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Gershwin
Theatre
222 W. 51st St., New York, NY
"Oklahoma!"
March
21, 2002 - February 23, 2003
25
previews
388 performances
"I
dream of doing a Broadway musical. When I am so old, no one
would
be rude enough to complain."
--Patty Duke (4/10/98)
Starring:
Patty Duke:
Aunt Eller
Stephen R. Buntrock:
Curly
Josefina Gabrielle:
Laurey
John Jellison: Ike
Skidmore
Justin Bohon: Will
Parker
Shuler Hensley:
Jud Fry
Jessica Boevers:
Ado Annie Carnes
Aasif Mandvi: Ali
Hakim
Mia Price: Gertie
Cummings
Michael McCarty:
Andrew Carnes
Michael X. Martin:
Cord Elam
For more information on the
numerous cast changes involved in this production,
please visit the Internet
Broadway Database.
Produced by Cameron Mackintosh
Directed by Trevor Nunn
Choreographed by Susan Stroman
Music & Lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
"Patty Duke is pretty
wonderful as the show's new Aunt Eller; her tough-on-the outside,
warm-on-the-inside characterization is exactly what's called for...
Eller's relationships with the other people on stage, particularly with
Curly and Laurey, are entirely believable, and that may be Duke's
greatest achievement in the role."
--TheaterMania.com
"[Duke] bounces with a
cheerfully resilient charm and is perfectly dandy."
--New York Post
"Patty
Duke, as Aunt Eller, is constantly interesting and watchable
and engaging..."
--NYCTheater.com
"Her
timing on each of her comic lines is pinpoint perfect, and why should I
be surprised? She's been a pro since the Eisenhower
administration...Duke is very right for the role... The actress says it
all when, as Eller, she proclaims: "I don't say I'm no better than
anybody else, but I'll be damned if I ain't jist as good!" You're
doin' fine, Patty Duke; you're O.K.!"
--Peter Filichia, Theatermania.com
"Patty
Duke conveys the humor of Aunt Eller."
--New York Daily News
"[Patty
Duke is] endearing...She's got gumption, which is a quality this flinty,
pioneer woman should abundantly possess."
--The Associated Press
"[Duke]
is a pert Aunt Eller...with her obvious enthusiasm for being part of
this grand old show."
--Curtainup.com
Click below to read articles:
TheaterMania.com
Broadway.com
New York Times
Playbill.com
The Associated Press
Christian Science
Monitor
Next Magazine
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