Dorothy Loudon

Dorothy Loudon sings songs from her album “Saloon”...

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:50:53 -0400

Dorothy Loudon sings songs from her album “Saloon” at the 1992 MAC Awards. Songs include “Saloon” and “It Had To Be You”. Accompanied by Cy Johnson.

theatreaficionado: Dancer/choreographer Tony Stevens talks...

Thu, 09 May 2013 12:02:23 -0400

theatreaficionado:

Dancer/choreographer Tony Stevens talks about Dorothy Loudon’s professionalism, and how she stopped the show cold in The Fig Leaves Are Falling.

The “sing it again” chant is meme-worthy.

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me2ism: “No Time at All” as heard on The Stephen Schwartz Album...

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 12:02:37 -0400

me2ism:

“No Time at All” as heard on The Stephen Schwartz Album (1999)

music/lyric Stephen Schwartz

performance Dorothy Loudon

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It’s a shame she didn’t get to play this role in a major (or any) production. Because. She. Kills.

Dorothy Loudon as a teenager, attending summer camp.

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:02:22 -0400

Dorothy Loudon as a teenager, attending summer camp.

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Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:02:27 -0400

Dorothy Loudon as a child, with her grandfather, father, and...

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:02:23 -0400

Dorothy Loudon as a child, with her grandfather, father, and mother.

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Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:02:11 -0400

Dorothy Loudon and Dorothy Loudon, Sr. (mother) seated outdoors,

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:01:57 -0400

Dorothy Loudon and Dorothy Loudon, Sr. (mother) seated outdoors,

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Sun, 31 Mar 2013 12:02:22 -0400

Dorothy Loudon and Dorothy Loudon, Sr. (mother) seated in front...

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 12:02:16 -0400

Dorothy Loudon and Dorothy Loudon, Sr. (mother) seated in front of Christmas tree.

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kel63: Original Broadway production of ANNIE, 1977. Dorothy...

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 12:02:28 -0500

kel63:

Original Broadway production of ANNIE, 1977. Dorothy Loudon and orphans.

“My life was far more filled with happiness than I ever...

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 12:02:24 -0500

“My life was far more filled with happiness than I ever dreamed it could be,” Dorothy says. Then, five weeks after that exultant Tony night, her arranger-composer husband, Norman Paris, died. It was particularly tragic because they had enjoyed one of showbiz’s most glowing if difficult relationships. They were close for 23 years, but for the first 17 he had been married to (if legally separated from) his first wife. “We had tried living together,” recounts Loudon painfully, “but it seriously hurt too many people—my parents, his kids.” Finally, when his children were grown, he got his divorce and they were wed. Dorothy went joyously into quasi-retirement (“My marriage was my cause”), while Norman’s career was flourishing. Before what turned out to be his terminal illness, he had worked on a Zero Mostel number for the film The Front and arranged Paul Simon’s Grammy-winning LP Still Crazy after All These Years.

For weeks after Norman’s death, home for Dorothy was a succession of hotel rooms while she avoided returning to their East Side townhouse. That was where “we read all night together.” Though they had first met when Norman came backstage at a cabaret to offer to rearrange her “terrible” material, she says in their last years together “you couldn’t have dragged us to a club.“

Dorothy Loudon as a teenager, in stage costume.

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 12:02:13 -0500

Dorothy Loudon as a teenager, in stage costume.

Uncovering the Dorothy Loudon flops Part Two: Lolita, My Love

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 12:02:23 -0500

Uncovering the Dorothy Loudon flops Part Two: Lolita, My Love

pearl-among-plastic: “Dolly is such a darling woman, a very...

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 12:02:36 -0500

pearl-among-plastic:

“Dolly is such a darling woman, a very sweet woman, and she appeals to me. She reminds me of all the people I’ve known in my life. She has a tremendous optimistic outlook on life, and is quite brave in the face of adversity. I identify with people like that, and I certainly admire them.”

Dorothy Loudon talking about her character in “The Matchmaker”.

Uncovering the Dorothy Loudon Flops Part One: The Fig Leaves are Falling

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 12:02:12 -0500

Uncovering the Dorothy Loudon Flops Part One: The Fig Leaves are Falling