Louise
Gold starred as Hattie Maloney at Barbican Cinema 1 on 22, 29 September, 6 and
13 October 1996.
STOP PRESS: Louise Gold has
two nominations in the Broadway World West End Awards: http://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/vote2015region.cfm
In particular she has been
nominated for Understudy of The Year Female: http://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/liveupdate2015region.cfm?btype=4338®ion=UK%20/%20West%20End#sthash.2TIlL8gx.dpbs (for her performance as Momma
Rose – she understudied Imelda Staunton)
Cast:
Mrs Gonzales - Samantha Peo
Mac (Bartender Of
Skat
Briggs (Sailor From The S. S. Idaho) - James Vaughan
Windy Deegan (Sailor From The S.
S. Idaho) - Jon Glover
Woozy Hogan (Sailor From The S. S.
Idaho) - Neil McCaul
Gae -
Joanne Redmond
Ty (Soldier)/ 'Mysterious
Stranger' - Ian Caddick
Hattie Maloney - Louise Gold
Leila Tree - Tracy Keating
Mildred Hunter -
Kitty-Belle Randolph - Lisa
Peace
Nick Bullett
- Michael Fitzpatrick
Florrie - Mandy More
Geraldine (Jerry) Bullett - Lucy Page
Vivian Budd - Stewart Permutt
Mike - Jeremy David
Whitney Randolph - Reg Eppey
'Mysterious ' Stranger - Carl
Sanderson
Production
Team
Music/Lyrics - Cole Porter
Book - Herbert Fields and B.
G. De Sylva
Original Production – 30 October
1940,
Music Director - Gareth
Valentine
Director/Producer - Ian
Marshall-Fisher
Having
already appeared in the Lost Musicals productions of Du
Barry Was A Lady (1993 Production) ,
Red Hot & Blue, and, Something For The Boys, as well as a West End revival of Anything Goes, be doing Panama Hattie,
Louise completed the set, becoming one of the few performers to have played Ethel
Merman's part in all five of the shows Cole Porter wrote for Miss
Merman. She subsequently appeared in a further Lost Musicals production of Du Barry Was A Lady (2001 Production).
Prior
to this Concert Staging Panama Hattie the only previous occasion
when this musical had been seen in this country was it’s original London
production, starring Bebe Daniels in
the title role, at The Piccadilly Theatre (a theatre where Louise
Gold would subsequently appear in The Soap
Opera and Noises Off).
Myra
Sands is one of the
Lost Musicals gang’s regular members, and has appeared with Louise Gold
in: By Jupiter | One Touch of Venus (1992 Production) | Du
Barry Was A Lady (1993 Production) | New Girl In
Town | Red Hot And Blue | Something For The Boys | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | One Touch of Venus (2000 Production) ,
and, Darling of The Day. They had
previously appeared in a concert of highlights from Ratepayers' Iolanthe
& Metropolitan Mikado, and, Camberwell
Pocket Opera’s First Fundraising Gala, and have since appeared together on
the commercial stage in Follies, and, Oliver!.; They can also be heard on the cast album Oliver! (Recording).
For
some strange reason, it seems that all three of the sailors in this production
have at one time or another found themselves chasing or being chased by Ms Gold
in other Lost Musicals on the stage of Barbican Cinema 1: Jon Glover
in By
Jupiter, Neil McCaul in Red Hot & Blue, and
James Vaughan in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (at least!).
Louise
Gold and James
Vaughan had previously appeared together in: One Touch Of Venus (1992), Du Barry Was A Lady (1993 Production) and Of
Thee I Sing, They went on appear in Gentlemen
Prefer Blondes and Du Barry Was A Lady (2001 Production).
They also went on to appear in the film Crush. James Vaughan also helped out on the
film Muppet Treasure Island on which Louise Gold puppeteered.
Louise
Gold, James Vaughan,
Stewart Permutt, and, Jeremy David all went on to appear in Du Barry Was A Lady (2001 Production).
Louise
Gold and Neil McCaul had previously worked together on: The Pirates Of
Penzance film , Billy The Kid And The
Green Baize Vampire and Angry Housewives and would be reunited in The
Lost Musicals production of 110 In The Shade.
They also took part in A Celebration Of The Life And Work Of Dick Vosburgh.
Louise
Gold and Jon Glover
were both voice-artistes for Spitting
Image, and in that capacity appear on the
album Spit In Your Ear, and in the
documentary Best Ever Spitting Image.
It
is perhaps worth noting that at least two of the actors in this production,
have made somewhat noteworthy contributions to the world of
pre-school-children’s television. Jon Glover is a former presenter of BBC
TV’s Play School, and, Louise Gold has puppeteered on CTW’s
Louise
Gold and
Gareth Valentine’s recording credits include conducting
on The Best Of The
Musicals.
Myra Sands may have previously taken part in Thing A Thon.
Louise
Gold, Stewart Permutt, and, Myra Sands went on to appear in Mexican
Hayride.
Louise
Gold has appeared in
quite a number of Cole Porter musicals, besides the Ethel Merman
quintet of shows, she has also appeared in Kiss Me
Kate, Noel/Cole: Let’s Do It, and, Mexican Hayride. However, she has made all too
few recordings, the only albums of her singing Cole Porter are Noel/Cole: Let’s Do It (Recording)
(where she was involved in singing a version of I’m Throwing A Ball
Tonight), and the JAY/TER studio cast album of Anything Goes (recording) - Website Recommended Album.
The
final performances of this production (on Sundays) may have overlapped with Ms
Gold's appearances in The RSC production of The Cherry Orchard in Stratford Upon Avon (the rest
of the week).
Links about
Muppet Central/Tibby's Bowl Interview with Louise Gold http://www.muppetcentral.com/articles/interviews/gold.shtml Although she does not give name them, Louise mentions playing the Ethel Merman parts in The Lost Musicals.
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