Marcia Lewis has passed away

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 12/21/10 at 3:17pm

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/146035-Marcia-Lewis-Belting-Star-of-Grease-and-Chicago-Dies-at-72

[The8re phan]

Posted: 12/21/10 at 3:24pm

such a great talent -- may she rest in peace

[Wishing Only Wounds]

Posted: 12/21/10 at 3:34pm

May she Rest in Peace.

[Adaumbelle]

Posted: 12/21/10 at 5:09pm

R.I.P. Marcia Lewis! Thanks for entertaining us! http://adaumbellesquest.com/2010/12/21/r-i-p-marcia-lewis/

[bryan]

Posted: 12/21/10 at 5:14pm

she was a graet singer i have her autofrah.

[morosco]

Posted: 12/21/10 at 5:20pm

She was a lovely lady. RIP Marcia. Thank you for the laughs (she was one of my favorite Hannigans).

[Almira]

Posted: 12/21/10 at 5:22pm

She was REAL Broadway talent.

I first saw her in ORPHEUS DESCENDING and was shocked years later to see her in a musical! And stopping the show no less.

They don't make 'em like Marcia Lewis anymore.

*raises a glass*

[broadwaydanwi]

Posted: 12/21/10 at 5:41pm

The news of her passing makes me very sad. I first saw her as Fraulein Schneider in the national tour of CABARET with Joel Grey, and almost 10 years later I saw her on Broadway in CHICAGO. She was a radiant performer with a big voice, which we will be able to enjoy for years to come on her great solo recording. Rest in peace.

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/21/10 at 6:10pm

So sad.

I always wished I had seen her as Mama in Chicago.


RIP.
Updated On: 12/21/10 at 06:10 PM

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/21/10 at 6:27pm

I loved her. She was a great dame.

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Posted: 12/21/10 at 6:48pm

I hope she's livin' it up in the great beyond. I'll never forget being 15 and her winking at me during "When You're Good to Mama" as I sat in the front row.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 12/21/10 at 6:58pm

I've been a fan of hers ever since she replaced Mary Jo Catlett in the original DOLLY! She was also an impressive Winifred in ONCE UPON A MATTRESS in a dinner theater out here on Long Island.

May she rest in peace.

[othell]

Posted: 12/21/10 at 7:00pm

Here is a early example of Marcia's work from many years ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCY-K1XBWOs

[AC126748]

Posted: 12/21/10 at 8:55pm

Talk about class: she had it in spades. RIP.

[AC126748]

Posted: 12/21/10 at 8:58pm

double post

Updated On: 12/21/10 at 08:58 PM

[amoni]

Posted: 12/21/10 at 10:40pm

Was at The Saturday matinee of "Grease" when the show was stopped and Rosie in tears came out in front of the curtain and announced that Marcia had fallen through a trap door on the stage. After a long intermission, the show continued and I'll be damned if she didn't finish the show. And her drunk Miss Lynch was hilarious. At the 'Grease" Cast album record signing, I asked how she was doing and she told me she was still going to a Chiropractor and would for awhile. A real talent and a real trouper.

[AndersonTours]

Posted: 12/21/10 at 11:26pm

I will miss her dearly. A lovely person. So glad she found such happiness near the end of her life.

[harris007]

Posted: 12/22/10 at 12:00am

very very sad,met her at the stage door of chicago in 1997, stood and chatted with me and my mom for 20 min, and made sure all of the cast that came out signed my poster . and loved her apperance on rosie's show the same year

[bryan2]

Posted: 12/22/10 at 10:09am

Listen to Three Sunny Rooms from RAGS to
see how truly gifted a singer/comedian and actress
she is in one song she shows the triple threat she was
Loved her in RAGS and in CHICAGO...She was in a class with Dorothy Loudon..truly gifted

[PalJoey]

Posted: 12/22/10 at 10:35pm

A woman with a great, great talent has left us.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 12/23/10 at 5:10pm

Joey, hadn't she retired? I thought that once she married, she and her husband took up residence somewhere in the southwest. I think it was New Mexico.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 12/23/10 at 5:13pm

Did a little research. She and her husband were living in Nashville.

[jakebloke]

Posted: 12/23/10 at 8:34pm

Awwww I'll never forget meeting her at the stage door after Chicago back in 1997 and I just told her how much I enjoyed the show and her performance, and she just smiled and said "When your good to mama, mama's good to you" and she gave me a big hug and kiss. Rest in peace!