff: Sweeney: Groban+Ashford - ryhog 04:21 pm EDT 08/23/22 | |
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| Though of course she never sings her own name. Just Cha------ah-----leeeeeeee....:-) | |
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| re: Boroff: Sweeney: Groban+Ashford | |
| Posted by: sirpupnyc 04:01 pm EDT 08/23/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Boroff: Sweeney: Groban+Ashford - Chromolume 03:54 pm EDT 08/23/22 | |
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| Sunday probably didn't run long enough. Though her Dot was an...active interpretation? Lots of little highlights and underlines, not to the point of feeling like she didn't trust the material, but more than might be usual. She made it work...I wouldn't have called it overly fussy. | |
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