Annie Potts to Join PIPPIN as "Berthe"

#1

Annie Potts to Join PIPPIN as "Berthe"

Posted: 12/9/13 at 11:58am

Not gonna lie.

Pretty excited about this.
LINK!

---

"I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about." - Oscar Wilde

#2

Annie Potts to Join PIPPIN as

Posted: 12/9/13 at 12:01pm

Whoa! Didn't see that coming! Interesting choice!

#3

Annie Potts to Join PIPPIN as

Posted: 12/9/13 at 12:03pm

I think it's interesting that this is the 3rd Berthe while most of the OBC remains in the show. Does anyone know who is leaving next?

#4

Annie Potts to Join PIPPIN as

Posted: 12/9/13 at 12:03pm

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG

#5

Annie Potts to Join PIPPIN as

Posted: 12/9/13 at 12:04pm

Now I really need to get up there and see this. Love Annie Potts!

#6

Annie Potts to Join PIPPIN as

Posted: 12/9/13 at 12:11pm

OMG is right!

I LOVE Annie Potts.

I'm not surprised there has been so much turnaround for this role. That trapeze bit does not look easy. I was literally slack jawed at Andrea Martin when I saw her do it.

---

....but the world goes 'round

#7

Annie Potts to Join PIPPIN as

Posted: 12/9/13 at 12:12pm

Wow, this is almost enough to get me back a second time.

---

CHURCH DOOR TOUCAN GAY MARKETING PUPPIES MUSICAL THEATER STAPLES PERIOD OIL BITCHY SNARK HOLES

#8

Annie Potts to Join PIPPIN as

Posted: 12/9/13 at 12:26pm

This is enough reason for another visit!

#9

Annie Potts to Join PIPPIN as

Posted: 12/9/13 at 12:26pm

I live in a time warp. I can't believe that Annie Potts would be considered for this role. And then I remember that Designing Women was 25 years ago.

---

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

#10

Annie Potts to Join PIPPIN as

Posted: 12/9/13 at 12:35pm

I just worked with Annie two weeks ago on a pilot called "Young and Hungry". She is delightful and looks wonderful.

---

HUSSY POWER! ------ HUSSY POWER!

#11

Annie Potts to Join PIPPIN as

Posted: 12/9/13 at 4:06pm

Oh, it's time to start livin'
Time to take a little from this world we're given,
Time to take time...

---

#12

Annie Potts to Join PIPPIN as

Posted: 12/9/13 at 4:10pm

If they ever do a Hillary Clinton biopic, Annie Potts is the one to play Hillary.

---

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

#13

Annie Potts to Join PIPPIN as

Posted: 12/9/13 at 5:58pm

Did not know she could sing?

---

Poster Emeritus

#14

Annie Potts to Join PIPPIN as

Posted: 12/9/13 at 6:10pm

The Ghostbusters fanatic in me is screaming.

#15

Annie Potts to Join PIPPIN as

Posted: 12/9/13 at 9:51pm

As I said when her casting was first rumored on this board, Annie Potts is an absolutely inspired choice for Berthe.

Talk about a performer who radiates joy.

---

Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.

#16

Annie Potts to Join PIPPIN as

Posted: 12/9/13 at 10:43pm

Bertha isn't a hard role to sing- No Time At All is pretty much Spoke Sung.

---

Darreyl with an L!

#17

Annie Potts to Join PIPPIN as

Posted: 12/9/13 at 11:18pm

Wanted to go back and see this again, and now I have an even better reason. Love Annie Potts!

#18

Annie Potts to Join PIPPIN as

Posted: 12/10/13 at 3:32am

This is GREAT casting. I don't think anyone on here mentioned Ms. Potts when we were speculating about replacements. It's nice to be surprised in the internet age. BTW, in the BWW world story it mentions one of her credits as an Off Broadway production of A Little Night Music. Anyone know when this was/what role she played?

#19

Annie Potts to Join PIPPIN as

Posted: 12/10/13 at 6:35am

I believe she was Desiree.

#20

Annie Potts to Join PIPPIN as

Posted: 12/10/13 at 11:51pm

Ah, I would have liked to have seen her as Desiree, though the only credit I can find is for a production of Nigh Music at the Macklanburg Playhouse in Columbus, MO. That's considered Off Broadway now, BWW? Oh, boy.

#21

Annie Potts to Join PIPPIN as

Posted: 12/11/13 at 6:53am

Does anyone know how long she is contracted for? (If I missed it in the article, my apologies!)

I'm seeing the show again in the spring, and was hoping Potts would still be with the show.

---

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.

#22

Annie Potts to Join PIPPIN as

Posted: 12/17/13 at 6:01pm

Seeing the show on the 20th. Since Tovah will be gone, who is covering Berthe until Potts takes over?

#23

Annie Potts to Join PIPPIN as

Posted: 12/17/13 at 6:09pm

I believe January 20th is a Monday, which is Pippin's dark night. If there was a gap of just a day or two, I'd assume the normal understudy (I believe Sabrina Harper covers Berthe in Pippin?) would be on.

#24

Annie Potts to Join PIPPIN as

Posted: 12/17/13 at 9:46pm

The 20th is a Monday. No show for Pippin, so check your tickets. There's no gap between when Feldshuh leaves(Jan. 19) & when Potts arrives(Jan. 21).

---

A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.

#25

Annie Potts to Join PIPPIN as

Posted: 12/18/13 at 10:04pm

My apologies. I misread the article. Seeing the show the 20th of December. :) Looking forward to seeing Tovah. Thanks!