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jaalaMore fannish gushing, again.
The Drowsy Chaperone has resurfaced in L.A. and earned good reviews and I didn't even hear about it until just now. It's rather a thrill for me because I have a couple remote connections to the show. I knew a teacher at my high school who was personal friends with Lisa Lambert, Greg Morrison, Don McKellar et al; he called them up after I went to see the show at the Winter Garden Theatre (in 2001, I think it was) to tell them I enjoyed it. I had gone all the way around the block to get to the stage door to congratulate the cast and had a lovely 15-minute chat with Don McKellar. I attempted to congratulate Bob Martin too, but he scurried off like a frightened kitten. (As I've discovered a couple times, mutual shyness repels like nobody's business.)
Now Bob Martin is suddenly the toast of L.A. It's a pity none of the other Canadian actors got their crack at all this glory (especially the other Skippy's Rangers), but still... Bob Martin! Yay! He was my favourite part of the show. Now he gets to upstage Sutton Foster!
There's a Toronto Star article, a Playbill article, and even a complimentary Variety magazine article ("The most essential element in this show's success is not the glitz and the glamour but the guide. Bob Martin...plays the sad-sack narrator, and it really is a breakout role"). He's the star of the television commercial, fer cryin' out loud!
Broadway.com message board users:
"Bob Martin, the Man in Chair, got a well-deserved standing O when he took his bow."
"If a Tony emerges from this show - assuming it's Broadway bound - it will be for a featured player or for Bob Martin, the Man in Chair."
And to think that once I didn't quite manage to get his autograph. I tried to tell him I loved his work too... but he didn't believe me.
Edit: "Moreover, Martin is adorable as our effusive guide."
The Drowsy Chaperone has resurfaced in L.A. and earned good reviews and I didn't even hear about it until just now. It's rather a thrill for me because I have a couple remote connections to the show. I knew a teacher at my high school who was personal friends with Lisa Lambert, Greg Morrison, Don McKellar et al; he called them up after I went to see the show at the Winter Garden Theatre (in 2001, I think it was) to tell them I enjoyed it. I had gone all the way around the block to get to the stage door to congratulate the cast and had a lovely 15-minute chat with Don McKellar. I attempted to congratulate Bob Martin too, but he scurried off like a frightened kitten. (As I've discovered a couple times, mutual shyness repels like nobody's business.)
Now Bob Martin is suddenly the toast of L.A. It's a pity none of the other Canadian actors got their crack at all this glory (especially the other Skippy's Rangers), but still... Bob Martin! Yay! He was my favourite part of the show. Now he gets to upstage Sutton Foster!
There's a Toronto Star article, a Playbill article, and even a complimentary Variety magazine article ("The most essential element in this show's success is not the glitz and the glamour but the guide. Bob Martin...plays the sad-sack narrator, and it really is a breakout role"). He's the star of the television commercial, fer cryin' out loud!
Broadway.com message board users:
And to think that once I didn't quite manage to get his autograph. I tried to tell him I loved his work too... but he didn't believe me.
Edit: "Moreover, Martin is adorable as our effusive guide."
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Date: 2005-12-01 04:33 pm (UTC)I was just told that he unfortunately was too busy cause he really enjoyed doing it but they understood. I thought it was primarily due to Slings and Arrows new season, but ... wow. Go Bob!
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Date: 2005-12-01 11:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-02 05:22 am (UTC)