Stage Roles
Her roles include the touring productions of Unsinkable Molly Brown, Most Happy Fella, The Boy Friend, Brigadoon, The Sound of Music, Oklahoma!, My Fair Lady, Carousel, Meet Me in St. Louis, Peter Pan, The Girl Next Door and How She Grew, and Irene, in which she made her Broadway debut, following Debbie Reynolds in the title role. She and Howard Keel also appeared on stage together in a revival of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, I Do! I Do! and South Pacific.
Powell also toured in 1964 in a musical review entitled, "Just 20 Plus Me!" It was done to a recorded track and featured Powell with 20 handsome "chorus boys". Asked after the performance if the production was going to be made available on a commercial recording, she said simply, "No."
In the early 1980s she toured in the comedies Same Time, Next Year, The Marriage-Go-Round, and Chapter Two.
In 1996 and 1997 she appeared in the off-broadway production After-Play. She also performed the role of the Queen in Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Cinderella" at New York City Opera.
In 2000 she appeared in the off-broadway production Avow, for which she received great reviews for a role which showed off her excellent comedic timing.
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