Patti Cohenour as Elizabeth Arden in War Paint
Patti Cohenour as Elizabeth Arden in War Paint
Joined: 12/31/69
#1Patti Cohenour as Elizabeth Arden in War Paint
Posted: 6/20/17 at 10:07am
Did anyone see her when Christine Ebersole was out? I would love to see her in this role and what a voice!
Joined: 12/31/69
#3Patti Cohenour as Elizabeth Arden in War Paint
Posted: 6/21/17 at 10:05am
I really wish Ticketmaster had posted when Ebersole was out, because I didn't realize she missed more than one show. I would love to see Cohenour as Arden in a Battle of the Pattis.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
#4Patti Cohenour as Elizabeth Arden in War Paint
Posted: 6/21/17 at 10:21am
I saw Patti C. on Wednesday night and I thought she did a very good job! Her voice didn't see to be as strong as Christine's (maybe because she was on her second show of the day) and I sensed that Patti LuPone was restraining herself during their duets so she wouldn't drown out Patti C's voice. Otherwise, I thought she acted the role well (except for one small line flub early on in the first act) and rose to the occasion for "Pink," which she nailed.
#5Patti Cohenour as Elizabeth Arden in War Paint
Posted: 6/21/17 at 10:25am
How many times has Patti Cohenour gone on?
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#6Patti Cohenour as Elizabeth Arden in War Paint
Posted: 6/21/17 at 10:53am
AC126748 said: "How many times has Patti Cohenour gone on?"
I read on Page Six (which I know is not the most reliable source) that Ebersole missed four shows, and I would imagine Cohenour went on for all four.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
Auggie27
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/03
#7Patti Cohenour as Elizabeth Arden in War Paint
Posted: 6/21/17 at 1:10pm
I saw her first performance in "Light in the Piazza," a Sunday afternoon quite early, when she didn't even have a full set of costumes. I think she wore some of her other clothes (her regular) role and other pieces that didn't match Clark's. I'd heard she had no put-in, that she went in having only attended rehearsals. She was extraordinarily fine. I would call her a great under-sung heroine of the musical theater, but she's highly respected, and deservedly so (witness this post and thread). I also saw her in "Phantom" opposite Crawford, back in the day.
"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#8Patti Cohenour as Elizabeth Arden in War Paint
Posted: 6/21/17 at 3:00pm
I absolutely LOVE her voice. Her recordings on Drood are sublime. I wish I could have seen her in Piazza as Margaret.
#9Patti Cohenour as Elizabeth Arden in War Paint
Posted: 6/21/17 at 3:07pm
I would call her a great under-sung heroine of the musical theater, but she's highly respected, and deservedly so (witness this post and thread).
I would assume that her decision to move to Seattle around 20 years ago--and, aside from occasional returns to New York, largely center her career on the West Coast--is largely why she isn't the big Broadway name she could have been. But she has said in many interviews that she is content with the choice she made. I think she's truly one of the three or four finest female voices on Broadway in the past 30 years.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#11Patti Cohenour as Elizabeth Arden in War Paint
Posted: 6/22/17 at 10:36am
Saw her (final) performance as the Margaret alternate in Piazza. She was absolutely wonderful and had the most adorable curtain call.
#12Patti Cohenour as Elizabeth Arden in War Paint
Posted: 6/22/17 at 11:17am
Auggie27 said: "I saw her first performance in "Light in the Piazza," a Sunday afternoon quite early, when she didn't even have a full set of costumes. I think she wore some of her other clothes (her regular) role and other pieces that didn't match Clark's. I'd heard she had no put-in, that she went in having only attended rehearsals. She was extraordinarily fine. I would call her a great under-sung heroine of the musical theater, but she's highly respected, and deservedly so (witness this post and thread). I also saw her in "Phantom" opposite Crawford, back in the day.
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She was also the Christine I saw and think of her fondly today. Wow, has it really been over 30 years??
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#13Patti Cohenour as Elizabeth Arden in War Paint
Posted: 6/22/17 at 11:26am
Here is Patti as Margaret back in 2005 in THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA:
https://youtu.be/oVHR_D5CEas
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#15Patti Cohenour as Elizabeth Arden in War Paint
Posted: 6/22/17 at 9:55pm
I had the opportunity to see her perform another Ebersole role in GREY GARDENS in Seattle's A.C.T. production and she was wonderful. Still memorable is the first time I saw Ms. Cohenour in THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD. Especially hearing her perform PERFECT STRANGERS (my favorite song in the score) with Betty Buckley's replacement, Donna Murphy. Their voices blended beautifully.
#16Patti Cohenour as Elizabeth Arden in War Paint
Posted: 7/17/18 at 4:04pm
Random, but here is a pic of her as Elizabeth Arden, if anyone was curious. 
#17Patti Cohenour as Elizabeth Arden in War Paint
Posted: 7/17/18 at 4:41pm
I'd love to hear her "Pink" if anyone has a recording hidden somewhere
Caption: Every so often there was a rare moment of perfect balance when I soared above him.
