Well, a few of my favorite divas. Gotta save some for future diaries!
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“At the Ballet,” A Chorus Line, Audra McDonald, Kelli O’Hara & Megan Hilty
“A Chorus Line” had the slimmest plot a musical had seen since “On the Town,” but it had a hell of a great idea: 25 dancers desperately auditioning for eight jobs on the chorus line of a new musical.
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“Could I Leave You,” Follies, Donna Murphy
40 years after its Broadway premiere, Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman’s show [follies] still dazzles…
The Hollywood Reporter
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“(When I Marry) Mr. Snow,” Carousel, Audra McDonald
“Carousel” premièred two years after Rodgers and Hammerstein’s first collaboration, “Oklahoma!,” changed everything by giving America a mood-filled show that it could dance to.
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“They Don’t Let You in the Opera (If You’re a Country Star),” Kelli O”Hara
I loved to sing and I loved to act, and I didn't want to continue opera because I wanted to act.
Kelli O'Hara
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“Anything Goes,” Anything Goes, Sutton Foster & the Company
Sutton Foster ... doesn't just deliver those Cole Porter hits, she knocks 'em out of the park.
Variety
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“Gimme Gimme,” Thoroughly Modern Millie, Sutton Foster
With Millie Dillmount, Sutton Foster brings to mind the young Mary Martin or Carol Channing, actresses who could not only carry a major musical, but drive it forward by sheer force of personality.
www.talkinbroadway.com/...
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“Everything’s Coming Up Roses,” Gypsy, Patti LuPone
[T]his season, everything's coming up Patti. Patti LuPone that is, now playing the quintessential Mother of All Stage Mothers in the newest production of "Gypsy." If any actor was ever born to play this role, LuPone was.…
www.newyorktheatreguide.com/...
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