Sukie DID have an affair with clyde, felicias husband.

Clyde promises Sukie that he will leave Felicia but she enters with Jennifer and catches the two of them. Their excuse is that they're preparing research on Darryl and Lenox Mansion. When Sukie returns home Darryl is waiting for her. Darryl gets Sukie to break out of her introverted shell and talk to him ("Words, Words, Words"). Instead of sleeping with her, he invites her to a tennis game. Its only when Sukie arrives and sees Alex and Jane that all three realise that Darryl has been sleeping with all of them.http://www.aboutmaria.com/witchesofeastwick.html "I play an intensely shy small-town journalist, scholarly and academic. We're all childless, husbandless, and all having an affair with men in the town. But we're disappointed, so we conjure up this man, invent him for ourselves. Then we realise we don't need a man to be fulfilled; it's quite feminist. The show doesn't follow the film completely but it's got the cherry pips scene, and we do fly. "It's a classical musical comedy with good, catchy tunes; the Devil's are more rock'n'roll, but I get some soulful, wistfulstuff." Quotes From The Press "...Amongst the three sex-hungary woman, Maria Friedman is outstanding as the shy journo who finds her tongue unlocked by Darryl and who delivers her big number with the staccato speed of Danny Kaye..." Michael Billington, The Guardian (19 July 2000) "...Friedman guys Sukie's initial gormlessness too much, but does marvels with a patter song that accelerates as she sheds her shyness..." Benedict Nightingale, The Times (19 July 2000) "...At least, Lucie Arnaz's flippantly wisecracking sculptress, Joanna Riding as the cellist who sacrifices primness for head-on passion and Maria Friedman in terrific voice as a girl forever missing out on the main chance of a man, put on a scintillating theatrical and musical show... Maria Friedman also plays powerful, poignant vocal gymnastics in 'Words, Words, Words' Nicholas de Jongh, The London Evening Standard (19 July 2000) "...Maria Friedman is wonderfully funny and touching as Sukie, a witch with a soft heart. Her delivery of the patter song 'Words, Words, Words', is a triumph of vocal technique..." Charles Spencer, The Daily Telegraph (20 July 2000) "...Each of the girls has a big moment... the slightly self-consciously wacky Maria Friedman with a spectacularly hollow patter number..." Michael Coveney, The Daily Mail (21 July 2000) "...As the weird sisters, Lucie Arnaz, Maria Friedman and Joanna Riding are rousing: clarion-voiced and clever..." Susannah Clapp, The Observer (23July 2000) "...Of the 16 numbers in the score, only two come within hailing distance of a hit - 'Dirty Laundry', in which the townspeople celebrate the joys of gossip, and 'Words, Words, Words', in which Sukie's complaint that she can never find the right word turns into a spate of positive logorrhoea. This last song gives Maria Friedman the chance to put on a display of high-speed vocal virtuosity. But she excellent throughout, with her slightly screwball humour..." John Gross, The Sunday Telegraph (23 July 2000) "...The last is kooky Sukie, a reluctant reported on the local rag who claims she cannever find the words. His magic works wonders and tongue-tied Sukie finds all the eloquence she's ever dreamed of and, in a gushing ejaculation, talks about everything at a dazzling pace. Maria Friedman, a great singer and oral gymnast, gets her lips round a tonguetwisting number that has the audience panting..." Georgina Brown, The Mail on Sunday (23 July 2000) "...Maria Friedman immensely appealing as the kooky Sukie..." Sarah Hemming, The Financial Times http://www.albemarlelondon.com/Archive/ArchiveShow.php?Show_Name=The%20Witches%20of%20Eastwickhttp://m.playbill.com//news/art icle/78415.html http://m.playbill.com//news/article/108841-Witches-of-EastwickSkinner-Noll-DonovanSing-in-Revised-US-Staging-ofOnetime-London-Musical http://www.selectsmart.com/FREE/test/tq.php | info@witchesofeastwickthemusical.com

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG9fyOg4oR8

Make him mine: Wel met Martiniglazen rondjes draaien, dit is de betovering.

The Naive and Innocent one

She s someone who finds it very difficult to finish sentences. Shes full of words but she cant get them out. Sukie komt binnen en daar staat Darryl op haar te wachten n haar huis. Schrikt. Open ogen! Springerig. Benen veel te wijd staand. Ik vind haar een beetje kinderlijk in de musical.

Principal Parts - Female

The Three Witches
According to the script the witches are aged from late 20s to late 30s, with Alex being the oldest and Sukie the youngest. We are willing to see people from mid 20s, and as long as the ladies look of child bearing age there is no upper limit. We will not necessarily stick to the order of their ages when we cast as this will not affect the dynamic of the three.

Alexandra Spofford
A sculptress. Belt-mezzo. An artist, creates with passion, bestowing her own individuality on each piece. Unique an yet affecting in her manner. Is the leader of the three women. Must look old enough to have a teenage son, Michael.

Jane Smart
A cellist. Belt-mezzo. A musician who seems reserved and quiet. Has a straight-laced appearance but she can turn into a sexpot - her passion for music matches her sexual drive. Energetic with emotion. Acerbic sense of humour.

Sukie Rougemont
A writer. Belt soprano. A journalist who is not focused in her work. Conveniently scatter-brained form time to time. Talks faster than she thinks. She is on the shy side and a follower rather than a leader. Sees Alex and Jane as the sisters she never had.

ay to Jane's home where she is precticing her cello playing. They begin dicussing music (Waiting For The Music To Begin) before Darryl seduces her and they make love together. Next Darryl goes to Sukie's house. She shows him the research she has down on the history of the old mansion he has now bought. She laments her inability to properly express herself but finds that she can whilst alking to him (Words, Words, Words) as she too falls under his spell. Finally, he arrives at Alex's house

where she is sculpting statuettes. They talk about her relationships and what she wants from her life (Your Wildest Dreams) as he seduces her also.

Some time later, the three witches all arrive to keep individual appointments to meet Darryl for a game of tennis. Seeing each other, they all realise that Darryl is sleeping with all three of them. At first they are outraged, but Darryl tells them he is the man they wished for and, when the women realise that is true, they agree to share him. Elsewhere, Michael and Jennifer have met secretly, since her mother doesn't approve, but Michael is morose becasue Jennifer will soon be leaving Eastwick to go to college and he is worried about losing her. But she tries to reassure him, telling him he can visit and advising him to enjoy the time they still have before she leaves (Something).

It is a fine day and womenfolk of the town come out to hang out their laundry and gossip about Darryl and the scandalous goings-on with the three witches (Dirty Laundry). Felicia arrives to stir them up to take action but is horrified to see Jennifer kissing Michael. She breaks them up an sends Jennifer home to pack, she will be leaving for college first thing in the morning!

At Darryls mansion, Alex, Jane and Sukie are fawning over him. They each reveal their childhood insecurities as Darryl sweet-talks them (I Wish I May). They talk about Felicia and agree she needs to be punished and taught a lesson. Darryl teaches the women a curse and they each throw various items into a jar. Felicia, at home, immediately convulses and coughs up the same items, a cherry pit, a string of pearls and some feathers. The witches are now completely in Darryl's thrall as he teaches them how to fly!

ACT II

Time goes by and the three witches again spend Another Night at Darryls. Later, at Nemo's diner, Michael asks Clyde for news of Jennifer as he has only a had two letters from her. Then Darryl appears and chides the men for their meekness in their relationships with women. Felicia arrives looking for Clyde, and Darryl taunts her, causing her to cough up another cherry. Then Michael asks him for advice and Darryl exerts his power over all the men inviting them to Dance With the Devil and teaching them how to please their women.

The Witches again spend the night at Darryl's when a letter arrives from The Eastwick Preservation Society, led bby Felicia, informing Darryl that they are suing him for destroying the wetlands. Darryl brings out the jar and all four of them start throwing in anything they can find. In Felicia's kithen, she is again thrown in to convulsions vomiting all the various items. Darryl then leads the witches in using a voodoo doll against her and she screams at the still bewitched Clyde to do something. In response,

he strikes her repeatedly with the telephone, killing her, then sits down beside her and gives up his own life.

Hearing what has happened, the witches are horrified and feel guilty for their own part in these events, bringing Darryl to their peaceful town. For the next few days they avoid him, then return to his mansion to tell him that he has gone too far and they are finished with him (Dirty Laundry [reprise]). He tries to seduce them again and almost succeeds with Jane, but her conscience wins through and all three run from him. Returning home they run through the graveyard where Sukie bumps into the now orphaned Jennifer and tries to offer comfort and advce but cannot find the words. Sukie leaves and Darryl arrives, exerting his charms over the vulnerable Jennifer and quickly seducing her (Darryl Van Horne [reprise]).

The next day, Darryl flaunts his new girlfriend in front of the witches and announces they are to be married. The witches blame Jennifer and hurl insults on her. Michael overhears and tries to defend Jennifer, asking his mother she what has caused her to change and become so bitter. Alex rails against men in general, and Michael responds by asking why, if all men are so bad, is she blaming Jennifer? The witches recognise the truth in Michael's words and come to their senses, realising Darryl alone is the cause of all that has happened. They are afraid to against him fearing that he is too powerful, but then realise that the power has always been in them and Darryl has merely manipulated them to acheive his own ends. They resolve to use his last lesson, a voodoo doll, against him.

At The Wedding, the women hide at the back and as Darryl is called upon to make his wedding vows they begin to stick pins into the doll causing Darryl to react in pain and interrupting proceedings. Realising what is happening, he seeks out the women but united they are too powerful for him. They drive him back into the church where Hell opens up and swallows him in a great explosion. Jennifer, freed from his spell in reunited with Michael and they rekindle their love for eacvh other.

The witches, meanwhile, have recognised the error of their ways and also the strength that they possess in themselves (Look at Me). The townswomen then invite the witches to join their committee and they embark on a life as pillars of the community.

Impressions/Performances

This new re-vamped version of "The Witches of Eastwick" looks set to be a sure success if the reaction of a full house on this night at Bradford is anything to go by. Visually, it's all beautifully designed to capture the essence of 1950's small-town America, with two dimensional wooden-

slatted housefronts for the outdoor scenes, and decorated reversed versions for the indoor scenes. The costumes likewise are colourful and authentic, predominating, naturally, in red for the witches. Adding to the atmosphere are powerful sound effects and some brilliant use of red lighting and stage-smoke.

True, it gets off to a relatively slow start with a couple of numbers that, for me at least, were somewhat less than memorable. But, if it doesn't grab you right from the start, prepare for it to go for the jugular when the first big production number arrives - which is good enough to blow your socks off! For a touring show, the production values are terrific with lavish settings and a large cast that works so hard as to appear twice their number.

Nor is there any cause for complaint about the leads. As the three witches Poppy Tierney (Jane), Rebecca Thornhill (Sukie) and Ria Jones (Alex) are each consummate actresses conveying their characters vulnerabilities with considerable expertise. Moreover, they each have superb singing voices that they employ with great confidence and composure. But their sound is never better than when they are singing together. At those times they acheive a harmony that is as close to vocal perfection as even the most fastidious vocal coach could ask for, and could easily convince you they have been singing together their entire lives. This lends real legitimacy to the final number where they celebrate themselves and their friendship.

But if theirs was most memorable as a group performance, individual honours most certainly go to Marti Pellow whose first arrival on stage is what kicks this production into top gear. His Darryl Van Horne is More Jim Carrey than the Jack Nicholson of the film version of the story, oozing a kind of creepily seductive charm that casts a spell over the audience almost as powerful as that his character casts over the twon of Eastwick. His evil is gentle, creeping, insidious, an evil of temptation rather than threat that subtly disguises the underlying harm until he has taken his victims under his spell. It is a role on which the whole production stands or falls, and in Pellow it receives a characterisation which brings it firmly to life with diabolical energy.

As the young lovers, Joanna Kirkland (Jennifer) and Chris Thatcher (Michael) make a charming and entirely believable couple and both also have great voices. And special mention should also be made of Victoria Hay for a stunning performance in the ingenue role of 'the girl', yet another fabulous voice and great actress.

The choreograpy throughout is first class, but especially the scenes surrounding Van Horne's arrival in town and his appearance at the Diner where he exercises his power over the townsfolk and they dance like marionettes under his spell. Other dances vary from a hoe-down to a dreamy balletic sequence conducted in fog and soft light.

Verdict

A lavishly produced and powerful musical that benefits from some superb individual performances. A real treat for the senses and a surefire success.

As a reporter, Sukie works closely with the newspaper's editor, Clyde Gabriel, the man unlucky enough to be married to the redoubtable Felicia, Queen Bee of Eastwick. Shes sort of having an affair with Clyde" explains Rebecca. "She's very intellectual but she also gets nervous because Sukie's a gentle soul with nothing mean-spirited about her. She's introverted and a bit vague. Like Alex and Jane, she's divorced. They have come together because they have more in common with each other than with the rest of the town."
The witches, says Rebecca, are very powerful but they're not really aware of what they can do until Darryl comes into their lives. He opens the door to all three of them, he enables Sukie to have much more selfconfidence: he teaches them that they have the power to change within themselves, if they choose to use it.