The only clip of BATB at Disneyland that I've seen is clearly Paige singing the songs on the movie soundtrack. It's also Paige's own voice on the video games. (I was wrong here. beautywickedlover cites a source in the next post saying that Nathanson is now voicing the games.)
Maybe Ms. Nathanson dubbed spoken lines necessitated by cutting the show down to the theme park length.
But, beautywickedlover, your post ("At least Paige's voice has been preserved...") reads as if Paige O'Hara died. She did not. (She appears in MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL in Las Vegas and has for four or five years, singing live (to a prerecorded orchestra track) 8 or so times per week.)
She sings every bit as well as she ever did, if not better. What she HAS stopped doing is singing like a teenager, which Disney asked her to do for years. Particularly since the Judy Garland show she did two years ago, she has been belting full out, something she does better than almost anyone. (She sang Garland's songs in Garland's keys, which gives one a sense of her range.)
The clip that is the subject of this thread is an arrangement created for her CD of children's lullabies. When she sings the title song live, she usually sings full out. I don't know whether she was lip synching or not, but she was obviously uncomfortable, crammed on that tiny stage. Look at her body language: the arms folded in front of her are the classic indicator of being ill at ease.
I don't know why, though singing in a crowd can't be easy. By the time I asked her several years later, she didn't remember which appearance I was referring to. She spends little time on the internet and hasn't seen this thread.
(Usual disclaimer: Paige and I grew up together and remain close friends. I don't pretend to be completely objective.)
Updated On: 2/27/13 at 07:54 PM
