ELAINE PAIGE Anything Goes JOHN BARROWMAN

[@bob5188]

'Woman', Thank you again for the best clips ever. You have the BEST library of performances!!!

[@bmyra]

Amen.

[@batshevamormarcovich3878]

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[@batshevamormarcovich3878]

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[@johnjohn-cs9eu]

I saw this in London with Elaine, spectacular!!!

[@johnkean6852]

No idea John Barrowman was so talented. He's fab.

[@kebert2thumbsup]

Omg. Baby Barrowman!!! 32 years ago! He truly is ageless!

[@johnkean6852]

Saw this 30 odd years ago London Stage very good.

[@nardo218]

I saw Elaine Paige in Sunset Blvd in New York in about 1995. I sat in the Orchestra section, and I swear when Norma loses her mind she looked straight at me and I thought I was gonna die. She was wonderful and terrifying.

[@jrj624]

I was fortunate enough to see Elaine in Sunset Blvd in London and, in my opinion, she was the definitive Norma ... nobody else can touch her performance. She even look eerily like Gloria Swanson.

[@chrislavin9581]

@@jrj624 That's very true. she deliberately did her make up like Swanson

[@chrislavin9581]

She is perfection. I saw her in this show 4 times. I recently saw Sutton Foster. I will not compare. That's for idiots. Instead I celebrate I was there to witness two tour de force performances. But Elaine as an actress and singer in this and her other roles demonstrates she is one of THE greatest if not THE greatest musical actresses we have ever had to grace the West End. Her range and variety of part is incredible

[@auroraspiderwoman5886]

Not comparing is the smartest and most admirable thing to do--Elaine, Patti, and Sutton were all wonderful Renos. But I agree that Elaine is the absolute tops in the UK, the most elegant singer with the most thrilling voice and tons of stage presence. Those in the US often think of Patti as the only Evita, or Betty as Grizabella, but Elaine created those roles and the others followed.

[@victordunson719]

Comparisons are a natural thing and there is nothing idiotic about them.I love Elaine Paige though and was blessed to see her 3 times in Sunset Boulevard on Broadway 🎭

[@aklemmer8936]

Sutten is one of a kind incomparable

[@jpclaridge28]

How wonderful to see this. She’s a star, as are Patti and Sutton. The difference, for me, is that Sutton is such an incredible dancer.

[@bmyra]

Agree. I want Broadway/West End performers to be triple threats, like Sutton.

[@LindaLeporati]

I saw Anything Goes while on vacation in London back in the 80's because I was a fan of Elaine Paige and how could you not love Cole Porter? She was amazing and was surprised at how many well-known songs were in the show. It was also my first introduction to John Barrowman (pre Captain Jack) and loved his voice.

[@johnjohn-cs9eu]

I forgot how talented John Bartowman was.

[@DavidAsset78]

PBS and Yorkshire TV wanted to tape this production with Page and Barrowman for Great Performances. I worked to try to secure the rights from the owners, but they weren't serious about negotiating, thinking that their future stage rights would be limited by a television production that could be available on home video. In retrospect, they were absurd. It's for that reason that a commercial record of this terrific production does not exiost.

[@auroraspiderwoman5886]

That is fascinating---had no idea that attempt was made. According to the latest word/rumor, they're going to preserve for telecast the current London "Anything Goes" with Sutton Foster, Robert Lindsay, Felicity Kendall, etc.

[@VeracityLH]

Penny wise, pound foolish. Not to mention denying the world this performance. Thanks for trying!

[@johnkean6852]

They refused to loan movie companies cars in the old days ... people make mistakes. Live and learn.

[@bmyra]

Her voice is so perfect.

[@russlong5114]

There's always the comparisons as to who is the better Reno in Anything Goes. Some say it's Merman, some say LuPone, some say Paige, some say Foster. Every one of these talented actresses have done a great job, based on the director's vision of the show. The one point, however, that makes Foster stand out, in my mind however, is that, of all the clips I've seen here on YT, she's the ONLY professional actress that has danced ALL THE WAY THROUGH the big numbers and still has the lungs to belt out the final chorus. Mad props to her for her triple-threat skills.

[@smallworld1624]

“Gifted humans like Vincent Youmans.” God, Porter was great.

[@BrentLomasBL]

WOW she sounds fantastic. I especially love the personality she added to "Mickey Mouse"

[@sallyjonesie3886]

I agree!

[@LuisRodriguez-bo4xg]

barrowman notes are flawless

[@ThomasAdamLamb]

This is amazing thankyou for uploading x

[@kayregulski6828]

Love love love her!

[@kchrules775]

I love the cast recording with Paige. I did Anything Goes in high school and that was the recording I always listened to. She and the guy playing moon (Bernard Cribbins?) look like they’re having a blast, lots of vaudeville going on

[@auroraspiderwoman5886]

Bernard Cribbins (now 92) has been a household name in the UK since the '60s. And I too love the Elaine cast recording.

[@joeburinskas8672]

Damn John looks young

[@ThaiHainanese]

awesome

[@oldbean37]

For the #DrWho fan, this features Captain Jack and Wilf

[@glowstoneunknown]

Ikrrrr??! It's so cool to see both of them in this marvellous performance!

[@Moonlight-tr7jv]

Lovely

[@DanielRuf]

Just great to see this, though I’ve never been a Paige fan. Definitely prefer La Lupone and the OBC in this.

[@johnkean6852]

Has EP retired. I'm abroad and wondering if she is in any new show?

[@auroraspiderwoman5886]

I don't think she's looking for major new West End vehicles. She was in the Palladium holiday panto in 2021 but it was shut down by covid after just a few performances. Her last musical to date may have been "Drowsy Chaperone."

[@johnjohn-cs9eu]

You're the smile on the Derby Winner not time? Is that a Mandella?

[@johnjohn-cs9eu]

Did she Windmill there?

[@70Dallas70]

Just electric! Writhing at the tempos!

[@johnkean6852]

Puzzle. In her single version of this she misses the champagne verse in: "l get a kick out of you." Why didn't they just re-record it? Why the prohibition? Fixed now. Was that a Mandella?

[@chrislavin9581]

One thing I will add some may prefer Lupone, some Sutton Foster. One thing I will say is Lupone's wig was abysmal. Paige and Sutton definitely win on the hair front

[@bjbinmke]

Sutton.

[@artistphx]

I'm really not familiar with Elaine Paige. This is a great introduction.

[@auroraspiderwoman5886]

@artistphx - Hope you liked her---I think she's great.

[@artistphx]

@@auroraspiderwoman5886 no question that she's so talented

[@Andy-tn1yr]

I wonder if Elaine got a flash off Barrowmans top or bottom back then ssslong ago.

[@crimsoncrow]

It might only be 20 years between them but it feels like 50. He looks the the world's tallest baby trying to seduce someone's wife.

[@auroraspiderwoman5886]

Taking over in AG was the beginning of John Barrowman's theatrical career, so Elaine Paige certainly gave him a helping hand and I'm sure she was delighted to do so. They were reunited in "Sunset Boulevard" in London.

[@kebert2thumbsup]

Actually, if it was 89, it was 32 years ago

[@adamgray83]

@@auroraspiderwoman5886 I read years ago that when she signed for Sunset she insisted that it was opposite Barrowman then sent a note saying, "Happy negotiating, darling!"

[@lorencappelson6475]

@@kebert2thumbsup They meant age difference between the actors was 20 yrs. Elaine here is 40 or 41, and John Barrowman is 21/22.

[@kebert2thumbsup]

@@lorencappelson6475 ahhh. Ok. I don't think I was reading it properly in my early morning state.