Alice Playten

On stage 11 productions, 45 years

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Worked with more than once12 names

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In the literature8 passages

• Alice Playten portrayed Vandergelder’s wailing niece Ermengarde, and Igors Gavon, Ambrose Kemper, her penniless artist-beau. The role of Ernestina Money, first assigned to former burlesque performer Gloria Leroy, was later altered to suit the talents of Mary Jo Catlett, who played Vandergelder’s corpulent “blind date” in the Harmonia Gard…ebooks/Gilvey, John Anthony/Before the Parade Passes By_ Gower Champion and the Glorious American Musical - John Anthony Gilvey.txt
• Cast: Carol Channing, David Burns, Eileen Brennan, Sondra Lee, Charles Nelson Reilly, Jerry Dodge, Gordon Connell, Igors Gavon, Alice Playten, David Hartmanebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
• Another replacement, Alice Playten, who succeeded Karen Moore as Baby Louise, remembered a telling incident when she was introduced to Ethel at her first run-through. “She took my hand and she said, ‘Do you know about the laugh line?’” Playten recalled. “It was this line: Louise asks, ‘Mama, how come I have three fathers?’ and Rose would…ebooks/Kellow, Brian/Ethel Merman_ A Life - Brian Kellow.txt
• And, finally, the old-school Broadway sasstress Alice Playten came to see The Ritz this week. She is so cool. She was a replacement Baby Louise in Gypsy opposite the Merm as well as the original Bet in Oliver! and Ermengarde in Hello, Dolly! Get thee to Bluegobo.com ASAP, and check out her Ed Sullivan clip from Henry, Sweet Henry . Watch…ebooks/Rudetsky, Seth/Seth's Broadway Diary, Volume 1_ Part 1 - Seth Rudetsky.txt
• I went on as an understudy all the time in Seussical . I covered Alice Playten as Mrs. Mayor. I loved her.ebooks/Tepper, Jennifer/Untold Stories of Broadway, Part 1, The - Jennifer Tepper.txt
• Alice Playten stole the show each night as pint-sized villainess Kafritz. She was only 20 years old, and she received a Tony nomination and performed her showstopper, “Poor Little Person”, on the Ed Sullivan Show. Playten was used to the spotlight, as she played Baby Louise during the original run of Gypsy —which is also undoubtedly where…ebooks/Tepper, Jennifer/Untold Stories of Broadway, Volume 2 PART 1, The - Jennifer Tepper.txt

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