Elaine Paige
Elaine Paige
Elaine Paige OBEis an English singer and actress best known for her work in musical theatre. Raised in Barnet, Hertfordshire, Paige attended the Aida Foster Theatre School, making her first professional appearance on stage in 1964, at the age of 16. Her appearance in the 1968 production of Hair marked her West End debut...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionStage Actress
Date of Birth5 March 1948
unlikely
I should think it is unlikely but you never know - never say never.
best
My dear, you can't even see over the net. Best think of something else.
created hal major musical obviously
'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.
change easily higher maybe range
Maybe the higher echelons of my range aren't as easily accessible, but that's OK; you change the key.
abba hoping known musical obviously pop telling tim
I remember Tim telling me that he had an idea for a musical and he said to me that he was hoping that ABBA would be writing the music, which I thought was a pretty wild idea because they were obviously known very much as pop writers.
admiration became mutual society
We became our own mutual admiration society I think,
enjoyed being-famous
I never enjoyed being famous.
broadway-theatre long community
I received the most fantastic welcome to the Broadway Theatre community. I walked on stage to tremendous applause and a long standing ovation, wondering when I was ever going to be able to say my first line!
careers very-good needed
I've never been very good at manipulating my career, but fortunately I haven't needed to.
mean successful doe
Just because you are successful in one area does not necessarily mean you're going to be successful in another.
drama school taught
One was never taught how to begin at drama school. But all it required was one intake of breath.
teacher encouragement drama
My first singing role was as Susanna in a school production in a shortened form of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. I loved to sing and I was given lots of encouragement by a wonderful music teacher Mrs Ann Hill and by my parents who suggested I go to drama school.
song years sight
I will be singing primarily all the songs from the musicals that I have been in from over the years.
trust support disease
I have been extremely pleased to support the Trust's work in the Lupus Unit ever since. Personal experience also motivated me to become involved to help raise the awareness of the disease and hopefully thereby improve the speed of diagnosis.