{"id":3302,"date":"2026-10-28T02:58:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T00:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ticketmaster.com\/?p=69334"},"modified":"2026-10-28T02:58:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T00:58:24","slug":"maybe-happy-endings-stella-cole-shares-her-playlist-of-showbiz-classics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myza.co.za\/events\/maybe-happy-endings-stella-cole-shares-her-playlist-of-showbiz-classics\/","title":{"rendered":"Maybe Happy Ending\u2018s Stella Cole Shares Her Playlist of Showbiz Classics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jazz Monthly <\/i>exclusive, Helperbots: A new crooner is jazzing up the world of Maybe Happy Ending<\/i><\/a>! That\u2019s right, on October 20, Dez Duron handed Gil Brentley\u2019s trusty mic to jazz-pop artist Stella Cole<\/a>, who\u2019s making history as the first woman to ever play the character.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing part of Maybe Happy Ending<\/i> is beyond a dream come true,\u201d Cole tells Ticketmaster. \u201cI\u2019ve been dreaming of being on Broadway<\/a> since I knew it existed. As a five-year-old, I was making my family come up to me and ask to sign their programs. So it feels so surreal to be coming out of the stage door to sign people\u2019s playbills.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cole\u2019s stint as Gil \u2014 whose name is now pronounced \u201cJill,\u201d for the record \u2014 runs through November 15 at the Belasco Theatre. When it came to developing her own, unique take on the jazz-obsessed Oliver\u2019s favorite crooner-turned-chanteuse, the fixture of the New York City<\/a> jazz scene looked to the leading ladies of Hollywood\u2019s Golden Age.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so excited to be the first woman playing Gil Brentley,\u201d she says before adding, \u201cDez seems very inspired by Sinatra, Nat King Cole and Mel Torm\u00e9, so it\u2019s been so fun discovering who I want Gil to be.<\/p>\n

\u201cGrowing up on movies from the \u201850s has been a huge help, because I\u2019m already so familiar with the vocal style and physicality from that era,\u201d the singer continues. \u201cSo I\u2019ve been having fun watching old videos of performers like Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand to take inspiration.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some of those names also appear on the pre-show playlist Cole assembled exclusively for Ticketmaster to help celebrate her Broadway debut.<\/p>\n

The 10-track mix features Babs\u2019 famous turn as Fanny Brice in Funny Girl<\/i> and a double dose of the original Dorothy, which feels especially appropriate considering Cole points out that she\u2019s \u201cchanneling a lot of Judy Garland energy into the role.\u201d<\/p>\n