Elizabeth Stanley is an old-school theater actor. She has originated five roles on Broadway. She wears fabulous wigs and extravagant gowns.
She has traveled from coast to coast, singing to packed houses. People crowd stage doors to meet her and stand when she takes her bow.
She’s the star of what appear to be a very glamorous life.But a life on the stage also means a life of professional uncertainty.
Stanley had been starring in Jagged Little Pill, the musical, on Broadway this spring. But since the coronavirus pandemic forced Broadway to go dark on March 12, she’ll be waiting in the wings until...who knows when.Still, you won’t find Stanley playing a tiny violin (though she does know how to play oboe, tuba, alto sax, and piano).“In some.