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Matt Ottinger

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What's John Davidson up to these days?
« on: May 03, 2013, 02:41:58 PM »

Touring in Wicked.


 


(I mentioned a few months ago that I got to see Paul Kreppel in the role.)


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gamed121683

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« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2013, 03:01:15 PM »
THAT\'S IN-CRED-I-BLE!!!


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MikeK

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« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2013, 05:16:20 PM »
Who cares about John Davidson? The most impressive thing I took from that is a sister of a friend from high school is also in that production. Good on her. I think this is her first national tour after at least 15 years on Broadway.

I\'m two degrees away from John Davidson. Yay?

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« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2013, 02:22:27 PM »
Good for her, but is a national tour better than Broadway?   Legitimately curious.
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« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2013, 02:32:01 PM »
Good for her, but is a national tour better than Broadway? Legitimately curious.

I\'d say no.  John Davidson has been on the dinner theatre circuit since forever.

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« Reply #5 on: May 05, 2013, 02:38:19 PM »

After hugging me, nice to see he could still find steady work.


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Matt Ottinger

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« Reply #6 on: May 05, 2013, 03:00:26 PM »
As anyone who watches Smash knows, it all depends on the size of the role.  You could toil away in the chorus and in small feature parts on Broadway for years, but what you really want is a lead, and those aren\'t typically handed out to bit players until they\'ve been tested on the road.  If this is indeed her first lead, there\'s no shame in it being a touring company.
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MikeK

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« Reply #7 on: May 05, 2013, 03:38:44 PM »
As anyone who watches Smash knows, it all depends on the size of the role. You could toil away in the chorus and in small feature parts on Broadway for years, but what you really want is a lead, and those aren\'t typically handed out to bit players until they\'ve been tested on the road. If this is indeed her first lead, there\'s no shame in it being a touring company.
As far as I know, that\'s the case with this friend.
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Jimmy Owen

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« Reply #8 on: May 05, 2013, 04:31:11 PM »
As anyone who watches Smash knows, it all depends on the size of the role. You could toil away in the chorus and in small feature parts on Broadway for years, but what you really want is a lead, and those aren\'t typically handed out to bit players until they\'ve been tested on the road. If this is indeed her first lead, there\'s no shame in it being a touring company.

That\'s a good point.  We have a local actor by the name of Brian D\'Arcy James who landed the title role of \"Shrek\" on Broadway, which is cool, but who can recognize him under all that make-up?  When he got one of the supporting roles on \"Smash,\" everybody was happy, but then he got cut before the second season.  We\'re not sure what he\'s doing now.


« Last Edit: May 05, 2013, 04:45:05 PM by Jimmy Owen »
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« Reply #9 on: May 05, 2013, 06:41:29 PM »
As anyone who watches Smash knows,

Someone still watches Smash?

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"When you see the crawl at the end of the show you will see a group of talented people who will all be moving over to other shows...the cameramen aren't are on that list, but they're not talented people."  John Davidson, TIME MACHINE (4/26/85)