A question for Dear Readers, even though it is not Wednesday and Ask Dear Reader Day: I have an opportunity to see a one-night-only performance of I'm Getting My Act Together And Taking It On The Road, starring Sharon Lawrence. I am unfamiliar with the play as well as the artist. Is this something I want/need to see?
I have to admit that I have the original cast album but I've never listened to it. I have heard a couple of songs from it..."Old Friend" being the one that has probably been recorded the most. I've always thought (more so when I was younger) that the picture on the cover is kinda weird. Maybe that's why I haven't listened to it:

Other than that, if I remember correctly (and someone please correct me if I'm wrong), Sharon Lawrence was originally supposed to play Lili Vanessi in the revival of
Kiss Me, Kate with Brian Stokes Mitchell but didn't when she got her sitcom (which didn't last very long...although I really liked it) so they got Marin Mazzie to play Lili. (Sound familiar? Can we say Kristen Chenoweth in
Millie? Although she hasn't done too bad for herself since!)
Sharon had a variety special on TV and she was very good. I really would have liked to have seen her in
KM,K (but I'm glad that I saw Marin). She has a real strong belt voice and has Broadway credits:
According to
www.ibdb.com,
Sharon played Tzeitel in the 1990 revival of
Fiddler On the Roof with Topol, was in
Chicago as a later "star" replacement and was a Kit Kat Girl (and others) in the 1987 revival of
Cabaret with Joel Grey, Gregg Edelman and Alyson Reed.