Wednesday, September 8, 2010

MAKE ME DANCE: Last night, unannounced, Ellen DeGeneres made her Broadway debut in a walkon role in Promises, Promises. Credit to the production crew for keeping it quiet and not turning it into a spectacle. I saw the production in June, and it's far better than the reviews indicated--yes, Chenoweth is miscast as the mousy girl, and while she sings the crap out of "A House Is Not A Home" and "I Say A Little Prayer," they're so plainly added in to give her character more to do that it distracts--but Sean Hayes is charming, the plainly Mad Men inspired design is a lot of fun, and Katie Finneran richly deserved her second Tony for playing a boozy floozy who has a single song that works perfectly.

1 comment:

  1. Genevieve12:41 PM

    I never thought of Fran as mousy in the movie - Shirley Maclaine was quieter than her usual self, but definitely attractive.  Pining away, yes, but not mousy.

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