| re: Celia Keenan-Bolger also confirmed she was fired on another podcast. (Plus memories of her performance) | |
| Posted by: mikem 03:13 pm EDT 05/25/23 | |
| In reply to: Celia Keenan-Bolger also confirmed she was fired on another podcast. (Plus memories of her performance) - DanielVincent 02:42 pm EDT 05/25/23 | |
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| This is all really interesting to me. During Piazza's Broadway run, because O'Hara didn't seem to be that impaired, there was speculation that Clara in fact did not have any significant medical impairment at all, and that Margaret had shielded Clara her whole life in a way that was unnecessary (and constricting to Clara). That interpretation obviously places a very different spin on Margaret's behavior and actions, both before the play begins and during the course of the show. At some point, I asked O'Hara about this possibility at some stage door, and she said that her understanding was that Clara in fact had a legitimate medical issue, but that the creative team didn't feel it was best to play the role with a large degree of impairment (basically, what you are saying). I love Piazza, but I think that having Clara be impaired but as subtly as was portrayed in the Lincoln Center version is a bit problematic, because it raises this possibility that Margaret is overreacting. Which is an interesting show also but apparently not the show that Guettel and Lucas wanted us to be watching. |
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