Mary Gordon Murray

Thinking about Mary as I was unfamiliar with her work prior to having seen her in the national tour of Cabaret, in a truly thrilling performance with incredible vocal chops as Fraulein Schneider, and was quite surprised to see that she hadn't done much in the way of major roles, aside from smaller replacement and understudy jobs and roles in several flops such as Hands on a Hardbody, Footloose, and replacing in the original Into The Woods as both the Baker's Wife and The Witch. As stated before, I found her vocal chops to be quite incredible, and think that she'd make a great Dolly in Hello Dolly, perhaps in a Donna Murphy style situation alongside Betty Buckley, as her voice has a similar tone and husk as Buckley's, particularly in her earlier days. Anyone know why in particular she hasn't had as many successes in her career as, say a Buckley or LuPone?

She was actually the one replacement as the Baker's Wife in Broadway's Into The Woods (original production) that I liked. Most of the other replacements couldn't quite erase Joanna Gleason's performance but Ms. Murray was unique enough to bring something new to the part.