Irene Cara
Irene Cara
#0Irene Cara
Posted: 9/9/05 at 8:56amShow the love here.
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
Kringas
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/05
#1re: Irene Cara
Posted: 9/9/05 at 8:58am"Très jolie, Coco. Très jolie."
"How do you like THAT 'misanthropic panache,' Mr. Goldstone?" - PalJoey
#2re: Irene Cara
Posted: 9/9/05 at 8:59am:)
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#3re: Irene Cara
Posted: 9/9/05 at 9:37amWhat a feelin...
Hey Dottie!
Did your colleagues enjoy the cake even though your cat decided to sit on it? ~GuyfromGermany
#4re: Irene Cara
Posted: 9/9/05 at 9:53am
"People will see me and cryyyyyyy..." She was the original Idina!!
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
Updated On: 9/9/05 at 09:53 AM
Kringas
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/05
#5re: Irene Cara
Posted: 9/9/05 at 10:51amOMG! Irene should be the next Elphaba!
"How do you like THAT 'misanthropic panache,' Mr. Goldstone?" - PalJoey
#6re: Irene Cara
Posted: 9/9/05 at 12:42pm
*swoon* When the ringtone craze first hit, "What a Feeling" was my ringtone. Until our high school intern told me it was the gayest ringtone she'd ever heard.
I changed it to "Borderline" to prove her wrong. 
#7re: Irene Cara
Posted: 9/9/05 at 12:43pmLOL!!
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#8re: Irene Cara
Posted: 9/9/05 at 12:46pm
Sometimes I wonder
Where I've been
Who I am, do I fit in?
Celebrate Life
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch
#9re: Irene Cara
Posted: 9/9/05 at 12:47pm
Make believin'
Is haaaard alone
Ouuut here
On myyyyy own
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#10re: Irene Cara
Posted: 9/9/05 at 12:50pm
My fave Irene Cara song. My fave bww chanteuse.
My day is done.
Celebrate Life
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#11re: Irene Cara
Posted: 9/9/05 at 12:51pm
I sing the body electric
I celebrate the ME yet to come
I toast to my own reunion
When I become one with the sun
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
Updated On: 9/9/05 at 12:51 PM
#12re: Irene Cara
Posted: 9/9/05 at 12:57pmOh DD, you make me blush!
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#13re: Irene Cara
Posted: 9/9/05 at 12:59pm
Did anyone see her on that stupid "Hit me Baby One more time" show? She is still amazing.
What a Feelin' indeed!
"Carson has combined his passion for helping children with his love for one of Cincinnati's favorite past times - cornhole - to create a unique and exciting event perfect for a corporate outing, entertaining clients or family fun."
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#14re: Irene Cara
Posted: 9/9/05 at 1:04pm
OSCAR WINNER Irene Cara!!!!!!!
You know that just frosts Debbie Allen's cake, dont'ch?
PEACE.
#15re: Irene Cara
Posted: 9/9/05 at 1:08pm
HA!
Debbie is still pi**ed off she didnt win that Tony for West Side Story!
"Carson has combined his passion for helping children with his love for one of Cincinnati's favorite past times - cornhole - to create a unique and exciting event perfect for a corporate outing, entertaining clients or family fun."
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
WOSQ
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/03
#16re: Irene Cara
Posted: 9/9/05 at 1:12pm
The Me Nobody Knows; original cast 1970
She was about 10-12.
Ain't Misbehavin'; original off-Broadway cast replaced by Charlayne Woodard.
Got Tu Go Disco; about 1979, I cannot remember if she left before this show (a mega-disaster of legendary proportions-millions down the drain) officially opened and played a week at the Minskoff.
"If my life weren't funny, it would just be true. And that would be unacceptable."
--Carrie Fisher
MrMidwest
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/8/05
#17re: Irene Cara
Posted: 9/9/05 at 1:18pm
The horra', the horra'
"The gods who nurse this universe think little of mortals' cares. They sit in crowds on exclusive clouds and laugh at our love affairs. I might have had a real romance if they'd given me a chance. I loved him, but he didn't love me. I wanted him, but he didn't want me. Then the gods had a spree and indulged in another whim. Now he loves me, but I don't love him." - Cole Porter
wickedrentq
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/6/04
#18re: Irene Cara
Posted: 9/9/05 at 1:31pm
I'm gonna make it to heaven...light up the sky like a flame!
When my HS did Fame the musical, downloaded her version, fell absolutely in love w/ it! Such a great rendition of a great song!
"If there was a Mount Rushmore for Broadway scores, "West Side Story" would be front and center. It snaps, it crackles it pops! It surges with a roar, its energy and sheer life undiminished by the years" - NYPost reviewer Elisabeth Vincentelli
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#19re: Irene Cara
Posted: 9/9/05 at 2:39pm
I can rrrreally hayave it all!! Just not a second act in my career.
Wasn't she on that NBC battle of the oldsters for charity show that I can't remember the name of?
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#20re: Irene Cara
Posted: 9/9/05 at 2:41pmOh, and please note the director of CERTAIN FURY...Stephen Gyllenhaal! I wonder if wee Jake was conceived on this set.
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
#21re: Irene Cara
Posted: 9/9/05 at 3:31pmI love Irene Cara!! When I first saw Fame, I absolutely fell in love with her, and the soundtrack is always playing, especially the songs "Out Here On My Own", "Hot Lunch", and "Fame"!
I have my books and my poetry to protect me...
Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#23re: Irene Cara
Posted: 9/9/05 at 5:53pmKringas quoting Mary Catherine Gallagher quoting the pornograher talking to Irene Cara in Fame. He's the most, to say the least!
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Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
#24re: Irene Cara
Posted: 9/9/05 at 5:57pm
"SPARKLE" was a flick about a trio of singing sisters in Harlem back in the early '60s. It featured a soundtrack by the legendary Curtis Mayfield. Irene along with Lonette McKee and Dwan Smith sang the songs "Hooked On Your Love", "Jump", "Look Into Your Heart" and "Giving Him Something He Can Feel" (the same song En Vogue had a hit with back in '92) on the movie's soundtrack. Aretha Franklin sang all the songs on the movie's soundtrack album and had hits with "Jump" and "Something He Can Feel".
The movie also stars Philip Michael Thomas, Dorian Harewood and Mary Alice. Joel Schumacher wrote the screenplay. It was going to be remade by Whitney Houston's production compnay in 2001 starring Aaliyah but the project was shelved when she died.
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