| the Lonny Price concerts / Gypsy | |
| Last Edit: Chazwaza 12:25 pm EST 02/13/21 | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 12:11 pm EST 02/13/21 | |
| In reply to: No... but it was surprisingly good for her - IvyLeagueDropout 03:18 am EST 02/13/21 | |
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| Let's just be very honest with reality here, Lonny Price would very likely have come to Patti to star in one of his staged Sondheim concerts whether or not she had done Pal Joey for him. She was a huge broadway star/legend even by then, and an amazing singer and actor, with a Tony Award and name recognition... and his entire thing depends on putting stars into notable roles, rehearsing quickly, mounting and sometimes filming. Who knows. But also, even with her doing Pal Joey, he might have already had someone else in mind or agreeing to do these concerts, and Pal Joey still would have been done with Patti and stayed a one-off for them. Honestly it's almost a surprise to me that Patti got to do them in the roles she did... given that Audra was also committed to most of them, and I could EASILY see her, in a staged concert world, wanting to take on Desiree, Cora Hoover Hooper, even Fosca. And the same audience (or a bigger one) would have been just as excited to see her do them as Patti, maaaaybe more. She did do Dot for Lonny (and was glorious)... and while she also starred as Fay Apple and Clara for him, she could easily have had a go as Cora and Fosca. Hell, she could EVEN have been asked to do The Old Lady in his Candide (though probably not). And yes, in Lonny's Sweeney Todd she could for sure have done Lovett (she did Beggar Woman in one of them). And god knows she could do Gypsy as Rose, and probably will in 5-10 years. But justifying her doing it in her early 40s would not have been hard at all since the character must be in her 30s most of the show timeline-wise, not her 50s as most productions seem to want us to believe based on casting. (It's also possible Audra could have done it at Ravinia for Lonny and that's it, and then several years later a Broadway revival with Patti emerge, with Encores or without) So it's quite possible that without Pal Joey Patti would have gotten these opportunities, and that she wouldn't have, and also possible that she wouldn't have even with Pal Joey. |
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