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‘A performance can be as a female.’

[⟨det performance.nas.p ⟨det female.n⟩]

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““The Stage” said of her performance as Nellie Forbrush in “South Pacific” “Her voice hasnt got the widest of ranges but she exudes enthusiasm in the essential ensemble numbers – especially the excellent Thanksgiving Follies scenes – and she looks perfectly 1940s.
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In Wikipedia:

O ’Hara has been nominated for three Tony Awards, one for her performance as Clara Johnson in “The Light in the Piazza”, one for her performance as Babe Williams in the Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of “The Pajama Game”, where she starred alongside Harry Connick, Jr. and Michael McKean, and most recently for her performance as Nellie Forbush in the Lincoln Center Theater revival of “South Pacific”.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The actress won her Tony Award for her performance as Sally Brown in the Broadway bow of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

This birthday gal won a 1998 Oscar for her performance as Viola in Shakespeare in Love.
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Her last public performance as Bettye Swann was in 1980, the year her husband and manager, George Barton, died.
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In their review, “Dread Central” approved of her performance as Angelique in “Triloquist”, writing “Paydin LoPachin plays bitchy psycho blonde Angelique like Kelly Bundy and Juliette Lewis from” Natural Born Killers”……
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The Sacramento, California “Stage and Theatre News” wrote of her performance as Christine, “Bryant has that young, innocent look about her that makes her perfect for this role, as well as having one of the most lovely voices to ever grace a Sacramento stage.
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She received a Tony Award nomination for the 2002 Best Leading Actress in a Musical category for her performance as Hope in “Urinetown”; the award went to Sutton Foster for her performance in “Thoroughly Modern Millie”.
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She garnered rave reviews for her performance as Mae West in the Broadway hit “Dirty Blonde”.
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In the British National Corpus:

The week of that first production of Luxembourg, Karl had been absolutely beastly to her – really hurtful about her performance as Juliette which, as she was desperately saving her voice for the other productions, she tended to talk her way through.
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Diana Scarwid’s performance as Louise, Rory’s girlfriend, earned her a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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She won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series in 1978 for her performance as Anna Weiss in the miniseries “Holocaust”.
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She won a Tony Award for her performance as Blanche Dubois in the original Broadway production of “A Streetcar Named Desire” in 1948.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I was sort of flabbergasted and put her on the list before saying how much I loved her performance as Lois – which I think might be the first time I’ve ever done so.
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Lea Delaria’s performance as Hildy the taxi driver (and especially her all – stops – out rendition of “I Can Cook, Too”) won wide praise, with Ben Brantley writing “Working through the saucy double – entendres and scat embellishments of” I Can Cook Too, “Hildy’s mating call of a solo, Ms. DeLaria makes an obliging captive of anyone watching her.
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Paige received largely positive reviews for her New York performance as Norma Desmond: “The lush sound and the sheer power of her voice are, to put it simply, incredible”, wrote one critic, whilst another said “Her voice has great range, remarkable clarity and emotional force”.
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In Wikipedia:

In their review, “Dread Central” approved of her performance as Angelique in “Triloquist”, writing “Paydin LoPachin plays bitchy psycho blonde Angelique like Kelly Bundy and Juliette Lewis from” Natural Born Killers”……
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In Wikipedia:

Mazzie received Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations and an Outer Critics Circle Award for her performance as Lilli / Katharine in the Broadway revival of “Kiss Me, Kate”.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

What’s commendable is Tanaka Rie’s performance as Mina.
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Queried on 2013-05-24.