Rest in Peace Susan Browning

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Rest 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"

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Updated On: 4/26/06 at 06:04 PM

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re: Rest in Peace Susan Browning

Posted: 4/26/06 at 6:13pm

Very sad. She must have been fairly young.

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re: Rest in Peace Susan Browning

Posted: 4/26/06 at 6:15pm

She was 65.

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Posted: 4/26/06 at 6:20pm

She will be missed. I was just thinking about her the other day. Nobody did "Barcelona" like Ms. Browning.

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Posted: 4/26/06 at 6:23pm

oh 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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re: Rest in Peace Susan Browning

Posted: 4/26/06 at 6:38pm

R.I.P. Ms. Browning. . .

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re: Rest in Peace Susan Browning

Posted: 4/26/06 at 6:40pm

RIP
she will be missed

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Posted: 4/26/06 at 7:30pm

C and I just watched the dvd yesterday! How coincidentally sad.

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re: Rest in Peace Susan Browning

Posted: 4/26/06 at 8:03pm

how sad =( 65 is far too young. Rest in peace.

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Posted: 4/26/06 at 9:02pm

Where ya goin? Rest in Peace Susan.

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Posted: 4/26/06 at 9:12pm

Wow, that's too bad.

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Posted: 4/26/06 at 10:15pm

"Where ya going?"

"Barcelona"

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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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re: Rest in Peace Susan Browning

Posted: 4/27/06 at 10:02am

As 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.

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Posted: 4/27/06 at 10:48am

I 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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re: 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.

"Parting is all we know of Heaven and all we need of Hell"

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Posted: 4/27/06 at 8:03pm

Her 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!

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re: Rest in Peace Susan Browning

Posted: 4/27/06 at 8:31pm

Rest in Peace.

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