tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797035092645713329.post4062218188788450989..comments2024-03-14T02:43:01.811-05:00Comments on Broadway & Me: How Fantasia Deepens "The Color Purple"jan@broadwayandmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05871839027802882307noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797035092645713329.post-14790699927662620562008-05-25T13:07:00.000-05:002008-05-25T13:07:00.000-05:00Thanks for checking out Broadway & Me, Osondu. I ...Thanks for checking out Broadway & Me, Osondu. I hope you will continue to read and to leave more comments when the feeling hits you.jan@broadwayandmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05871839027802882307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797035092645713329.post-68677984698828913082008-05-25T11:49:00.000-05:002008-05-25T11:49:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Osondu Nnamdi Awarakahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00828719217990670598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797035092645713329.post-41446786292399073912007-07-03T10:30:00.000-05:002007-07-03T10:30:00.000-05:00I had actually never heard of Fantasia so it was g...I had actually never heard of Fantasia so it was great to see her at the Tony's. And again, as a result of your blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797035092645713329.post-22832379332819998772007-06-25T11:11:00.000-05:002007-06-25T11:11:00.000-05:00Jan - The Tony committee actually did create a cat...Jan - The Tony committee actually did create a category for Best Replacement in time for last year's awards, but then failed to nominate anyone. Most thought either Harvey Fierstein in <B>Fiddler On The Roof</B> or Jonathan Pryce in <B>Dirty Rotten Scoundrels</B> would be presumptive nominees. <BR/><BR/>It was only after failing to nominate that they reversed themselves and did away with the replacement honor.Steve On Broadway (SOB)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04353077627991682499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797035092645713329.post-5382065279560680842007-06-24T00:41:00.000-05:002007-06-24T00:41:00.000-05:00Anonymous, you're absolutely right that there's no...Anonymous, you're absolutely right that there's not a lot of singing to Celie's part. And right again that the critics praised, or as I say, threw roses at, Fantasia's performance. But for me, she didn't so much act as relive the experiences of her own life which dovetailed the character's. I know that's what many good actors do but they also do more. LaChanze created a similarly affecting performance in a role that was far removed from her own life but I'm not sure that Fantasia could play someone so different from herself. I'd be happy to be proved wrong though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5797035092645713329.post-86966794861476130092007-06-23T22:57:00.000-05:002007-06-23T22:57:00.000-05:00Interesting review but yours seems to be way off f...Interesting review but yours seems to be way off from the countless professional New York Theatre critics where her acting is mainly praised, you mainly praise her singing and not a one of them say's anything about her acting being "no where near that of Lachanze" in fact they say the opposite. Most of the role of Celie is acting, not singing, in fact many wanted fantasia to get to "sing" more, so perhaps that's why the critics praised her acting more because that's what she does most and best of in TCP. <BR/><BR/>Here's a snip of the many rave reviews from a theatre critic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com