Theater Criticism from Overheard In New York

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Woman: Yeah, but just because you can play a dying crackwhore in Rent, that doesn't mean that you can play a dying crackwhore in Les Miz--they're two different kinds of whores!

--Broadhurst Theatre

Comments

[dry-2olives.livejournal.com]

I liked her a lot as Fantine. Her singing was in child-like tones as though she were a woman who never had a chance to grow emotionally. She's defeated, unable to make sense of her past and too weak to fight for her future. I found it very moving. When she came back in act two she was regal and confident, like she finally found a happy place to be.