| re: How'd Barbara Cook ever get involved with Carrie? |
| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 09:15 am EDT 08/16/17 |
| In reply to: re: How'd Barbara Cook ever get involved with Carrie? - simbo 03:36 am EDT 08/16/17 |
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I wonder how receptive Sondheim or other theatre writers of the time would have been if she'd gone to them and said she was interested in doing musicals on Broadway again and could they either keep her in mind or actually write something with a suitable part for her. I can't imagine any musical theatre writer not wanting to take advantage of that voice and that talent. I mean, if one of the greatest song interpreters who ever graced a stage came to me and said she's like to work with me, I couldn't move heaven and earth fast enough to make that happen.
Like you, I also can't think of a lot of parts from the 1980's that would have been suitable for her. Her glorious voice would have been wasted in a lot of the typical older lady character parts. And there's just not a lot of leading roles for sopranos in their 50's.
She might have made an interesting Witch in INTO THE WOODS. |
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