Marla Schaffel Love

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I love Marla's voice. I was listening to "Jane Eyre" and just marvelled at how beautiful it was. Sadly, I don't think she's been back to Broadway since "Jane Eyre". I know she was in "The Sound of Music" on tour recently, but that's all I know.

What roles would she be good in? I really would've liked it if she played Mary Poppins.

I've got some love right here.

All I kept thinking during "Mary Poppins" was how perfect Ms Schaffel would be in the role.

And now that Christine Ebersole looks sure to deservedly win this year's Tony, can Schaffel have the one she should have won in 2000 or so when Ebersole won for 42nd Street?

Just askin'.

2001.


God died in 2001.

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Updated On: 12/18/06 at 07:47 PM

I got to see her in WARRIOR at the NYMF this year. She was fantastic. She sang "Your Daddy's Demons," which was really a haunting, beautiful song.

As for a new role, I would say Fantine as well.

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Being the big fan I am of Jane Eyre, and looking foward to seeing Mary Poppins, I must say I am a humongous fan of Ms. Schaffel, and completely agree that she would be perfect in that role. I can only hope for her future success on Broadway.

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Anyone who saw Marla in CARMELINA knows that she has the potential to be one of our great comic actresses, in addition to being a fabulous singer. She needs a new Broadway show now. I agree that she'd be an awesome Fantine (she's done it before). She would also be my first choice for Nancy should an OLIVER! revival ever happen.

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Jesus, I heard her at an audition recently--and there
are wheezing milk cows with better pitch...

The story I heard about her turning down the role of Christine in Phantom (supposedly she said that she didn't want to "sleepwalk through a role") is one of the best things ever, if it's true.

Love her in JE. Her Evita was good, too! I'd kill to hear her sing soprano.

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She did the national tour of "My Fair Lady" last year and although she had a terrrible cold, she performed beautifully. The one who should have been shot was the costumer who elected to put her in in a sleeveless, very low backed dress for the Embassy Ball and the thing didn't fit (WAY too tight in the back and she hung over the edging). Despite that, Ms.Schaffel stole the scene without so much as a word; all during the "Congratulations, Prof. Higgins" number, she stood with her back to the audience,yet you coudn't take your eyes from her. Every muscle, every fibre of her being radiated pain and anger and you could feel it eminating from her-palpable and real.
She managed to make it through the opening night with tissues hidden allover the stage and in the furniture, but then had to have her understudy take over for a night to recover from the famous colds we pass around here in Rochester. I would love to see her in the proper piece and think it was a shame that she literally "wasted" 10 years of her life while waiting to get "Eyre" on the Broadway stage-meanwhile, we al suffered through the endless stream of ALW garbage instead of gettting to see "Eyre" in it's prime. Also, it was done at the same time as "Ragtime" and the two shows fought it out in Toronto, with Ragtime winning the reviews and acclaim.

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God bless Marla Schaffel. An incredibly gifted actress, a wonderful comedienne, a gorgeous and unique voice, and a sweet person. I LOVE MARLA SCHAFFEL.

She was AWESOME in Carmelina!

I saw her in that lovely independant film she did some years back, 'I love you, Don't touch me!' long before I knew her in Jane Eyre, and while I love her musical performances tremendously, her dramatic work is just as rich as her vocal perfomances as far as that film goes, not to mention she has wonderful comic timing for the screen as well as the stage.