Thank you for this. Oh. My. Word.
I started out (as an overweight teen) playing overweight middle aged men. My first role was the James Coco role in Terrence McNally’s one act “Next” followed by the baseball team manager in Damn...
Oh, that is very cute — I want to stay at a B&B on rue Gounod! No, what I seek is sea air and clarity. There is “kultcha” up the yin/ynag here. How interesting. I know so little about the state,...
apparently, in the wake of a hurricane in the 50s, I think, the state condemned large sections of oceanfront houses, bought out the owners, and turned them to State Park beaches. They are huge and...
if it is of any consolation, I started playing the father at age 14. Father Harper in Arsenic and Old Lace. Found my Fach and kept with it.
Yes loved him in that. Best thing I’ve seen from Sutton Foster.
She certainly did not.
I cannot but help adding this famous version which is, well, in a league of its own—what may be said about it?
Another OCU boy, just ahead of me. saw his Will the national tour, and then his buddy in down at Barrington. By all accounts, a hell of a nice guy.
Bravissimi tutti e due!! Could not be sung better.
Thank you for posting this terrific bit of this performance.
Oh beato TE!!! I would have loved to have been there, too!!
Yes, that was frustrating as by then I lived in Berkeley. One other time coming East I missed, by one day, Mesplé’s last NYC gig, a recital ar the consulate. The internet makes planning easier!
I saw Vanzo with Valerie in Faust at the Garnier long ago, I don't want to horrify myself by working out when exactly.
Christine Andreas still does a ton of cabaret and concert musicals in the New York area. I saw her in a York Theater presentation of Jones & Schmidt's "Colette" or "Colette...
It is mostly through his recordings that people know him. I seem to remember a "Faust" late with Valerie Masterson? I checked and it was Philadelphia in 1985 with James Morris and Gino...
I saw that revival in DC at the (then) Kennedy Center along with Andreas, Ebersole, Guiitard, and Vidnovic. I always thought it would have been interesting to have Guittard and Vidnovic (who were...
I actually think the “June” number in the movie was the one thing that was a possible improvement over the stage version. It “reordered” the verses and the final extended dance really put a big...
@ckurwenal:disqus - here's SW as Gloriana. A rich, fulsome voice.
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I ADORE Sarah Walker, a wonderful Gloriana, and a game addition to the French and Saunders 'opera divas' sketch. There's something so glorious about British ladies with deeper...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Leyla Gender-Bender · 4 hours ago
There are many routes to a singer, but one of the best may be what you describe: a friend sitting you down and playing a recording they love and want to share. That was certainly my way to Souzay:...
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