Proper Old-School Theatrical Heart
Andrew Lloyd Webber's new $8.5 million musical, The Woman in White, opened tonight on Broadway at the Marquis Theatre.
Maria Friedman, leading lady of the British musical theatre, makes her Broadway debut in London's smash hit musical, repeating her Olivier-nominated performance as Marian Halcombe. Just two weeks ago, while being fitted for corsets, Maria discovered a lump in her breast. She immediately went for a biopsy, and was diagnosed with stage-one breast cancer.
Three day's later she was in surgery and the malignant lump was removed from her left breast. Five days later, under a doctor's supervision, she returned to rehearsals.
Friedman was motivated by the livelihoods riding on the show, and the fact that her younger sister was one of the show's producers. Friedman did not let it get in the way of her Broadway debut.
She will continue radiation treatments for seven weeks. "Its like a large elephant sat on me," she told the Times. When asked to comment on Friedman's tenacity, her co-star Michael Ball replied, "Proper old-school theatrical heart."
Maria Friedman, leading lady of the British musical theatre, makes her Broadway debut in London's smash hit musical, repeating her Olivier-nominated performance as Marian Halcombe. Just two weeks ago, while being fitted for corsets, Maria discovered a lump in her breast. She immediately went for a biopsy, and was diagnosed with stage-one breast cancer.
Three day's later she was in surgery and the malignant lump was removed from her left breast. Five days later, under a doctor's supervision, she returned to rehearsals.
Friedman was motivated by the livelihoods riding on the show, and the fact that her younger sister was one of the show's producers. Friedman did not let it get in the way of her Broadway debut.
She will continue radiation treatments for seven weeks. "Its like a large elephant sat on me," she told the Times. When asked to comment on Friedman's tenacity, her co-star Michael Ball replied, "Proper old-school theatrical heart."
posted by D. Sedcole at 6:40 PM
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