Posted: 8/23/26 at 6:26pm
JBSinger said: "I had the pleasure of seeing V/V out of town in Chicago and thought she was wonderful. For a few years prior, she had become more deliberate in her singing. It felt less natural, more careful and placed. This was true of her performance in V/V, though her mid/low range was really wonderful.
The "I Couldn't Hit That Note" in Forbidden Bway was mostly in reference to when Julie hosted the Tony awards and sang a big medley of her shows in the middle. It was quite obvious that she was vocally having problems holding pitch and the final high note was quite flat. She also spoke-sang alot (which she is a master).
Let's just be thankful that we have her albums and movies from her glory days and that she's still with us sharing her wonderful talent and stories. A class act."
I saw Julie Andrews perform at a tribute to Alan Jay Lerner in 1989. As you say, her mid-low range (not all that low, really) was wonderful. She did a great version of "What Did I Have I Don't Have Now?" that might have surprised her fans from her early years.
She sang most of "I Could Have Dance All Night" in her original key, but took the final 8 bars down an octave.*
I'm very glad I had this chance to see her. I missed her two later returns to the NY stage.
*I think that's what they made fun of in Forbidden Broadway - didn't the woman playing her keep taking things further and further down? I don't remember.
