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In the next 10-15 years we will likely lose Liza, Patti, Betty Buckley and Bernadette
#25In the next 10-15 years we will likely lose Liza, Patti, Betty Buckley and Bernadette
Posted: 3/15/26 at 12:01pm
thank you, queenalice.
#26In the next 10-15 years we will likely lose Liza, Patti, Betty Buckley and Bernadette
Posted: 3/15/26 at 12:15pm
Mental illness alive and well.
JSquared2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/23/17
#27In the next 10-15 years we will likely lose Liza, Patti, Betty Buckley and Bernadette
Posted: 3/15/26 at 1:38pm
Looking at the brighter side, we will also have “lost” (at least) 75% of the angry bitter old queens who are regulars on this board.
#28In the next 10-15 years we will likely lose Liza, Patti, Betty Buckley and Bernadette
Posted: 3/15/26 at 2:34pm
It sounds like what you want/need, and I hope this doesn't sound TOO flippant, is "Gay Blues Brothers." This sort of awareness of mortality and the end of an era was what drove John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd to invest their SNL money into making The Blues Brothers film, giving the aging generation of blues and soul legends a final moment in the spotlight (and then another in the sequel).
The divas are no longer what they once were, any more than Cab Calloway in the eighties was a match for his younger self in the thirties, but you can take comfort in the fact that they will always HAVE been what they were.
#29In the next 10-15 years we will likely lose Liza, Patti, Betty Buckley and Bernadette
Posted: 3/15/26 at 2:47pm
JSquared2 said: "Looking at the brighter side, we will also have“lost” (at least) 75% of the angry bitter old queens who are regulars on thisboard."
...yeah, looking forward to the deaths of members you dislike is ****ed up.
#30In the next 10-15 years we will likely lose Liza, Patti, Betty Buckley and Bernadette
Posted: 3/15/26 at 2:53pm
BroadwayNYC2 said: "Mental illness alive and well."
Using "mental illness" as a pejorative is the least okay thing about this thread.
Theatrefanboy1
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/2/15
#31In the next 10-15 years we will likely lose Liza, Patti, Betty Buckley and Bernadette
Posted: 3/15/26 at 3:15pm
Unfortunately, I think the industry has moved away from these "legacy" theatre performers and I don't see how it will recover that particular performer, thinking of a Merman, Lansbury, Lupone, Peters, Liza, Barbra.
I do see use getting a fuller Bodied career of Lea Michele or Sutton Foster.
However I feel that many of the stars now come from "belt" scores, which I wonder how someone would age in an industry where a voice that it known for pop belt, does age as well post 50. I would say Idina will not have the signature scores in her 70s and even with a very technical singer like Kristin, a soprano voice too ages out.
On top of that, I see so much of the imports from Hollywood coming in that I don't know the environment to develop a Broadway "diva" is longer there.
Kelley10
Chorus Member Joined: 5/24/17
#32In the next 10-15 years we will likely lose Liza, Patti, Betty Buckley and Bernadette
Posted: 3/15/26 at 9:37pm
How fun! Do it for men too.
#33In the next 10-15 years we will likely lose Liza, Patti, Betty Buckley and Bernadette
Posted: 3/15/26 at 10:18pm
Kelley10 said: "How fun! Do it for men too."
I mean, I'm gonna be 100% honest. Gays don't care about Men in this realm.
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