August 04, 2007
A Blast From My Past
I've mentioned a couple of times that my parents decided early on that I was born to perform. On Broadway.
Yeah, no pressure.
Anyway - I grew up watching the old musicals. Especially Rogers and Hammerstein.
And Julie Andrews was the BOMB.
Well, lots of folks don't know that SHE was the original Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady. And with that voice.....she was the perfect choice in my book. Oh, now I'm a HUGE Audrey Hepburn fan, but.....she ain't Ms. Andrews.
I actually met her, Andrews that is. Back in another life when I worked next door to the Shubert Theater. Damned Yankees was getting ready to open, featuring HER, and I was sent to stand in line to get tickets. So, as I walk away with my purchases I look down the alley that ran between the two buildings, just as SHE is walking out of the back entrance.
There I stood, in the middle of the alley, speechless. Star Struck. She looks up and I begin to stutter....You. You're, You're....You. You're Julie Andrews.
She smiles, just a small one and nods her head. Why Yes I am....
And walked away.
I felt like the biggest dork ever in life.
But hey. At least I got something out.
Anyway - here is something that combines some of MY favorite things from days gone by.
Audry Hepburn with Julie Andrews actually singing Wouldn't It Be Loverly, from My Fair Lady.
I'll be singin' this all day.
It's good for a Saturday.....
I LOVE Julie Andrews, but I never knew that was her singing voice in My Fair Lady!!
Posted by: pam at August 4, 2007 06:13 PMTN worked with her on a movie a couple years back. He said she was such a sweetie. He had nothing but wonderful things to say about the few times he spoke to her.
Posted by: Bou at August 4, 2007 08:36 PMI so have to hit your site more often; totally digging the movie musical thing.
So, something I haven't told too many peeps is that I'm actually the great great niece of Louis B. Mayer, the MGM guy who put Judy Garland on drugs in 1936. He was my great grandmother's brother (they all came from Minsk in Russia).
Oh, also...I got to see Victor/Victoria on B'Way a few years back while Liza filled in for Julie Andrews, which was hella sweet...not that I don't TOTALLY love Julie Andrews.
BTW, check this out. You've probably seen it but, I think it's pretty cool.
Posted by: Erica at August 6, 2007 08:54 PM