Alice Playten THAT VOICE!(Critical Essay)
American Theatre, October, 2000 by Wood, Mark Dundas
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The singular singing actress returns to Broadway in Seussical
Every now and then, a new colleague or acquaintance will turn to Alice Playten and say, "I didn't know you sang!"
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Irony runs river-deep here, since Playten--with 40-plus years of work in the New York theatre--began her career during the last true heyday of the Broadway musical. Playten played featured roles in three David Merrick--produced shows from the late 1950s and early 1960s: Gypsy, Oliver! and Hello, Dolly! And she stopped the show with her song "Nobody Steps on Kafritz" in the ...
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