Rest in Peace Susan Browning
Rest in Peace Susan Browning
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#0Rest in Peace Susan Browning
Posted: 4/26/06 at 6:04pm
Susan Browning died on April 23rd. She'd been on life support for some time.
I was fortunate to see her hin the original COMPANY, THIEVES, SHELTER and several Shakespearean productions in Central Park.
"May flights of angels sing her to her rest"
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
Updated On: 4/26/06 at 06:04 PM
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#1re: Rest in Peace Susan Browning
Posted: 4/26/06 at 6:13pmVery sad. She must have been fairly young.
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Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#2re: Rest in Peace Susan Browning
Posted: 4/26/06 at 6:15pmShe was 65.
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
#3re: Rest in Peace Susan Browning
Posted: 4/26/06 at 6:20pmShe will be missed. I was just thinking about her the other day. Nobody did "Barcelona" like Ms. Browning.
mateo
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/06
#4re: Rest in Peace Susan Browning
Posted: 4/26/06 at 6:23pmoh tahst horribly sad. She was a wonderful talent. She is so adorable on the Company Cast Album Documentary, When she is asked about recording the songs..."...it is the end all and the be all of this song... and...that can drive a person crazy!"
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-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
K8eeyore
Stand-by Joined: 8/24/04
#7re: Rest in Peace Susan Browning
Posted: 4/26/06 at 7:30pmC and I just watched the dvd yesterday! How coincidentally sad.
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dotmarie
Broadway Star Joined: 8/14/03
#8re: Rest in Peace Susan Browning
Posted: 4/26/06 at 8:03pmhow sad =( 65 is far too young. Rest in peace.
#9re: Rest in Peace Susan Browning
Posted: 4/26/06 at 9:02pmWhere ya goin? Rest in Peace Susan.
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#11re: Rest in Peace Susan Browning
Posted: 4/26/06 at 10:15pm
"Where ya going?"
"Barcelona"
"Y'all have a GRAND day now"
WOSQ
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/03
#12re: Rest in Peace Susan Browning
Posted: 4/27/06 at 9:57am
For those of us to have been so blessed to have seen the original cast of Company, this loss is almost personal.
Susan Browning delivered one of a half dozen classic comedy performances that were in that show and no one got the gist of her character as well as she. Dumb but smart and ultimately indescribable.
Equally unsurpassed were Stritch, Beth Howland, Pamela Myers, Charles Kimbrough and Barbara Barrie.
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--Carrie Fisher
#13re: Rest in Peace Susan Browning
Posted: 4/27/06 at 10:02amAs I've mentioned recently, i'm currently in "Company," and the role of April fascinates me. This show on the whole, is impressing me more and more each day.
"Y'all have a GRAND day now"
Auggie27
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/03
#14re: Rest in Peace Susan Browning
Posted: 4/27/06 at 10:48amI saw COMPANY closer to the end of its run, and she was one of the few originals left. She still gave a remarkably fresh performance. Years later -- the late 80s -- I shared a cab from LaGuardia with her, and she was charming, if a bit world-weary. The last time I saw her was in BIG RIVER. It's sad that she didn't have her Barbara Cook opportunity, since she was a glorious singer, her voice always infused with sweetness.
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#15re: Rest in Peace Susan Browning
Posted: 4/27/06 at 7:56pm
Makes me want to watch "Sister Act" to find her in the choir scenes.
Her and Susan Johnson.
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#16re: Rest in Peace Susan Browning
Posted: 4/27/06 at 8:03pmHer April was the only take on the role I could tolerate, I typically don't like that character but she seemed so sweet on the documentary and that whole cast is just priceless. It is such sad news, as of only tuesday I was saying how the only cast member who had died was one of the older guys which is surprising for a show in 1970, having a nearly whole surviving cast. Little did I know I was wrong. At least we can all remember her as a very good performer and still watch/listen to her!
#17re: Rest in Peace Susan Browning
Posted: 4/27/06 at 8:31pmRest in Peace.
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