If you are in a play, and you catch a cold, you are able to muddle through. If you are carrying a musical, it’s a different thing altogether. It’s the great fear of any singer’s life.
Elaine Paige Quotes
'Evita' obviously would always be very special to me because it was the first major musical that I did on stage and created in the U.K. with Hal Prince directing.
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| Birth: | 5th March, 1948 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Actress, Singer |
About
Elaine Paige was born in Barnet, North London, UK. She is an English singer and actress. Her appearance in the 1968 production of Hair marked her West End debut. Following a number of roles over the next decade, Paige was selected to play Eva Perón in the first production of Evita in 1978, which brought her to the attention of the broader public. For this role, she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Performance of the Year in a musical. She appeared in The King and I from 2000 to 2001, and six years later she returned to the West End stage in The Drowsy Chaperone. Since 2004 she has hosted her own show on BBC Radio 2 called Elaine Paige on Sunday.
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