Beverly Sills is gravely ill...
Beverly Sills is gravely ill...
#1Beverly Sills is gravely ill...
Posted: 6/28/07 at 4:31pm
this deserves to be on the Main Board as well, for those who don't venture over to the other side.
ABC News
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
philcrosby
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/17/04
#2re: Beverly Sills is gravely ill...
Posted: 6/28/07 at 4:33pmMiss Sills is one of the truly great performers of this or any century. My thoughts and prayers are with her and her family.
#2re: Beverly Sills is gravely ill...
Posted: 6/28/07 at 4:37pmVery sad. She was an extremely talented performer.
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird
To Kill A Mockingbird
#3re: Beverly Sills is gravely ill...
Posted: 6/28/07 at 4:45pmHow sad....my thought and prayers go out to her. She is such an incredible talent!
Jack: For your information, most people who meet me do not know that I am gay.
Will: Jack, blind and deaf people know you're gay. Dead people know you're gay.
Jack: Grace, when you first met me, did you know I was gay?
Grace: My dog knew.
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#4re: Beverly Sills is gravely ill...
Posted: 6/28/07 at 4:49pmWicked, she isn't dead yet. She IS. Not was.
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
#5re: Beverly Sills is gravely ill...
Posted: 6/28/07 at 4:49pm
A once-in-a-generation voice, and one of the few who has worked tirelessly to make opera accessible to people from all walks of life. I was just listening to her recording of Il Barbiere di Siviglia yesterday and her "Una voce poco fa" still makes my jaw drop, no matter how many times I have heard it.
I sat next to her at the Grand Tier Restaurant in April and she looked and seemed fine, having a lively dinner with a group of friends. This illness must have come on suddenly.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#6re: Beverly Sills is gravely ill...
Posted: 6/28/07 at 4:53pmiluv, Wicked said performer, not person. She hasn't performed in many, many years. "Was" is correct.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#7re: Beverly Sills is gravely ill...
Posted: 6/28/07 at 4:55pmThis is sad news indeed. Not only was she a major talent in the opera field, but she was charming and gracious in real life.
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
#8re: Beverly Sills is gravely ill...
Posted: 6/28/07 at 4:58pmThe New York Times cited her as "the most influential administrator for performing arts in New York". Her massive influence went far beyond her massive talent.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#9re: Beverly Sills is gravely ill...
Posted: 6/28/07 at 5:13pmShe's a national treasure with remarkable class.
#10re: Beverly Sills is gravely ill...
Posted: 6/28/07 at 5:15pmThe first opera I ever saw was the telecast of THE BARBER OF SEVILLE with her singing Rosina. The first opera I ever saw live was her final MANON at City Opera. A truly phenomenal talent.
Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)
#11re: Beverly Sills is gravely ill...
Posted: 6/29/07 at 10:30am
As much as she loved opera, she also loved musicals and was a frequent opening night attendee.
On the opening night of SWEENEY TODD she told Sondheim that she thought the piece would be perfect for opera houses. Five years later under her direction the NYCO did the first New York revival of SWEENEY for 10 performances...all of them sold out.
Last year she hosted the Live from Lincoln Center telecast of THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA. Her voice sounded a bit raspy - which is to e expected at an advanced age - but she still had that sparkling personality we all know and love, and will miss.
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#12re: Beverly Sills is gravely ill...
Posted: 6/29/07 at 10:56am
Be Strong Bubbles.
You are the Classiest.
#13re: Beverly Sills is gravely ill...
Posted: 6/29/07 at 3:50pmMy prayers and support for Ms. Sills and her family. Since I've had the fortune to live in the NY area in the past, she's always been an institution in NY opera and on stage worldwide..... God bless her and hope that all of our love and prayers reach and comfort her.
#14re: Beverly Sills is gravely ill...
Posted: 6/29/07 at 4:13pmHeard this on the radio taking a cab home after getting stuck in the rain last night. It's a tragedy. I hope she becomes well again, though things don't look great.
Videos