tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post8986584640498368852..comments2024-01-07T06:59:04.212-05:00Comments on The Playgoer: No Tony for PattiPlaygoerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-61433402726030144432007-08-06T14:36:00.000-04:002007-08-06T14:36:00.000-04:00I had the same reaction as Brantley and Isherwood,...I had the same reaction as Brantley and Isherwood, specifically this of Charles', which I wrote about at the 7/29 finale: <BR/><BR/>"At City Center, alas, I found myself once again entertained but also disappointed, and it occurred to me that Ms. LuPone’s supportive fan base might be part of the problem this time, more inhibition than inspiration. To perform before an audience all but expecting rapture is surely an intimidating, even unnerving experience.<BR/><BR/>How do you set aside the knowledge that your admirers are out there, hoping to be transported by your assumption of an all-but-legendary role? How do you find the courage and concentration to disappear into the skin of another character when you know it is also your own voice they have come to hear?"<BR/><BR/>Mama Rose's whole beef, her whole inner turmoil, comes from her struggle to BE recognized. When you have an audience that's overly supportive -- no matter what -- it because that much harder to stick in the role. Where's the conflict for LuPone, if she's already getting what she needs from the audience? Her popularity makes it harder -- though we'd like to believe it shouldn't -- for her to play the "role she was born for."Aaron Ricciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05003634532469211190noreply@blogger.com