Showing posts with label seth rudetsky's deconstruction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label seth rudetsky's deconstruction. Show all posts
the new york broadway theatre community is very familiar with seth rudetsky, a new york musician, actor, and writer [he was nominated for three emmys for his writing on the rosie o'donnell show]. i just became aware of him because of his posts on all that chat [a forum for theatre news and everything you'd ever want to know about theatre, but might be afraid to ask]. he is very knowledgeable and passionate about theatre and music, and he is quite humorous and quirky when he talks about both together [he's just published a new book about funny theatre anecdotes]. i just found this video where he "deconstructs" tony award-winning actress christine ebersole's singing/ performance in Grey Gardens, the recent broadway musical based on the lives of two eccentric new england women: edith "big edie" ewing bouvier beale and and her daughter edith "little edie" bouvier beale [they were were the aunt and first cousin of jacqueline bouvier kennedy onassis]. before it was a musical, the ladies became famous for playing themselves in a documentary of the same name. i saw this show on broadway in november of 2006 and enjoyed it because of how the authors developed the characters and story from the documentary to stage [oh, yeah - and the performances were great, too!].
anyway, in the video below, seth "deconstructs" christine ebersole's performance. watch and learn [i did].
anyway, in the video below, seth "deconstructs" christine ebersole's performance. watch and learn [i did].
p.s. here is part of christine ebersole's tony award-winning performance featured on the 2007 TONY AWARDS:
