Guys and Dolls revival casting- Page 2

[jewishboy]

Posted: 8/21/08 at 6:06pm

See, I thought she was only really strong on stage in Pajama Game when she was in a scene with Connick Jr. As for South Pacific, her "Wonderful Guy" was some of the best acting and presence I've seen from her (the rest of the show...).

[dayao]

Posted: 8/21/08 at 6:58pm

Yes, I do prefer Riegel over Hathaway. My opinion is based on hearing her on stage live in Les Miserables and the fact that I feel she has a unique sound that suits the character of Sarah Brown perfectly. Although I think Anne Hathaway is also a fine singer I do not particularly care for her voice as I find it typical of many other pop singers today and not as distinctive as Riegel's. I did not see Hathaway in the stage revival of Carnival so I can't judge her live singing but I know for a fact that her vocals in Ella Enchanted were assembled from several takes of the songs for the best effect, a typical Hollywood practice even for the best singers and a luxury which Riegel did not have in the examples of her singing on the YouTube videos, which are also several years old. It really comes down to a personal preference for Eden Riegel over Hathaway as you may feel a preference for Hathaway over Riegel as a singer. Guys and Dolls would be great with either one of them.

[Orbachfan]

Posted: 8/21/08 at 7:24pm

I don't have anyone in mind right now but who ever they cast i hope is amazing because i love guys and dolls and i don't want to be disappointed. Chance are i will be with at least one cast memeber though

Patrick wilson maybe a good choice

[delucad15]

Posted: 9/12/08 at 4:14pm

I totally agree with Gary Beach as Nathan, hes doing the Indianapollis Symphony Orchestra concert of Guys and Dolls wth Hugh Panaro as Sky

[Jon]

Posted: 9/12/08 at 6:40pm

The part of Nathan was written for Sam Levene - a short, Jewish character actor who was totally tone deaf. When Sinatra was cast in the movie, they rewrote the character and gave him his own song - because it was Sinatra. He should have been playing Sky, but I guess they thought he was too short and skinny.

[justafan2]

Posted: 9/12/08 at 6:55pm

I just loved the production with Nathan Lane and Faith Prince. For me---it'll be hard to top that cast. (altho' Norbert Leo Butz is a pretty close second to Nathan)

[cicero2]

Posted: 9/12/08 at 9:44pm

bah why anne hathaway?

[clever name]

Posted: 9/12/08 at 10:03pm

oh please oh please oh please let John C Reilly be true!!!

[inlovewithjerryherman]

Posted: 9/12/08 at 11:45pm

If this is going to be at all similar to the recent london production, Wilson would make sense because MacGregor sang many of the songs in a high tenor. He takes some wildly high option at the end of Luck Be a Lady.

If it's going to be a film/tv star revival, though, I'd love to see Jake Gyllenhall play Sky and Connick Jr. play Nathan.

[NGD2225]

Posted: 9/12/08 at 11:47pm

Can Jake sing?