Where the heck is LELAND PALMER? these days?- Page 2
Where the heck is LELAND PALMER? these days?
#25re: Where the heck is LELAND PALMER? these days?
Posted: 8/2/17 at 1:36am
For anyone interested, I was wondering this question lately too, and found that she has a daughter who is a performer as well. I did some digging--
At the bottom of this page there is a comment from someone claiming to be Leland's daughter, Pearl. I clicked on the website of the commenter, Pearl, and found that it is true--Leland (Linda's) daughter is a dancer as well. Her name is Pearl Marill. Her work seems pretty cool!
#26re: Where the heck is LELAND PALMER? these days?
Posted: 5/30/18 at 7:02pm
C. C Baxter said: "Does anyone have a picture of Leland as Fastrada in the original production? I'd love to see her Spread A Little Sunshine costume."
#27re: Where the heck is LELAND PALMER? these days?
Posted: 5/30/18 at 7:15pmHe’s deep in the Black Lodge.
#28re: Where the heck is LELAND PALMER? these days?
Posted: 5/30/18 at 7:25pm
Shocking to see how much Fosse made her into a dead-on match for Gwen with that wig and eye makeup! By the time I finally saw the original run of Pippin it was fall of 1975-- I have no idea who was dancing Fastrada by that point-- but I don't remember the red wig at all.
Rumpelstiltskin
Broadway Star Joined: 4/22/07
#29re: Where the heck is LELAND PALMER? these days?
Posted: 5/30/18 at 7:56pm
Someone in a Tree2 said: "Shocking to see how much Fosse made her into a dead-on match for Gwen with that wig and eye makeup! By the time I finally saw the original run of Pippin it was fall of1975-- I have no idea who was dancing Fastrada by that point-- but I don't remember the red wig at all."
You probably saw pre-ACL Priscilla Lopez as Fastrada in the fall of 1975.
#30re: Where the heck is LELAND PALMER? these days?
Posted: 5/30/18 at 9:17pm
^Actually nope-- and the reason I know it wasn't Priscilla is this: the week that I saw PIPPIN (on a Wednesday) was the same week that I saw the OBC of CHICAGO (that Monday) as well the OBC of A CHORUS LINE (finally snagged a cancellation seat for that Saturday). Of course Priscilla Lopez was already knocking them dead every night as Diana in ACL. The mystery of who played Fastrada continues...
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#31re: Where the heck is LELAND PALMER? these days?
Posted: 5/30/18 at 9:23pmPatti Karr played Fastrada from 1974 to 1976.
Rumpelstiltskin
Broadway Star Joined: 4/22/07
#32re: Where the heck is LELAND PALMER? these days?
Posted: 5/30/18 at 10:58pm
Thanks for the correction; and Someone - what a great week of theater you had. I wonder if you realized at the time how timeless those choices would prove to be!
#33re: Where the heck is LELAND PALMER? these days?
Posted: 5/31/18 at 12:51pm
Her daughter, Pearl Marill, is also a dancer and choreographer. Source.
Sondheimite
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/5/14
#34re: Where the heck is LELAND PALMER? these days?
Posted: 5/31/18 at 12:56pm
TotallyEffed said: "He’s deep in the Black Lodge."
Amen.
Broadway World's Fireman.
Impossible2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/31/18
#35re: Where the heck is LELAND PALMER? these days?
Posted: 5/31/18 at 1:16pm
TotallyEffed said: "He’s deep in the Black Lodge."
And he deserved far more than 1 scene in The Return 
smidge
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/06
#36re: Where the heck is LELAND PALMER? these days?
Posted: 5/31/18 at 1:25pm
Impossible2 said: "TotallyEffed said: "He’s deep in the Black Lodge."
And he deserved far more than 1 scene in The Return "
Always wondered if that name was intentionally used. Probably not, but it would be great if it was!
#37re: Where the heck is LELAND PALMER? these days?
Posted: 5/31/18 at 1:55pm
"Someone - what a great week of theater you had. I wonder if you realized at the time how timeless those choices would prove to be! "
Even though the "Golden Age" of Broadway musicals conventionally ends around 1964, I always thought the period from 1970 to 1975 constituted a second mini-Golden Age. Michael Bennet and Bob Fosse were already acknowledged the true geniuses of that era when the director-choreographer was king, so it took no great astuteness to want to fill my week with their latest hits. Snagging a seat to A CHORUS LINE was on everyone's wishlist precisely in the way that HAMILTON was 4 decades later. What I could never have anticipated was that revivals of PIPPIN and CHICAGO could be smash hits again 20 or 30 or 40 years after their premieres. I always look back on those 6 days in 1975 as the week that hooked my addiction for life.
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#38re: Where the heck is LELAND PALMER? these days?
Posted: 5/31/18 at 2:10pm
PIPPIN was my first Broadway show. Imperial Theatre. 1972. I was 7 years old.
Summer of 1975 was epic for me: I saw the original CHICAGO and A CHORUS LINE a handful of times. 2nd Acted CHICAGO countless times as well. Plus JAWS opened and still stands as my favorite film. I was 10 that year.
I’ve lost count how many now legendary shows I’ve seen in the 1970s alone. All with their original and subsequent replacement casts. ANNIE was a favorite.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#39re: Where the heck is LELAND PALMER? these days?
Posted: 5/31/18 at 2:38pm
Speaking of A CHORUS LINE:
I recently saw a summer stock production of it and, although it was superficially a good production, I realized how remarkable the original cast was. None of the numbers had the same pizzazz as they did originally and one character faded into another. Diana was particularly bland.
The show itself still resonates. I'm guessing it was just underreheared and miscast.
The senior citizen audience dozed appreciatively.
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