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Gypsy, The Wiz and Phylisha Rashad
perfusion
Stand-by Joined: 11/15/04
#25re: Gypsy, The Wiz and Phylisha Rashad
Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:27am
Sharon Brown took over for Lillias White near the end of it's run at the Ambassador theatre,I have the Playbill.ibdb does not list her but I know what I saw,& I remember being pissed that I wasn't going to see Lillias again but was pleasantly surprise by Ms Cason.
BwayLeadman
Broadway Star Joined: 9/29/04
#26re: Gypsy, The Wiz and Phylisha Rashad
Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:38ambesides an episode of "The Cosby Show" did Phylicia and Debbie ever do anything together?
Whatchmacallit
Chorus Member Joined: 1/28/05
#27re: Gypsy, The Wiz and Phylisha Rashad
Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:42amThey did a PBS version of The Old Settler for PBS, also directed by Allen.
A man is getting along on the road to wisdom when he begins to realize that his opinion is just an opinion.
NCGuy
Broadway Star Joined: 4/8/04
#28re: Gypsy, The Wiz and Phylisha Rashad
Posted: 5/17/05 at 11:58amDebbie Allen also directed Phylicia Rashad in a TV-movie version of "Pollyanna" in the late eighties (it was called "Polly" and was reset in the south during the fifties...Rudy from "The Cosby Show" played Pollyana).
#29re: Gypsy, The Wiz and Phylisha Rashad
Posted: 5/17/05 at 12:16pm
That revival cast was wonderful.
I don't remember the names and wonder if any of them became very famous.
Actually, I remember Arnetia Walker. Forgive the spelling. She went on to do films and tv.
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
perfusion
Stand-by Joined: 11/15/04
#30re: Gypsy, The Wiz and Phylisha Rashad
Posted: 5/17/05 at 1:00pmAlysa Gyse(Deena Jones) went on to play Kinu on A Different World (as someone stated before was directed by Debbie Allen).
#31re: Gypsy, The Wiz and Phylisha Rashad
Posted: 5/17/05 at 1:02pmShe was wonderful.
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#32re: Gypsy, The Wiz and Phylisha Rashad
Posted: 5/17/05 at 2:43pmIf there ever were a black version of Gypsy, my choice for Rose would be Queen Latifah or Lillias White!
"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive.
"Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot."
"No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one."
Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.
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