VIDEOS: Bryan Cranston In A Musical Revival? Who Should He Play?

When President Lyndon B. Johnson was running for re-election in 1964, one of his most famous supporters was Broadway's Carol Channing, who tweaked the title song of her hit show to serenade the crowds with "Hello, Lyndon."

Bryan Cranston won the 2014 Best Actor in a Play Tony Award for his remarkable performance as LBJ in Robert Schenkkan's ALL THE WAY, but unlike the politician, he wants to be the one singing in the spotlight.

While being interviewed by Robert Wuhl for his Play.it podcast series "Ipso Facto," Cranston mentioned that he wanted to return to the stage in "something that's not in my wheelhouse. Something that scares me a little bit that I've always thought about."

After a little prompting from the host, the Emmy-winning star of "Breaking Bad," explained that he's in preliminary talks to star in a musical revival.

"I've got some ideas about it that I pitched and those are going over very well."

While he says it's too early to go into specifics now, he describes the project as "a reimagining of an old chestnut."

Click here to listen to the podcast. The conversation turns to musical theatre at the 12:30 mark of Part II.

So what leading role in an old chestnut could work for Bryan Cranston? The actor says he's never been in a musical before except for chorus roles when he was a kid. Perhaps one that showcases acting skills more than vocal prowess such as Professor Harold Hill in THE MUSIC MAN or Professor Henry Higgins in MY FAIR LADY.

Here are some videos of Bryan Cranston joking around with some singing and doing a comical dance bit. Let's hope to see him strutting his musical skills on Broadway soon.

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