| Lillian Roth in ‘Wholesale’ and Funny Girl |
| Posted by: raydan 02:46 pm EDT 03/16/22 |
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So I’m watching I’ll Cry Tomorrow (the story of Lillian Roth portrayed by the great Susan Hayward) and I start to do a search for her bio on Google. I was startled to see on Wikipedia:
In 1962, she was featured as Elliott Gould's mother in the Broadway musical I Can Get It for You Wholesale, in which Barbra Streisand made her Broadway debut. Despite the acclaim for Streisand, producer David Merrick realized that Roth's name still sold tickets, and he elevated her to above-title star billing after the show's opening, with Gould, Streisand, and Sheree North listed below. Roth remained with the show for its full run of 301 performances and recorded the cast album for Columbia Records.
She was also featured as Mrs. Brice (mother of Fanny Brice) in the national touring company of Funny Girl in 1964, again getting top billing. |
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