If Karen Carpenter were alive...

[Justice]

Posted: 3/25/05 at 6:56pm

What Broadway roles do you think she would have taken on?

(No one does "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" better than her)

[EverythingIsRENT]

Posted: 3/25/05 at 7:08pm

Karen had a beautiful, moving, one-of-a-kind voice, but her kind of singing doesn't lend itself well to Broadway...she didn't have that loud belty sound that you see on stage these days. But I would KILL to hear her sing "Not That Girl...."

[Justice]

Posted: 3/25/05 at 7:09pm

She has the range for it. Especially for that low note.

Their Christmas albums would have been great seasonal shows on Broadway.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 3/25/05 at 7:49pm

"Don't Cry Out Loud" seated in a wheelchair and hooked up to oxygen. She probably WOULD be pretty thin

All kidding aside, I adore the Carpenters. She always makes me smile.

[Jon]

Posted: 3/25/05 at 10:22pm

If she were alive and well, I would hope she would have moved beyond cheesy pop tunes. Hopefully show would have gotten into Rodgers & Hart, Gershwin, Cole Porter, etc.

[WindyCityActor]

Posted: 3/25/05 at 10:23pm

The Lead in "Passion"

[Feodor Sverdlov]

Posted: 3/25/05 at 10:27pm

Of course, Karen has sung Cole Porter, Gershwin and Rodgers and Hart; but I assume you mean complete albums.