He isn't good looking. He can't sing. He has the stage presence of Windex. All the way around, he's miscast.
Worst of all? I had to sit in front of his Jersey mother the night I suffered through the show: She was perhaps the most uncouth, loud and obnoxious woman I've ever been around and by the second number, I wanted to strangle her with the obviously knocked-off 'Burberry' scarf she was wearing.
... Ragtime closes and crap like Birdie stays open? Something ain't right with the world today.
Worst of all? I had to sit in front of his Jersey mother the night I suffered through the show: She was perhaps the most uncouth, loud and obnoxious woman I've ever been around and by the second number, I wanted to strangle her with the obviously knocked-off 'Burberry' scarf she was wearing.
Was there a need to describe her as "Jersey"? Don't base your perceptions on what you see on Real Housewives or Jersey Shore.
Ragtime closes and crap like Birdie stays open? Something ain't right with the world today.
Birdie is closing as well.
"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney
We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".
amoni2 - Yes, I saw the show three times, but never did I pay to see it. I attended the INVITED final dress rehearsal...and I received free comps for opening night through work as well as one other performance.
I'll see anything as many times as I want if it's free :)
"Somethin's comin', I don't know what it is but it is gonna be great!"
A loud woman claiming to be his mother was behind me all night and it seemed the ushers knew her. Her accent was atrocious.
What else can I call a horribly loud, obnoxious accent originating from the area of New Jersey? I'd say the same thing about a Texas accent or, in my case, a Chicagoan accent. That's just the way it is... Don't be a sensitive Sally.
Glad you love stereotypes: If the world wasn't full of characters, we wouldn't even know the word. That's life... And FYI, we ALL stereotype at one point or another. Glass houses.
For whoever commented before, the ensemble girl with pigtails you are referring to is probably Deanna Cipolla, although Allison Strong also wears pigtails and is a pretty energetic dancer as well.
Dean: Can I tell you something?
Lorraine: That depends on what it is.
Dean: I think you're really really pretty.
Lorraine: (after a pause) Ok, you can tell me that.
There's nothing wrong with keeping what you were born with. Circumcision has been relatively unnecessary since the advent of soap.
This sort of talk always reminds me of the SVU episode about the twins. Both were born boys but when one was being circumsized the knife slipped and he had to be raised a girl because he had no junk.
Deanna is the tini tiny one who says the line..."And by then we'll be too old" right before "Put On A Happy Face."
Penelope Ann I believe. She's so small that it's hard not to notice her
"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney
We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".
I know Nolan on a personal and professional level and am saddened by these attacks on his character and his "Jersey mother". It is not my place to discuss his family but can tell you that he has a small but loving family who are not at all into the pushy stage-parent/guardian scene. (And as for the woman who was claiming to be his mother -- that kind of behavior is shameful and insulting. If you knew anything about his family you would know that his real mother would not and could not have done that.)
As for working with Nolan, he is extremely creative, sensitive and diligent and has very good instincts. Like everyone in this business, there are times when we don't see eye to eye creatively, but his input has always been valued and respected.
Please remember when you're writing anything on these boards about an actor or biz person that they're real people who feel these malicious and personal digs every bit as much as you or I would.
Sounds like the "Nolan worked as A GoGo boy" story might be BS:
"From 2005-2006, Funk had a direct-to-DVD film role, two TV movies, and what looks like eleven SAG TV parts, making it – as you say – highly unlikely he was also working as a fully naked go-go boy in a gay club – despite (Perez) Hilton’s self-proclaimed “impeccable” sources."
And popgoestheweasel - I'm sure Nolan is a delightful, hard working young man and is a great guy off stage...but, that doesn't make me think he's any more talented. I still find him pretty awful on stage.
And circumcision is necessary in my book Just a preference.
"Somethin's comin', I don't know what it is but it is gonna be great!"