about musicals
Wed, 18 Jan 2006, 12:31 pmWalter Plinge4 posts in thread
about musicals
Wed, 18 Jan 2006, 12:31 pmDo you think that many actors have any hope of getting cast in a musical if they aren't that good at singing or do you think that if they had singing lessons they could become good enough?
Re: King MacArthur Park
Wed, 18 Jan 2006, 06:00 pmPaul Treasure wrote:
>
> And remember, some of the GREAT performances in Musical
> Theatre history were done by performers whose "singing" was
> only OK, but their "performances" carried the role (and the
> show): Richard Burton in "Camelot"; Rex Harrison in "My Fair
> Lady"; Glynis Johns in "A Little Night Music"
Was Richard Burton in 'Camelot' as well? Coz the one I remember was Richard Harris, who also couldn't sing but was a damn fine lead.
Cheers,
Craig
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> And remember, some of the GREAT performances in Musical
> Theatre history were done by performers whose "singing" was
> only OK, but their "performances" carried the role (and the
> show): Richard Burton in "Camelot"; Rex Harrison in "My Fair
> Lady"; Glynis Johns in "A Little Night Music"
Was Richard Burton in 'Camelot' as well? Coz the one I remember was Richard Harris, who also couldn't sing but was a damn fine lead.
Cheers,
Craig
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