[Magdalen] Please! Clap your hands!

[Grace Cangialosi]

Frankly, I wouldn't reward him with a part in any play...

> On Dec 5, 2014, at 12:50 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Part of my (admittedly snarky) argument for having Justin Bieber play
> Peter, other than that he obviously hasn't grown up, was that he still
> sings soprano (well, sort of, anyway). The tattoos could be easily covered
> by body makeup. But of course NBC doesn't have the imagination to think of
> that, and Beeb wouldn't have the guts to do the flying thing, most likely.
> 
> On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 12:44 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Well, I saw it for the first time when I was about 11. I knew she was a
>> woman, but I also remember how perfect she looked for the part--she had a
>> real gamin-like face and a pixie haircut.
>> Now, I don't especially like to see Amahl played by a girl, but that's
>> mostly because I know it wouldn't be that hard to find a boy soprano!
>> 
>>> On Dec 5, 2014, at 12:39 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I guess I'm a grinch. I hated it. It was always all wrong to me for a
>> woman
>>> to be playing Peter. Especially a *grown* woman.
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I absolutely adored the Mary Martin Peter Pan production and watched it
>>>> every year for a long time. Even had the soundtrack. For me, that was
>> the
>>>> ultimate Peter Pan.
>>>> 
>>>>> On Dec 5, 2014, at 8:39 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> A great puzzle piece fell into place after I saw the first televised
>>>>> Peter Pan. My mother was putting me to bed, and I asked,
>>>>> "He was very beautiful for a boy, wasn't he?"
>>>>> 
>>>>> "That was no boy," my mother replied. "That was a woman."
>>>>> 
>>>>> My whole life changed in that one minute. I remember lying
>>>>> awake, full of thought of new possibilities.
>>>>> 
>>>>> That said, I watched a few minutes of last night's show and
>>>>> changed the channel. She annoyed me. I hate it when women
>>>>> substitute stridency for bravado. It's the director's fault, of
>>>>> course.
>>>>> -M
>>