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[dededarlin]

Posted: 10/15/03 at 10:55pm

do ya'll think that a 4'11, 110 lbs. person could get work on broadway? just want some ideas and opinions please! Thanks! Updated On: 10/15/03 at 10:55 PM

[williee2]

Posted: 10/15/03 at 10:59pm

you bet!

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 10/15/03 at 11:06pm

Boy what a letdown. I thought the post was about something totally different. Ho Hum

[dededarlin]

Posted: 10/15/03 at 11:07pm

haha yeah i guess i shouldn't have used that as the title. oh well....:)

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 10/15/03 at 11:11pm

After what has happened lately, we need a little levity. Keep up ( pardon the pun ) the good work.

[dededarlin]

Posted: 10/15/03 at 11:13pm

hahaha..

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 10/15/03 at 11:26pm

I think puns about genitalia are in very poor taste and it was puns such as these that got other boards shut down. And, yes Roxy, I mean you with your constant referencing the penis sponge in DOTV. It was a hoot. It deserved a Tony. Etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.

[dededarlin]

Posted: 10/15/03 at 11:32pm

do ya'll have anymore responses? i just worry about that a lot. and so if you guys could tell me what you think about it, i would really appreciate it! thanks!

[Princess MimiChica]

Posted: 10/15/03 at 11:38pm

"do ya'll think that a 4'11, 110 lbs. person could get work on broadway?"

I sure hope so!!! im that height too, altho I DO weigh more than 110 pounds :::sigh:: anyway, no need to worry, like someone already said, look at Kristin Chenoweth! =D now if i just lose 50 or 60 pounds i'll be all set ::blushes:::

[dededarlin]

Posted: 10/15/03 at 11:40pm

:)

[Unknown User]

Posted: 10/16/03 at 12:06am

See and here I was going to say something and now I will not...


...and let us not forget ELAINE PAIGE who discussed her tiny stature and how they had to change the railing in Sunset Boulevard as all you could see was the turbon bobbing down the stairs....

[tpdc]

Posted: 10/16/03 at 1:30pm

The FORBIDDEN BROADWAY Elaine Paige in SUNSET routine was hilarious. What was the line something about it's the staircases that got tall?

[PennyLou]

Posted: 10/16/03 at 1:49pm

4'11 you have a chance look at someone like Jen Cody she's a tiny little thing and she's on Broadway. Currently there are a lot of different looks and backgrounds all over Broadway.

Now If you where looking to be a Rockette I would worry a little lol.

[Zola LaPlaya]

Posted: 10/16/03 at 1:50pm

I fully agree (yet again) with lovely Namo. Mr Roxy, your postings are truly distasteful. Ironically, you are quite sanctimonious when it comes to criticizing political speech here, but seem to feel fully at ease with adolescent toilet humor. Does your "wife" know about this?

I digress.

As far as being 4'11" -- every size has advantages and disadvantages. From the old days: Helen Hayes was your height. (Yes, I actually worked with her once. That's how old I am.) Jane Powell is your height, and she's in the new Sondheim show now. Kristin Chenoweth is your height. Fear not, find your part, find your voice and let the critics howl!

z

[tkts]

Posted: 10/16/03 at 1:54pm

Well, your one inch too tall for A Chorus Line. :)

[orion59]

Posted: 10/16/03 at 1:55pm

Patti lapone is also short, although she weighs a bit over 110lbs these days. Bernadette Peters, although more than 4' 11' I don't think she is much more than that, if I recall correctly. Bebe Newirth is only about 5'2" and Faith Prince is about the same.

[tpdc]

Posted: 10/16/03 at 2:41pm

I think Faith Prince is taller than 5'2". When she walked by me in a theater lobby I'd say she was around 5'5" or 5'6". But maybe she had on very high heels?

[sheekala]

Posted: 10/16/03 at 2:42pm

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[WOSQ]

Posted: 10/16/03 at 3:32pm

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[TEACHEROFTHEATER]

Posted: 10/16/03 at 3:37pm

Dede, are you not aware of the "Four foot ten" song sequence in A CHORUS LINE? sung by the charachter created by Baayork Lee????

[dededarlin]

Posted: 10/16/03 at 5:36pm

haha, no i am fully aware of it...for obvious reasons, it is one of my favorites from that show. hehe. i just get discouraged a lot by my height, but ya'll certinly made that dissapear! thanks so much for all the response!

[orion59]

Posted: 10/16/03 at 5:39pm

I may be wrong about Faith Prince. I'm only 5'7" and I thought she seemed much sgorter tahn me....maybe I was wearing very high heels

[BrdwyThtr]

Posted: 10/16/03 at 5:49pm

You'll get work if your talented. Lots of different kinds of people are working on Broadway today. Fat, skinny, short, tall. Broadway is a place where EVERYONE is accepted.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 10/17/03 at 9:22am

Funny...

It seems to me that pretty much every Broadway actress I encounter are absolutely tiny, especially when I compare them to my 5'8" 145 pound self. I feel like an absolute Amazon next to a lot of those I meet at stage doors. Truthfully, I ought to have been a football player I think, having inherited my dad's wide shoulders and torso. Nevermind me. It's just something that's bothered me about myself for as long as I can remember. What really wigs me out is that I remember being an inch taller than Adam Pascal and also several of the male chorus of Aida. Eek! I think the only one who was taller than me was Tyrees Allen who played Amanosro. I am taller than Delisco, taller than Damian Perkins, about the same height as Donnie Kerr. Argh!

I don't think I've ever encountered a Broadway actress of my stature. Maybe I'm just not looking in the right places.

Updated On: 10/17/03 at 09:22 AM

[Zola LaPlaya]

Posted: 10/17/03 at 9:59am

Darling, big women do well too. Kate Shindle and Brooke Shields are giants and they played Sally Bowles. Have you ever gotten a gander at Vanessa Redgrave? Sutton Foster? Darcie Roberts? The list goes on and on.

These are not limitations. They are opportunities.

z