At last night's Tony Awards, Angela Lansbury heard a voice coming from a janitor's closet. She cautiously opened the door and there was Elaine Stritch still giving her acceptance speech from her Tony win. Stritch had gotten as far as thanking "Noel and the cast of Sail Away"
True story: one night Stritch went backstage after a performance of The Color Purple to meet the cast. La Chanze got mixed up and thought Stritch was Carol Channing.
Rumor has it: Channing kidnapped La Chanze because she was so angry La Chanze thought she was an atonal alcoholic. And let's face it, have you seen La Chanze on Broadway lately? No, because she's trapped in Carol Channing's Panic Room.
Lesson: Don't mess with the old broads of Old Broadway.
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Posted: 6/11/12 at 05:56pm