Hilty, Block, and Janney are 9-5 trio in upcoming Workshop
Hilty, Block, and Janney are 9-5 trio in upcoming Workshop
#1Hilty, Block, and Janney are 9-5 trio in upcoming Workshop
Posted: 6/8/07 at 8:41pm
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/108672.html
Can Janney sing?
#2re: Hilty, Block, and Janney are 9-5 trio in upcoming Workshop
Posted: 6/8/07 at 9:05pmI don't know but I would love to see her back on the stage. I can definitely see her in the Lily Tomlin role, that's great casting. Now, Bebe Neuwirth is involved in this project, what role is she playing? I saw the movie a while ago but don't remember any major female role that would make a Broadway star like Neuwirth be part of the project. I assume they have added a new major female role. I'm quite interested to see how this project will turn out.
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#2re: Hilty, Block, and Janney are 9-5 trio in upcoming Workshop
Posted: 6/8/07 at 9:15pmThere's the secratary they send to Germany, and the Boss's Wife, I guess on of those.
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#3re: Hilty, Block, and Janney are 9-5 trio in upcoming Workshop
Posted: 6/8/07 at 9:17pmI think there's a female office snitch, or something of that nature.
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#4re: Hilty, Block, and Janney are 9-5 trio in upcoming Workshop
Posted: 6/8/07 at 9:34pm
Janney can sing, if I'm not mistaken.
For me...those three leads sounds fab...
And Neuwirth should (would?) be a gas as Roz, Mr. Hart's snitch.
I just want to hear Hilty rip into 9 to 5...as great as she was (IMHO) in Wicked, I think that role has the potential to make her a star.
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#5re: Hilty, Block, and Janney are 9-5 trio in upcoming Workshop
Posted: 6/8/07 at 9:42pm
I agree that Neuwirth would be great as the snitch.
Very a la Lilith (from fraiser)
I think this could turn out to be very good, and I'm throughly excited to see the final product!
P.S. this is my first official post, however I have been a longtime "lurker."
#6re: Hilty, Block, and Janney are 9-5 trio in upcoming Workshop
Posted: 6/8/07 at 9:49pmThanks for posting!! YAY, finally something official :)
#7re: Hilty, Block, and Janney are 9-5 trio in upcoming Workshop
Posted: 6/8/07 at 10:09pmI am so excited for this show, for some reason it doesn't seem like that great of an idea to me, but I think I'm gonna end up loving it. Plus, since I am one of the few people who enjoy country, this should be interesting!
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#8re: Hilty, Block, and Janney are 9-5 trio in upcoming Workshop
Posted: 6/18/07 at 6:29am
I hear Janney sing with a big band at a charity function a few years back and she has a really nice voice... I think you can hear her sing a little in one West Wing episode but I couldn't tell you which right now...
after all not everyone who can sing makes it his/her profession 
I wish she was surrounded by better actresses though... Hilty and Block are a little subpar I think.
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#9re: Hilty, Block, and Janney are 9-5 trio in upcoming Workshop
Posted: 6/18/07 at 8:53am
I liked her rendition of, "The Jackal!" Oh wait, what was lipsynching. Still fab.
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Updated On: 6/18/07 at 08:53 AM
#10re: Hilty, Block, and Janney are 9-5 trio in upcoming Workshop
Posted: 6/18/07 at 8:57am
The Jackal is and will probably always be one of the funniest things I've seen on television. Between Allison's performance and Rob Lowe's white boy dancing along with it...oh man.
I miss The West Wing.
#11re: Hilty, Block, and Janney are 9-5 trio in upcoming Workshop
Posted: 6/18/07 at 9:35am
Maybe Neuwirth is playing the drunk secretary, portrayed by Peggy Pope in the film. 
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#12re: Hilty, Block, and Janney are 9-5 trio in upcoming Workshop
Posted: 6/18/07 at 9:58amCan't wait to see Janney as Prudy Pingleton!
Why, hello Margaret! Yes darling, half past five. Well, everyone, simply le tout Park Avenue and la creme de Hyannis! Well, the press table's going to be awfully crowded... but if you don't mind sharing a folding chair with Harper's Bazaar... Sing? Me? Heavens no, it's Edie's day, not mine... Although people can be so insistent, and I hate to disappoint. Twist my arm, blackmail me, threaten my very life, and who knows? You might get a verse of something...
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#13re: Hilty, Block, and Janney are 9-5 trio in upcoming Workshop
Posted: 6/18/07 at 11:25am
Neuwirth is playing Roz.
Sources tell me that the role has obviously been beefed up from the film version, and that the big showstopping number belongs to her...
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