She is the QUEEN. In '80 I had the stunning pleasure of seeing her in Sweeney Todd. My date was good friends, had gone to William and Mary with, a girl named Glenny Close, who was living with Len Cariou, who played Sweeney. We picked up "Glenny" and went to the theatre, then after the show went backstage, saw their Tony Awards, then met Ms. Lansbury and Mr. Cariou at Jo Allens (?). "Glenny" had just auditioned for Barnum, the musical that pretty much got her started. I was overwhelmed with the evening, still gives me chills. Mr. Cariou bought me a very expensive pack of some kind of cigarette ( I didn't smoke but when he offered I smoked!). Ms.Lansbury had a salad and went home. But, "Len", "Glenny", my date and I sat and talked for about an hour or so. Mr. Cariou ( he asked me to call him Len) talked about the special voice coach Sondheim had hired for them. We talked about "Glenny's" audition (which, of course, she won). What a night! Later I had to go back to my 'space' in a fourth floor, rat-infested apartment on the lowest, lower East Side. But, wow!
Was there any song Dame Angela couldn't sing! She was just great. I especially loved her tribute to the great Ethel Merman, whom I ' have admired all my life.
worked with Angela during final week of her tour of this show! A more caring, lovely star I can't imagine! I made a cake for her (well before I was great at baking)! I instructed the apprentice in charge of her dressing room to slip it in and swore her to secrecy! Of course Angela did not relent until she found out who made the cake, and complimented me profusely, even though the cake was a pedestrian effort! I will always treasure my experience with her, even if her offer of being her personal chef/baker was just
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I got to see her three times in her original production. For one of the performances I sat in the front row, dead center. Incredible experience. I also to got to meet her after the show. She's such a lovely lady. In October she will be 91 years old...and still going strong. What an inspiration!
I love her singing and I love her interpretation of the song, but I think the end bit where she talks is almost more important. There's so much theatre wisdom in that minute and a half.
I saw her do it in Dallas way back when - then I got her autograph at the stage door - what a wonderful person! I shall never forget her graciousness and interest in the fans.
What she says about musical theatre being owned in the moment for the people who are there watching it and the stats who are performing it is spot on. Of love, in A Chorus Line, 'the gift was ours to borrow...' and true of the music and performance of any beloved production in the heart of the audience viewing. A beautiful thing to say and, of course... Angela. What an absolute knock out in all she does. The woman is truely an outstanding performer.
argh! Love her. Why aren't the Tony awards like that any more. I dunno, it's just something that she brings to everything she does - that little bit of Lansbury magic.
Mrs. Lansbury is one of my all time favorite actress. My wish is to meet her in person in London one day. That would be the utmost altimate gift for me.
That was beautiful!Not only a great performance,but such a great speech!Shes so inspiring,when i grow up i wanna be just like her.Wow i sound like im 5 lol
This isn't the part I'd imagine her as playing, then again I was raised with knowing her as Mrs. Potts, but she does an amazing job with it! Every part I've heard/seen her in is absolutely amazing!
I am old enough to have seen them all do Rose LIVE (Ethel, Angela, Tyne, Bernadette, Patti) as well as Anne Southern and Lainie Kazan!! They all were better at some things than others, but NOT ONE came close to Merman in the power and drive of that woman. And all the other actresses that followed had that performance to build on and grow from. She sang AND ACTED the crap out of it, and I will never forget it as long as I live!!!
Wow. I’ve never seen a person comment who has seen ALL of those greats do Gypsy. That’s phenomenal to be able to have memories of all of them. I managed to see Bernadette sing it live on a trip to NYC and loved seeing her and the production. On another trip over the preview I was supposed to see of Patti was cancelled. (I ran around the corner and saw the brilliant revival of A Chorus Line!) I’ve now added Imelda Staunton’s version in London too. I’m not sure we’ll see the like of those huge characters do it again in this modern era. But here’s hoping for another exciting interpretation in the West End or on Broadway with another force of nature soon!
What a classy, bright star she is! STILL! Take good notes fresh, new, aspiring stars.. THIS is how you become a legend! {i'm a bit surprised CBS didn't have a better handle on the 1st camera shots of her, for such a special as this, but still, Angela is SUPERB!}*****;)
Angela Lansbury, I love you. You were the sweet in "The Harvey Girls;" marvelous in "Anyone Can Whistle;" and the absolute bomb in "Sweeney Todd." This performance is 45 years after Harvey Girls, and she still kicks ass and still looks good doing it. You can't beat that with a stick folks.
Loved this Gypsy was her only London Musical 40 years later she appeared in the West End again in Blithe Spirits and the applause as she came on was deafening
so glad i just found this. wow. i love you tube. thank you Angela. I'm a guy from Maine. so you remember the TV show where she lived in Cabbot Cove, Maine.
Never pass up a chance to see her live on stage. Saw her a couple of years ago in "Blithe Spirit" and she was the most energetic octogenarian I've ever seen! Marvelous performance!
Sassy, jazzy new arrangement of Roses.. nails it!! When shows opened with simple star power knocking it out of the park...no High tech graphics needed....
I LOVE ANGELA LANSBURY!!! Who didnt love murder she wrote?! And her voice as Mrs potts?! SHE is a living legend! I must send her fanmail before she passes!!
Probably the most respected person in theater. Such grace and humbleness, and such TALENT! We love you, Angela!
She was indeed and in the 13 years since hasn't failed to maintain and excell at it
She is the QUEEN. In '80 I had the stunning pleasure of seeing her in Sweeney Todd. My date was good friends, had gone to William and Mary with, a girl named Glenny Close, who was living with Len Cariou, who played Sweeney. We picked up "Glenny" and went to the theatre, then after the show went backstage, saw their Tony Awards, then met Ms. Lansbury and Mr. Cariou at Jo Allens (?). "Glenny" had just auditioned for Barnum, the musical that pretty much got her started. I was overwhelmed with the evening, still gives me chills. Mr. Cariou bought me a very expensive pack of some kind of cigarette ( I didn't smoke but when he offered I smoked!). Ms.Lansbury had a salad and went home. But, "Len", "Glenny", my date and I sat and talked for about an hour or so. Mr. Cariou ( he asked me to call him Len) talked about the special voice coach Sondheim had hired for them. We talked about "Glenny's" audition (which, of course, she won). What a night! Later I had to go back to my 'space' in a fourth floor, rat-infested apartment on the lowest, lower East Side. But, wow!
Oh! What a great story!
@@susanpayer3472 You are very kind. That evening is a great treasure to me!
Thanks for sharing. Amazing and magical.
Fabulous story!
@@jameskershaw1679 You are so kind! It was extraordinary for little ole' me.
Angela Lansbury always had the most elegant, stylish and exquisitely fitted gowns. She was perfection long before stylists ran the show.
When she hosted the Tonys all her gowns were designed by Bob Mackie
People like Angela should never be forgotten!
A genuine talent. A true legend. One great human being.
A dazzling performance. Ms. Lansbury is truly one of the great theatre legends!
How on earth did she have any breath left to deliver that speech? Superb performance.
I first came across Miss Lansbury in the Judy Garland film the Harvey Girls. Fell in love with her then . Thank you Miss Lansbury!!! God Bless You 😇
Was there any song Dame Angela couldn't sing! She was just great. I especially loved her tribute to the great Ethel Merman, whom I ' have admired all my life.
I saw this live the year she did it - and it was AMAZING! The guts it takes to walk onto a bare-naked stage and solo like that. What a Lady!
In my opinion, Miss Lansbury is one of the most versatile performers in musical history.
She is the greatest!
People like Angela should never die :)
worked with Angela during final week of her tour of this show! A more caring, lovely star I can't imagine! I made a cake for her (well before I was great at baking)! I instructed the apprentice in charge of her dressing room to slip it in and swore her to secrecy! Of course Angela did not relent until she found out who made the cake, and complimented me profusely, even though the cake was a pedestrian effort! I will always treasure my experience with her, even if her offer of being her personal chef/baker was just
that is probably the best tony opening i've seen. what she said was SO true.
This has got to be the one video on TH-cam that perfectly describes theater for all history!
Love how her generation of performers knew how to gesture.
Deq Bes musical theatre performers still do now
I sent her fanmail when she was performing in London and got a short letter!
I love this lady!
How does one do this? I know this comment is old, but I adore her and I'd love to send her a letter.
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I got to see her three times in her original production. For one of the performances I sat in the front row, dead center. Incredible experience. I also to got to meet her after the show. She's such a lovely lady. In October she will be 91 years old...and still going strong. What an inspiration!
Gosh, her smile never changes 😍 and she needed no other distractions (background dancers etc) to entertain 🌹
I love her singing and I love her interpretation of the song, but I think the end bit where she talks is almost more important. There's so much theatre wisdom in that minute and a half.
The fact that she was 63 here just boggles my mind. And still on Broadway at 86!
You can tell she enjoyed every moment of this performance. well done her
RIP Legend, Gone 24 hours, yet not gone at all. Great performance and comments by her here, Thank you!
Angela is the essence of Broadway! What a lady!!!
I saw her do it in Dallas way back when - then I got her autograph at the stage door - what a wonderful person! I shall never forget her graciousness and interest in the fans.
What she says about musical theatre being owned in the moment for the people who are there watching it and the stats who are performing it is spot on. Of love, in A Chorus Line, 'the gift was ours to borrow...' and true of the music and performance of any beloved production in the heart of the audience viewing. A beautiful thing to say and, of course... Angela. What an absolute knock out in all she does. The woman is truely an outstanding performer.
How can anyone Not love Angie
That's a very optimistic and "sane" interpretation of this song! Great :D She's simply the best ever!!
That's Broadway Stars and their real talent--live performances, and actual singing plus dancing and acting. And all, just wonderful.
Heaven gained an angel. Thank you Dame Angela for everything RIP
Absolutely amazing! A legend... along with Ethel and now Patti!
argh! Love her. Why aren't the Tony awards like that any more. I dunno, it's just something that she brings to everything she does - that little bit of Lansbury magic.
Amazing she is just one of if not the best performer of not only her time but all time. no one can match her
i love angela. she's the best broadway actress ever, hands down
Class and elegance. CLASS.
Mrs. Lansbury is one of my all time favorite actress. My wish is to meet her in person in London one day. That would be the utmost altimate gift for me.
Oh Angie! I can watch this again and again....
Karen Stears
That was beautiful!Not only a great performance,but such a great speech!Shes so inspiring,when i grow up i wanna be just like her.Wow i sound like im 5 lol
This isn't the part I'd imagine her as playing, then again I was raised with knowing her as Mrs. Potts, but she does an amazing job with it!
Every part I've heard/seen her in is absolutely amazing!
Again, Total Awesomeness! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Rest in Peace Angela :(
Well Angela you will live long in our memories !! Thank you for all the beautuful work you did during your lifetime !!!
I am old enough to have seen them all do Rose LIVE (Ethel, Angela, Tyne, Bernadette, Patti) as well as Anne Southern and Lainie Kazan!! They all were better at some things than others, but NOT ONE came close to Merman in the power and drive of that woman. And all the other actresses that followed had that performance to build on and grow from. She sang AND ACTED the crap out of it, and I will never forget it as long as I live!!!
Wow. I’ve never seen a person comment who has seen ALL of those greats do Gypsy. That’s phenomenal to be able to have memories of all of them. I managed to see Bernadette sing it live on a trip to NYC and loved seeing her and the production. On another trip over the preview I was supposed to see of Patti was cancelled. (I ran around the corner and saw the brilliant revival of A Chorus Line!) I’ve now added Imelda Staunton’s version in London too. I’m not sure we’ll see the like of those huge characters do it again in this modern era. But here’s hoping for another exciting interpretation in the West End or on Broadway with another force of nature soon!
What a classy, bright star she is! STILL!
Take good notes fresh, new, aspiring stars.. THIS is how you become a legend!
{i'm a bit surprised CBS didn't have a better handle on the 1st camera shots of her, for such a special as this, but still, Angela is SUPERB!}*****;)
I love this woman! Great entertainer and wonderful human being!
Angela Lansbury, I love you. You were the sweet in "The Harvey Girls;" marvelous in "Anyone Can Whistle;" and the absolute bomb in "Sweeney Todd." This performance is 45 years after Harvey Girls, and she still kicks ass and still looks good doing it. You can't beat that with a stick folks.
Not to mention The Manchurian Candidate....
What she said is so smart... What a sharp woman!
Loved this Gypsy was her only London Musical 40 years later she appeared in the West End again in Blithe Spirits and the applause as she came on was deafening
Pure class.....
May she rest peacefully. 💜 #AngelaLansbury
so glad i just found this. wow. i love you tube. thank you Angela. I'm a guy from Maine. so you remember the TV show where she lived in Cabbot Cove, Maine.
20 years later and she's still winning Tony's!
May she rest in peace 😢
I have find it interesting how I am watching this on Angela’s 96th birthday, many years after the 90’s.
What a classy lady and what a talent! Also: the bonus clip of a very young Brian Williams doing the news.... :)
I saw her perform Gypsy live. It was a glorious night in the theater.
Never pass up a chance to see her live on stage. Saw her a couple of years ago in "Blithe Spirit" and she was the most energetic octogenarian I've ever seen! Marvelous performance!
amazing performer. i hope to see her this spring in a little night music, even at 80 i'm sure she's rocking the house.
She was also the first Mrs. Lovett! That's what got me into loving her.
i just love her on Broadway. She is gold on Broadway. Shes in a musical now
The words at the end says a lot about the kind of person she was and her passion for the performing arts.
Truly
Angela was my favorite talented woman she have a way with marveling you with great singing and acting
She is perfection.
Angela Lansbury is BOSS!
She would have made a good 5th Golden Girl
OH MY GOD YESSSSSSSS
She couldn't she was doing Murder She Wrote at the time.
Then we would have Missed out on Jessica Fletcher.
Angela Lansbury and Bea Arthur were pals in real life :)
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Lansbury has lived in the USA since th 40's. She sang "Little Yellow Bird" in the film
"The Picture of Dorian Grey" in 1944!
Holy crap. She does not move or look 64 here. What an amazing woman! Not for those reasons though. She is pure brilliance.
One of the last great classics!
Thank you. Just Thank you!
Love her beyond words!
Such a talent, and she did this while starring in a hit TV show.
Sassy, jazzy new arrangement of Roses.. nails it!! When shows opened with simple star power knocking it out of the park...no High tech graphics needed....
Hold the phone - Brian Williams was on CBS before NBC?! Angela Lansbury was always amazing!
IS
I LOVE angela Lansbury. she was one of the best madame roses!
my god..I never ever cried at musical numbers...till now
A true legend and trooper. Rest in power, Angela
No one does it like Angela.
Not only did she give a great performance, she also solved a murder later on that evening.
Angela is THE BEST ! i loveeeeee her :)
WOW, it is great to see Angela Lansbury like this. I was never a big fan, but I'm impressed.
she just won her fifth--God bless her!
I LOVE ANGELA LANSBURY!!! Who didnt love murder she wrote?! And her voice as Mrs potts?! SHE is a living legend! I must send her fanmail before she passes!!
Dame Angela Lansbury
16 October 1925 -
11 October 2022.
Rest In Peace.
nice dress!
i love it 👍🏻🙂...
😢
Simplemente maravillosa, gracias por subir ésta canción
Brian Williams looks so young. Angela Lansbury never changes.
Amazing!!!
I LOVE HER
ANGELA, la REGINA , la grande SIGNORA ❤️🙏🌹
Fabulous, fabulous lady! Was there ANYTHING she couldn't do?
haha I love Angela Lansbury! xD
Looove Angela and have watched this video lots of times. Thanks for posting it.
she is amazing her lupone and staution are the best roses
She's also the voice of Mrs Potts in "Beauty and the Beast" and sings the title song. :)
Pretty hot for a 63 year old. What a talent. What a hard worker!
I remember when the CBS specials still came on like that, with the drums in the theme song and the spinning logo...lol
I was 6
Love it!
U are the most beautiful lovely lady i have ever seen on the screen.
OUtstanding Performance
Thanks for posting. Fine video 5 stars.