tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29175306.post6636300772078829285..comments2023-05-04T04:20:10.423-04:00Comments on Dave's Theater Blog: Cat PostscriptDave Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01554650648344826824noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29175306.post-65656946373834947092008-03-22T19:35:00.000-04:002008-03-22T19:35:00.000-04:00I saw that Streetcar with John C. Reilly. He suck...I saw that Streetcar with John C. Reilly. He sucked. Natasha Richardson as Blanche, and all the supporting cast, were terrific - but without a great Stanley that production just didn't work.<BR/><BR/>So, no BC, we DON'T need another similar revival.Frank Creasyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15302762603707230845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29175306.post-20268734000685755212008-03-22T01:22:00.000-04:002008-03-22T01:22:00.000-04:00I think it's great that some really incredible act...I think it's great that some really incredible actors are getting to sink their teeth into roles that they wouldn't otherwise get to play (and I do acknowledge that the "Great" White Way's reasoning is not that but the selling point of something "unique").<BR/><BR/>Did we really need another revival of <I>The Glass Menagerie</I>? Of <I>Streetcar</I> (with John C. Reilly horribly cast, at that)? I don't think so.<BR/><BR/>But a chance for James Earl Jones, Phylicia Rashad, and Anika Noni Rose to tackle these roles? Yeah. That's merited. (Even if they did go for a director with a name instead of a real director...but that happens a bit everywhere...wish I were willing to forgive that).<BR/><BR/>And maybe some young African American kid will see that and be inspired and say "Hey! That's me onstage." Although, I hope not with these characters. But that was a rather slap-in-the-face comment to me about the casting of something in Richmond a while back. It works for me.<BR/><BR/>I think the production could have (and might have been better served) to have focused on the clout of their cast rather than their ethnicity...and have also gotten a worthy director, but I find it a worthy venture nonetheless.<BR/><BR/>(Imagine that all that was preceeded by "In my opinion...")Thespis' Little Helperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03916895788691907962noreply@blogger.com