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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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