Deborah Cox was asked to read for "The Color Purple"
Deborah Cox was asked to read for "The Color Purple"
Jeremiah
Swing Joined: 11/21/05
#0Deborah Cox was asked to read for "The Color Purple"
Posted: 11/28/05 at 2:34am
*December interview with Instinct magazine
Deborah Does New Year's Eve in L.A.
Her first ever full-length concert highlights the night
We put Deborah Cox atop the charts - rightfully so - time and time again, since we rush the dance floor whenever "Absolutely Not" or any of her other remixed hits play. And Deborah loves us in return. She's ringing in the New Year with her first full-length concert - performing live with her band - at the Hollywood Palladium in L.A., and it's specifically for us gays!
INSTINCT: I've got Deborah on the phone and an order of krinklekut fries. Two of my favorite things! What's up with you these days?
DEBORAH: Lots of recording sessions. I'm working on a full-length album, but I've got the first single out, "House is Not a Home." The album is really about what's going on in my life right now. It's a bit of a throwback to some of my past R&B influences and some experimental stuff as well. Musically I'm in a really good place.
I: And personally?
D: Well, things are a bit more hectic [laughs] with my son. I'm just trying to juggle it all and please everybody, but of course he comes first.
I: He's in the terrible twos now, right?
D: I think it's only terrible if that's what you expect. He definitely has the whole inquisitive thing going on, but he doesn't have all the tantrums.
I: Speaking of tantrums. . . they're also associated with divas. You certainly are one, but. . . Well, if he's mild-mannered, he must take after you.
D: It's okay! [Laughs] I think there's respect with me being a vocalist that has a big voice, so the comparisons that way are right. But I don't have that attitude. . . Well, sometimes on stage if something interrupts the performance, there are times. But having an overall [diva] attitude - no, that's not me.
I: Well, I'm sure nothing will go wrong with your New Year's Eve show.
D: This one is big because I'm doing it with my live band. A lot of the shows I do are track shows, but this concert is more of the musical part of me. I'm planning a few surprises, too. There's gonna be a lot of sangin'!
I: You did AIDA on Broadway. How did that go for you overall?
D: The run went great once I got a good footing. It was really a lot of work, very grueling, but it was fulfilling and challenging. By the fifth or sixth month I was draggin' myself to the theatre, especially on the days where we did two shows. Plus, I was also recording and I had just had the baby. But once I was there in the theater and started, I was "on." But after it was all over, I was exhausted.
I: Is the stage experience one you'd do again?
D: Absolutely. I was asked to come in to audition for the role of Shug in The Color Purple, but I was told I was too young.
I: There are far worse reasons to not get a part!
D: Yeah! [Laughs] Being told you're too young, that's not bad at all.
I: Any resolutions for 2006?
D: Well, I always want to eat better and to stay fit. Eating healthier when you're traveling so much gets difficult. Not every place has a Whole Foods!
I: I hear ya. I sure didn't get these fries here - - Kirk Hartlage
#1re: Deborah Cox was asked to read for 'The Color Purple'
Posted: 11/28/05 at 2:47amtnks for sharing...one thing though...i think she didn't do matinees in Aida...so she didn't have 2 show-days???
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DG
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
#2re: Deborah Cox was asked to read for 'The Color Purple'
Posted: 11/28/05 at 2:50ammuscle - that hasn't been all that unusual after Lord Webber arranged that schedule for Ms. Brightman.
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#3re: Deborah Cox was asked to read for 'The Color Purple'
Posted: 11/28/05 at 2:54am
No, I don't think she did two show days. Maybe once in a while...I dunno.
Wow, I could see her as Shug. Though I loved Elisabeth Withers-Mendes.
#4re: Deborah Cox was asked to read for 'The Color Purple'
Posted: 11/28/05 at 5:59am
No, Deborah did two show days. Toni Braxton was the Aida who didn't do matinees.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Updated On: 11/28/05 at 05:59 AM
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#5re: Deborah Cox was asked to read for 'The Color Purple'
Posted: 11/28/05 at 5:53pmDeborah Cox didn't perform Tuesday evenings or Wednesday matinees. She performed both shows on Saturdays, though.
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