Elsa is an extremely limited role in terms of the necessary vocal ability (Jan Maxwell played it in the last revival, remember.) Shields will be just fine.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
I think the last revival changed some keys and actually dropped one of the Baroness's songs, no?
In the original production, Elsa was played by Marion Marlowe who was quite a fine soprano; I think as originally written, the two songs for the Baroness aren't actually all that limited vocally. Marion Marlowe
Laura Osnes seems to be the new go-to leading lady for R&H productions. From South Pacific to the January reading of Cinderella to Pipe Dream and now Sound of Music. Congrats to Laura.
Is Baron Elberfeld in the party scene? Is he the Austrian who is on Georg's side when they get into an altercation with Herr Zeller? I watch the movie at least once a month, but haven't seen the stage show since I was too young to remember.
Yeah, Baron Elberfeld is in the party scene. He's the one in the movie that says to the Captain "Is there a more beautiful expression of what is good in this country of ours than the innocent voices of our children?"
I wonder if they will add "I Have Confidence" and use "Something Good" instead of "An Ordinary Couple"?
I wanted to purchase some balcony tickets for the concert but I have never been to the Carnegie Hall. Is the balcony very far from the stage? Is the rear mezz at the Gershwin theater comparable to it?