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| re: Jordan Donica out of Camelot and Sorkin’s changes | |
| Posted by: waterfall 11:30 am EDT 04/06/23 | |
| In reply to: Jordan Donica out of Camelot and Sorkin’s changes - lowwriter 10:22 am EDT 04/06/23 | |
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| I feel your pain re: losing posts here because of getting timed out while composing. I've taken to copying and saving every so often. Thanks for taking the time to rewrite. I agree with you regarding Sorkin, and I'm a huge fan of his. "Jordan Donica was out of Camelot yesterday and his absence leaves a big hole in the show. His understudy was good but he just doesn’t have Donica’s voice. For the record, that was Donica's 2nd understudy. His name escapes me at the moment. |
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| re: Jordan Donica out of Camelot and Sorkin’s changes | |
| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 11:20 am EDT 04/07/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Jordan Donica out of Camelot and Sorkin’s changes - waterfall 11:30 am EDT 04/06/23 | |
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| I wonder how unusual it is that a show still in previews has had time to rehearse two understudies. Maybe the issues that people in this thread had with the performance is that this actor was thrown on with not much rehearsal and was just trying to get through the performance. If that's that case, that's not really fair to a paying audience, but, in an atmosphere of "the show must go on," that's what is going to happen. We hear the legendary stories of actors having to go on with no rehearsal and being brilliant and a star is born and all that, but I imagine that there are many more stories that we never hear about actors having to go on with no rehearsal and being just adequate enough to not have to cancel the performance. And maybe sometimes the performance should be cancelled. |
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| re: Jordan Donica out of Camelot and Sorkin’s changes | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 07:26 pm EDT 04/07/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Jordan Donica out of Camelot and Sorkin’s changes - JereNYC 11:20 am EDT 04/07/23 | |
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| The friends I know who saw him saw his third performance. They just felt he was miscast. He knew the songs but did not have the right kind of voice and is not physically imposing. He was perfectly professional. But these friends liked almost nothing about the show, most of all disliking the rewrites. They did like Burnap. And they realized it must be at least somewhat better with an actor who is right for Lancelot. They went into detail about the rewrites, and I gotta say it sounds like something I won't mind missing. |
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| re: Jordan Donica out of Camelot and Sorkin’s changes | |
| Posted by: melvotaw 05:53 pm EDT 04/07/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Jordan Donica out of Camelot and Sorkin’s changes - JereNYC 11:20 am EDT 04/07/23 | |
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| No, it couldn't just be the understudy playing Lance. The issues have to do with the rewrites and the direction of Soo to be cold and act like she doesn't care about anybody. | |
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| re: Jordan Donica out of Camelot and Sorkin’s changes | |
| Posted by: toros 11:21 am EDT 04/09/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Jordan Donica out of Camelot and Sorkin’s changes - melvotaw 05:53 pm EDT 04/07/23 | |
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| I don't find Soo cold at all, although clearly, the charming, joyous ingenue thing is not her default. I found her performance mysterious and complex, and I appreciate the reserve. She's a fascinating actress, and I always find myself wondering what her characters are thinking. There is depth and an "unexpected" quality to her work here, and in everything else I've seen her in. | |
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