Grizabella Firsts

#1

Grizabella Firsts

Posted: 8/29/08 at 11:33pm

Ready, Set, GO!

#2

re: Grizabella Firsts

Posted: 8/29/08 at 11:35pm

#3

re: Grizabella Firsts

Posted: 8/29/08 at 11:36pm

First Grizabella - Elaine Paige
First American Grizabella - Betty Buckley
First Autrian Grizabella - Angelika Milster
First Japanese Grizabella - Akiko Kuno
First Norwegian Grizabella - Brit Elisabeth Haagensli
First Australian Grizabella - Debbie Byrne

#4

re: Grizabella Firsts

Posted: 8/29/08 at 11:37pm

First Grizabella played by a cat: musicaltheatrefan3

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#5

re: Grizabella Firsts

Posted: 8/29/08 at 11:37pm

First Grizabella to fall off the stage, and then recieve a royal title: Dame Judi Dench

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#6

re: Grizabella Firsts

Posted: 8/29/08 at 11:45pm

First Canadian Grizabella - Kathy Michael McGlynn
First German Grizabella - Andrea Bögel
First Dutch Grizabella - Ruth Jacott
First Swedish Grizabella - Lena Ericsson
First Mexican Grizabella - María Del Sol
First Korean Grizabella - Yun Bok Hee
First Swiss Grizabella: Was it not Manuela Felice? I know that Ruth Jacott played her in Zürich for a while, but she's Dutch.
First Argentine Grizabella - Olivia Bucio?
First Belgian Grizabella - Hilde Norga???
First Danish Grizabella - Charlotte Vigel
First Czech Grizabella - Yvetta Blanarovičová
First Spanish Grizabella - Helen de Quiroga
First Russian Grizabella - Yelena Charkviani

#7

re: Grizabella Firsts

Posted: 8/29/08 at 11:46pm

you actually have no life.

#8

re: Grizabella Firsts

Posted: 8/29/08 at 11:49pm

I'm a "Cats" freak, too. I knew all of those from memory.

#9

re: Grizabella Firsts

Posted: 8/29/08 at 11:52pm

First sock puppet Grizabella: musicaltheatrefan3

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#10

re: Grizabella Firsts

Posted: 8/29/08 at 11:55pm

I'm a "Cats" freak, too. I knew all of those from memory.
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Yeah, so am I but I can only think of Elaine & Betty of the top of my head & no foreign Griz. (Excluding UK)

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#11

re: Grizabella Firsts

Posted: 8/29/08 at 11:59pm

First Grizabella named after a color?

#12

re: Grizabella Firsts

Posted: 8/30/08 at 12:20am

Technically the first Grizabella and the first Gumbie Cat was Judi Dench. Even though she was injured and never went on she was still the first. Elaine Paige was the first Grizabella replacement.

Updated On: 8/30/08 at 12:20 AM

#13

re: Grizabella Firsts

Posted: 8/30/08 at 12:22am

Wait? I know about Judi as Griz, but Jennyanydots? Please explain.

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#14

re: Grizabella Firsts

Posted: 8/30/08 at 12:27am

First Grizabella played by an actual dirty old cat: Cloudy!!!!!!!!!!

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#15

re: Grizabella Firsts

Posted: 8/30/08 at 12:28am

She was going to play both Grizabella and Jennyanydots. Trevor Nunn interested her in the project by suggesting she play two completely different characters. She actually tore her achilles tendon rehearsing the Gumbie Cat number. Not a Grizabella scene. Once she was injured Elaine was brought in to play Grizabella and Myra Sands took over as Jennyanydots and the concept was abandoned.

Updated On: 8/30/08 at 12:28 AM

#16

re: Grizabella Firsts

Posted: 8/30/08 at 12:35am

I think if there is ever a revival, Judi HAS to play Griz.

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#17

re: Grizabella Firsts

Posted: 8/30/08 at 10:20am

I keep reading this as "Grizabella Farts."

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#18

re: Grizabella Firsts

Posted: 8/30/08 at 10:35am

First Jewish Grizabella: Emma Zaks.

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#19

re: Grizabella Firsts

Posted: 8/30/08 at 11:30am

today is going to be EPIC june 4th anyone

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#20

re: Grizabella Firsts

Posted: 8/30/08 at 11:45am

Best Grizabella I ever saw was many, many moons ago, here in Los Angeles, at the now torn down Shubert Theatre in Century City. It was the Los Angeles company in 1985. Kim Criswell was Grizabella and she was absolutely brilliant! Brilliant beyond words. She was in the show for 1 & 1/2 years, and the show ran for 2 years.

#21

re: Grizabella Firsts

Posted: 8/30/08 at 2:54pm

stupidbeans. that's NOT a good thing.

it was a disaster.... an epic disaster. we don't want a repeat of June 4th. please.

#22

re: Grizabella Firsts

Posted: 8/30/08 at 2:56pm

"Best Grizabella I ever saw was many, many moons ago, here in Los Angeles, at the now torn down Shubert Theatre in Century City."

Best theatre ever! Saw Mamma Mia there.

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#23

re: Grizabella Firsts

Posted: 8/30/08 at 6:02pm

"I'm a "Cats" freak, too."

If you take the word "Cats" out of that sentence, you just described yourself quite well, MTF3.

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#24

re: Grizabella Firsts

Posted: 6/13/09 at 11:04pm

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#25

re: Grizabella Firsts

Posted: 6/14/09 at 1:07pm

"Cats" was my first live musical. . back in the late 90's. . some awful non-eq tour that I fell completely in love with.

Natalie Toro was my first Griz, and I thought she was frickin' fantastic.

-Jacob.