MCC Theater's annual MisCast gala is one of the most exciting and unique theater events in town. Broadway’s hottest stars perform songs from roles in which they would never be cast.
I hope people know that he was a proper classical ballet principal dancer (highest level for an active profressional performing ballet dancer) with NYCB before getting involved w An American In Paris. He is exqusite the watch no matter what he does!
When I heard Bobby LuPone's voice I started to tear up. I saw A Chorus Line when I was 10 years old and Bobby Lupone was Zac then. So talented an actor, dancer, and singer. A triple threat. I focused more on him, but it was all so well done. Amazing !
Saw the filmed broadcast of An American in Paris at a local theatre last night. This guy is simply an astonishing talent. Love this juxtaposition of roles. He can do it all.
Man, oh, man… the joy this brought me also brought tears to my eyes. One of those things that makes you so happy that you’re overwhelmed. Bravo, Robbie, Bravo!!!
OMG that back bend!! Best back bend ive ever seen this side of Donna McKechnie!! He's a beautiful dancer with a lovely voice too!! Terrific performance. Cant wait to see him inCATS film later this year.
Btw, this dance was choreographed with a man's body in mind (by Michael Bennett). He like Donna because he said she dances it just like a man. It is said that Bennett would sometimes dance the entire dance while the show was on stage and he was backstage and according to those who saw him, it was the best rendition they've ever seen. Too bad there is no video record of Bennett dancing this number.
In several books, a few Cassies have said that Michael Bennett was the best at performing this number, and I had problems envisaging that. This is probably the closest I will ever get to seeing that feat duplicated
Amazing job. I saw the original...when I was very young and remember thinking, along with my parents, the stamina that those 9 minutes took...and on a much bigger stage, so more running around to do. How Mr. Fairchild did it, technically wonderful, having to learn moves he never learned as a male principal, moving in a female part. Sings, too. I think it was great when he fell at the end, an exclamation of how hard that dance routine is and a testament to all the "Cassie's" out there, who have danced it. Great!
He was fantastic! Wish this was performed with a full orchestra. Would have been even more amazing as the orchestration was done to compliment the choreography. It's a BIG orchestration with lots of brass and the movements go well with that sound. Not so much with a high pitched piano. I love the masculine touches he added. That paired with the orchestration would have been so thrilling!
I've watched the video of Donna McKechnie do this maybe a hundred times, so it is completely ingrained in my system (for the record, I watch them all - Charlotte d'Amboise is amazing, too, as is Jessica Lee Goldyn's) and I feel like there is a style that this number requires that is less ballet-ic than what the classically trained Mr. Fairchild is used to performing, and there are times when I miss that aesthetic. Nevertheless, it is wonderful to see his take on the number, as an actor, as a singer, as a dancer. I enjoyed watching it, and I must say that, even though I prefer the more fluid, sensual, grounded movement of Donna McKechnie, the quality of Fairchild's movement is beyond reproach. He is an absolutely exquisite dancer - and as a performer who started in dance and moved to singing and acting, he acquits himself very nicely in those areas, too. I'm glad I watched it - it's a nice contrast to the Tony Yazbeck version.
It's a misconceptionthaat Cassie was based on Donna McKechnie. She was actually based on Leland Palmer. After intitial success in New York, Palmer went to Holywood, appeared in the movie "The Fortune Cookie"...then, nothing. Returning to NY, she auditioned for the Miliken Breakfast Show, directed that year by Michael Bennet. He told her it was riduclous for her to audition for a chorus job. She answered "Not to me. I need this job." Unlike Cassie, she was NOT hired. She did, however, play Fastrada in "Pippin", and Joe Gideon's wife in the film "All That Jazz".
I must have seen that show 30 times. So weird to see a guy in the lead part. But he is really good! They should have called him Randy (as of Randy Clements, my favourite Zach) or something like that, not Cassie!
I could sincerely note that his movements show that his background is absolutely a classical one, a classical ballet one. And his singing abilities are not the strongest ones BUT guys: he did it brillant for the fact, that he must have definitely been a ballet dancer. Where is he from ?
Robert Fairchild is originally from the state of Utah, trained at NYCB like his sister (Megan Fairchild), and took a leave from NYCB to originate the role of “Jerry Mulligan” in Christopher Wheeldon’s AN AMERICAN IN PARIS in Paris, Broadway, and the West End. Left NYCB to pursue other dance-related interests in film, stage, and media. Fairchild is also an entrepreneur with his own floral business, Boo-Kay NYC that came about due to COVID-19.
Handsome face. His dancing is beautiful with gorgeous body lines. His singing voice, if you can call it that, is pretty bad and his acting, at least in this scene, also is unimpressive. All in all, I'd say: a phenomenal dancer with a cute body and face.
He can dance his ass off yeah but MY GOD his acting is SO PASSIVE . This number is supposed to BLEED passion through every pore but his is so DRY, not to mention his singing is ok at best
Elizabeth Jones well this is all for the fun of having the roles of very famous Broadway numbers gender swapped. So it’s not suppose to be taken as this is gonna be AWARD WINNING. It’s all for fun and the community
And honestly - who else were they going to get to do it? Tituss Burgess? Shuler Hensley? Harvey MFing Firestein? All those guys are great, but none of them could dance this number quite the way Robert Fairchild can. And let’s be honest: The Music and the Mirror isn’t about the acting. It’s about the dancing.
'This role does not suit a male no matter how good of a dancer he is. His dancing is perfect but there´s no emotion to the role and the singing technique is not so good.
Not to mention that Balanchine did “this” too. Remember, he choreographed several Rodgers & Hart shows in the ‘20s and ‘30s, most notably On Your Toes.
Ugh this is awful, he is awful. As a performer and as a human being. I can't even believe this man had the nerve to pretend to be straight for as long as he did, marrying Tiler Peck and then she walks in on him with a dude. Pathetic.
