Posted by suttonfoster 2011-07-11 16:19:03
I thought we could do a game on this thread. One person names a Broadway Actor (Play or Musical) and the next person casts them in the perfect role that is suited for them in any play or musical.
I'll go first:
Laura Benanti PERFECT Casting Game
Posted by AC126748 2011-07-11 16:23:11
Rosa Bud in The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Sherie Rene Scott
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Posted by LaurenElizabeth41 2011-07-11 16:28:11
Mama in 'Night, Mother
Norbert Leo Butz
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Posted by wickedfan11 2011-07-11 17:13:20
Moonface Martin in Anything Goes
Patti LuPone
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Posted by frazer 2011-07-11 17:19:18
Have always thought for some reason she'd make a great Aunt Eller in Oklahoma.
Adam Kantor
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Posted by random person 112 2011-07-11 17:28:50
i really want to see him play young buddy in follies for some weird reason.
Vanessa Williams?
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-11 17:34:05
I've always harbored a desire (no pun intended) to see her as Desiree.
Sara Ramirez
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Posted by ILuv2shop531 2011-07-11 17:45:24
I could see her being a great Rosie in Bye, Bye Birdie
Krysta Rodriguez
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Posted by North2009 2011-07-11 17:53:28
Columbia in ROCKY HORROR.
Kevin Chamberlin
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Posted by ReggieonBway 2011-07-11 17:58:29
Brian in Avenue Q
Brian Stokes Mitchell
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Posted by random person 112 2011-07-11 18:02:15
Fredrick in a little night music maybe possibly to either audra mcdonald or vanessa williams desiree.
Jan Maxwell
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Posted by North2009 2011-07-11 18:06:09
Liza in LADY IN THE DARK
Brad Oscar
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Posted by frazer 2011-07-11 18:30:49
Albin in La Cage
Brian D'arcy James
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Posted by North2009 2011-07-11 18:34:47
Harold Hill
Judy Kaye
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Posted by frazer 2011-07-11 18:54:30
mrs. wilkinson in Billy Elliot
Chris Sieber
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Posted by North2009 2011-07-11 18:58:22
Applegate in DAMN YANKEES
Tammy Blanchard
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Posted by random person 112 2011-07-11 19:10:25
Janet in the rocky horror picture show.
Emily Skineer.
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Posted by frazer 2011-07-11 19:12:08
Diana - Next to Normal
Mark rylance
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Posted by shrekster224 2011-07-11 20:04:52
Sorry it's not a direct reply, but to Laura Benanti, although it wouldn't be perfect, I would love to see her take on Diana. And Norbert as Moonface sounds great!
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Posted by BeingAlive2 2011-07-11 20:29:44
Mark Rylance in Death of a Salesman
Audra McDonald?
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Posted by quizking101 2011-07-11 20:34:18
Audra McDonald as Mother Superior in SISTER ACT.
Next Star: Hunter Ryan Herdlicka
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Posted by random person 112 2011-07-11 20:36:49
Maria in the sound of music vocally perfect and to all those who would say audra would be wrong due to the fact she's african american, the sound of music is anything but entirely factual.
Julie Andrews?
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Posted by aasjb4ever 2011-07-11 20:37:43
Hunter Ryan Herdlicka as Woof in Hair
ETA: Rory O' Malley
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Posted by BeingAlive2 2011-07-11 20:50:54
Julie Andrews: Madame Armfeldt / Rory O'Malley: Jack in Into the Woods
Hannah Waddingham?
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Posted by random person 112 2011-07-11 20:56:14
In twenty years carlotta in follies, but i could also see her as mrs. lovett in sweeney, or jenny in company.
Angela lansbury?
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Posted by madbrian 2011-07-11 22:25:35
Lansbury: Berthe in Pippin
Next: Diana DeGarmo
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-11 22:33:02
Shelley in Bat Boy
Leslie Kritzer
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Posted by ahhrealmonsters 2011-07-11 22:33:08
Brenda in Catch Me if You Can
Aaron Tveit
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Posted by ILuv2shop531 2011-07-11 22:38:33
Jimmy in Thoroughly Modern Millie
Next: Jonathan Groff
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Posted by givesmevoice 2011-07-11 22:42:04
I don't want to ruin the flow of the thread, but I have to interject that I think Leslie Kritzer would be a fantastic Winnifred in Once Upon a Mattress.
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Posted by suttonfoster 2011-07-11 22:50:06
Jonathan Groff-Fabrizio in PIAZZA
Matt Cavenaugh?
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Posted by budfrump 2011-07-11 23:14:14
Matt Cavenaugh- Frank Abagnale JR in Catch Me If You Can
How about... Tammy Blanchard?
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Posted by random person 112 2011-07-11 23:35:42
Tammy blanchard as april in company.
Joanna Gleason?
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Posted by ahhrealmonsters 2011-07-11 23:35:55
givesmevoice- That's perfect because I was referencing Diana DeGarmo in mine (AC posted while I was responding).
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Posted by ILuv2shop531 2011-07-11 23:50:55
Joanna Gleason- The Chaperone in The Drowsy Chaperone
Next:Christopher Fitzgerald
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Posted by PennybankBill 2011-07-11 23:51:41
I have always wanted to see Joanna Gleason as Phyllis in Follies
My turn: Ellen Greene!
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Posted by NeoNormal 2011-07-12 00:01:35
Ellen Greene as Carlotta/Hattie in Follies
Stephanie J Block?
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Posted by random person 112 2011-07-12 00:11:27
A clown in godspell.
bernadette peters?
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Posted by ILuv2shop531 2011-07-12 00:12:30
Stephanie J Block: Fanny Brice in Funny Girl
Next: Christopher Fitzgerald
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Posted by random person 112 2011-07-12 00:15:51
barnaby in hello dolly.
I repeat miss peters.
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Posted by ILuv2shop531 2011-07-12 00:26:49
Bernadette: Diana In Next to Normal
Next: Will Swenson
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Posted by ahhrealmonsters 2011-07-12 00:30:20
The Emcee in Cabaret
Bobby Steggert
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Posted by pinoyidol2006 2011-07-12 00:56:55
Bobby in Urinetown.
Liz Callaway
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Posted by random person 112 2011-07-12 09:39:32
Liz callaway as celeste in saturday night.
bebe neuwirth
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-12 09:52:47
Phyllis Rogers Stone in Follies
Joe Mantello
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Posted by madbrian 2011-07-12 11:15:04
Joe Mantello as Ken in Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Next: Donny Osmond
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Posted by givesmevoice 2011-07-12 11:34:51
Donny Osmond: Dare I saw Elder McKinley in The Book of Mormon?
Next: Beth Leavel.
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Posted by BeingAlive2 2011-07-12 11:43:57
Beth as the Baker's Wife in Into the Woods
Raul Esparza?
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Posted by random person 112 2011-07-12 11:54:12
Martin in the falsettos series.
Barbara Walsh?
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Posted by twinbelters 2011-07-12 14:02:51
Frenchy in Destry Rides Again
Alison Fraser
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Posted by ReggieonBway 2011-07-12 14:11:07
Some of these casting choices are atrocious.
Fraser: Donna in Mamma Mia (hate that show so much)
Sierra Boggess
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Posted by North2009 2011-07-12 14:13:35
Anne in LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
Amy Sedaris
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Posted by madbrian 2011-07-12 14:16:23
Amy Sedaris as Dotti in Noises Off
Next: Nicole Parker
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Posted by random person 112 2011-07-12 14:19:50
Nicole parker as fanny brice in funny girl. By the way wich choices out of curiosity does reggie find atrocious.
Marin mazzie?
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Posted by BeingAlive2 2011-07-12 14:22:13
Nicole as Judy in 9 to 5
Donna Vivino?
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Posted by givesmevoice 2011-07-12 14:37:49
I'm going to answer Marin Mazzie because I'm still mad she wasn't Desiree in A Little Night Music. So I'm going to say Desiree in A Little Night Music.
I guess next can be Donna Vivino (not that I know who she is)
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Posted by random person 112 2011-07-12 14:47:09
donna vivino as grace o'malley in the pirate queen.
elaine strich?
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Posted by madbrian 2011-07-12 14:47:40
Donna Vivino (or Nicole Parker) as Winifred in Once Upon A Mattress
Next: Andy Karl
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Posted by pinoyidol2006 2011-07-12 15:06:09
Andy Karl as Tommy DeVito in Jersey Boys
Adam Pascal
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-12 15:38:08
Adam Pascal as Sky Masterson
Harriet Harris as....
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-12 15:46:38
Kath in ENTERTAINING MR SLOANE
Patina Miller
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Posted by ggersten 2011-07-12 15:55:36
Patina Miller as Dolly in Helly Dolly.
Next: Hunter Foster
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Posted by shrekster224 2011-07-12 17:27:31
hfoster should be in some movie, of course!
Next: Josh Gad
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-12 17:46:13
Pseudolus
Nikki James
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Posted by twinbelters 2011-07-12 18:56:18
Ottlie in House of Flowers
Howard McGillin
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Posted by jamiekennywicked 2011-07-12 18:59:26
^ No idea why but Tevye came to mind when I read Howard's name
next: Megan Hilty
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-12 19:48:20
Nikki James already played Ottilie in HOUSE OF FLOWERS (Encores, 2003)
Megan Hilty: Josefine/Monica in ROMANCE/ROMANCE
de'Adre Aziza
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Posted by rentfan2 2011-07-12 19:59:38
Ursula in Titanic
Victoria Clarke
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-12 20:04:51
Countess Aurelia in DEAR WORLD
Frances McDormand
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Posted by NeoNormal 2011-07-12 20:12:06
Mary Cavan Tyrone in Long Day's Journey Into Night
Emily Blunt?
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Posted by BeingAlive2 2011-07-12 20:12:49
Frances as Katherine in 33 Variations
Julia Murney?
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Posted by NeoNormal 2011-07-12 20:16:48
Julia Murney as Fastrada in Pippin.
Amy Spangler?
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-12 21:23:24
Emily Blunt as Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing
Amy Spanger as Charity Hope Valentine
Ed Norton?
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Posted by Theatreboy49 2011-07-13 01:16:38
Norton as Paderic in The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Allison Case?
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Posted by pinoyidol2006 2011-07-13 01:37:53
Allison Case as Kate Monster in Avenue Q
Laura Bell Bundy
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Posted by ILuv2shop531 2011-07-13 03:24:46
Laura Bell Bundy as Sally Bowles (which we sort of did on Cold Case)
Mary Faber
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Posted by dancingthrulife04 2011-07-13 03:34:17
Mary Faber as Christine Colgate in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Caissie Levy
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Posted by random person 112 2011-07-13 08:12:07
i could see cassie levy as Ilse in spring awakening
Leslie Kritzer?
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-13 08:37:44
Angel in THE RINK
Lily Rabe
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Posted by givesmevoice 2011-07-13 10:51:08
When she's older, I think Lily Rabe could be a beautiful Lyuba in The Cherry Orchard.
Next: Danny Burstein.
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Posted by The Josh 2011-07-13 11:45:23
Danny Burstein: Moonface Martin
Jesse Tyler Ferguson
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-13 11:59:36
Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Richard II
Kate Nelligan?
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Posted by twinbelters 2011-07-13 12:11:36
I had no idea Nikki was in the House of Flowers concert. Well then, she should be the Diahann Carroll role in No Strings.
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Posted by pinoyidol2006 2011-07-13 14:14:32
Diana DeGarmo as Clio / Kira in Xanadu
Lea Salonga
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Posted by suttonfoster 2011-07-13 14:47:03
Lea as Elphaba in WICKED
Sutton Foster?
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Posted by littlegreen2 2011-07-13 14:57:51
Sutton Foster as Clara in Passion.
Meghann Fahy?
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Posted by givesmevoice 2011-07-13 15:05:24
Sutton Foster as Clara in Passion.
I'm sorry, but what?
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Posted by aasjb4ever 2011-07-13 15:28:02
Sutton Foster as Clara in Passion.
*Andrew Rannells as Clara in Passion. Inside joke, but still valid.
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Posted by NeoNormal 2011-07-13 15:28:38
Meghann Fahy as Julie Jordan in Carousel.
Krysta Rodriguez?
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Posted by suttonfoster 2011-07-13 15:33:27
*Meghann Fahy as MJ in SPIDERMAN
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Posted by littlegreen2 2011-07-13 15:38:23
Just to defend my choice, I feel that Sutton Foster would be a good Clara, mostly because we've never seen her in a role like that. Passion is such an emotionally rich show and I feel that she could do it justice.
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-13 17:49:58
To get this thread back on track...
Liev Schreiber?
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Posted by NeoNormal 2011-07-13 18:57:02
Liev Schreiber as Hamlet
Melissa Errico?
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Posted by random person 112 2011-07-13 19:05:36
Liev schreiber has played hamlet before. As for melissa errico as nellie in south pacific.
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-13 19:07:23
Laura Osnes?
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Posted by suttonfoster 2011-07-13 19:15:19
Laura Osner as Clara in Light In The Piazza or Glinda in Wicked
Aaron Lazar?
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-13 19:16:55
Giorgio in PASSION
John Gallagher Jr
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Posted by shrekster224 2011-07-13 20:24:55
Laura Osnes as Christine, as well.
John Gallgher Jr. as maybe Roger in Rent? I get this weird feeling that he should be in Rent at some point.
Next: Tony Sheldon
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-14 06:59:53
Tony Sheldon as Henry Higgins
Kate Nelligan?
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Posted by madbrian 2011-07-14 07:32:10
Kate Nelligan as Helga ten Dorp in Deathtrap
Next: Christina Applegate
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-14 08:44:47
I would like to see her as Gloria, the American stewardess in BOEING BOEING.
Joanna Gleason
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-14 14:02:17
Joanna as Claire Zachanassian in The Visit (play or musical)
Patrick Wilson?
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Posted by madbrian 2011-07-14 14:20:03
Patrick Wilson as Captain Von Trapp in The Sound Of Music
Next: Maggie Smith
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-14 14:28:22
Maggie as Countess Aurelia in The Madwoman of Chaillot
Ruby Dee?
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-14 15:00:30
Ruby Dee as Mama Younger in A RAISIN IN THE SUN (has she played the role yet?)
Sanaa Lathan
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-14 16:20:31
Sanaa Lathan as Electra
(btw Ruby is a too old for Mama in Raisin)
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-14 16:23:07
oh, sorry, forgot to advance the game.
How about.... hmmmm....
Toni Collette?
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Posted by BeingAlive2 2011-07-14 16:32:23
Toni as Diane in The Little Dog Laughed
Marc Kudisch?
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-14 18:47:04
Kudisch as Sweeney Todd.
Jill Paice
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Posted by NeoNormal 2011-07-14 20:31:02
Jill Paice as Rose Vibert
Kate Winslet?
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-14 20:40:16
Winslet as Catherine Holly in SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER
Boyd Gaines
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-14 22:20:00
Boyd Gaines as Shelley Levene in Glengarry Glen Ross
Alfred Molina?
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Posted by BeingAlive2 2011-07-15 14:33:20
Molina as Michael in God of Carnage
Stephanie J Block? (if she hasn't been done yet?)
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Posted by Fred Casely 2011-07-15 15:25:10
Stephanie J. Block as Aldonza Dulcinea in MAN OF LA MANCHA
Mark Rylance
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Posted by bwaylvsong 2011-07-15 15:26:06
SJB as Mother in Ragtime
Brian Stokes Mitchell
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Posted by The Josh 2011-07-15 15:40:14
Mark Rylance as Algernon in The Importance of Being Earnest
Brian Stokes Mitchell as Emile in South Pacific (has he played the part before?)
Jim Parsons
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-15 17:04:13
Jim Parsons as Andei in The Three Sisters
Emily Watson?
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-15 17:18:33
Emily Watson as Shirley Valentine
Celia Keenan Bolger?
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Posted by NeoNormal 2011-07-15 17:43:54
Celia Keenan Bolger as Lili in Carnival
Natascia Diaz?
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-15 18:30:01
Diaz as Reno Sweeney
Eve Best
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-15 21:30:30
Eve Best as Vivian Bearing in Wit
Gary Oldman?
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Posted by PennybankBill 2011-07-16 10:48:42
Gary Oldman as Salieri in AMADEUS
Simon Callow?
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-16 10:52:46
Simon Callow as Titus Andronicus
Vanessa Redgrave
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-16 11:49:38
Vanessa has played just about everything she's ideal for now, so how about a huge stretch for her, like Lettice Douffet?
Alicia Silverstone?
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-16 12:51:57
Silverstone as Donny in THE CRYPTOGRAM
Elizabeth Marvel
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-16 17:15:32
Elizabeth as Paulina in Death and the Maiden
Alfre Woodard?
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-16 17:19:57
Woodard as Clytemnestra in IPHIGENIA IN AULIS
Viola Davis
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-16 19:10:29
Viola as Norma/Muriel/Karen in Plaza Suite
Jennifer Lawrence?
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-16 20:07:22
Lawrence as Agnes in AGNES OF GOD.
Jessica Hecht
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Posted by bernadettelupone17 2011-07-16 23:22:32
Beverly Weston in August: Osage County
Alice Ripley
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-17 05:09:40
Beverly Weston? Are you confusing characters?
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-17 11:17:17
Jessica Hecht is indeed very versatile, but I think you might more easily see her as one of Violet's daughters - Ivy would be my suggestion - and not her husband, Beverly, in August: Osage.
Alice Ripley as Hesione in Triumph of Love
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-17 11:38:02
To get the game back on track: Tyne Daly
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Posted by Overkill 2011-07-17 14:33:08
Tyne Daly as Carmen Bernstein in Curtains
Mark Linn-Baker
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Posted by PennybankBill 2011-07-17 14:37:07
Mark Linn Baker as Nicely Nicely Johnson in GUYS & DOLLS
Jim Walton as?
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-17 16:33:43
Jim Walton as Fredrik Egerman.
Cyndi Lauper?
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-17 16:44:51
Memo to Mr. Sher: Cyndi Lauper as Rosie Brice
Isabelle Huppert?
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-17 16:48:27
Has Huppert played Callas in MASTER CLASS? Or was that Fanny Ardent? I think she'd be captivating.
Rebecca Luker
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-17 17:30:54
Ardant played Callas in Paris with Polanski directing; I like the idea of Huppert in Master Class too.
I would really love to see Rebecca Luker as Adriana in a fully staged Boys from Syracuse, but of course she already scored in that role at Encores, so that's cheating.
So I'll say Margaret in Light in the PIazza . although I'd love to see what she would do with Victor/Victoria too.
Lin-Manuel Miranda?
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Posted by random person 112 2011-07-17 20:10:48
I could see him as collins in rent i don't know if anyone else could but i could so so see that.
Kerry butler?
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-17 20:25:02
I've always pictured Kerry Butler as Mrs. Johnstone in BLOOD BROTHERS. It would be a welcome change to see her not playing a teenager, and also fun since she was in the original Broadway company.
Jane Krakowski?
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Posted by Born in a Ditch 2011-07-17 20:29:00
Jane Krakowski as Sandra in All Shook Up
Haven Burton
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Posted by random person 112 2011-07-17 20:40:15
Haven burton as millie in throughly modern millie
Tina Fey i know she hasn't done stage work yet but she wants to.
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Posted by EvelynOakleigh 2011-07-18 01:21:16
i think i could see tina fey playing annette in god of carnage
next: Christine Baranski
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Posted by givesmevoice 2011-07-18 01:53:21
I'd like to see Baranski as Joanne in Company. She's never done it, right?
George Lee Andrews, since I hear he is looking for work.
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Posted by random person 112 2011-07-18 06:50:35
Frank in Annie get your gun maybe.
Leigh ann larkin?
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Posted by madbrian 2011-07-18 08:19:18
Leigh Ann Larkin as Amneris in Aida
Kathy Bates?
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-18 09:06:03
Kathy Bates as Mattie Fae Aiken in AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
Edie Falco?
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Posted by random person 112 2011-07-18 09:14:27
That's weird you suggest Kathy for the part i'd always pictured her in it.I don't know but in about thirty years i'd die to see her play violet Weston but for now Barbra Weston.
Dame maggie smith?
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Posted by madbrian 2011-07-18 09:30:49
Maggie Smith as Mrs. Higgins in My Fair Lady
Kate Shindle?
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-18 09:42:25
Shindle as Kate Fothergill in GIRL CRAZY
Again, Edie Falco?
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Posted by madbrian 2011-07-18 09:47:55
Edie Falco as Martha in Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf
Vanessa Williams?
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Posted by random person 112 2011-07-18 09:50:15
Vanessa Williams as joanne in company.
Patti lupone?
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-18 09:55:37
Patti as Mother Superior in AGNES OF GOD
Bobby Cannavale?
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Posted by madbrian 2011-07-18 10:10:03
Bobby Cannavale as Ricky Roma in Glangarry Glen Ross
David Hyde Pierce?
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Posted by Craig 2011-07-18 10:13:55
David Hyde Pierce - would love to see his take on Styne in City of Angels.
Josh Gad
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Posted by Wilmingtom 2011-07-18 12:35:30
Marcellus in The Music Man
Tom Hanks?
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-18 13:41:57
Tom Hanks as Frank Elgin in The Country Girl
Judy Kuhn
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Posted by random person 112 2011-07-18 13:49:12
I don't know how she'd do the whole show but i want to see her play dianna if only to hear her sing i missed the mountains she mit struggle with the hard rock elements of the score but she the quieter moments where shes not belting her face off would be brilliant truly brilliant.
Anika noni rose?
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Posted by givesmevoice 2011-07-18 13:56:03
Anika Noni Rose as Louise, with Tonya Pinkins as Rose.
Veanne Cox.
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-18 18:43:54
Veanne as Homebody in Homebody/Kabul
Vincent Kartheiser
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-18 20:31:27
Kartheiser as Edmund Tyrone in LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT
Patrick Wilson
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Posted by random person 112 2011-07-18 22:11:03
He has the perfect voice for anthony in sweeney todd but my fear is that he would seem old for it.
Ruthie henshall?
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Posted by GlindatheGood22 2011-07-19 10:06:34
Ruthie Henshall as Dot in Sunday in the Park.
Tonya Pinkins
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-19 10:27:46
Tonya Pinkins as Sally Adams in CALL ME MADAM
Patrick Breen?
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-19 15:25:18
I would love to see Patrick Breen as Yvan in Art.
(BTW I'm a little late to the party on this but my ideal Patrick Wilson role would be George in She Loves Me)
And speaking of Yvan in Art:
Alfred Molina?
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Posted by PennybankBill 2011-07-19 17:42:51
I've always thought Alfred Molina would make a good Bobby Gould in SPEED THE PLOW.
Teresa Stratas?
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Posted by BeingAlive2 2011-07-19 18:10:34
I think Teresa Stratas would be a great Big Edie in Grey Gardens
LaChanze?
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Posted by random person 112 2011-07-19 21:20:06
Lachanze as aida in aida.
Sherie Rene scott?
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Posted by shrekster224 2011-07-19 21:48:31
Diana.
Next: Adam Chanler-Berat
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-20 16:24:41
Adam as Warren in This is Our Youth.
Mary-Louise Parker
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-20 18:07:03
Mary-Louise Parker as Evy in The Gingerbread Lady
Carolee Carmello?
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-20 18:09:43
Not that I'm looking for another Gypsy revival any time soon, Carmello would be an ideal Mama Rose. I'll also put her down for Miss Adelaide.
Mary McCormack?
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Posted by random person 112 2011-07-20 21:36:26
martha livingston in agnes of god
Leslie kritzer?
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-21 01:26:21
I agree that Carolee would be an interesting Mama Rose.
I pass and to keep it going, whose got something for Kritzer?
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Posted by Overkill 2011-07-21 03:03:16
Kritzer is PERFECT for Winnifred in Once Upon a Mattress. I want to see that SO bad.
Carol Burnett
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-21 05:38:33
Burnett as The Grand Duchess in YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU
John McMartin
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-21 08:40:43
John McMartin as Old Man in The Chairs
One of my favorites: Kim Crosby
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-21 08:53:11
Crosby as Vera Simpson (although she'll always be perpetually young to me)
Julie White?
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Posted by Whatshisname 2011-07-21 13:19:47
Julie White- Regan in King Lear
Meryl Streep?
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-21 14:32:23
Meryl Streep as Margaret of Anjou in Shakespeare's first tetralogy
Ed Norton
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-21 15:12:27
Norton as Quentin in After the Fall
Robert Sean Leonard?
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-22 00:08:22
Robert Sean Leonard as Kenneth Talley, Jr. in Fifth of July.
Marisa Tomei?
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-22 05:21:23
Marisa Tomei as Bunny Flingus in The House of Blue Leaves.
(RSL already played Kenneth Talley, to much acclaim, at the Signature Theater in 2003)
Frank Wood?
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-22 14:23:37
Ah, re: RSL already acing 5thoJuly, either I'm really good at this or I had known that, consciously forgotten, and subconsciously cheated.
I'd also love to see Robert as Joe in The Children's Hour.
Wood as Willy Loman
Angelica Huston?
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-25 09:10:23
She's too old now, but a decade or so ago Huston would have made a perfect Jean Brodie. Has she done theatre in her career?
Jan Maxwell?
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Posted by givesmevoice 2011-07-25 09:32:36
I actually think a young Jan Maxwell could have made a great Billie Dawn in Born Yesterday.
Dana Ivey?
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-25 09:39:30
Agreed that Jan Maxwell could've been a great Billie Dawn. (How old was Madeline Kahn when she played the role?)
Dana Ivey as Bessie Berger in AWAKE AND SING.
Sarah Paulson?
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Posted by madbrian 2011-07-25 10:03:50
Sarah Paulson as Jessie in 'night, Mother
Kathy Bates?
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Posted by givesmevoice 2011-07-25 10:07:15
I'm pretty sure someone said this earlier in the thread, but I love the idea of Kathy Bates as Mattie Fae in August: Osage County.
Jose Llana?
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-25 10:26:10
I've always thought that Llana would be great as Curley in OKLAHOMA. Also, I remember watching him in THE KING AND I and thinking he'd make an amazing King the next time they did a revival. So, either of those.
Anna Paquin?
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Posted by madbrian 2011-07-25 10:34:57
Anna Paquin as Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker
Olga Merediz?
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-25 11:13:22
Merediz as Joanne in COMPANY
Felicity Huffman?
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Posted by madbrian 2011-07-25 11:16:01
Felicity Huffman as Mame Dennis in Auntie Mame
Terrence Mann?
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-25 11:17:14
I've always wanted to see Mann as Captain Von Trapp. Has he done it before, regionally?
Julia Murney
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-25 11:37:07
Julia Murney in a rep season: Diana Goodman in Next to Normal, Constance of Brittany in King John, Jenny in Threepenny Opera
Fiona Shaw
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-25 11:45:16
Fiona Shaw as Mary Cavan Tyrone
(Love the idea of Murney as Jenny, btw)
Rebecca Luker?
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Posted by givesmevoice 2011-07-25 12:07:43
Perhaps someone else can come up with a role for present-day Rebecca Luker, but I think that she could've made a wonderful Abigail Adams in 1776 (probably even around the time of the 1997 revival).
ETA: Scratch that: I'd love to see her really stretch her acting chops in a role like Margaret Johnson.
Erin Davie?
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Posted by madbrian 2011-07-25 12:22:52
Erin Davie as Honey in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Joan Allen?
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-25 12:23:31
Erin Davie would be a dream as Liza Elliott in LADY IN THE DARK.
Anika Noni Rose?
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-25 18:28:43
Joan Allen as Ranevskaya and Anika Noni Rose as Varya in The Cherry Orchard
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-25 18:29:45
sorry, forgot to advance:
Pauline Collins
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-25 18:35:19
AC, I wasn't aware of Huston's work on stage. But broadwayworld.com (what a resource) says that she was Francesca Annis's understudy as Ophelia, and an ensemble member, in Tony Richardson's Hamlet starring Nicol Williamson in 1969.
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-25 18:45:10
Wow, she would have only been 18 years old at the time of that production. I wonder if she ever went on for Annis.
Pauline Collins as Lettice Douffet in LETTICE AND LOVAGE.
Sigourney Weaver?
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-25 21:45:53
Sigourney Weaver as Tiny Alice
Alan Rickman?
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-25 22:18:11
Alan Rickman as Barabbas in THE JEW OF MALTA.
Sinead Cusack?
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-26 14:16:06
Did Cherry Orchard remind you of Sinead?
I'd love to see her as something completely unexpected (like Madame Arcati) but I'll play it safe and offer Agnes in A Delicate Balance (to Jeremy's Tobias might be interesting).
Claire Bloom?
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-26 16:06:19
You're quite right that it did; what performances she and Beale (and Hall) gave! One of my most memorable nights at the theatre. And I actually LOVE the idea of her as Madame Arcati (and as Agnes).
Has Bloom ever played Queen Margaret in RICHARD III? I think she'd be ideal.
I'll advance the game with Cusack's Chekhovian daughter, Rebecca Hall.
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-26 18:56:53
Don't know if Bloom has ever played Margaret.
Wow. Rebecca Hall. Have you seen the Nicole Holofcener movie Please Give, AC? She's terrific in it. I'm gonna stick with a theme here and say she'd be a wonderful Ruth to Sinead's Madame Arcati, maybe with Matthew Madfadyen as Charles and Romola Garai as Elvira.
(An all Anglo production of Blithe Spirit would sure to be controversial. Thank goodness Sinead is Irish..... JUST KIDDING FOLKS!)
Thomas Sadoski?
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-26 19:15:47
PLEASE GIVE was one of my favorite films last year. Holofcener is quite the talent. Hall and Amanda Peet blew me away.
I love the idea of BLITHE SPIRIT with a YOUNG cast. The way they cast the recent Broadway revival, Charles, Ruth, and Elvira could have been Madame Arcati's cousins.
Sadowski as Jimmy Porter in LOOK BACK IN ANGER.
Bill Nighy?
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-26 19:20:48
I loved the movie too. Peet was also wonderful in it.
If he's not too old for it, Bill Nighy as Alan Turing in Breaking the Code.
Juliet Stevenson?
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-26 20:06:18
Juliet Stevenson as Phyllis Rogers Stone.
Kelsey Grammer?
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Posted by random person 112 2011-07-26 21:15:10
Horace vangelder in Hello dolly to bernadette peters dolly.
Alice Ripley?
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Posted by BeingAlive2 2011-07-26 21:59:23
with vocal rest and about 15 years, i think alice could be mama rose
reeve carney?
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Posted by shrekster224 2011-07-26 22:52:24
Carney as Finch in How to Succeed. Maybe Gabe in N2N.
Next: Karen Olivo
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Posted by ILuv2shop531 2011-07-27 02:17:08
Ahh Reeve as Finch would be different but interesting to see.
Karen as Rosie in Bye, Bye Birdie
Next: Jason Tam
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Posted by madbrian 2011-07-27 08:34:45
Jason Tam as Chip in Spelling Bee
Victor Garber?
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-27 08:48:34
Garber as George in JUMPERS.
Judy Greer?
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Posted by madbrian 2011-07-27 09:08:01
Judy Greer as Brooke in Noises Off
Johnny Galecki?
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-27 09:20:28
Great choice for Greer, madbrian.
Galecki as Bri in A DAY IN THE DEATH OF JOE EGG.
Kaitlin Hopkins?
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Posted by givesmevoice 2011-07-27 09:27:47
I think Kaitlin Hopkins would be a great Baker's Wife.
Geoffrey Rush.
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Posted by madbrian 2011-07-27 09:40:22
Geoffrey Rush as Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady
Rachel York?
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-27 09:43:06
Rachel York as Mrs. Wilkinson
Elisabeth Moss?
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-27 13:18:58
Just a supplementary post here. Someone over on ATC suggested that Donna Murphy would be a great replacement for Tyne Daly in MASTER CLASS. I find myself somewhat obsessed with the idea now. Murphy seems ideal to me:
--She's closer in age than almost anyone who's played her in a major production (save Patti LuPone, who was the exact same age when she played Callas that Callas was when she taught at Juilliard)
--Her strong, attractive features are similar to Callas's
--We know from her performances that she can be both temperamental and nurturing, strong but also subtle.
I love the idea personally. Thoughts?
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Posted by givesmevoice 2011-07-27 13:41:06
I've never seen Master Class, but am pretty familiar with the show, and I think Murphy could be incredible. There are times when her name is thrown out for a role that I have a hard time imagining her in the part (Rose is the best example of this), but know that if I actually saw her, she would blow me away. So while she's not the first person to come to mind for the part, I'm sure she would be incredible.
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-29 05:28:29
No doubt Donna would ace Callas.
I'd be curious what Moss would do with Sonia in Uncle Vanya, although I wish I would have been able to see her as Martha in The Children's Hour in London.
Next: your mission, should you accept it, is to cast the following two people together in a play, movie remake, or book adaptation for film or screen (feel free to tell us who you want to direct, etc.)
Christoph Waltz and Frances O'Connor
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-29 08:09:59
It's almost too easy for them: George and Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. They're both electrifying performers, able to seamlessly shift their emotions at a whim. I'd love to see them do it either on stage or on film. (I want O'Connor back on stage)
I had never considered Moss for Sonia, but hearing it, it sounds pretty ideal. Perhaps her MAD MEN co-star Christina Hendricks could play Yelena.
Next two: Vera Farmiga and Adrien Brody.
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-29 08:46:27
Cool, AC, I didn't particularly have anything in mind but was curious what the response would be. Virginia Woolf is a very cool idea. I also see them as Torvald and Nora big time.
Farmiga and Brody as Amalia and Gennaro in De Filippo's Napoli Milionaria.
Frances McDormand and Holly Hunter
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-29 08:57:22
The first thing that came to my mind was Schiller's MARY STUART: McDormand as the fiery Mary; Hunter as the placid but forceful Elizabeth. But then I thought I might like to see them in DON CARLOS instead, with Hunter as Elisabeth of Valois and McDormand as Princess Eboli. They're both long in the tooth, but it wouldn't be the first time that happened.
I could also see them in THE WINTER'S TALE (McDormand as Paulina, Hunter as Hermione).
Bill Irwin and Alfred Molina
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-29 09:40:01
Wow - although I certainly agree with your age caveat! I'm tempted to go further and say esas son completemente sobre los Pirineos Araganoses para Don Carlos. Mary Stuart, of course, though it's difficult for me to imagine anyone other than McTeer and Walter in those roles at this point, so in awe of their work there. They're perfect for those roles in Winter's Tale.
I'd love to see Irwin and Molina in a film of Bellow's Humboldt's Gift, Irwin as Charlie (a bit of stretch but I think he could do it) and Molina as Humboldt.
David Greenspan and Harriet Harris
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-29 10:50:24
This is not a show I particularly like, but I could see Harriet Harris in the title role of THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, with Greenspan as Man in Chair. They'd bring wit and layers that are missing from the musical itself.
Rebecca Hall and Eve Best?
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-29 13:09:30
So many possibilities!
Most excitiing to me would be Best as Solange and Hall as Claire in The Maids (perhaps with Jolie Richardson as Madame).
Also worth considering:
Best as Olivia and Hall as Viola in Twelfth Night
Best as Sarah and Hall as Mandy in Time Stands Still
Best as Lotty and Hall as Rose in Enchanted April
Best as the Marquise de Merteuil and Hall as Mme. de Tourvel in
Les Liaisons
Best as June and Hall as Childie in Killing of Sister George
Best as Masha and Hall as Irina....
etc., etc., etc.
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Posted by madbrian 2011-07-29 13:49:04
Best & Hall as the Pigeon sisters in The Odd Couple
Raul Esparza & Cheno?
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Posted by bwaylvsong 2011-07-29 14:13:29
Raul and Cheno as Fred/Petruchio and Lilli/Kate. They would make an interesting George and Dot, too. Or the Baker and his wife.
Stokes and Mazzie
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Posted by madbrian 2011-07-29 14:33:53
Stokes and Mazzie as Ben and Sally in Follies.
Martha Plimpton and Stephen Colbert?
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-29 14:38:19
Plimpton as Emma and Colbert as Robert in BETRAYAL.
Kevin Kline and S. Epatha Merkerson
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-29 14:38:46
Stokes and Mazzie as Oscar and Lily in On The Twentieth Century
Plimpton and Colbert as Maggie and Bert in 42nd Street
Amy Adams and Bryan D'Arcy James?
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Posted by The Josh 2011-07-29 21:48:28
Amy Adams and Brian D'Arcy James as Cinderella and her respective prince in Into the Woods.
Harvey Fierstein and Jill Paice?
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-29 21:53:22
Jill Paice as Ella Patterson in BELLS ARE RINGING, with Fierstein in the supporting role of Sandor.
Jan Maxwell and Michele Pawk?
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-30 14:09:50
Jan Maxwell as Hesione and Michelle Pawk as Corine in Triumph of Love
OR BETTER YET: Maxwell as Desiree and Michelle as Charlotte!!
Don Cheadle and Jennifer Coolidge
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-30 15:06:43
Coolidge and Cheadle as Hannah and William Warren / Diana and Sidney Nichols / Gert and Stu Franklyn in CALIFORNIA SUITE.
(Speaking of Pawk in TRIUMPH OF LOVE, I saw her as Hesione in the original run. I'm not sure if she replaced Betty Buckley or covered her during a vacation, but she was exquisite, perhaps even better than Buckley.)
Since one of my previous challenges got lost in a shuffle, I'll ask again: Kevin Kline and S. Epatha Merkerson?
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-31 10:34:28
Thought I already responded AC but it doesn't look like it took. Kline and Merkerson as Willy and Linda Loman.
Joanna Lumley and Tom Courtenay
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-31 11:17:52
I love that idea, Henrik.
Lumley as Julie Cavendish (a role I've always wanted her to play and I think she could still pull off) and Courtenay as Herbert Dean in THE ROYAL FAMILY.
Bebe Neuwirth and Simon Russell Beale?
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Posted by random person 112 2011-07-31 15:08:52
i know this isn't the most popular idea but i think bebe could off rose in gypsy especially with mendes as director and beale as herbie
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Posted by random person 112 2011-07-31 15:09:59
And now
Patti lupone and bernadette peters?
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Posted by The Josh 2011-07-31 15:43:43
LuPone and Peters as Lady Bracknell and Miss Prism, perhaps?
Joe Mantello and George Hearn
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-31 15:51:17
Lupone and Peters alternating as Cora and Fay in Anyone Can Whistle.
I know, I know - but nothing says Fay and Hapgood have to be young.
Stanley Tucci and Jane Kaczmarek
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-31 16:31:04
Jane Kaczmarek as Dotty Otley and Stanley Tucci as Lloyd Dallas in NOISES OFF! (with Judy Greer as Brooke Ashton).
George Hearn as President Hockstader and Joe Mantello as Secretary William Russell in THE BEST MAN.
Kate Mulgrew and Lauren Ambrose?
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-31 18:39:45
Kate Mulgrew as Kitty and Lauren Ambrose as Vivie in Mrs. Warren's Profession
Two "Uncommon Women" together again: Alma Cuervo and Swoosie Kurtz
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Posted by AC126748 2011-07-31 18:56:22
Kurtz as Agnes and Cuervo as Claire in A DELICATE BALANCE. And speaking of Wasserstein, I'd like to see either actress take a stab at Professor Laurie Jacobsen in THIRD.
Christine Lahti and Boyd Gaines?
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-07-31 20:52:14
Lahti and Gaines as Leona and Renato in The Time of the Cuckoo
A "Wings of the Dove" reunion: Charlotte Rampling and Elizabeth McGovern
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Posted by random person 112 2011-08-02 16:54:23
Charlotte rampling as violet to elizabeth mcgovern as karen i know mcgovern is a little old to play karen but she looks way younger than she is.
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Posted by random person 112 2011-08-02 16:55:40
Bernadette peters and julie andrews?
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Posted by AC126748 2011-08-02 17:18:35
Just for laughs, how about Julie Andrews as Margaret Elderdice and Bernadette Peters as Cara Varnum in THE WEST SIDE WALTZ?
Roger Rees and Judith Light?
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-08-02 19:12:35
Rees as Volpone and Light (maybe trousered, maybe not) as Mosca
Judy Davis and Anthony LaPaglia
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Posted by AC126748 2011-08-02 19:53:55
LaPaglia and Davis as Joe and Kate Keller in ALL MY SONS.
Melissa Errico and Patrick Wilson
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Posted by bestfreakinshoes 2011-08-03 01:05:38
All this casting but no Allison Janney?
Shame, shame.
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-08-03 09:45:27
Melissa Errico as Medea, Allison Janney as the Nurse, and Patrick Wilson as Jason in a new musical:
CORINTHIAN CAPERS
book by Marlo Thomas and Elaine May
music and lyrics by Fiona Apple
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Lesley Manville and Annette Bening
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Posted by AC126748 2011-08-03 10:20:12
Well, I'd buy a full price tickets to see the two of the in anything, but right now I'm picturing Annette as Diane McBride and Lesley as Mrs. McBride in Guare's Marco Polo Sings a Solo.
Next: Kathleen Chalfant and Eileen Atkins?
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-08-03 12:32:40
Now you're talking, AC! And, while I have you, here's hoping you enjoy your birthday celebration at the Marquis! I'll be center row k in less than two weeks btw.
I'd buy a full price ticket to see Chalfant and Atkins play checkers. But I'd much rather see Eileen as Cora to Kathleen's Arry in Morning's at Seven. Although each could no doubt ace any of Osborne's four sisters.
btw it's vile and heinous that Manville didn't get even an oscar nomination last year for Another Year.
next up: Katie Finneran and Gabriel Byrne
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Posted by AC126748 2011-08-03 12:43:00
It's my second straight birthday I'll be spending with Bernadette! Last year, I got to see her on my actual birthday (August 22) in my favorite musical of all time, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC (it was my fourth time seeing her and Stritch). This year it will be a week later, but I'll be seeing her in my second favorite musical--and, as I mentioned on the other thread, the first time I'm seeing a full production. Do let me know what you think when you see it next week!
btw it's vile and heinous that Manville didn't get even an oscar nomination last year for Another Year.
I couldn't agree more. She gave the best performance I saw all last year, in the best film of the year. Simultaneously endearing and annoying, hilarious and heartbreaking--not the kind of performance any actor can just give. I felt the same outrage when Sally Hawkins was snubbed for her astounding performance in Leigh's HAPPY-GO-LUCKY.
To the matter at hand: ten years ago I would have said Finneran as Chrissy and Byrne as Al in David Rabe's In the Boom Boom Room. Today, I'm going to say Mother Courage and The Cook in Mother Courage and Her Children.
Next two: Amy Morton and John Hawkes?
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-08-03 20:59:49
Hawkes as Shannon to Morton's Hannah (although she'd probably nail Maxine as well) in Night of the Iguana.
Karen Olivo and Lin-Manuel Miranda
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Posted by The Josh 2011-08-03 21:24:02
Olivo as Titania and Miranda as Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
David Hyde Pierce and Christine Baranski
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-08-04 10:34:21
Pierce as Sidney and Baranski as Helga in Deathtrap
Jane Horrocks and Campbell Scott
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Posted by random person 112 2011-08-18 16:53:48
If jane could ditch the british accent i could see her and scott doing a more comedic spin on the kennedys, very comedic in fact. With horrocks as jackie and scott as rfk.
Judy Davis and sherie rene scott?
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-08-19 12:18:54
Thanks for getting us up and running again, Random!
I've got four ideas:
Davis as June to Scott's Childie in Killing of Sister George.
Davis as Nancy to Scott's Sarah in Seascape.
Davis as Thelma to Scott's Jessie in 'night, Mother.
Davis as Toby to Scott's Evie - or maybe the other way around - in The Gingerbread Lady.
Maybe these could run in rep.
Chip Zien and Evan Pappas
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Posted by random person 112 2011-10-11 18:03:12
That would be the most killer repetory theater in creation henrik
I could pappas as the street singer in the three penny opera to ziens mr.peachum.
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Posted by random person 112 2011-10-11 20:14:40
Victoria Clark and patti lupone
And if you really want a challenge bernadette as well.
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-10-12 15:52:17
Game On, Random!
"L'amour, L'amour!"
A new musical version of The Women.
In much expanded roles:
Vicky as Nancy Blake (think Ann Sheridan's narrator version in The Opposite Sex)
Patti as Dolly Dupuyster
Bernadette as Mrs. Morehead
and starring
Kelli O'Hara as Mary
Orfeh as Crystal
Julia Murney as Sylvia
Katie Finneran as Edith
Jane Krakowski, Laura Benanti, Karen Olivo or Christina Hendricks as Miriam (I just can't decide)
Michelle Federer as Peggy
and (in boxes)
Christine Baranski as the Countess de Lave
Reba McEntire as Lucy
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Ed Norton and Ethan Hawke
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Posted by random person 112 2011-10-12 20:46:16
In all fairness henrik wouldn't hendricks, be more fun as crystal than miriam given as ,not to be unkind to orfeh, must be very attractive. Plus then you get the lovely tv star vs the musical star thing going on with her and o'hara.
I'm thinking (in a real casting switch up for this show but a fun one) Hawke as an old franklin shepard, and Norton as an older charlie. They'd have to have young counterparts but besides that...
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-10-13 09:19:16
I certainly thought of Christina as Crystal, Random, but I think Miriam would be a more interesting role for her, and also that Crystal might be a more interesting - if challenging - role for Orfeh. I might think Orfeh is hotter than you do perhaps but I also don't think Crystal has to be "attractive" in the stop traffic sense, just, with the help of theater magic, a mankiller, which I think Orfeh could pull off.
But I agree the musical comedy star versus tv star thing would resonate well with the rivalry dynamic in the play (taking this perhaps too far, Stephen then becomes per that paradigm loyal/disloyal ticket buying "audience")
I guess I fell for the idea of a knock down drag out cat fight between Murney and Hendricks as well.
Comparing Crystal to Miriam, I don't think Crawford was a particularly beautiful woman - on the other hand, Goddard (brilliant as the oriingal Miriam) was one of the most alluring women in the movies ever - and I like the idea of Hendricks as Miriam.
To me Orfeh is one of those women who can look amazing or very worn out. Although she might be too short for the role (I thought of Benanti as well but she seems like she might be too tall) she was the most interesting choice I could come up with it, although I have the feeling there must be a definitive choice who is eluding me. Scarlet Johansen maybe?
btw, I like the idea of Norton as Becket and Hawke as Henry II, which seems very ripe for revival IMO.
Your turn.
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Posted by random person 112 2011-10-13 17:56:04
Yes but crawford had something orfeh dosn't youth. In short for this hendricks is the young sensual new girl at the macys counter. Orfeh is lucky to have the job at belks. though she could sing the **** out of the part allowing for some fun music where hendricks could not. ten years ago i could have bought it but hey, if they can make angela lansbury look sixy and bernadette fourty, who knows.... Orfeh could work.
Martha Plimpton and Megan Mullally, and if you really want a challenge benanti?
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-10-13 18:09:14
OK, you win, I'm wrong, I just thought she'd be the best bitch of them all to tell you the truth. Although, I can't understand how Benanti as Crystal could be a problem - agewise at least - when she only played Gypsy, and pretty damned well, 3 years ago.
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-10-13 18:12:29
not to mention, Orfeh is 44. Crawford was then 34.
By 1939 versus current and screen versus stage standards, I'd say it's a draw on the youth front.
But, in any event, as I said, I surrender.
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Posted by random person 112 2011-10-13 18:16:34
Oh no benanti would be a fun crystal because frankly benanti as many people around here acknowledge looks much younger and can play younger and have people believe it without casting around to make her look that way (example of casting around while not as good an example, peters in annie get your gun.) And i agree orfeh would be a fun bitch, only trouble is finding the right piece.... By the way your thing about stephen you hit the nail on the head my friend. On the bitch train while not full on bitch after hearing her strongest suit she would have been a fun amneris.
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-10-13 18:30:15
Random, I think by now we might have set a record for debating the casting of a show that doesn't even exist - even for BWW. But it has been fun!
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Posted by random person 112 2011-10-13 18:32:36
Yes and i'm sorry but i'm horrible i write huge posts so then i never see the other person has responded. it's kinda funny. on another subject plimpton and mullally, and if you wish benanti?
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-10-13 21:06:16
For &*()'s sake, no need to apologize!
So, who again?
OK, Mullaley, PLimpton and who? Oh, Benanti.
Hmmm.... I feel, in keeping with all the cross-racial, cross-gender, cross-species threads I should think outside of the box. Big time.
So, I'll just say:
Megan as Don Quixote, Martha as Sancho and Laura as Rocinante.
But seriously folks....
ok, time for dinner, I'll come up with something later...
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Ok, Laura as Annie, Martha as Sarah and Megan as Ruth (or some other combination thereof) in The Norman Conquests
Joan Allen, Gabriel Byrne, and if you like, Bill Pullman
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Posted by random person 112 2011-10-14 20:22:29
Joan allen as Ranevskaya
Bill Pullman as gayev
and
Byrne as simeonov-pishchik In the cherry tree. My only concern is allen possibly looking too attractive or not being so far gone as to seem like an old aristocrat but i think she could do it.
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-10-15 18:48:25
nice, random - next?
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Posted by random person 112 2011-10-15 19:38:05
Marin Mazzie
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-10-15 21:45:36
Marin as Mrs. Anna and John Lone as The King!!!!
Samantha Morton and Patrick Stewart
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Posted by random person 112 2011-10-15 21:58:35
Samantha morton and Patrick stewart in an adaption of extremely loud and incredibly close with samantha as the mother and stewart as the grandfather.
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Posted by random person 112 2011-10-16 10:57:53
Heather Headley and Sierra Boggess?
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Posted by wsondheim94 2011-10-16 13:12:52
Heather Headley -- Sarah, RAGTIME
Sierra Boggess -- Sarah Brown, GUYS AND DOLLS
hehe two Sarahs!!
Alice Ripley and Rosalind Russell?
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Posted by random person 112 2011-10-16 13:26:28
umm w your supposed to cast the two in the same piece not diffrent pieces and frankly headley dosn't have the pipes for sarah, she could never sing it without screaming every note and even then she'd proably be flat. boggess would be an amiable sarah brown though.
Well it's harder considering russell is deceased so a female adaption of weekend at bernies with rosalind as bernie the corpse and ripley transporting the body around.
Meryl streep?
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-10-16 14:10:01
I previously said Meryl as Margaret of Anjou
Now I say that someone should finally make a film of de Beauvoir's The Mandarins with Meryl as Anne. Technically she might be too old, but it's unstated that Anne is de Beauvoir's prototype and would have been her age - late 30s - early 40s - right after the war when the story is set.
Guess I'm seeing Meryl as French these days, must be all that French cooking she just did.
Jennifer Ehle and Stephen Dillane, reunited
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Posted by random person 112 2011-10-16 15:21:57
jennifer as kate
stephen as petruchio
In the taming of the shrew
Aaron Tveit and Anika Noni Rose (anything but memphis)
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-10-17 22:35:38
Aaron as Dr. Lvov and Anika as Anna in Ivanov
Rosemarie DeWitt and Mia Wasikowska
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Posted by random person 112 2011-11-10 23:09:06
the seagull with wasikowska as nina and rosemarie as masha.
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Posted by henrikegerman 2011-11-11 16:23:36
Like it, Random. A lot! Your move!
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Posted by random person 112 2011-11-11 19:21:46
(I know i've suggested her before but i want these two together just to see what would happen.) Sherie rene scott and idina menzel.
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Posted by Drew Fitzsimmons 2011-11-13 04:16:52
Idina and Sherie as Velma and Roxy.
David Tennant and Kristen Bell.
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Posted by random person 112 2012-05-01 19:36:54
(I would love to see Sherie as Roxy, not sure about Idina as Velma though.) David as Bill Snibson and if Kristen can do the accent Sally Smith in Me and My Girl.
Kristin Chenoweth (I want to see if someone has the same idea as me here.)
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Posted by henrikegerman 2012-05-01 20:44:24
Kristen Chenoweth as Mabel in Mack and Mabel (hard because I think Lily Garland is the perfect role for her and it's going to happen)
Christopher Walken and Blair Brown
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Posted by ChildrenwillListen 2012-05-01 20:49:24
Dan and Diana in Next to Normal?
Laura Bell Bundy and Kate Shindle (reunited)
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Posted by random person 112 2012-05-01 20:52:59
(I was dreaming of her as Annie in Annie Get Your Gun, she'd be a little unorthodox but i think fantastic.) Christopher Walken as Alfred the third and Blair as Claire.
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Posted by henrikegerman 2012-05-01 22:30:22
^I actually thought about her as Annie as well.
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Posted by random person 112 2012-05-02 16:21:34
^(I don't know if this is really fair but since many said at the time due to her standby status she wasn't able to fully take on the role like she would have had she been doing it full time so...)
Laura Bell Bundy as Glinda and Kate Shindle as Elphaba.
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Posted by The Josh 2012-05-02 18:51:32
^Now Laura Bell Bundy and Kate Shindle might just encourage me to make a trip over to the Gershwin... probably not.
And now, to continue the game:
Alison Brie and Norm Lewis
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Posted by Wynbish 2012-05-02 18:59:43
Alison as Billie and Norm as Paul in Born Yesterday?
Jonathan Groff and Harvey Fierstein
