Fantasia Barrino is Broadway bound.
She will step into the role of Celie in The Color Purple on April 10, becoming the first American Idol winner on Broadway. The show marked its 500th performance on Broadway on February 13th. Until now, I really had no desire to see the show but I'm definitely interested now. I HEART FANTASIA!
Fantasia won American Idol in the show's third season, and in the final round defeated Diana DeGarmo, who has subsequently appeared in Hairspray. Other AI notables to appear on the New York stage include Constantine Maroulis (The Wedding Singer, Jacques Brel) and Frenchie Davis (Rent).
Fantasia has released two solo albums, "Free Yourself" in 2004 and "Fantasia" in December 2006. In my humble opinion, she's the best singer to ever come out of American Idol, but her producers have made song choices that have sunk her music career. Fantasia, you have an awesome voice and style, now ditch the music folks around you and find a better team.
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Saturday, February 24, 2007
Fantasia To Join The Color Purple
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I agree..Fantasia is mega-talented and needs to follow in Constantine's footsteps to 'own' her own music career! Constantine has shown the world exactly what he can do in the terrific 4-person cast of Jacques Brel; who knew that he had both the comedic and dramatic acting/dancing skills to bring the audience to tears with his gut-wrenching performances 8 times a week! And his voice...wow! never got the chance to show it off on ai but his "impressive soaring tenor" has gotten rave reviews from even the harshest Broadway critics! Constantine has proven himself to be light-years beyond American Idol handlers...and is producing his own debut album- precisely so HE has control of his music career.
I have no doubts that Fantasia will show who she really is on Broadway and if she's smart, she too will take charge of her own creative future as well!
I don't follow IDOL ... so still have no desire to see The Color Purple on Broadway. The movie was just perfection as far as I was concerned; I just can't picture it as a musical ...
I "heart" Fantasia, too, and I'm really excited that she has this opportunity. I just hope she has the vocal chops to sing that show 8 times a week--she has a bit of a throaty style at times which can really take its toll in a Broadway run. I wish her much success tho and, like you, I'm now interested in seeing the show!
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