Whatever Happened to? (broadway folk of the 80s and before) — Page 2

Yes, what about that gifted Rowe in ASPECTS? She was a real leading lady, and seemed to disappear after that show ended. For the record, what happened to Ann Crumb?

Most of these updates certainly are uplifting (sorry about Maranne Plunket; I should've known her and several others). It's a reminder that the life of an actor is along and winding road, Broadway a memorable stop, but sometimes only a stop. The 80s proved to be a decade rich with talent, and it's great to hear how many of these gifted artists have continued to work.

A couple of more, from the original ANNIE: Sandy Faison and Robert Fitch, and the original Lily, Barbara Erwin. And that young orphan who later appeared on the Archie Bunker spinoff: Danielle Brisebois.

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Updated On: 11/22/04 at 10:16 AM

Danielle Brisebois eventually went on to a career in pop music. She did an album or two of her own material back in the 90's, and Clay Aiken recorded one of her songs on his solo cd.

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Barbara Erwin played Tessie Tura in the Tyne Daly production of GYPSY. She also appeared in the film A League Of Our Own. Sadly, she suffered a stroke some years ago, and passed away a few years later.

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That's it! Did you go to the concert?

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About a year and a half ago, I had to travel for business to the Left Coast (Silicon Valley). One of the women I met and was working with discovered I was an actor and started telling me about her cousin, who was an actor in NYC. She left it at that, until she just happened to remember that her cousing was nominated for a Tony. Odds were, I heard of her cousin. It turned out to be Kathleen Rowe McAllen. Apparently, she moved back to the Left Coast and was caring for her sick mom. That's about all the info I got out of the cousin!

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Whatever happened to that ugly girl that was an Annie replacement? Her last name was Parker, but I can't remember her first name. It was something like Sarah or Jessica or something.

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Patti Cohenhour did one of the Encores shows a few years ago and was wonderful.
Alyson Reed started doing TV and I've seen her on Law and Order recently.

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oooooo.... porn star

Margo, Anglim was unique among those I cited here, in that he was never widely praised. He was a one hit wonder, but only to a point--Did he really buy the rights for ELEPHANT MAN, or his rich father did, or someone -- is that how he got the part? Or is that theatrical myth? I used to hear that. When he and Maureen Anderman did The Scottish Play in the Beaumont, directed by Sarah Caldwell, opera director legendaire, he was trounced upon. That's the production that Miss LuPone wiselely turned down.

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I see a one man show there, in fact...

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Borstal.. be careful.. one-man show.. given THAT past......

Lara Teeter is now chairman of the Musica Theater Dept. at Shenadoah University. His last public performance was at Oklahoma City University's 50th anniversary of their music dept. He does not perform anymore although apparently Kristen C. had asked him to consider him playing the Wizard in Wicked (he was an early supporter of hers at OCU).

Ben Wright is out of the business. I believe he works in some sort of insurance industry. Did you know Sondheim had asked him to be the original narrator in Assassins and her turned it down and left the biz.

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