![]() Whitty, properly gruff), stewardess Philomene (Ms. Waitress Gina (a demanding, but appealing Maria-Christina Oliveras), sex-starved, hypochondriac tobacconist Georgette (Alyse Alan Louis, whose sexual liaison is hilarious) and plumber Joseph (Mr. The café where Amélie finds work and a supportive network is the Café of the 2 Moulins, owned by wounded former aerialist, Suzanne (Harriett D. That they will meld into a delightfully eccentric couple is a foregone conclusion, but, even with the comic intervention of other characters, it sure does take way too long! After a while you simply stop rooting for them which is fatal in a light, romantic comedy. The rest of the play becomes a cat-and-mouse game between Amélie and Nino which, sadly, becomes a test of the audience’s patience. Nino works in a porn store-but a cute one, of course! ![]() Her eventually successful attempts to find its owner leads her to an amateur career of doing anonymous good deeds which leads her to discover Nino (an edgy, yet charming Adam Chanler-Berat, so appealing as Peter in Peter and the Starcatcher), or at least a photo album which he has lost. Phillipa Soo and cast of “Amélie” (Photo credit: Joan Marcus)įinally, 20-year-old Amélie highs takes herself to Paris where she rents an apartment with unconventional neighbors such as an artist, Dufayel (Tony Sheldon, stalwart in this and another small part), who paints the same Renoir painting over and over again, never completing one. Even the Gnome, in a very amusing series of setups, leaves Raphael, opting for world travel. Even a pet goldfish, Fluffy (a madcap Paul Whitty in a goldfish hat) gives up and commits suicide rather than live with her parents.Īfter her mother is killed by a suicidal tourist launching himself from the roof of Notre Dame (Randy Blair who also plays a frustrated writer, Hipolito and a ludicrous Elton John), things only get worse with her father obsessing on a Garden Gnome (a jolly, game David Andino). In the Walter Kerr Theatre, Amélie’s charms dissipate as they waft into the audience, its pleasures barely reaching the footlights, let alone the back of the balcony.įor those who haven’t seen the film, Amélie is about the child of two dysfunctional parents, Raphael (Manoel Felciano) and Amandine (Alison Cimmet) who are totally detached from reality, keeping the young Amélie (an absolutely delightful Savvy Crawford) homeschooled and sheltered from worldly matters. It is unpretentious, whimsical with a small cast of eccentric characters-or should I say caricatures?-that would better suit a small stage with intimate seating. Written by Broadway veteran, Craig Lucas with songs by Daniel Messé and Nathan Tysen, Amélie screams O ff-Broadway. Soo is the kind of charismatic talent worth a journey to a Broadway theatre, but Amélie might stretch the loyalty of even her most diehard fans. Joel Benjamin, Critic Amélie, the sweetly oddball 2001 film directed and co-written by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, has morphed into a Broadway musical starring the effervescent Phillipa Soo, most recently of Hamilton.
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