marla sokoloff played joey's sister cookie on friends.
marla sokoloff played joey's sister cookie on friends.
who played joey's sister cookie on friends?
marla sokoloff
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as they cast the musical, rodgers, hart and o'hara knew that they wanted joey to be primarily a dancer, not a singer, and the actor who played joey would have to be likeable in spite of joey's unpleasant character. they chose gene kelly, who was at the time playing a dancing role, harry the hoofer, in the play "the time of your life". kelly had made his broadway debut in 1938 in the chorus of cole porter's "leave it to me!"; pal joey would be his first lead role. rodgers and hart wanted vivienne segal, who had previously starred in their 1938 musical "i married an angel", to play the older woman with whom joey has an affair; though o'hara had initially considered other actresses, he was won over when he met segal. segal, who would be 43 when the show opened on broadway, appreciated the opportunity to play a worldly, mature character, unlike the ingenues she had played for most of her career. using segal's initials, o'hara gave her character the name "vera simpson". o'hara was not present during the out-of-town tryouts, and director george abbott took over the rewriting. when the show opened in new york, the critics were divided. richard watts ("new york herald tribune") called it "brilliant", but other critics and members of the theatre-going public disliked the subject matter. nonetheless, it became the longest running rodgers-hart show up to that time.
pal joey (musical)