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| Jennifer Simard is a comic genius | |
| Posted by: theaterisok 12:02 am EDT 05/20/23 | |
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| Not saying anything most of us don’t already know, but seeing her in Once Upon a One More Time (a pretty low low in the jukebox mode) is validating her comic brilliance. In another time, she would have been whisked off to TV to do a variety show. The highlight of the musical is Jennifer’s evil stepmother number in Act Two, “Toxic.” The notes she pulls out at the end are gasp inducing. The show is exactly what you think it will be. Maybe it’s all a metaphor for the Free Brittany movement. The choreography is great and if you love Brittany you will see a lot of her famous moves. The woman playing Cinderella cannot sing the score, which is a shame since everyone else around her is belting the heck out of every song. But back to Jennifer - just wow. Comic genius. |
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| re: Jennifer Simard is a comic genius | |
| Posted by: Hair 01:07 am EDT 05/20/23 | |
| In reply to: Jennifer Simard is a comic genius - theaterisok 12:02 am EDT 05/20/23 | |
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| She was similarly amazing in Disaster! -- hilarious with amazing singing, especially in the Off Broadway version which was much funnier and better than the Broadway version -- and she had a better song in the OB version | |
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| re: Jennifer Simard is a comic genius | |
| Posted by: PlazaBoy 02:10 am EDT 05/20/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Jennifer Simard is a comic genius - Hair 01:07 am EDT 05/20/23 | |
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| I saw it off-Broadway. I agree it was a hoot. Am I remembering correctly that she was a nun singing to a slot machine? Singed Sealed Delivered (I'm Yours)? I could be way off, It's been a while. |
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| re: Jennifer Simard is a comic genius | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 07:52 am EDT 05/20/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Jennifer Simard is a comic genius - PlazaBoy 02:10 am EDT 05/20/23 | |
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| Jennifer Simard played a nun who had a gambling addiction. I saw her in the Broadway version and remember her hugging the slot machine after the earthquake hit. She sang "Torn Between Two Lovers" and other songs in Disaster! and was hilarious. All together I've seen Simard in 6 Broadway shows and 3 off-Broadway ones. She was particularly memorable in Company, Hello, Dolly!, Mean Girls, Disaster!, and two editions of Forbidden Broadway. I believe she was in the tour of Spamilton, but when I caught it in Chicago, she had already departed the show. |
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| re: Jennifer Simard is a comic genius | |
| Posted by: OriginalTopherP 12:29 am EDT 05/21/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Jennifer Simard is a comic genius - BroadwayTonyJ 07:52 am EDT 05/20/23 | |
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| I can't speak to Jennifer or the tour, but SPAMILTON in Chicago was a sit-down production with it's own cast. Christine Pedi appeared as a guest star for the first few weeks but other than that, it was all Chicago talent. | |
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| SPAMILTON in Chicago | |
| Last Edit: BroadwayTonyJ 09:58 am EDT 05/21/23 | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 09:58 am EDT 05/21/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Jennifer Simard is a comic genius - OriginalTopherP 12:29 am EDT 05/21/23 | |
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| OK, that's right. I tend to get Pedi and Simard mixed up. The original advertising for the Chicago Spamilton strongly emphasized Pedi's participation. I'm sure that was done to make it seem like it was a tour rather than a local production. When Royal and I saw it on 4/23/2017, I recognized the cast as being all from Chicago. Looking at the Playbill credits now, it certainly looks like the show is a stop on a national tour. Anyway it was a top notch production. The cast was uniformly brilliant. |
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| re: Jennifer Simard is a comic genius | |
| Posted by: PlazaBoy 12:34 pm EDT 05/20/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Jennifer Simard is a comic genius - BroadwayTonyJ 07:52 am EDT 05/20/23 | |
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| I forgot she was in Hello Dolly. Her performance there was a little too much for my taste, but I've enjoyed her in everything else I've seen her in. | |
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| re: Jennifer Simard is a comic genius | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 10:58 am EDT 05/20/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Jennifer Simard is a comic genius - BroadwayTonyJ 07:52 am EDT 05/20/23 | |
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| I knew Simard in a previous life as a nun - as a wonderfully daffy Sister Amnesia during the long run of Nunsense in Boston ending in the mid-90's. I music directed the last 3 years of that run, and she was a memorable part of that experience. It's wonderful to see where she's gone since. | |
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| Last Edit: Shutterbug 01:41 am EDT 05/20/23 | |
| Posted by: Shutterbug 01:40 am EDT 05/20/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Jennifer Simard is a comic genius - Hair 01:07 am EDT 05/20/23 | |
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| She was phenomenally funny in COMPANY, too. Love her. | |
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| re: Jennifer Simard is a comic genius | |
| Posted by: EG 10:59 am EDT 05/20/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Jennifer Simard is a comic genius - Shutterbug 01:40 am EDT 05/20/23 | |
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| I saw her in Once Upon A One More Time and she's riveting. I did not know she was playing the Step Mother until after I saw the show (dress rehearsal with no playbill) and thought at first word and gesture she's comedy royalty. Like you say, genius. So sharp. So present. Magnetic. So capable and delivering it. Talented and funny. | |
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