Did Betty Buckley, Judy Kaye or Priscilla Lopez audition for Evita?- Page 5

[imeldasturn]

Posted: 5/8/20 at 11:45am

Oh, here's a clip of her singing "Buenos Aires". I so wish there were one of her doing Rainbow High.


https://n2ninvisiblegirl.tumblr.com/post/68334322684/youregonnalovetomorrow-buenos-aires

Updated On: 5/8/20 at 11:45 AM

[SweetLips22]

Posted: 5/8/20 at 10:28pm

All I heard about Ms BB was her time once in London, probably the 80s and a parrot?, superstition? spirits? and an expensive house rented for her that she moved out of because of all/any of the above.

My friend worked for the real estate company that leased the empty but paid for house while her management had to let her find a more suitable place for all of the above, and pay again.

Maybe that was her wacky period that Jordan missed.

[joevitus]

Posted: 5/8/20 at 10:44pm

I'm going to embarrass my cred by getting some details wrong, but an acquaintance worked at one of the longest-lasting music sheet stores in Manhattan, across from Lincoln Center, I believe across from Lincoln Center. A place that had every score you could need. 

Buckley wandered in one day, not to find music. She didn't even know what the place was for, just walked in. Then hung out there all day long, just having a good time, I guess talking to the staff or whatever, the details were vague. She never bought anything. The acquaintance was very amused, and there's no dirt. Nothing bad happened. It was just odd someone so long a part of musical theater at that point in her career would walk in completely unaware of what they sold or their reputation and then, no desire to purchase anything, just hang out all day or at least for several hours. He had good memories of it, and the way he spoke of her was amused and a little baffled, not offended or put off.

[binau]

Posted: 5/12/20 at 3:34am

QueenAlice said: "Oh, I've definitely heard first-hand horror stories about Buckley from people who have worked with her in the 1980s;she was also notoriously demanding in contract negotiations during the peak of her career, and I do think that resulted in her losing out on some wonderful roles.She does seem to have mellowed with age -- and I should add that the same people who said 'never again' said they meant thatonly professionally. She has always been known as a lovely Texan gal- when you aren't working with her. At any rate, let's not let the thread digress into a Betty Buckley personality speculation thread- there are already plenty of those."

I do want to say that I had heard 3rd-hand that as recently as the Hello, Dolly! tour Buckley did not have a good time and neither did her colleagues. However, I can’t verify any of this info.