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| re: Daniel Evans played Charley. Julian Ovenden was Franklin. And . . . | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 12:35 pm EDT 08/24/22 | |
| In reply to: Daniel Evans played Charley. Julian Ovenden was Franklin. And . . . - AlanScott 02:34 am EDT 08/24/22 | |
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| Admittedly, Damian Humbley was not nominated for the first incarnation of the Friedman production. Neither was Mark Umbers. There was some surprise about this at the time. I was not happy with Umbers either in the original video of the production, or when he played the role in Boston (Huntington THeatre, 2017). So no surprise from me. Humbley, on the other hand, was very good IMO. But also IMO, there was really no overwhelming reason to cast the 3 leads "out of town" for the Boston production, aside from the fact that I assume that the 2 men came with the territory. The Boston actors who played the supporting cast were equally as good. Having Eden Espinosa as Mary was great, but in particular, the 2 men could have been local actors and it might have been even better. |
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| re: Daniel Evans played Charley. Julian Ovenden was Franklin. And . . . | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 07:26 pm EDT 08/24/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Daniel Evans played Charley. Julian Ovenden was Franklin. And . . . - Chromolume 12:35 pm EDT 08/24/22 | |
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| I thought Humbley was the best Charley I had seen since Lonny Price, to the degree that I could judge from the film. I thought he could have found a bit more variety, but still I thought he was the best since Price. I had rather mixed feelings about it overall. It certainly didn't convince me that the revision is an improvement rather than a diminishment. |
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| re: Daniel Evans played Charley. Julian Ovenden was Franklin. And . . . | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 06:24 pm EDT 08/24/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Daniel Evans played Charley. Julian Ovenden was Franklin. And . . . - Chromolume 12:35 pm EDT 08/24/22 | |
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| Funny, I thought Umbers was the best thing about that production... which sounds like faint praise, since I don't think it's a great version of the show, but I did find him quite compelling. | |
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