Donna Murphy

On stage 9 productions, 32 years

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Worked with more than once12 names

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Also credited on2 works

The King and I (2015 Revival)
Wonderful Town (2003 Revival)

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In the literature8 passages

• Only Andrews can say for sure. But many Broadway observers were surprised when she didn’t win and Donna Murphy’s name was announced as the Best Actress in a Musical. Murphy was wonderful as Mrs. Anna in The King and I , but had Andrews stayed in the race, she would have won.ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt
• Cast: Donna Murphy, Jere Shea, Gregg Edelman, Marin Mazzie, Tom Aldredge, Francis Ruivivarebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
• Cast: Donna Murphy, Lou Diamond Phillips, Randall Duk Kim, Taewon Kim, Joohee Choi, Jose Llana, John Curless, Guy Paul, Ryan Hopkins, John Changebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
• Donna Murphy came to see the show, and I remember that she was practically under the table-either from embarrassment or because she was laughing so hard, I'm not sure which. The number was about the sexual subtext in The King and I; we did "Shall We Boink?" to the tune of "Shall We Dance?" I liked that it was all about sex but we used the…ebooks/Portantiere, Gerard Alessandrini;Michael/B0030EGEYY EBOK - Gerard Alessandrini;Michael Portantiere.txt
• My TV show went off the air, and I have to replace Donna Murphy in Wonderful Town. Whoever she is.ebooks/Portantiere, Gerard Alessandrini;Michael/B0030EGEYY EBOK - Gerard Alessandrini;Michael Portantiere.txt
• We talked about Drood and Betty Buckley's unbelievable high E at the end of "The Writing on the Wall." He said that the song was supposed to end on a B, but when they did the workshop performance, the adrenaline got to her and she went up to an E. Everyone was obsessed, and it was immediately added to the show. Get that CD and listen beca…ebooks/Rudetsky, Seth/Seth's Broadway Diary, Volume 1_ Part 1 - Seth Rudetsky.txt

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