JUST GIVE SUTTON THE TONY NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!- Page 3
JUST GIVE SUTTON THE TONY NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tom1071
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/1/04
mirramar
Broadway Star Joined: 2/3/05
#52Sutton!
Posted: 3/31/05 at 11:10am
I'm so annoyed, I saw LW several weeks ago w/ the understudy.
I feel so cheated b/c, as most people will say, the show is extremely boring and weak. It seems that the consensus is that Sutton is the saving grace. I really want to see Sutton's performance, but there is NO WAY I can sit through LW again. It was torture sitting through it once and struggling to stay awake.
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#53Sutton!
Posted: 3/31/05 at 11:12amIt's true. Without Sutton (or Maureen for that matter) the show is dull and boring. But, the thing is, Sutton is so amazing that I think that you should try to sit through it again just to see her perform. It's an incredible performance, especially considering the material she has to work with.
"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
Sasha3
Chorus Member Joined: 1/26/05
#54Sutton!
Posted: 3/31/05 at 1:16pm
Effortless? Her acting was effortless???
YOU try flying a fake kite! It’s hard work! Not only do you have to fake launch it, but then you’ve got to fake roll out the string, watch it fake fly, and then factor in fake wind resistance and fake breezes. All while faking that you care Beth is dying. Exhausting!
*ducks*
*avoids fake rocks getting tossed at head*
Corine2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/03
#55K Ohara
Posted: 3/31/05 at 2:40pm
I think she deserves a nomination for her performance as Clara in Piazza.
What a voice. Sutton is wonderful, but she won a Tony for Millie. I would love to see Maureen get one for her supporting role and O'Hara for Piazza. Clark was outstanding as well.
Her voice is gorgeous as is the rest of her.
She looks like a Barbie Doll and sounds like an angel.
Updated On: 3/31/05 at 02:40 PM
Coondiggitydogg
Stand-by Joined: 7/18/04
PJ
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#61Sutton
Posted: 3/31/05 at 3:11pmLast time I saw LW back in mid-March, Ms. Foster had to clear her throat towards the end of "Astonishing," but before the big finish. I believe she deserves the Tony for her work, if Clark doesn't snatch it up instead. Hopefully I'll be seeing Piazza in early May so I can rightfully weigh in on the competition.
Ruth Sherwood
Leading Actor Joined: 10/4/04
#62Sutton
Posted: 3/31/05 at 3:15pmI've seen the show twice, and both times Sutton has been fabulous. Her acting took me by suprise because I thought she would play Jo just like Millie, but she played Jo exactly as I imagined her when reading the book. The first time I saw "Little Women" she did have a little trouble with "Astonishing" at the end, but otherwise I think she was absolutely perfect. Considering the other performers who Sutton will probably be up against,(and I have not seen "Sweet Charity" yet) I think she deserves the Tony.
"Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one."
-Stella Adler
bronxboundexpress
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/15/04
BroadwayGirl107
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/26/03
#64Sutton
Posted: 3/31/05 at 3:30pm
I have not seen Clark yet, so I can't weigh out the options the right way yet. But, that being said, Sutton's performance is certainly Tony-worhty work. Her performance in Little Women, in my opinion, is very much superior to her perfomance in Thoroughly Modern Millie.
Updated On: 3/31/05 at 03:30 PM
Macy2
Chorus Member Joined: 1/26/05
#65Sutton
Posted: 3/31/05 at 4:13pmThe night I saw Sutton in LW, she was straining to reach the notes in "Astonishing" and was flat on the last note in the closing song, "Small Umbrella In The Rain." Also, I felt like several aspects of her performance were forced -- all the mugging she did in order to get laughs was irritating, and I just thought that on the whole she was overacting. I mean, give her an "A" for effort, but not a Tony for this performance.
#66Sutton
Posted: 3/31/05 at 4:55pm
Has anyone ever thought that Sutton seems so great because she is in a mediocre show? How would she come off in a well written role, in a show where the entire cast is top notch? Now I have not see Little Women, so I won't make judgment on her in the role.
She won the Tony for her role in Millie, a show comparable to LW in regards to quality. Anyone else see a pattern?
Clark's performance in '...Piazza' was close to perfection. I doubt anyone's performance can top hers. Now if infact Ms. Foster does do better than Victoria Clark, then by all means give her the award. I'll make my comments about this after I have seen her in the show.
I want to write music. I want to sit down right now at my piano and write a song that people will listen to and remember and do the same thing every morning...for the rest of my life. - Jonathan Larson. Tick, Tick...BOOM!
Updated On: 3/31/05 at 04:55 PM
#68Sutton
Posted: 3/31/05 at 5:43pm
hey everybody,
i was wondering if i should shell out the money to see LW because i've never read the story and if it is really that boring i don't even think sutton would make it alright. lets face it, a show even with a "saving grace" is really not the kind of publicity a worthy show should elicit.
i saw piazza last week and i also did not know the story going into it, (i know, how uncultured am i) but i really thought both women did an amazing job to bring it to life. oh and matthew morrison too of course! is sutton and clark so similar in talent that its worth it to see LW?
ElphieDefiesGravity
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/27/04
#70Sutton
Posted: 3/31/05 at 6:13pm
Juliet~ I would definitely recommend seeing the show! I personally love it and don't find it boring at all. I also love most of the score, but maybe that's just me.
As for Sutton, I have seen the show five times and each time she has been wonderful. I really hope she wins the Tony this year. Granted, I haven't seen any of the other performances 
so I can't make a real, informed decision, but Sutton truly is amazing and really lights up the stage.
"Blow out the candles, Robert, and make a wish. Want something. Want something."
Wishes come true, not free.
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Dummy
Understudy Joined: 3/31/05
Coondiggitydogg
Stand-by Joined: 7/18/04
#72Sutton
Posted: 3/31/05 at 6:47pmShe rocked the show, that is all I'm saying. And i prefer Jenny Powers ( Go CATS!!! just got accepted) over sutton. MUCH HOTTER. But Sutton shimmers in this show. I found her to be really wonderful. and to TGIF. HOW DARE U SAY THAT THE CAST SUCKS> that is a great cast minus the men. I did not like their performances. MEghan Mcginnis has a great voice and wonderful knack on stage. Maureen mcgovern is TREMENDOUS ALL AROUND. THe show comes alive in the 2nd act and so do the rest of the actors minus SUTTON who is marvelous every second of the show
#73Sutton
Posted: 3/31/05 at 6:55pmHhhmm....I saw Sutton's stand-by because she was sick and thought her stand-by did a good job with the crappy material. Her "Astonishing" made me kinda get more interested in the show. I wish I could've seen her but I think Sherie Rene Scott's got a good chance for DRS. She is great in the show and has good material to work with; something Sutton does not. I didn't get to see LITP because it hadn't started by the time I was in NYC. Also I'd like to see Joanna Gleason nominated for supporting for DRS...she's a hoot and her character is from Omaha, where I'm orig. from. I think the nominations will be interesting. And Applegate will probably be nominated by pure celebrity status; this also hurts other contenders chances; big names hurt the true theatre performers; I think. But we'll see.
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#74Sutton
Posted: 3/31/05 at 6:55pmHhhmm....I saw Sutton's stand-by because she was sick and thought her stand-by did a good job with the crappy material. Her "Astonishing" made me kinda get more interested in the show. I wish I could've seen her but I think Sherie Rene Scott's got a good chance for DRS. She is great in the show and has good material to work with; something Sutton does not. I didn't get to see LITP because it hadn't started by the time I was in NYC. Also I'd like to see Joanna Gleason nominated for supporting for DRS...she's a hoot and her character is from Omaha, where I'm orig. from. I think the nominations will be interesting. And Applegate will probably be nominated by pure celebrity status; this also hurts other contenders chances; big names hurt the true theatre performers; I think. But we'll see.
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