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She appeared in a broadway musical at age 27

Posted by: seeseveryshow 11:27 pm EST 11/21/14
In reply to: Why did Meryl wait so long to do musicals??? - GrumpyMorningBoy 11:20 pm EST 11/21/14

Meryl Streep appeared in HAPPY END at the Martin Beck (now Hirschfeld) Theatre back in 1977.

I don't know if it was a starring role though.

Link http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=4000

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re: She appeared in a broadway musical at age 27

Posted by: bobby2 03:00 am EST 11/22/14
In reply to: She appeared in a broadway musical at age 27 - seeseveryshow 11:27 pm EST 11/21/14

So Shirley Knight did it off-Broadway? Why didn't she go to Bway with it?


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Posted by: AlanScott 03:57 am EST 11/22/14
In reply to: re: She appeared in a broadway musical at age 27 - bobby2 03:00 am EST 11/22/14

Shirley Knight never opened in it. See the linked history of the production. Or did you already read it and is that why you're asking?

She was having trouble in the role. My memory is that Michael Feingold said that some nights she sang well but her acting was off, and other nights her acting was good but her singing was off. She's a great actress, but the night I saw her, neither her acting nor her singing was really what was needed.

Link Happy End history

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re: She appeared in a broadway musical at age 27

Posted by: bobby2 04:07 am EST 11/22/14
In reply to: re: She appeared in a broadway musical at age 27 - AlanScott 03:57 am EST 11/22/14

I hadn't read that. I just checked iobdb and Knight was listed there instead of Streep. Weird, you'd think they'd list Streep since she opened it.


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re: She appeared in a broadway musical at age 27

Posted by: AlanScott 04:16 am EST 11/22/14
In reply to: re: She appeared in a broadway musical at age 27 - bobby2 04:07 am EST 11/22/14

Yeah, that page is fucked up. They list the director who was fired. They list Knight. And they list Theatre Four, where it never played.

They also list the date of the first preview as the opening, which was commonly done back then for productions like Chelsea's (short runs for a subscription company). But especially in this case, it's inaccurate.


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It was the starring role, yes (nm)

Posted by: AlanScott 11:29 pm EST 11/21/14
In reply to: She appeared in a broadway musical at age 27 - seeseveryshow 11:27 pm EST 11/21/14

nm


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re: It was the starring role, yes (nm)

Posted by: writerkev 11:57 pm EST 11/21/14
In reply to: It was the starring role, yes (nm) - AlanScott 11:29 pm EST 11/21/14

And there was also "Alice in Concert" at the Public.


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