Backstagediva I can tell you exactly what the Titanic review will say. "The ship sinks but the cast SOARS" or something close to that. He most likely already has it written out.
Eric MCrae is a nice guy but let's be honest folks, he's not much of an actor. I saw FM Saturday night and Eric is hardly in the show. He shows is butt but otherwise he literally has a walk on role. I don't want to take away from his "dependably great" performance but it is somewhat strange that Milan chose to single him out when there were so many stand out performances in the show.
Milan plays favorites. I remember when Denise Scully wrote a letter to the editor criticizing Milan's review of LUV at the Oakland. Milan hunted her down and the two became friendly. Next thing you know Denise is in a show and Milan writes what an amazing actress she is and that she could hold her own in Hollywood. Milan used to constantly bash Chris Fidram. Then the two of them started talking and Chris was soon proclaimed to be the greatest director of actresses in town. Everyone in town knows that Eric MCrae had lunch with Milan in December. A month ago Milan interviewed David Elhatton and a week after that, in his review of Enchanted April wrote that David Elhatton was the "greatest actor in the state" or something completely absurd like that. In this article Milan criticizes Anna Frabutt for not being mature enough. Is it a coincidence that Milan is a friend of Barbara Evans, a more mature actress, who auditioned for the role Frabutt is playing?
My advice to Joki is to find out what these people did to win Milan's favor. The next time you do a show you might just be declared the greatest director in all the Americas!
Oakland’s ‘Full Monty’: too long, but enjoyable
Hey fedup a standing ovation may be easy in community theater but it represents the opinion of many whereas a review represents the opinion of one.
And YACTA is not fixed.
May 6, 2008 at 6:39 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Oakland’s ‘Full Monty’: too long, but enjoyable
Backstagediva I can tell you exactly what the Titanic review will say. "The ship sinks but the cast SOARS" or something close to that. He most likely already has it written out.
May 6, 2008 at 6:34 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Oakland’s ‘Full Monty’: too long, but enjoyable
Eric MCrae is a nice guy but let's be honest folks, he's not much of an actor. I saw FM Saturday night and Eric is hardly in the show. He shows is butt but otherwise he literally has a walk on role. I don't want to take away from his "dependably great" performance but it is somewhat strange that Milan chose to single him out when there were so many stand out performances in the show.
Milan plays favorites. I remember when Denise Scully wrote a letter to the editor criticizing Milan's review of LUV at the Oakland. Milan hunted her down and the two became friendly. Next thing you know Denise is in a show and Milan writes what an amazing actress she is and that she could hold her own in Hollywood. Milan used to constantly bash Chris Fidram. Then the two of them started talking and Chris was soon proclaimed to be the greatest director of actresses in town. Everyone in town knows that Eric MCrae had lunch with Milan in December. A month ago Milan interviewed David Elhatton and a week after that, in his review of Enchanted April wrote that David Elhatton was the "greatest actor in the state" or something completely absurd like that. In this article Milan criticizes Anna Frabutt for not being mature enough. Is it a coincidence that Milan is a friend of Barbara Evans, a more mature actress, who auditioned for the role Frabutt is playing?
My advice to Joki is to find out what these people did to win Milan's favor. The next time you do a show you might just be declared the greatest director in all the Americas!
May 6, 2008 at 6:28 p.m. permalink suggest removal