Vicki Lewis as Fanny Brice???

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/1/10 at 1:46pm

A 50-year-old Fanny Brice? You gotta love summer stock!!!




http://www.playbill.com/news/article/139954-Music-Circus-Season-to-Feature-Beach-Bohmer-Hoty-Von-Essen-Korey-Burkhardt-Moses-Lewis

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 6/1/10 at 1:48pm

Well since it's summer stock, I actually think it's a great idea, I think she has an amazing set of pipes and from what I hear she gave a tour-de-force in the LA Reprise! production of FALSETTOS. So I guess why not? I imagine she'll inject the role with a lot more personality and comedic flair than age-appropriate Stephanie J. Bock could.

[madbrian]

Posted: 6/1/10 at 2:33pm

She was terrific as Gloria Thorpe in the Damn Yankees revival.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 6/1/10 at 2:49pm

That revival was 100 years ago.

I wouldn't mind seeing her in a stage version of Funny Lady though...

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 6/1/10 at 2:52pm

A better late than never casting. A role Ms. Lewis was always perfect for, always wanted to play and somehow never has. That's okay, I'll forgive Sacramento this time for casting someone too old in the role - I bet she'll still be grand.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 6/1/10 at 2:55pm

I just saw her onstage in HOW TO SUCCEED with Reprise and she's got one hell of a set of pipes!

But she looks her age.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 6/1/10 at 3:00pm

Maybe they will change the framming device of the play, like they did when Debbie Reynolds in her 50s went out in MOLLY BROWN on the road. Its 1951 and Fanny is about to go to the Ziegfeld Theatre in the sky but on her death bed she takes on last look around...

[Mother's Younger Brother]

Posted: 6/1/10 at 3:50pm

I agree with Michael Bennett -- she's otherwise perfect for the role. Although it's a little funny to think that she was playing Mamma Rose two years ago. )

[Princeton78]

Posted: 6/1/10 at 6:21pm

And she'll play Mamma Rose again this summer in Beverly, MA

[Marquise]

Posted: 6/1/10 at 7:47pm

Oy vey!

[Marquise]

Posted: 6/1/10 at 7:59pm

[Marquise]

Posted: 6/1/10 at 7:59pm

Updated On: 6/1/10 at 07:59 PM