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| Been there, done that, Wayman! | |
| Posted by: showtunetrivia 02:05 pm EDT 07/17/21 | |
| In reply to: An Asian-American project that'd have me 'Losing My Mind' - WaymanWong 02:14 am EDT 07/17/21 | |
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| I saw the East West Players do FOLLIES back in 2000! With Sab Shimono as Ben! Alvin Ing was in the production, but it’s too hot for me to dig in the closet for my playbill (still without AC, in July, in the San Fernando Valley—oy) to see who he played. Laura |
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| Emily Kuroda played Carlotta | |
| Posted by: showtunetrivia 10:10 pm EDT 07/17/21 | |
| In reply to: Been there, done that, Wayman! - showtunetrivia 02:05 pm EDT 07/17/21 | |
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| Best known as Mrs. Kim in GILMORE GIRLS, I do recall she nailed “I’m Still Here.” Have not gone closet digging for that playbill, and poking around online has not revealed who Alvin Ing played. I do know he was not Dmitri Weissman. Maybe Theodore Whitman? Laura |
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| 'I'd be in the Follies ...' | |
| Last Edit: WaymanWong 11:41 pm EDT 07/17/21 | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 11:33 pm EDT 07/17/21 | |
| In reply to: Emily Kuroda played Carlotta - showtunetrivia 10:10 pm EDT 07/17/21 | |
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| If Ing wasn't Weissman, I guess he'd have to be Whitman. Anyway, that ''Follies'' was in 2000. It's time for another Asian-American revival. Speaking of Sondheim, Ing played Shogun's Mother in ''Pacific Overtures'' in 1976 ... and in the 2004 B'way revival (and at East West Players, too!). In a recent Onstage Blog, Ing spilled the (Chrysanthemum) tea on ''Pacific Overtures'' and ''Flower Drum Song.'' What a theatrical life he's led! |
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| Link | Onstage Blog: Alvin Ing: Tales of a Theatrical Trailblazer |
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| re: 'I'd be in the Follies ...' | |
| Posted by: showtunetrivia 02:00 am EDT 07/18/21 | |
| In reply to: 'I'd be in the Follies ...' - WaymanWong 11:33 pm EDT 07/17/21 | |
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| Oh, I agree we need another AAIP FOLLIES! I will remember that one fondly, though, because it’s the first FOLLIES my kids (all born in the late eighties) ever saw! I’ve seen all three of the stagings of PACIFIC OVERTURES at EWP (and the National tour, of course): spring 1979 and the encore in fall 1979–both directed by Mako, who reprised his OBC role, as did about six others, like Ing; and in 1997, the inaugural production at their new David Henry Hwang Theatre. The 1979 production blew me away with its intensity. It was in a tiny house on Santa Monica Blvd, so small you could nearly touch the actors from a front row seat. Wow. Laura |
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