Re: Liz Smith BROADWAY bits

Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 06:03:54 -0500 (EST)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.theatre.musicals
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<<<Liz: The surprise of the night was Jerry Orbach's cop partner from
Law and Order, the beautiful actor Jesse L. Martin. Onscreen, Martin is
dignified, elegant and serious. But singing "Mack the Knife," he was
droll, campy and delicious. I thought he did the best job of this
difficult Kurt Weill-Bertolt Brecht number of any of the immortals I've
ever seen try to handle it. And that's saying something, indeed.
Flavor-of-the-year director Rob Marshall was officially "hung">>>
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No surprise to me. One of the most appealing actors on TV. Martin should
be a Broadway musical leading man. I've also read that he loves real
showtunes: GUYS AND DOLLS, etc. And that he and Orbach fill their TV
time between shots by singing them. Orbach was nominated for a Tony (in
a revival) as Sky, but could now be a great Nathan.
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