I know she's already played Lady Bird Johnson, but I wonder if she would play her again maybe in a stage version.
There is a lot of material that hasn't yet been explored regarding Lady Bird. She was not a pretty woman and had to follow one of the most stylish First Ladies in American history. Her husband was saddled with the Vietnam War and the Kennedys really didn't want LBJ as VP. A lot of good material there.
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Whatever happened to Mamet's "Waitress in Yellowstone" musical from 500 years ago?
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Do two weeks really make that much of a difference in her schedule? Will she be able to commit to things she wasn't able to before? Snarkyness aside, I do hope she stays clear of Dolly. She isn't right for the role.
Goth, I'd see that play, and Patti spoke very fondly of the role/woman in her memoir. Johnson's also a really interesting president, could be a great role for an older actor. Someone, quick, start writing!
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There is a lot about Lady Bird that hasn't been mentioned. Most people remember her as the crazy lady sitting in a meadow of flowers not wanting them to be cut down.
She financed her husband's political campaign. She owned radio and television stations. As the wife of the VP she covered Kennedy's *ss a whole lot when Jackie didn't come through.
The only question is who will play Eartha Kitt in the scene when she tries to smack down Lady Bird over the Vietnam War?
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I said this elsewhere on here today. I'm still pissy that the show opted to close THREE days before I had tickets to see the show!!! Come on - stay open until Wednesday!!!!
TD
Show's I've Seen: 2011: American Idiot, Lombardi, Screwtape Letters, Adams Family, Imaginocean, Phantom - 2010: Spiderman, A Little Night Music, Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson, La Cage aux Faux, Next to Normal (twice), Fanny (City Center), Next Fall, - 2009: Finian's Rainbow, Let Me Down Easy, Toxic Avenger, Hair, Mary Stuart, 9 to 5, Avenue Q (a few times), Young Frankenstein, Cry Baby, Applause (City Center), Xanadu, Legally Blond, Glorious Ones, Gutenberg: The Musical, Spring Awakening, Company, Dessa Rose, Jersey Boys, The Color Purple, Taboo, Altar Boys, Lestat, The Weddings Singer, Hairspray, Spamalot, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Wicked, Brooklyn, Urinetown, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Grey Gardens, Drowsy Chaperon, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Les Miserable, Aida, Great American Trailer Park Musical, Into The Woods, Naked Boys Singing, Cabaret, Last Five Years, Jekyll & Hyde, Corpus Christi, Side Show, Rent (a few times), Footloose, and Ragtime (First Broadway Show I saw).
I was planning to see it sometime in mid January. I really wish it could have just finished out its scheduled run, but if its not making money it doesn't make sense for them to I guess.
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Ndrwmls10, you are right, she is brassy, and funny. I do think she is quite the actress. I just don't see her in the role. I don't see the right spark in her that Dolly needs. I am also not a huge fan of Patti's voice. I wish I were, and try to be frequently, but it rarely works. I think she makes a great Mrs. Lovett, she sings the best Meadowlark I have ever heard, but I just find that more often than not, her voice turns me off. Of course Carol Channing is no great singer either, but made the role work with her great wit and comic timing, so I guess Patti could surprise me.
"Add me to the list of people interested in a Lady Bird Johnson musical. The only thing souring it to me is that people might see it as "Evita 2"
As much as I joke about it being a musical, I think that it would have to be a play rather than a musical. I don't think there's enough theatricality in Lady Bird's life to justify music. It would be more like "Master Class" rather than "Evita".
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