Best Voices from Broadway People That Everyone Has Forgotten Nowadays

[Josh Freilich]

Posted: 4/19/06 at 11:45pm

The first one I'd say would definitely be Jane Ohringer from "Evita". She never had anything else after that, but her voice has CAPTIVATED me from the first time I heard her "Another Suitcase In Another Hall". She had a beautiful voice. Somebody hire her again.

And it doesn't look like we'll be seeing very much of Jill Paice in the near future.

[sondheim78]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 1:09am

Dolores Gray
Pamela Myers
Alison Fraser

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 1:11am

Nancy Dussault

Posted: 4/20/06 at 1:23am

coleen sexton...she needs to be back on broadway...

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 1:24am

Susan Johnson - way and above

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 1:37am

I was JUST thinking of Pamela Myers! (as I have heard both Lunch and Snoopy in the past 24 hours)

[Pippin]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 11:23am

I love alison Fraser!!

oh, and Pamela Myers will be appearing at the Prince Music Theatre in Philadelphia from May 6-28 in the premiere of "The Pirate"

also appearing is Andrea Burns from "Songs for a new world"


cast of "the pirate"

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 11:28am

Agree most with
Dolores Gray and Pam Myers and add
Karen Morrow.

[Calvin]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 11:31am

Pam Myers put a CD out a few years ago -- about the time when she was back on Broadway in Into the Woods. Love her.

Whatever happened to Merle Louise, speaking of Sondheim's babies?

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 11:40am

Love Merle! Did a quick search and found nothing after Kiss of the Spider Woman...didnt realize that she won the Drama Desk for her Beggar Woman, tho...cool! Never understood why she didnt get a Tony nom, or Ken Jennings.

I was so disheartened when I saw the revival of ITW and Pam was UNDERSTUDY for Jack's mother...Marylouise Burke gave the single worst performance I've ever seen on a bway stage, and my Pammy was left to play Cinderella's mom...

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 11:41am

D. Jarmin Bartlett?

[Calvin]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 11:43am

Pam would have been a fabulous Jack's mom. Then they could have brought in Joy Franz (as they did later), brought back Edmund Lyndeck and it would have been my Sondheim baby fantasy come true.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 11:48am

Pam was the heart of the Reunion concerts of Company (I got to see it in NY.) She looked and sounded AMAZING! That was over 10 years ago, i know...but I cried for her and Donna doing Tick Tock. Pam needs to get back on stage!

I dont think she is forgotten, but Laurie Beechman should be mentioned on this thread.

[misto625]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 12:21pm

I saw Karen Morrow in the Boston production of White Christmas where she didn't have a whole lot to sing and my family saw her in concert. She's really good, I didn't know about her till recently.

[WonderBoy]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 1:53pm

Thank you doodlenyc for mentioning Laur. She is missed terribly.

Another one is Ellen Greene. I would love to see her back on the boads again! And I also loved Bellamy Young from THE LIFE. I always wonder what happened to her.

[LostLeander]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 2:12pm

Melba Moore.

Heather McCrae from Falsettoland. What a GREAT voice.

I also whole heartedly agree with Alison Fraser.
That woman's voice.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 2:25pm

I like Kelli James (1st Eponine replacement in Les Miz).

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 2:50pm

Calvin (or anyone else who knows)- What is Pamela Myers' solo CD like? I recognize more than half of the songs, but what musicals do the others come from? Is it a good listen?

[Enjolras77]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 4:05pm

David Carroll -- a very talented performer with a beautiful voice. It is a shame he is still not with us.

[Calvin]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 4:08pm

I think it's a great listen, but I'm a fan, so I'm biased.

[Josh Freilich]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 4:30pm

Yes, people like D. Jamin Bartlett and Jane Ohringer have been famous for ONE THING, and then they just DISAPPEARED.

It's so weird.

[WOSQ]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 4:53pm

Doretta Morrow - The King and I and Kismet

Died in her 40s of cancer.

[insomniak]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 4:58pm

I LOVE Jane Ohringer's "Another Suitcase in Another Hall". I can't believe she hasn't done anything else.

I also think Steve Martin can't hold a candle to the original Orin, Franc Luz. I've never heard his name anywhere else, though.

[peggyandvelma]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 5:57pm

I know it hasn't been that long, but can someone call Betty Buckley? Anyone? Get this woman back on Broadway.

[allofmylife]

Posted: 4/20/06 at 6:17pm

Robert Preston. From cowboy to Music Man in one career. Amazing.