André De Shields
speaker
298 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 21 Jul
André De Shields’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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You played from like the middle of the song.
But the song opens with a note that John Bubbles sings.
And it's as if he's never going to stop hitting that note.
And you are amazed by this man singing this long tenor note.
And just at the moment when you think he's going to stop, he goes into what is essentially his biography.
And I thought, wow, that's exactly what I need.
Another tool in my toolbox.
Well, have you seen Cats the Jellicle Ball?
When I make my entrance as Old Deuteronomy, I sustain a note.
And I know this because people have timed it for 44 seconds.
That's a long time.
But I learned that from John Bubbles, from watching Cabin in the Sky in the darkened atmosphere of the Royal Theatre where the Chitlin Circuit would visit.
Every performance in Cabin in the Sky was superlative, and Vincent Minelli knew that, which is why these folks were cast.
because they were the best.
He directed it.
Vincent Minelli, yes.
Judy Garland's husband, the father of Liza Minelli.
Do you see the connection?
The great vulnerability from Judy Garland, which she gave to Liza Minelli, who is the daughter of Vincent Minelli, who directed the film that circumcised my heart.
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