Indeed she was! Just as Andrea McArdle was, is & forever will be "Annie", Dorothy Loudon was, is & forever will be "Miss Hannighan"! Neither can be outdone, no matter how much they try.
What can you say after seeing Dorothy Loudon as "Miss Hannighan"? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! Because, she has left you speechless by one of the greatest performances in Broadway history!
THANK YOU AMTProductionCo ! Somewhere in my old VHS' collection I might still have this particular Tony Awards show, but I still remember how I would play this section over and over especially the Dorothy Loudon section; it brought a smile - with her, "she still doing it!....oh God!" A Wonderful moment.
It's obvious why Dorothy was the first and ideal person to play Miss Hannigan and sing this wonderful song. I feel so fortunate to have made my own stab at it when I was just a kid in middle school- I knew even then I had huge shoes to fill and this video proves it!