[Magdalen] Please! Clap your hands!

[Grace Cangialosi]

Well, I saw it for the first time when I was about 11. I knew she was a woman, but I also remember how perfect she looked for the part--she had a real gamin-like face and a pixie haircut.
Now, I don't especially like to see Amahl played by a girl, but that's mostly because I know it wouldn't be that hard to find a boy soprano!

> On Dec 5, 2014, at 12:39 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I guess I'm a grinch. I hated it. It was always all wrong to me for a woman
> to be playing Peter. Especially a *grown* woman.
> 
> On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> I absolutely adored the Mary Martin Peter Pan production and watched it
>> every year for a long time. Even had the soundtrack. For me, that was the
>> ultimate Peter Pan.
>> 
>>> On Dec 5, 2014, at 8:39 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> A great puzzle piece fell into place after I saw the first televised
>>> Peter Pan. My mother was putting me to bed, and I asked,
>>> "He was very beautiful for a boy, wasn't he?"
>>> 
>>> "That was no boy," my mother replied. "That was a woman."
>>> 
>>> My whole life changed in that one minute. I remember lying
>>> awake, full of thought of new possibilities.
>>> 
>>> That said, I watched a few minutes of last night's show and
>>> changed the channel. She annoyed me. I hate it when women
>>> substitute stridency for bravado. It's the director's fault, of
>>> course.
>>> -M
>>