Profile for TheOtherOne2

TotallyEffed said: "He did the same thing at Williamstown years ago."

Pine or Stone?

Jay Lerner-Z said: "Any hope for this new "Antigone" play?

It has Tony Shalhoub, it can’t be all bad…"

I was just about to ask if anyone had seen this.  Tony, Celia Keenan Bolger -- I would love for it to be good.

 

Well, I doubt it's Matthew Morrison. 

It is indeed odd that they haven't announced this yet, and they're cutting it awfully close if they don't yet know.

^ Don't forget Jesse Plemons.  

George in DC said: ""Grand Hotel".



Watching this also makes me sad. It should have been David Carroll performing the number with Michael Jeter.

By the time David died in 1992 I had lost over 100 friends and acquaintances to AIDS and I thought I was immune to pain. Davids death shattered me. I still miss him."

He was glorious as the Baron.  I will be forever grateful to have seen him right around this time. Here he is with Michael Jeter and company at the 1989 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTbWru3i8o4&list=RDYTbWru3i8o4&start_radio=1

 

Grand Hotel, We'll Take A Glass Together.

Anything Goes title song, performed by Patti LuPone and cast.

The original cast of Les Miserables, One Day More.

Angela Lansbury and Beatrice Arthur, reuniting for Bosom Buddies from Mame.

Dick Latessa and especially Judy Kuhn with the title song from Rags.

Leslie Uggams, Lillian Hayman and Robert Hooks singing Smile, Smile

TotallyEffed said: "Bugonia was amazing. No one is doing it like Emma/Yorgos."

Bugonia is wonderful, but I think its best performance is given by Jesse Plemons. All five nominees for Best Actor are deserving, but I wish Jesse had gotten in there somehow. 

 

Why on earth should any of them have been nominated two years in a row for the same production? They suckered millions of dollars out of people.  They don't need Oscars, too. 

JSquared2 said: "TheOtherOne2 said: "Kad said: "There are stars who are draws no matter what they appear in and then there are performerswho are draws in specific shows."

This is true, and Groff is the former. Little Shop, Merrily We Roll Along and Just In Time are very different shows and he is the link to their box-office success.

So you don't think that Daniel Radcliffe played a part in Merrily's box office success?

Kad said: "There are stars who are draws no matter what they appear in and then there are performerswho are draws in specific shows."

This is true, and Groff is the former.  Little Shop, Merrily We Roll Along and Just In Time are very different shows and he is the link to their box-office success.

 

A vehicle for Ben Platt and Noah Galvin?

Note: this was meant as a "be careful what you wish for" post. 

BJR said: "Also, ifyou read it now, it hasn't aged well.

Namely, how the piece talks about his community in Harlem. The language was appropriate for the time, progressive even, but isn't now. Think Mame.

On a side note, and very generally speaking, I've unfortunately concluded that progressive art ages worsethan conservative art. While conservative art is often blithely ignorant to injustice or suffering, generally, progressive art that seeks to acknowledge injustice therefor included language, views andsolutions that are inspirational for the moment, but date quickly."

...it's no longer woke? 

 

MikeInTheDistrict said: "He's not a big name (yet), but I could see Nicholas Barasch being fantastic in this role."

A redheaded Bobby Darin?!  I can't see that, but he is a great talent and I hope he's back in something soon.

Would Matt Doyle be OK?  Even with his Tony he's not all that well known, but how did he do as Sinatra?

I really think Morrison is the best of all who've been mentioned.

Jeremy and Matt are both good choices.  In fact, they are the only people I can think of who approach the energy, talent and fame of Jonathan without being committed to Hollywood.

Matt could use the job more.  He's fallen off of the Broadway radar and a good run in this show could elevate his profile.  Jeremy might not want to replace anybody at this point. His Broadway profile is considerably more secure.  How things have changed since Finding Neverland

I suggested him on this board when it was announced that Jonathan was leaving in March.  He's a perfect candidate for the role and I hope they cast him.