{"id":482,"date":"2009-05-03T16:47:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-03T20:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clients.chrisvanpatten.com\/theatreaficionado.com\/2009\/05\/casting-susan-blackwell.html"},"modified":"2009-05-03T16:47:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-03T20:47:00","slug":"casting-susan-blackwell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/?p=482","title":{"rendered":"Casting Susan Blackwell"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m gunning for [title of show] <\/span>to get a little bit of Tony love on Tuesday. It was the first new musical to open this season and as you are well aware, I found myself enjoying it immensely. (Much to the surprise of my constituents). Here’s hoping that all four stars receive the Tony recognition they deserve.<\/p>\n

In [title of show], <\/span>Susan Blackwell (who this very moment is doing a “Die Vampire Die” workshop at The Brookfield Theatre for the Arts with our friend Alicia<\/a>) presented an idiosyncratically madcap based on herself; one who loved to perform and sing, but was also told she doesn’t “sing good enough to be in a musical.” Contrary to that assessment, I found Blackwell to be a perfect musical theatre comedienne. She possesses a good character voice with succinct comic sensibilities rounded out by a vulnerability revealed during the showstopping “Die, Vampire, Die, ” one of the many audience favorites in the little musical that could.<\/p>\n

Tall and lithe, Blackwell strikes an imposing classical figure onstage, I could easily see her taking on one of the Greek tragediennes or a drawing room comedy. Blackwell’s audience appeal lies in her fearless ability to be herself and I haven’t seen her onstage since the closing performance of [tos] <\/span>back in October. That is far too long for my liking so I decided that I would take it upon myself to present the casting directors of the Broadway and the regionals with a brief list of ideas for future reference…<\/p>\n

Auntie Mame\/Mame<\/span>: Vera Charles
Into the Woods<\/span>: The Baker’s Wife or Witch
Damn Yankees: Gloria
Annie: <\/i>Miss Hannigan
Do Re Mi: <\/i>Kay Cramm
Bells Are Ringing: <\/i>Ella Peterson
Sail Away: <\/i>Mimi Paragon
The Mystery of Edwin Drood: <\/i>Princess Puffer
She Loves Me: <\/i>Ilona
The Man Who Came to Dinner: <\/i>Maggie Cutler, Lorraine Sheldon or Nurse Preen
A Little Night Music: <\/i>Charlotte
Flora, the Red Menace: <\/i>Flora
The Sound of Music: <\/i>Elsa
Grey Gardens: <\/i>Little Edie
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever: <\/i>Daisy
On the Town: <\/i>Hildy or Madame Dilly
I am the Camera\/Cabaret: <\/i>Sally Bowles
<\/i>My Sister Eileen\/Wonderful Town: <\/i>Ruth Sherwood
Follies: <\/i>(when she’s older) Phyllis
Holiday: <\/i>Linda Seton
The Philadelphia Story: <\/span>Tracy Lord
Falsettos<\/span>: Trina
City of Angels<\/span>: Donna\/Oolie
The Boys from Syracuse: <\/span><\/span>Luce<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Well, dear readers, what roles would you like to see Ms. Blackwell take on?
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I’m gunning for [title of show] to get a little bit of Tony love on Tuesday. It was the first new musical to open this season and as you are well aware, I found myself enjoying it immensely. (Much to the surprise of my constituents). Here’s hoping that all four stars receive the Tony recognition … Continue reading Casting Susan Blackwell<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[2176,1952],"class_list":["post-482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-susan-blackwell","tag-title-of-show"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}