If we are considering non-Jewish actresses, what about Annaleigh Ashford (at least I don't think she's Jewish)? I've been seeing her a lot on TV shows lately and we know she has comedic chops.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
Mr Roxy said: "Theater gods are turning over in their graves. From Sondheim to this"
Who cares???--you obviously do--but if it gets bums on seats and actors and all the hundreds employed to put this nonsense on to a stage, well and good.
It's like all those who look down on Andre Rieu, there is pleasure for some on all levels of entertainment.
At first I thought, “Why?!” But then I thought about it and realized there’s a lot of potential and comedy gold here. Maxwell is a Broadway producer, so numbers could be built into that. Fran could sing well in a dream and do her normal nasal thing other times. I was just watching the show the other day and there was an episode that spoofed the dream sequence from Fiddler. I don’t hate it.
BroadwayBox posted their own list of choices, 4/5 were probably taken directly from this thread. The one suggestion that was new to me was, oddly, Jackie Burns...
Quote: "The Olivier Award winner has got the hair and she’s there, let her become the nanny! If there was ever a role tailor-made for Lesli Margherita, it’s Nanny Fine."
Definitely.
==> this board is a nest of vipers <==
"Michael Riedel...The Perez Hilton of the New York Theatre scene" - Craig Hepworth, What's On Stage
I may be in the minority, but keep Lesli far away from this. I'd actually like an actress hired to create Fran. Lesli seems to be ON all the time (whether on stage or off) and I find her schtick exhausting. She's thirsty. I like the idea of Annaleigh, SJB, or Rachel. Even Kritzer is a little too histrionic for me.
I honestly don't want someone mimicking Drescher. That would just make the whole thing hollow for me. You can't replicate her, so why try?
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello