Best Grizabella in CATS?

[bigbelterbaby]

Best Grizabella in CATS?#1

Posted: 4/16/12 at 7:54pm

RANK these three interpreters of 'Memory' from CATS.

Laurie Beechman | Elaine Paige |Betty Buckley

for me it would be

(1)The Legendary and very missed Laurie Beechman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbS_60VbF7g

(2)The Divine Miss Betty Buckley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivIT0TQ4vRM

(3)The Enchanting and smooth Elaine Paige
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm5w7gHEtJI&feature=related

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[DottieD'Luscia]

Best Grizabella in CATS?#2

Posted: 4/16/12 at 8:14pm

I saw both Betty and Laurie live, but I preferred Laurie. Grizabella is a role I'm really surprised that Andrea McArdle never played. She would have sounded amazing singing Memory.

Hey Dottie! Did your colleagues enjoy the cake even though your cat decided to sit on it? ~GuyfromGermany

[broadwaydevil]

Best Grizabella in CATS?#2

Posted: 4/16/12 at 8:18pm

I've always loved Elaine Paige but Grizabella is far from my favorite role and I'm not a huge CATS fan.

That being said:

1.) Betty Buckley
2.) Elaine Paige
3.) Laurie Beechman

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[bryan2]

Best Grizabella in CATS?#3

Posted: 4/16/12 at 8:22pm

Betty Buckley nbr 1....
Andrea McArdle said she didnt think she sang it well herself..(not that Betty didnt sing it well LOL) just wanted to clear this up
I disagree i heard Andrea sing it on Merv Griffin years ago and
thats how I learned to love the song..and Andrea


Updated On: 4/17/12 at 08:22 PM

[DottieD'Luscia]

Best Grizabella in CATS?#4

Posted: 4/16/12 at 8:27pm

I didn't realize Andrea McArdle felt that way.

Hey Dottie! Did your colleagues enjoy the cake even though your cat decided to sit on it? ~GuyfromGermany

Updated On: 4/16/12 at 08:27 PM

[ChildrenwillListen]

Best Grizabella in CATS?#5

Posted: 4/16/12 at 8:51pm

Stephanie J. Block, even though she didn't do it on Broadway. And my old dance teacher played her too so yeah

[grandpianoalex]

Best Grizabella in CATS?#6

Posted: 4/16/12 at 9:00pm

Yep. Agreed. Stephanie J. Block blew me away.

[binau]

Best Grizabella in CATS?#7

Posted: 4/16/12 at 9:02pm

Did Andrea McArdle really say that about Buckley? This woman is crazy!!!

Give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch.

[Skip2]

Best Grizabella in CATS?#8

Posted: 4/16/12 at 9:05pm

Only Laurie Beechman.

No one else.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Best Grizabella in CATS?#9

Posted: 4/16/12 at 9:25pm

qolbinau I took it that Andrea was referencing herself and not Betty.

Hey Dottie! Did your colleagues enjoy the cake even though your cat decided to sit on it? ~GuyfromGermany

[SondheimFan5]

Best Grizabella in CATS?#10

Posted: 4/16/12 at 11:17pm

Elaine Paige.

[ClapYo'Hands]

Best Grizabella in CATS?#11

Posted: 4/17/12 at 2:18am

I've never heard anyone sing Memory as well as Elaine Paige.

[AEA AGMA SM]

Best Grizabella in CATS?#12

Posted: 4/17/12 at 2:33am

Has Judi Dench ever recorded, or publicly performed, "Memory"? I'm very curious what her Grizabella was like.

[ClapYo'Hands]

Best Grizabella in CATS?#13

Posted: 4/17/12 at 2:34am

The song didn't exist when she was in the show.

[BroadwayFan12]

Best Grizabella in CATS?#14

Posted: 4/17/12 at 9:30am

1. Elaine Paige
2. Betty Buckley
3. Laurie Beechman

[South Fl Marc]

Best Grizabella in CATS?#15

Posted: 4/17/12 at 9:40am

Laurie Beechman - she was the only reason I sat through that horrible show. If I didn't want to see her sing that song,I would have bolted after 15 minutes.

[themysteriousgrowl]

Best Grizabella in CATS?#16

Posted: 4/17/12 at 9:44am

Little-known triva -- in Eliot's original draft, the character was Jizzabella the Grammar Cat, which had to be changed to sidestep the problems of such a character's associations with certain modern vernacular.

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[Buck]

Best Grizabella in CATS?#17

Posted: 4/17/12 at 9:49am

Didn't see her, and I know she's not one of the choices, but Gay Marshall on the French Cast Recording is amazing! Best show version of the song in my opinion.

Updated On: 4/17/12 at 09:49 AM

[Mister Matt]

Best Grizabella in CATS?#18

Posted: 4/17/12 at 9:50am

Liz Callaway is also one of the most celebrated Grizabellas of the Broadway run.

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[bryan2]

Best Grizabella in CATS?#19

Posted: 4/17/12 at 9:53am

read above

[JRybka]

Best Grizabella in CATS?#20

Posted: 4/17/12 at 4:31pm

For some reason I saw many version of this show. Broadway, Tours and such... Hands down the best will always be Laurie Beechman. She was such an amazing voice and talent that was taken way too soon.

I also did enjoy Liz Calloway, Kim Criswell and I remember seeing Lillias White.

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[DottieD'Luscia]

Best Grizabella in CATS?#21

Posted: 4/17/12 at 4:46pm

I was dating someone in the cast at the time Lillias White was in the show. Oh the stories!

Hey Dottie! Did your colleagues enjoy the cake even though your cat decided to sit on it? ~GuyfromGermany

[OtherDaryl2]

Best Grizabella in CATS?#22

Posted: 4/17/12 at 4:49pm

I'm particularly fond of the Barry Manilow recording. Then the Streisand. Then the 12" Disco mix.

[Justin D]

Best Grizabella in CATS?#23

Posted: 4/17/12 at 5:46pm

as for the international recordings, the lady in the Hamburg one is quite touching, strong belt and very emotional, its also a live recording so that helped too (I cant remember her name though, Andrea something I believe)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27199361@N08/ Phantom at the Royal Empire Theatre

[musicaltheatreman2]

Best Grizabella in CATS?#24

Posted: 4/17/12 at 9:30pm

DottieD'Luscia what stories??? how was lillias white's version of the song? is there a recording?