Judy Kuhn is always spot on, heart felt and fabulous. I love the timbre of her voice, along with her diction, pitch, and heart! Laura Benanti, Jessie Muller certainly follow in Judy's tradition of beautiful clean, precise singing. But it's SO good to have this gem! Looking for more Judy Kuhn!!
TOTALY! Now I can see how lovely she must have played Cosette with the lovely innocence she shows here. She left by the time I saw it and I saw her replacement.
I just saw the new revival, and had a great time. But I have to say, Judy Kuhn has a vulnerability and earthiness that Laura Benanti is missing, which left something wanting for me. Thank you so much for putting this up, especially since Ms. Kuhn isn't on this productions cast recording. Truly Wonderful.
"How I see what you mean!" but I also fell in love with Laura's ability to make it hilarious and sweet! She had me cracking up and sympathizing with her!
laura made amaila seem softer in her letters than she was to georg. she made amaila seem more independent as a unmarried woman in the 1930's, which was often frowned upon at that time.
Every performance of Judy Kuhn's seems to become the definitive performance of that song for me. A once in a lifetime voice combined with superb acting skills make one of the greatest Broadway performers of our era. Thanks for posting this!!
I've often wondered why Khun wasn't considered for Christine in Phantom? It's pretty common for singers who played Cosette to do the role and Khun certainly has the soprano for it. She would have been a marvellous replacement for Brightman back in the early run.
She might've been considered for a replacement at some point, we'll never know. But in terms of originating it on Broadway ALW was pretty dead set on Sarah Brightman coming over to do it. And besides, Judy was busy starring in Chess that season as well.
i searched high and low for this video a few years ago and couldn't find it. super super thankful that it's back on youtube. judy's interpretation of amalia will always be near and dear to my heart.
Truly incredibly special. I love her on the two FUN HOME recordings, which I believe are the most recent ones I have with her on them. I do very much enjoy Ms. Frantantoni's performance on the ocr, but would so have loved to have Judy Kuhn as well.
watching this back to back with days and days from Fun Home. Quite a trip, going from euphoric infatuation to bitter and disillusioned. very make your own adventure
Thank you so much for posting this. I found it through Judy Kuhn's tweet. Judy Kuhn is my favorite diva, and it's so nice to see her in a role that's not tragic. I will watch this on a continuous loop.
+JFongStyle As one who doesn't even know how to tweet, I really appreciate your letting me know that the wonderful Ms. Kuhn tweeted about this video. Very gratifying. Thank you.
Tell me if I'm right - and I've always wondered why she left the show - but here's my understanding: Judy was in the show when it was at Criterion Center before the official "Broadway" opening (CC was a smaller off Broadway house even though it's was right there near Times square) until August 1993. When she show officially opened at the Brooks Atkinson in Sept/Oct, Judy had gotten Sunset Boulevard, which was set to open in November of the following year. It may have had an opening date of sooner than that at the time she signed her contract, which, not knowing how long the open run of She Loves Me would stay open, would have led her to leave the show anyway, so she decided not to do the open run of the show (She Loves Me). I'm not sure if she had something else in the way from Sept 93 into early/mid 1994 that would prevent her from doing the show. I wish there was a way we could find out. As it turns out, the show only ran from Oct 93 to June 94, which would have left time for her to do both shows anyway, but she couldn't have known that. Even actually if she did a year in SLM Oct 93 to Oct 94 it would have allowed her time, but it would be completely overlapping and no time in between. I am not sure. Does anyone know?
The L.A. "Sunset" opened Dec. 1993, just a few months after the London/world premiere. So Judy could not have done the "She Loves Me" transfer. And the Criterion Center run of "She Loves Me" was a Broadway run.
Going from the 2nd to a high note that’s the 5th and landing on tonic is about 200 years old. The actual run up to the cadenza in PotO and this have nothing in common, but the leap up then coming back down - super opera-y.
My favorite rendition of this song together with the one of Laura Benanti. I much prefer Judy's singing over Laura's (I don't really like her vibrato) and her acting is really sweet, sincere and on point. But I LOVE Laura's interpretation of Amalia. She is so wonderfully awkward and it's just hilarious. Still both absolutely great performances.
We really dont know how Judy did the rest of the role, but it seems she played it more down to earth and warm than Diane did. Diane had a sweet but more bubbly, comedic take on it (Diane Fratantoni). She has a fabulous voice, but it was not as earthy and warm as Judy's. Judy has a mix-belt sound that then has a soprano extension. Barbara cook had a much more soprano-esque quality, even though she sang nearly everything in a quasi-mixed way, a la Julie Andrews, but it's less obvious that she's halfway mixing because it's a speech like quality as opposed to a yelled or head dominant... Voice geeks out there exactly what i mean!
Judy Kuhn is always spot on, heart felt and fabulous. I love the timbre of her voice, along with her diction, pitch, and heart! Laura Benanti, Jessie Muller certainly follow in Judy's tradition of beautiful clean, precise singing. But it's SO good to have this gem! Looking for more Judy Kuhn!!
TOTALY! Now I can see how lovely she must have played Cosette with the lovely innocence she shows here. She left by the time I saw it and I saw her replacement.
Well. THAT was perfect.
I love how she’s proud of herself for being “nasty” to him - a breath of fresh air compared to other interpretations.
oh, well, all of a sudden this is my new favorite interpretation of this song.......god how superb
I just saw the new revival, and had a great time. But I have to say, Judy Kuhn has a vulnerability and earthiness that Laura Benanti is missing, which left something wanting for me. Thank you so much for putting this up, especially since Ms. Kuhn isn't on this productions cast recording. Truly Wonderful.
"How I see what you mean!" but I also fell in love with Laura's ability to make it hilarious and sweet! She had me cracking up and sympathizing with her!
I agree; I think I like Boyd Gaines' performance best as well.
laura made amaila seem softer in her letters than she was to georg. she made amaila seem more independent as a unmarried woman in the 1930's, which was often frowned upon at that time.
Judy is on a cast recording on Spotify
No, she's not. The revival's cast recording was done with Judy's replacement, Sally Mayes.
Every performance of Judy Kuhn's seems to become the definitive performance of that song for me. A once in a lifetime voice combined with superb acting skills make one of the greatest Broadway performers of our era. Thanks for posting this!!
I've often wondered why Khun wasn't considered for Christine in Phantom? It's pretty common for singers who played Cosette to do the role and Khun certainly has the soprano for it. She would have been a marvellous replacement for Brightman back in the early run.
She might've been considered for a replacement at some point, we'll never know. But in terms of originating it on Broadway ALW was pretty dead set on Sarah Brightman coming over to do it. And besides, Judy was busy starring in Chess that season as well.
And this is why the show is amazing then and when it revived
You can hear someone warming up in the background!
💀nooo I hear it
Boyd Gaines getting ready for the Fs in the title song perhaps? 😅😅😅
Oh my gaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh.... WHERE ON GODS GREEN EARTH HAS THIS BEEN HIDING????
+Jennifer Hiemstra I KNOW, RIGHT??!?!?!
EXACTLY. This just made my day.
Glad you liked it!
i searched high and low for this video a few years ago and couldn't find it. super super thankful that it's back on youtube. judy's interpretation of amalia will always be near and dear to my heart.
saw both performances and i loved them equally. they are absolutely two of my favorite broadway divas! wonderful in every way....
Truly incredibly special. I love her on the two FUN HOME recordings, which I believe are the most recent ones I have with her on them. I do very much enjoy Ms. Frantantoni's performance on the ocr, but would so have loved to have Judy Kuhn as well.
WHAT A QUEEN.....
Yeah, thats good everything. Acting, Direction, singing....
OMG HER FACIAL EXPRESSION 😭😭✨✨ they are so perfff💕
Judy Kuhn. I'd buy a ticket just to watch her cross the street. She's that good!
I love her singng that. I want to see her do the entire play.
watching this back to back with days and days from Fun Home. Quite a trip, going from euphoric infatuation to bitter and disillusioned. very make your own adventure
Thank you for uploading this!! I wish we had more clips of Judy Kuhn in She Loves Me. From this clip alone I can tell she was an amazing Amalia 😁
Lovely performance!!!!
Thank you so much for posting this. I found it through Judy Kuhn's tweet. Judy Kuhn is my favorite diva, and it's so nice to see her in a role that's not tragic. I will watch this on a continuous loop.
+JFongStyle
As one who doesn't even know how to tweet, I really appreciate your letting me know that the wonderful Ms. Kuhn tweeted about this video. Very gratifying. Thank you.
Judy Kuhn. I would buy a ticket to watch her walk across the street. She is That Good!
Dont forget Barbara Cook who introduced this song and Mdeline Kahn who sang in1977.
I just heard about this song at a Master Class on Voice at my local church in Fairfield CT. Great job.
Thank you! Can't wait to see more.
saw judy in fun home recently :) she's wonderful. Laura benanti was brilliant in she loves me - and so was jessie mueller.
Tell me if I'm right - and I've always wondered why she left the show - but here's my understanding: Judy was in the show when it was at Criterion Center before the official "Broadway" opening (CC was a smaller off Broadway house even though it's was right there near Times square) until August 1993. When she show officially opened at the Brooks Atkinson in Sept/Oct, Judy had gotten Sunset Boulevard, which was set to open in November of the following year. It may have had an opening date of sooner than that at the time she signed her contract, which, not knowing how long the open run of She Loves Me would stay open, would have led her to leave the show anyway, so she decided not to do the open run of the show (She Loves Me). I'm not sure if she had something else in the way from Sept 93 into early/mid 1994 that would prevent her from doing the show. I wish there was a way we could find out. As it turns out, the show only ran from Oct 93 to June 94, which would have left time for her to do both shows anyway, but she couldn't have known that. Even actually if she did a year in SLM Oct 93 to Oct 94 it would have allowed her time, but it would be completely overlapping and no time in between. I am not sure. Does anyone know?
The L.A. "Sunset" opened Dec. 1993, just a few months after the London/world premiere. So Judy could not have done the "She Loves Me" transfer. And the Criterion Center run of "She Loves Me" was a Broadway run.
Did anyone else hear that around 1:00 ? 😂
LOL I'M DYING
Perfect
She’s a genius
Why is the end exactly the same as the end of the think of me cadenza from phantom of the opera?
+SongRainbows Because Andrew Lloyd-Webber ripped it off?
+S. Oles like MANY of his works
Didn't the Cadenza originally end in 6Bb though?
Going from the 2nd to a high note that’s the 5th and landing on tonic is about 200 years old. The actual run up to the cadenza in PotO and this have nothing in common, but the leap up then coming back down - super opera-y.
First of all, that is not a cadenza.
My favorite rendition of this song together with the one of Laura Benanti. I much prefer Judy's singing over Laura's (I don't really like her vibrato) and her acting is really sweet, sincere and on point. But I LOVE Laura's interpretation of Amalia. She is so wonderfully awkward and it's just hilarious. Still both absolutely great performances.
Paula have you heard the original 1963 with Barbara Cook and all her other performances of the song until she was in her seventies.?
Pocahontas
Yup, that's right!
Honestly is there anything Judy Kuhn can't do?
We really dont know how Judy did the rest of the role, but it seems she played it more down to earth and warm than Diane did. Diane had a sweet but more bubbly, comedic take on it (Diane Fratantoni). She has a fabulous voice, but it was not as earthy and warm as Judy's. Judy has a mix-belt sound that then has a soprano extension. Barbara cook had a much more soprano-esque quality, even though she sang nearly everything in a quasi-mixed way, a la Julie Andrews, but it's less obvious that she's halfway mixing because it's a speech like quality as opposed to a yelled or head dominant... Voice geeks out there exactly what i mean!
pocahontas!!!
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