Re: No, No, Nanette

On May 10, 12:28=A0am, chromolume <jongoldb...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "Robert Bouton" <mprov...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > But nothing was as horrifying as the sack of slackness impersonating a
> > maid. =A0She reads lines like a very bored prompter in an overheated
> > room. =A0Her name is Rosie O'Donnell and I hope she never again
darkens
> > a stage.
> "Ed\(NY\)" <e...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > I agree that Rosie O'Donnell fails to bring anything other than
> > her one-joke (?) style to her role, and you get tired of it pretty
fast.=

>
> So...why does she keep getting hired? Especially in this case -
> performers at Encores are going to cater largely to the in-crowd
> anyway, so it's not like they really need to rely non-theatre celeb
> casting that much (do they?) - granted, Rosie has been incredibly
> sup****tive of theatre, and the one thing I miss about her TV show was
> the amount of time she spent promoting current shows and performers on
> it -- but I can't imagine she's really that big of a draw for
> knowledgeable theatre audiences.
>
> I'd ask the same thing as to why they hired Fran Drescher for the
> Camelot concert. Did concertgoers *really* want to see her in the
> role? Or, did the NY Phil *really* think they'd get non-theatre fans
> who love Drescher to spend a fortune on tickets to see her in what is
> really a very minor role? If she hadn't been so miscast, it might not
> be such a big deal, but she was, Blanche, she was...:-)
>
> What exactly is the appeal of such low-class, annoying celebs? ;-)

Yes, it's the scourge of Idiot Box Celebrity.  Names that are famous
from television steal parts from more talented, hard-working, well-
trained stage performers all the time.