Georgia Engel - RIP

[bostonman]

For me, her brilliance in The Drowsy Chaperone was something I appreciated only on a second and third visit.

 

She was an expert in playing a dim bulb with perfect comedic timing.

 

 

I wish I had been able to see her in that show - but never got to see the Broadway production. I did see Jo-Anne Worley in a summerstock production, and she was fun, but it was a very different kind of humor. I don’t know if the role was created with Engel in mind or if she was cast after the fact, but it seems to me that Engle’s style fits the role much better.

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

I wish I had been able to see her in that show - but never got to see the Broadway production. I did see Jo-Anne Worley in a summerstock production, and she was fun, but it was a very different kind of humor. I don’t know if the role was created with Engel in mind or if she was cast after the fact, but it seems to me that Engle’s style fits the role much better.

 

Bob Martin created Mrs. Tottendale for Engle.

 

Are you taking about The Cape Playhouse production? I saw footage from that. She played it very differently, but then she did the same thing when they brought her into the Broadway company. They even let her do the swinging pearl necklace routine of hers. Very odd.

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

I wish I had been able to see her in that show - but never got to see the Broadway production. I did see Jo-Anne Worley in a summerstock production, and she was fun, but it was a very different kind of humor. I don’t know if the role was created with Engel in mind or if she was cast after the fact, but it seems to me that Engle’s style fits the role much better.

 

Bob Martin created Mrs. Tottendale for Engle.

 

Are you taking about The Cape Playhouse production? I saw footage from that. She played it very differently, but then she did the same thing when they brought her into the Broadway company. They even let her do the swinging pearl necklace routine of hers. Very odd.

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

I wish I had been able to see her in that show - but never got to see the Broadway production. I did see Jo-Anne Worley in a summerstock production, and she was fun, but it was a very different kind of humor. I don’t know if the role was created with Engel in mind or if she was cast after the fact, but it seems to me that Engle’s style fits the role much better.

 

Bob Martin created Mrs. Tottendale for Engle.

 

Are you taking about The Cape Playhouse production? I saw footage from that. She played it very differently, but then she did the same thing when they brought her into the Broadway company. They even let her do the swinging pearl necklace routine of hers. Very odd.

[bostonman]

The Cape Playhouse, yes. A very good production in general.

[bostonman]

The Cape Playhouse, yes. A very good production in general.

[bostonman]

The Cape Playhouse, yes. A very good production in general.