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Not terribly surprising...

Posted by: DistantDrumming 06:36 am EST 01/18/15
In reply to: Lansbury: Blithe Spirit is Her Final Tour - PatrickHSF 12:44 am EST 01/18/15

...to hear her say that. Touring seems grueling for even your chorines. I certainly hope she gets at least one more major stage production, though - be it in NY, London, LA or elsewhere.

I'm so glad I got to see this performance in LA a couple of weeks ago. Will stay with me forever.


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The visit was originally written for Lansbury

Posted by: dramedy 10:36 am EST 01/18/15
In reply to: Not terribly surprising... - DistantDrumming 06:36 am EST 01/18/15

I'd love her to take over after Chita or even do shared duty of several performances a week.


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re: The visit was originally written for Lansbury

Posted by: MikeR 12:09 pm EST 01/19/15
In reply to: The visit was originally written for Lansbury - dramedy 10:36 am EST 01/18/15

She was supposed to do it fifteen years ago. That's a lot of time, especially when you've reached Lansbury's age.

And it would have to be completely restaged if she were to do it. Hard to imagine that happening.


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re: The visit was originally written for Lansbury

Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 12:39 pm EST 01/19/15
In reply to: re: The visit was originally written for Lansbury - MikeR 12:09 pm EST 01/19/15

I think Lansbury pretty definitely passed the torch to Rivera on this show several years ago (reluctantly, of course, due to her husband's illness). It's Rivera's baby -- her determination to stick with THE VISIT for over 15 years and several incarnations is the main reason it's finally coming to Broadway -- Lansbury has too much class (and wisdom) to consider intruding on another performer's achievement.

I have a hunch she might be open to reprising her Countess Aurelia, though, (now that she's the right age for it) should Encores decide to stage DEAR WORLD and approach her about it.


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re: The visit was originally written for Lansbury

Posted by: TheOtherOne 01:18 pm EST 01/19/15
In reply to: re: The visit was originally written for Lansbury - BroadwayTonyJ 12:39 pm EST 01/19/15

90 is hardly the right age for Countess Aurelia, assuming you are not joking, but it would be lovely to see an exception made for Dame Angela. I'd love to see, or have seen, her in THE MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT, too. Actually, I'd prefer it. I love the play.


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re: The visit was originally written for Lansbury

Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 04:24 pm EST 01/19/15
In reply to: re: The visit was originally written for Lansbury - TheOtherOne 01:18 pm EST 01/19/15

I'm not joking. Lansbury has been quite good in recent years at playing characters on stage that are younger than her actual age (Daisy Werthan, Madame Arcati, Madame Armfeldt). For an Encores concert production of Dear World, I'm sure she could pull off the 75-year old Countess Aurelia and even bring some shadings to the character that would not have been possible when she was 44.


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re: The visit was originally written for Lansbury

Posted by: AlanScott 04:41 pm EST 01/19/15
In reply to: re: The visit was originally written for Lansbury - BroadwayTonyJ 04:24 pm EST 01/19/15

Yes, but I'm not sure she'd want to sing that music now, possibly not even in a one-night concert or an Encores! She could probably get through it after a fashion, but she'd sound perhaps a bit too fragile. Right for the character perhaps, but Herman wrote it for a strong belter, and I don't think she can do that anymore.


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Yeah...

Posted by: DistantDrumming 08:08 pm EST 01/18/15
In reply to: The visit was originally written for Lansbury - dramedy 10:36 am EST 01/18/15

...like The Visit is going to last long enough for someone to replace Chita.


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