Golden Girls of B'way
Golden Girls of B'way
InfiniteGirl
Understudy Joined: 1/5/05
#0Golden Girls of B'way
Posted: 5/5/06 at 11:44pmWho's your favorite grand old dame still on the boards, kicking and singing?
#1re: Golden Girls of B'way
Posted: 5/5/06 at 11:46pmBea arthur - first name that popped into my head [you know, because she's an actual golden girl]
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#2re: Golden Girls of B'way
Posted: 5/5/06 at 11:48pmElaine Stritch - I love that cantankerous old broad. Updated On: 5/6/06 at 11:48 PM
#3re: Golden Girls of B'way
Posted: 5/5/06 at 11:50pm
Bea Arthur, Elaine Stritch, Angela Lansbury and Chita Rivera.
Good.
Times.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#5re: Golden Girls of B'way
Posted: 5/6/06 at 12:16amAngela Lansbury.
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Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#6re: Golden Girls of B'way
Posted: 5/6/06 at 12:18am
I thought this said, Golden Girls ON Broadway. I was like.... a MUSICAL!?!? 
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Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
mrslovett7
Leading Actor Joined: 3/18/06
#8re: Golden Girls of B'way
Posted: 5/6/06 at 9:40am
"I thought this said, Golden Girls ON Broadway. I was like.... a MUSICAL!?!"
omg i did too! i was like, "yes!" haha gotta love the golden girls.
i'll go with Angela Lansbury
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philcrosby
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/17/04
#10re: Golden Girls of B'way
Posted: 5/6/06 at 11:32am
I love all of the one already named and would willingly take a bullet for any of them, but...
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LouW95
Leading Actor Joined: 9/27/03
#11re: Golden Girls of B'way
Posted: 5/6/06 at 11:37amPolly Bergen, Marge Champion and the all ladies who recently did 70 Girls 70 are also fine Bway Golden Girls.
#12re: Golden Girls of B'way
Posted: 5/6/06 at 11:46amShe is almost 60...so I am going with Bernadette Peters
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kjklo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/03
#13re: Golden Girls of B'way
Posted: 5/6/06 at 1:47pmI don't care what Bernadette's age is--there's no way she could possibly be described as a "grand old dame." Maybe in 30 or 40 years.:)
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Broadway Legend Joined: 9/12/04
flamingo
Understudy Joined: 5/18/03
#15re: Golden Girls of B'way
Posted: 5/6/06 at 5:42pm
Bernadette may be a great "Dame", but "Golden", I think not. Have you seen her recently--I have--she has the sparkle and the strut back! And she positively crackles with that sweet sex appeal...
My point is: this has NOTHING AT ALL to do with chronological age. And any Fanadette knows this.
Updated On: 5/6/06 at 05:42 PM
#16re: Golden Girls of B'way
Posted: 5/6/06 at 6:04pmThe Lyceum Theater
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=972787#3631451
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=963561#3533883
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=955158#3440952
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=954269#3427915
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=955012#3441622
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=954344#3428699
Laughalot
Swing Joined: 5/6/06
Laughalot
Swing Joined: 5/6/06
#18re: Golden Girls of B'way
Posted: 5/6/06 at 6:05pmDouble, double, toil and trouble! Updated On: 5/6/06 at 06:05 PM
#19re: Golden Girls of B'way
Posted: 5/6/06 at 6:09pmBeatrice (mother truckin') Arthur
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#20re: Golden Girls of B'way
Posted: 5/6/06 at 6:30pm
It's funny that out of the four Golden Girls, Betty White was the only one never to appear on Broadway. Bea did nine Broadway shows(according to ibdb.com). Rue was last seen in Wicked & The Women plus did four others before Golden Girls. Estelle Getty was in the original cast of Torch Song Trilogy and did a ton of off-Broadway shows as well.
Interesting to all those Golden Girls fans.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
#21re: Golden Girls of B'way
Posted: 5/6/06 at 7:14pmChita Rivera.
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