Swing Joined: 2/23/04
"Who's Barbara Cook? Who's anyone?"
Vanessa Redgrave?
I love Patti in Anything Goes; I have the recording of her with Howard McGillian and it is my favorite recording of that show, just like she is my favorite Reno.
I also really love her Fantine, although that cast recording isn't my favorite of the Les Miz bunch.
Her version of Blow Gabrielle Blow is my favourite. Her yodel style belting just works so well in this number and never fails to cheer me up. Plus for some reason this is the only musical song my emo/indie flatmate likes listening too!
So go Patti!
sondheimboy, I've often wondered about that too. You'd think in heaven she'd be the epitome of perfection, with beautiful cascading golden locks. But I think they're supposed to look the way they died. That's why, at the end, Eponine is in drag and the students are in their rebel clothes.
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