Posted: 6/1/17 at 11:01pm
I just bumped into this on YouTube and I thought all of you would love this!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbmtK28kab8
Posted: 6/2/17 at 4:50am
No one needs to complain about Bettes' voice again after hear that !
Posted: 6/2/17 at 11:54am
Thank you disneybroadwayfan22! Never saw this on YT.
I was lucky, as a kid, to see Ms. Merman 4 times in Dolly. I think she sounds pretty damn good here considering this was probably an archaic way of taping. I even have a cassette tape I made at the time with only part of the show and she blows you out of the theatre there too.
Posted: 6/2/17 at 12:17pm
Posted: 6/2/17 at 2:00pm
Thanks so much for posting this!
I'm not old enough to have seen Merman or Mary Martin onstage, but I have seen a few legendary performers in iconic roles: Lansbury in Gypsy, Verdon in Chicago, Channing in the 1994 Dolly revival (yes, she was too old and probably too frail, but she still had her comedic chops 100% intact). Each of these ladies had a star quality and a special connection to the audience.
Sadly, I just don't think they make stars like that anymore.
