You'll Love Lucie
You may recall that back in November I posted here a video of Susan Boyle returning to Britain’s Got Talent, after having had a stroke, and singing “I Dreamed a Dream” with Lucie Jones from the West End cast of Les Miserables, later joining the full company for the finale. It was all about Susan Boyle – although in my comments I also noted how bowled over I was by Lucie Jones, both her soaring voice, but also her kindness toward Boyle, clearly caring and attentive.
I was curious what other video that might be of her – and what I found continued to blow me away. Here’s just one example. It comes from five years ago when she stared in the musical Waitress, that has a score by Susan Bareilles. She played the lead role in London on the West End, taking over from Katherine McPhee (and then was briefly replaced when Bareilles herself came in to play the role), and later reprised the role in the UK touring company. This video is live, in performance, but I suspect it’s from a TV show, not during the stage production despite her being in costume and the full set. Her charming reaction at the end to the cheers, breaking character doesn’t strike me as something she’d do during a show.
It doesn’t matter. It’s the performance of her singing “This Used to Be Mine” that’s so great.
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