Marin Mazzie belting sometimes

Hello, gorgeous fans. I have always been an enormous fan of Marin Mazzie. I first saw her in the wildly acclaimed revival of Kiss Me Kate with Brian Stokes Mitchell, and have been a fan of her sometimes thrilling, sometimes weird, always enjoyable singing. Marin made her big splash when she created the role of Clara in Sondheim's Passion. She got MAJORLY naked for it and sang and acted the role beautifully. She also originated the role of Mother in Ragtime. Since then she has gone on to be Broadway's best replacement. It's really so weird. She hasn't originated many roles at all, but for many successful shows, she'll replace the leading lady. For example: Aldonza in the 2002 Man of La Mancha Revival, Lady of the Lake in Spamalot, and most recently Diana in Next to Normal. She also just starred in the Off-Broadway revival of Carrie as Veronica...I mean Margaret, Carrie's crazy mother.

Marin has always done the same thing: low belting with full throated head voice. Well, LITTLE DID I KNOW, Marin, in her earlier days, sometimes did really thrilling highish belting. Exciting! Check out this clip of her in Merrily We Roll Along in 1991! Also, check out Marin more recently in Carrie...ugh

Judy Kuhn and Melissa Errico in Passion

Hello, gorgeous fans!!! Well, I got some exciting news today! A revival of Sondheim's musical, Passion, will be revived in spring 2013 starring Judy Kuhn as Fosca and Melissa Errico as Clara. For those of you who don't know Judy Kuhn: She is the voice of Pocahontas, the original Broadway Cosette, etc. Melissa Errico is a beautiful, beautiful singer who has been in musicals like Amour, a revival of My Fair Lady, and Dracula, OH, and wife of Patrick McEnroe. I honestly can't imagine a more beautiful night of singing. The only thing I'm NOT excited for is John Doyle. John Doyle directed truly fabulous productions of Sweeney Todd and Company where the performers played their own instruments. I really enjoyed them, but I found myself wishing for revivals of those shows with fabulous concepts that didn't have such a huge gimmick at the center of them. For Passion, I just cannot picture Fosca leaping from her bed and playing the saxophone. I am sure he will somehow tie in Fosca finally making love to Giorgio by also discovering she can ALSO play an instrument too, but only after being sexually awakened like everyone else is in the show, or something...oye. I just want Judy Kuhn to sing perfectly, act with sensitivity and not have to play the tuba.