I just watched an interview with Christine, and she said that this was her most challenging role to date. Just before rehearsals started, she fell and shattered her knee, and had to have it reconstructed. She was still in physical therapy while she was doing the show.

Being a native Washingtonian, back in 2006 I just had to take one of my best friends to the Ken Cen to see this production as well as Ms. Baranski's performance. I ended up being embarrassed for the both of us. An overall disappointment, but Christine was fun. Had no idea she was in pain throughout that performance. At that time, didn't know about her shattered knee. What a trooper.

one of my favorites! A long over-due Broadway revival is needed.

Christines laugh is my favourite thing😂😂 it’s so contagious 🥺❤️

Listennnn - Christine hurt her knee in rehearsals, when she went off stage on on her days off she was in so much pain! she still wanted to do the show, she was fully committed 😍, I think she is amazing, so Magical, so please stop the hate on her for her dancing etc , also on her vocal ability - everybody sings differently and I think Christine did a Great Job, I love her voice so much, think the world of her. ❤️

I love Christine Baranski.

Baranski has a phenomenal range of skills. One of our treasures is to watch her as Mary Ann Thorpe when America was introduced to her comedic talents and to this day, when I need a bit of cheer, I turn to Mary Sunshine in all her drunken, acerbic highjinx on Cybill on KZfaq. She just keeps proving herself the very best. Thank you, CB!

This talented lady and i graduated High School in the same year in Buffalo N.Y. She at Villa Maria, me at South Park. What year, only we know that for now? Lol.

Christine is Magical. She would have been great on Broadway.

She's amazing!

It may not have the choreography of the Broadway production, but I happily would watch this enthusiastic version over having to sit through the lifeless movie any day!

I can't believe it! I wench Everytime she kicks her legs because I know one of them is broken 😮 amazing talent 💗🎉

Amazing to learn how badly she was injured before this show opened

Of course we see her signature high kick right away.

That kid is awwwwffffulll

OH MY FUCKING GOD THANK YOU

Well, there's a lot of energy there.

Harriett!!!!! 💖

If you turn the sound off, it appears they are having conniption fits.

This is definitely one to be remade on film. Lucy was obviously miscast.

Little Love isn't so little!

some day i'd likedo the same

She has Vera Charles written all over her.

I ADORE Christine. But when I started watching the video, I assumed I was watching a dress rehearsal/walk thru because the movement was flat, no energy, boring. Shocked to realize this as an actual performance! What happened?!?

Ooof! Busom Buddies was a bit rough.

I saw this in DC opening week and cried during the intermission. Baranski COULD have been fabulous. Her Boy with the Bugle was absolutely perfect. Had she played that consistently throughout, the whole show would have worked. Although, Harriet Harris was miscast. I adore her, but totally miscast.

Who is the woman she sings Bosom Buddy with?

Harriet Harris as Vera is a hoot! Not the usual take on the role.

They replaced Baranski with Wendie Malick and she was actually much better. Baranski should have been Vera. Christine Ebersole, Marin Mazzie -- a lot of other people could have been Mame. Mame

if only there would have been someone to give these poor confused people aimlessly staggering around the stage some kind of direction...

I’m cursed to have seen the original cast and it was one of those magic moments in the theater that cannot be described. I say cursed because it’s difficult, very difficult for me to appreciate lesser choreography, Christine Baranski is good except the way she incessantly slides into notes is annoying. Especially annoying during my best girl and tender moments where in the melody is perfect the way it is and doesn’t need playing with. ‘....And you promise me that these will be the first words that you utter “ it’s a very important moment in the shower and the song it shows that auntie Mame as wild as she is has heart and understands the true meaning of life and the sanctity of a job she’s been given to do in raising Patrick. I haven’t her jizz the notes during that moment, she distracts from the message of the song in order to come off as a great vocalist, and in the meantime misses the opportunity for a wonderful tender moment. I’ve seen a lot of productions of Mame but I’ve never seen one where the title song is sung by Mame, the whole idea is that they are singing TO her. I like some of what I saw here and I would actually like to be able to see the entire production, but I’m reticent to except certain liberties they have taken with the intent of the piece.

Someone was paid to choreograph this? Love Christine but ... wow ...

Wow! I'm sorry but the choreography in Open A New Window and especially in the title number is really drab.

I probably will get attacked for saying this, but I don't mind: I don't "get" Christine Baranski. I guess it's just a me thing, but she just seems pretty much the same in everything I've seen her in: big, splashy, and upstaging. She reminds me of Dolores Grey but without the ability to play different characters. In Sweeney Todd, she played Mrs. Lovett more like a Hollywood film star than a murderous piemaker. She plays Mame as a big star lady... Only. Instead of how she should be played: a big star lady who also cares a lot about Patrick. She's like a mother, but without a child of her own. Baranski just plays her flat while kicking up her own performance 10 notches. Its lost beneath all the glammer and glitz.

Oh, dear! Lackluster, by rote, empty.

Did the show with Angela,this was the worst!!!!!!!!!!!

Dear God the choreography sucks

oddly she is lackluster

I love Christine and Harriet...but this is a disaster from stem to stern.... I may vomit

The great Mames were: Rosalind Russell Bea Lillie Greer Garson Celeste Holm Gypsy Rose Lee Angela Lansbury Lucy was terrible as Mame. Do you remember the New York Times review: MAMED ! Mame is a Park Ave matron. A lady of intense breeding with the opposite choice in friends. If Princess Diana could of played her, we would still be peeing from laughter. Lucy was too common. I adore her but totally wrong for Mame. Christine was also totally wrong - too crass and she performed as though the entire show was a solo concert she was doing

Ghastly. Who choreographed this horrendous mess?

Uninteresting movement uninspired music too much choral too little sense of purpose or direction. Noise and clamor can’t cover deficiency in all aspects of production.

Bad costumes and TERRIBLE choreography!! (but I do love her)

Baranski gets on my nerves. Its hard to explain. She's the queen of upstaging, even when the other performer is singing.

OK, I am fully ready to be attacked. That said, I thought that Christine never connected with the boy. Lucille Ball absolutely did. Christine's was all about performance...hers!!!! And, whomever played Vera couldn't hold a candle to Bea Arthur!!!! Just sayin....this was terrible and I think that the musical has inherent problems.

The choreography and staging is not very good. Baranski is suitable, but lacks the power of Lucille Ball.

That choreography is laughably horrible. I’ve seen small town community theaters with more original choreography.