Christine Andreas is Margaret in tour of The Light in the Piazza- Page 2

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 6/18/06 at 9:27pm

nyspotlight, I think they were talking about Elena Shaddow. (Right?)

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 6/18/06 at 11:06pm

Clara in the book is brunette. I don't get why she's always blonde in the Broadway version.

I have nothing against fast, wide vibrato (as I have one myself) but I think Christine Andreas just has an ugly timbre.

[flaemmchen]

Posted: 6/19/06 at 12:10am

Actually, Vicki Clark's wig is red and matches her real hair (but is a wig, nonetheless).

I'm sad that I'm not going to get to see the tour, unless I travel somewhere to catch it, because I would love to see and hear Christine Andreas's take on the role. I heard her sing My Ship in the Broadway Un-Plugged concert, and when she used her soprano notes, it was amazing. I share everyone's concern about her machine gun vibratto, however...maybe they'll figure out a way to control it slightly.

[broadway_show_fan]

Posted: 6/19/06 at 4:52am

Though Vicki's wig is reddish and does indeed fairly match her actual hair color, Patti Cohenour (who plays the role Tuesday and Wednesday evenings) has the same-colored wig - so Margaret seems to be a redhead. I'm not sure that they particularly made Margaret a redhead to match Vicki's actual hair color.

[IssaMe]

Posted: 6/19/06 at 7:20am

Understudy Laura Griffith has plays Clara as a brunette during the current run.

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 6/19/06 at 11:20am

I am so happy Miss Andreas is performing this role. I love her. I generally find major fault with singers who have such out of whack vibrato, but I somehow still love her and her voice (as I do Carolee Carmello).

[PalJoey]

Posted: 6/19/06 at 11:34am

Has the rest of the cast been announced yet?

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 6/19/06 at 11:49am

No PalJoey, but Elena Shaddow and David Burnham will be playing Clara and Fabrizio respectively. No other casting is known yet, but I expect an official announcement will be made this week.

[EponineAmneris]

Posted: 6/19/06 at 12:13pm

Check this out

https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=10443

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/19/06 at 12:19pm

Yay for a Philly date. May have to catch it.

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 6/19/06 at 1:58pm

IT'S COMING TO CHICAGO!!!!!!!

I didn't think I'd *ever* get to see it!

[PalJoey]

Posted: 6/19/06 at 2:20pm

That was very moving to read about Christine Andreas's son.

Updated On: 6/19/06 at 02:20 PM

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 6/19/06 at 2:23pm

I thought she was splendid in PIMPERNEL, and I enjoy her vibrato from hell when paired with certain styles of music...but I don't know how I feel about her jackhammering her way through PIAZZA...

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 6/19/06 at 2:26pm

Ah, nevermind. Ignore this post, please.

Updated On: 6/19/06 at 02:26 PM

[MarkCohen]

Posted: 6/19/06 at 2:29pm

I love the Toronto dates!

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 6/19/06 at 2:31pm

I don't know...if Raul Esparza can vibrato his way through BEING ALIVE, surely Andreas can pull off a chock-full-of-vibrato FABLE...