NBC's next live musical...
May 11 2017, 12:27:15 PM
g.d.e.l.g.i. said: "As the resident JCS fan who runs one of the biggest sites devoted to the show (still currently in development in its new form, but check it out!), all I ask is this:
Cast. Actual. Rockers.
I don't mean pop musicians.
I don't mean flavors of the month.
No Glenn Carters, no Ben Forsters, no Steve Balsamos, no light pretty airy theater-pop voices.
I mean ROCKERS.
Listen to that brown album. Listen to the movie. Cast people who sound like that. Earthy. Rock, folk, soul voices. People who will hit high notes that convince you they're gonna have a brain hemorrhage through their nose, who can sing the score as it has been performed to much success, not people that one would have to adjust keys or play with the arrangement to make "happen."
ROCKERS.
R-O-C-K-E-R-S.
(Oh, and for an actual named suggestion, Stephen Colbert as Herod. Dude is popular on the late-night circuit, he's irreverent to say the least, he's controversial, and he has expressed a love for the song and the role in an NPR interview. He's a good fit for something more dry and witty instead of just making Herod the "gay / music hall comic relief" figure as has been done in the past.)
Guuuuuurrrrrrrl, CHILL. OUT.
We gotcha the first time. You want them to cast rockers. You don't have to capitalize the damn word and you sure as hell don't have to spell it out.
So damn extra, yo.
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