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| re: How many Tony awards does a girl have to win for you to recognize her as a singer | |
| Posted by: MarjorieMae 03:55 pm EST 01/23/18 | |
| In reply to: re: How many Tony awards does a girl have to win for you to recognize her as a singer - BruceinIthaca 03:39 pm EST 01/23/18 | |
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| Didn't Forbidden Broadway spoof her singing in WOTY by changing the song One of the girls who's one of the boys to One of the girls who sings like a boy? | |
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| re: How many Tony awards does a girl have to win for you to recognize her as a singer | |
| Posted by: Jax 09:29 pm EST 01/23/18 | |
| In reply to: re: How many Tony awards does a girl have to win for you to recognize her as a singer - MarjorieMae 03:55 pm EST 01/23/18 | |
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| Lauren Bacall sang the way Rex Harrison did. Like a star, harnessing her inimitable delivery to a song. It may not be great singing, but it's great theatre. When Christine Baranski, a great singer, did Applause several years ago, it wasn't half as much fun. Like Harrison, Bacall was one of a kind. | |
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| re: How many Tony awards does a girl have to win for you to recognize her as a singer | |
| Posted by: CCentero 09:42 pm EST 01/23/18 | |
| In reply to: re: How many Tony awards does a girl have to win for you to recognize her as a singer - Jax 09:29 pm EST 01/23/18 | |
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| I take it that you mean Ebersole, not Baranski? | |
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| re: How many Tony awards does a girl have to win for you to recognize her as a singer | |
| Posted by: Jax 12:08 am EST 01/24/18 | |
| In reply to: re: How many Tony awards does a girl have to win for you to recognize her as a singer - CCentero 09:42 pm EST 01/23/18 | |
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| You're right | |
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| ''So Lauren Bacall me ... anything goes'' | |
| Last Edit: WaymanWong 06:37 pm EST 01/23/18 | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 06:36 pm EST 01/23/18 | |
| In reply to: re: How many Tony awards does a girl have to win for you to recognize her as a singer - MarjorieMae 03:55 pm EST 01/23/18 | |
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| Yes, Gerard Alessandrini parodied ''One of the Boys,'' one of Bacall's songs from ''Woman of the Year'': ''I'm one of the girls who sings like a boy. My voice is as low as the tunes I destroy. ''I'm one of the ladies who sings like a bass. My voice is as deep as the lines on my face ...'' |
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| Link | Nora Mae Lyng sings 'One of the Girls' from 'Forbidden Broadway' |
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| re: ''So Lauren Bacall me ... anything goes'' | |
| Posted by: MarjorieMae 08:40 pm EST 01/23/18 | |
| In reply to: ''So Lauren Bacall me ... anything goes'' - WaymanWong 06:36 pm EST 01/23/18 | |
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| Thanks. And wasn't a teenage Andy Williams Betty's singing voice in To Have And Have Not? I call her Betty because I met her once in my office and felt we had become fast friends because she let me live. | |
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| re: ''So Lauren Bacall me ... anything goes'' | |
| Posted by: pierce 10:47 pm EST 01/23/18 | |
| In reply to: re: ''So Lauren Bacall me ... anything goes'' - MarjorieMae 08:40 pm EST 01/23/18 | |
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| And wasn't a teenage Andy Williams Betty's singing voice in To Have And Have Not? No, it wasn't. That's an urban legend that was debunked long ago. Yes, there were plans to use Williams' singing voice in place of Bacall's, but ultimately filmmakers decided to stick with Bacall herself. |
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| Link | Bacall Sets the Record Straight |
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| re: How many Tony awards does a girl have to win for you to recognize her as a singer.Don't forget THE FAN | |
| Posted by: bmc 04:51 pm EST 01/23/18 | |
| In reply to: re: How many Tony awards does a girl have to win for you to recognize her as a singer - MarjorieMae 03:55 pm EST 01/23/18 | |
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| She also starred in a suspense film THE STAR, playing an actress rehearsing for her Broadway musical. There were scenes of her rehearsing a musical number with the Chorus boys. James Garner was romantic lead, Maureen Stapleton her secretary, and Michael Biehn as the fan turned Stalker. I don't think it did much business but I went back for a second look and picked the dvd on sale when local Blockbuster went out of Business. I greatly enjoyed the film. | |
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| re: How many Tony awards does a girl have to win for you to recognize her as a singer.Don't forget THE FAN | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 05:50 pm EST 01/23/18 | |
| In reply to: re: How many Tony awards does a girl have to win for you to recognize her as a singer.Don't forget THE FAN - bmc 04:51 pm EST 01/23/18 | |
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| Her big song at the end, "Hearts Not Diamonds" is actually pretty good, considering the Tim Rice lyrics are at times pretty laughable and the whole number does have just a whiff of camp to it (when the chorus boys join in). The really odd moment is in the abovementioned rehearsal scene, where at one point in the number, Bacall intones, rather drolly, the phrase "hot love baby tonight." Priceless. | |
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