Sandy Duncan...

[WillParker]

Sandy Duncan...#0

Posted: 5/13/04 at 12:16pm

Just wanted to get the general opinion of Sandy Duncan onstage. Dont know much of her work, but I've seen clips of her as Roxie in Chicago, the awful film version of "Star Spangled Girl" (hated the film, but LOVED her) and old version of Pinoccio that she did, and am very much looking forward to seeing her in The King & I. Also, for those who saw it, how did her Peter Pan compare to Cathy Rigby's?

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[joeyjoe]

re: Sandy Duncan...#1

Posted: 5/13/04 at 12:19pm

i saw her with Ruthie Henshall in Chicago a couple of years ago... she was pretty funny as Roxie...

[twogaab2]

re: Sandy Duncan...#2

Posted: 5/13/04 at 12:21pm

Infinatly superior to Rigby. Rigby is a good journyman actor (nothing wrong with that). Duncan has genuine "star quality" (something that is very rare nowadays). Have seen her in several roles and she always lights up the stage.

Just my opinion, I may be wrong.

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[Auggie27]

re: Sandy Duncan...#3

Posted: 5/13/04 at 12:23pm

I saw her Roxie. Winning, an older spin on the Renee characterization, i.e. aging bimbo suddenly in the midst of a world she didn't bargain for. I'm in the minority -- I like older Roxie's (after Gwen). Well sung, v. well danced.

Her Peter Pan production(s), though lavish, weren't as fresh or well directed as the Rigby's initial effort (which found more pizazz in Neverland sequences). But she was a formidable if "classic" Peter, more in the okay-I'm-really-a-woman-but-so-what Mary Martin tradition than Rigby's athletic androgynous approach.

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Updated On: 5/13/04 at 12:23 PM

[moljul]

re: Sandy Duncan...#4

Posted: 5/13/04 at 12:37pm

I worked the Nothing Like A Dame event a couple years ago with her in it. She was quite funny on and off stage.

[junglered]

re: Sandy Duncan...#5

Posted: 5/13/04 at 11:43pm

I am looking forward to seeing Sandy Duncan on tour in "The King and I" in June. Have never seen her perform live before.

[NYUstud]

re: Sandy Duncan...#6

Posted: 5/14/04 at 12:30am

I saw her on tour as Roxie with Deidre Goodwin in Fort Worth. She was awesome. I also am going to see her in King and I in June

"So much of me is made of what I learned from you. You'll be with me like a handprint on my heart."-Wicked

[CATSNYrevival]

re: Sandy Duncan...#7

Posted: 5/14/04 at 12:33am

It sucks, Sandy won't be in "The King and I." when it comes to San Diego. Stefanie Powers is on the bill. Who the hell is Stefanie Powers??? Updated On: 5/14/04 at 12:33 AM

[etoile]

Stefanie Powers#8

Posted: 5/14/04 at 1:09am

Who the hell is Stefanie Powers? Why am I feeling so old.

Stefanie was the one and only - The GIRL FROM U.N.C.L.E. The American version of Mrs. Peel. Do a Google.

Rest in peace, Iflitifloat.

[redhotinnyc2]

Stefanie Powers#9

Posted: 5/14/04 at 9:32am

oh my God - if Stephanie was dead she'd be turning over in her grave - Yikes, Crikey and Harumph! (old man sayings)...She is a beautiful woman and a good actress - can she sing? I have no idea...but she's very charismatic and utterly charming.

"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!" Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!

[joeyjoe]

Stefanie Powers#10

Posted: 5/14/04 at 9:57am

old man sayings???

[redhotinnyc2]

Stefanie Powers#11

Posted: 5/14/04 at 10:34am

well jj - we ARE older by the standards of anyone who doesn't know who Stephanie Powers!!!!! and Harumph is definitely a grumpy old man saying...dontcha think?

"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!" Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!

[rlbgbc]

Stefanie Powers#12

Posted: 5/14/04 at 10:50am

Sandy Duncan, while having a wholesome good girl image, is actually quite earthy and fun. I remember when she was doing MY ONE AND ONLY in NY with Tune. There were plans to take the show to Japan, and a group of japanese investors came to the show one night. The stage manager went to Sandy's dressing room and said that they would like to meet her after the show. She said, completely deadpan, "Oh, sh*t -- does this mean I have to f**k 'em all?"

[rollo]

Stefanie Powers#13

Posted: 6/5/04 at 4:59am

Hey - I saw Stefanie Powers in The King and I in the UK - she was awesome !! Great actress and a brilliant singer - the show was a complete sell out. We went to see it a couple of times and she recieved standing ovations both times. If you get the chance to see her in the show then I strongly advise you to go - you'll have a fabulous time.