Victoria Clark as Fraulein Kost?
Victoria Clark as Fraulein Kost?
#1Victoria Clark as Fraulein Kost?
Posted: 4/24/14 at 11:51pm
I know that she was the first Fritzie/Kost replacement in 1999, but how was she? For the life of me, I cannot picture her playing this role. Having seen the revival the other night, with the wonderful Gayle Rankin as Kost, I am very curious to hear more about Clark's performance. Also, Wouldn't she make a wonderful Fraulein Schneider, nowadays?
Updated On: 4/24/14 at 11:51 PM
#2Victoria Clark as Fraulein Kost?
Posted: 4/25/14 at 12:35amI'd love to see her as Fraulein Schneider.
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Zoot
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Wilmingtom
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/11
#3Victoria Clark as Fraulein Kost?
Posted: 4/25/14 at 1:54amClark was absolutely wonderful as Kost, tough and damaged and sincere but never sentimentalizing her. She sang "Married" (in German) straight to heaven. And yes, she'd make a fabulous Schneider. She can really do just about anything. I would love to have seen her do Sally back in the day.
brettarnett
Featured Actor Joined: 5/2/09
#4Victoria Clark as Fraulein Kost?
Posted: 4/25/14 at 2:05amDid Clark play the accordion and the other instruments that Kost normally does?
Wilmingtom
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/11
#6Victoria Clark as Fraulein Kost?
Posted: 4/25/14 at 11:43pmThanks for the info and pic!! I sure hope that she gets to play Schneider at some point. I could see her doing it as a short replacement stint.
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#7Victoria Clark as Fraulein Kost?
Posted: 4/25/14 at 11:49pmHer Kost was Brilliant. She is a hell of an Actress. And with her TITANIC castmate, the also brilliant Marty Moran.
#8Victoria Clark as Fraulein Kost?
Posted: 4/28/14 at 12:23amRandom: I had no idea that the original Kost won the Tony. Wow.
#9Victoria Clark as Fraulein Kost?
Posted: 4/28/14 at 12:51amClark is truly a fantastic actress and her singing is perfection. I wish I'd have seen her as Fraulein Kost, and I don't think it'd be out of the world to imagine Clark returning to the production as Fraulein Schneider this time. She'd be fantastic in that role.
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#10Victoria Clark as Fraulein Kost?
Posted: 4/28/14 at 12:57am
I love Victoria Clark. I used to see her every Saturday at the gym when she was between shows during her run in Cinderella. As luck would have it, we eventually ended up sharing an elevator one afternoon, and I could not help but tell her how much I adored her in Piazza. She humored me by asking if I was even old enough to have seen that production, thanked me, and proceeded to ask about my life and what I was up to. Aside from being polite small talk, she seemed genuinely interested.
Random story, but…yeah.
Collingswood
Understudy Joined: 5/7/11
#11Victoria Clark as Fraulein Kost?
Posted: 4/28/14 at 8:04amClark talks about her experience as Kost in the Eddy Shapiro book "There is Nothing Like a Dame". Apparently the assistant to Sam Mendes during the put-in rehearsals said Sam's not going to like what you doing. Clark stuck to her guns and fought for her interpretation. When Sam saw her performance, in front of the whole cast said, "Let's talk about Vicki's performance and why it's so fantastic." He could see it was completely different from what Michelle Pawk did and still work.
Musicaldudepeter
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/18/10
#12Victoria Clark as Fraulein Kost?
Posted: 4/28/14 at 8:11amI'd still kill to see Clark as Adelaide in G&D
#13Victoria Clark as Fraulein Kost?
Posted: 4/28/14 at 9:21amShe was a wonderful Fraulein Kost. In fact, the cast I was lucky to see for my first time (Michael Hall, Susan Egan, Carole Shelley, Laurence Luckinbill, Martin Moran, and Clark) was sheer perfection.
