#2
Posted: 4/14/08 at 2:34pm
Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward.
Carol Channing
#3
Posted: 4/14/08 at 2:35pm
Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward.
Carol Channing
Updated On: 4/14/08 at 02:35 PM
#4
Posted: 4/14/08 at 2:37pm
Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward.
Carol Channing
#5
Posted: 4/14/08 at 2:39pm
I am sorry, but the last one kind-of creeps me out.
Rant, Wickud, Rant, Wickud, Rant! We're not gonna pay Rant! 'Cause everythink is Wickud!
"Leave Walt Disney Theatricals new sparkling production of The Little Mermaid on Broadway alone!!!"
lakezurich will be played by Paul Groves in the BWW musical
"Leave Walt Disney Theatricals new sparkling production of The Little Mermaid on Broadway alone!!!"
lakezurich will be played by Paul Groves in the BWW musical
#6
Posted: 4/14/08 at 2:40pm
Gotta love those pajamas on the boys....
Thnaks for the pics!
Thnaks for the pics!
#8
Posted: 4/14/08 at 2:45pm
Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward.
Carol Channing
#10
Posted: 4/14/08 at 3:39pm
I've always wondered if there was footage of her performing ROSE'S TURN. Anyone know?
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
#11
Posted: 4/14/08 at 3:45pm
Nope.
Aside from the standard TV appearances of her performing some songs from GYPSY, she never performed "Rose's Turn" on any of them. Now, color home movie footage does exist of the number, but it is just a few short seconds AND it is silent. This footage can be seen in the BROADWAY: THE GOLDEN AGE documentary. Its basically Merman walking across the stage, so don't expect any dramatic gesturings, etc.
Unfortunately, musical performances weren't done at the Tony Awards back then, plus... the first TV broadcast of the Tony Awards wasn't until 1967. The original Broadway production of GYPSY was in 1959.
Aside from the standard TV appearances of her performing some songs from GYPSY, she never performed "Rose's Turn" on any of them. Now, color home movie footage does exist of the number, but it is just a few short seconds AND it is silent. This footage can be seen in the BROADWAY: THE GOLDEN AGE documentary. Its basically Merman walking across the stage, so don't expect any dramatic gesturings, etc.
Unfortunately, musical performances weren't done at the Tony Awards back then, plus... the first TV broadcast of the Tony Awards wasn't until 1967. The original Broadway production of GYPSY was in 1959.
#12
Posted: 4/14/08 at 5:19pm
She can be seen performing "Rose's Turn" at the Theater in My Mind's Eye, nightly and twice on matinee days.
#13
Posted: 4/14/08 at 6:49pm
sandra church is STUNNING!!!! So beautiful!!!
#14
Posted: 4/14/08 at 7:05pm
Thanks for these pics. I enjoyed seeing them!
Diane
Diane
If I heard the bells and the banjos ring
#15
Posted: 4/14/08 at 7:16pm
What a Bio!!!
You're reminding me of people you hear at the movies asking questions every ten seconds, "Who is that? Why is that guy walking down the street? Who's that lady coming up to him? Uh-oh, why did that car go by? Why is it so dark in this theater?" - FindingNamo on strummergirl
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
#16
Posted: 4/14/08 at 7:35pm
There is a mistake in the bio.... it says her autobiograhy is called CALL ME MADAM. It was actually published under two titles. In the USA it was WHO COULD ASK FOR ANUTHING MORE? and in the U.K. and Canada it was published as DON'T CALL ME MADAM.
It is worth a hunt in used bookstores...it's quite a fun read with lots of backstage stories from here early years through 1955.
It is worth a hunt in used bookstores...it's quite a fun read with lots of backstage stories from here early years through 1955.
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com
#17
Posted: 4/14/08 at 7:41pm
If you feel like going through the bother, try finding LIFE magazine's coverage of the original Gypsy -- it was somewhere in May or June 1959. It has a great color pic of Merman and the cast that I've never seen anywhere else, before or since. I've kept it for years.
BroadwayEd
Updated On: 4/14/08 at 07:41 PM
#18
Posted: 4/14/08 at 9:04pm
"dont let it just hang there like spuh-GEDDY!!!"
#20
Posted: 4/16/08 at 12:37pm
Here are some photographs I found of Ethel in Gypsy.
Updated On: 4/16/08 at 12:37 PM
#21
Posted: 4/16/08 at 12:44pm
That was when star bios were really over the top. And I loved 'em.
I seem to remember Mary Martin's from SOUND OF MUSIC (That same season) was crazy long too.
I seem to remember Mary Martin's from SOUND OF MUSIC (That same season) was crazy long too.
Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward.
Carol Channing
#22
Posted: 4/18/08 at 12:28pm
"Is there any footage of Ethel in Gypsy, Anyone Know?"
No, the only chance we would have to see Ethel as Mamma Rose is if she did the movie. She doesn't even perform Rose's Turn in concerts which I think is a mistake and she should've but that is ok.
No, the only chance we would have to see Ethel as Mamma Rose is if she did the movie. She doesn't even perform Rose's Turn in concerts which I think is a mistake and she should've but that is ok.
#23
Posted: 4/18/08 at 1:27pm
I would have loved to have seen her in it.
"I'm a whirling mass of contradictions." - Douglas Carter Beane, The Little Dog Laughed
Equus (11/8), Billy Elliot (11/8)
Equus (11/8), Billy Elliot (11/8)
#24
Posted: 4/20/08 at 4:53pm
A rare treat for Ethel fans link is this thread on the off Topic Board
Ethel Merman: Mutual Admiration Society
Ethel Merman: Mutual Admiration Society
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