On Saturday night, some friends and I went to see Chicago. We had front row seats, and it was very entertaining. The most boring of the Destiny's Children, Michelle Williams, played Roxie Hart. She was an okay singer, but she was a) too skinny and b) not vixeny enough to be Roxie. Every time she tried to be even a little bit kittenish or sexy, she would mug and roll her eyes like she was a character in a high school musical. Fail.
I was especially offended as Roxie is one of my "must play before death" roles. For information, the others are, in no particular order, Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd (done! Can die happy on that score), Marion Halcombe or Laura Fairlie in The Woman in White (either one would be great but preferably both), and Eva Peron in Evita (also still on the list). Anyways, I watched Michelle Williams with my arms crossed, eyes narrowed, smarting the whole time, thinking, "I could do this better. It's just because she's one of Destiny's Children that she's in this."
Anyhow.
I've spent an hour tonight singing a few of Roxie's songs: "Funny Honey of Mine," "Roxie," and "Nowadays" into my computer, and posted them on my MySpace page: www.myspace.com/daniellelemon. Have a listen, try not to picture Renee Zellweger or that boring Destiny's Child girl, and then write a letter to the producers of Chicago asking them for a re-cast starring yours truly. Many thanks.
I was especially offended as Roxie is one of my "must play before death" roles. For information, the others are, in no particular order, Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd (done! Can die happy on that score), Marion Halcombe or Laura Fairlie in The Woman in White (either one would be great but preferably both), and Eva Peron in Evita (also still on the list). Anyways, I watched Michelle Williams with my arms crossed, eyes narrowed, smarting the whole time, thinking, "I could do this better. It's just because she's one of Destiny's Children that she's in this."
Anyhow.
I've spent an hour tonight singing a few of Roxie's songs: "Funny Honey of Mine," "Roxie," and "Nowadays" into my computer, and posted them on my MySpace page: www.myspace.com/daniellelemon. Have a listen, try not to picture Renee Zellweger or that boring Destiny's Child girl, and then write a letter to the producers of Chicago asking them for a re-cast starring yours truly. Many thanks.