URGENT: Show announced to fill the Hirschfeld

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 3/26/05 at 12:07am

The marquis was put up tonight.

[Jwei123]

Posted: 3/26/05 at 12:08am

brilliant.

effing brilliant!

[ACTlete676]

Posted: 3/26/05 at 12:09am

HAHHAHAHHA

how long did that take you?


I love it!

[Matt_G]

Posted: 3/26/05 at 12:09am

I heard Jeff Bridges just broke his liver bones and they're going to replace him with Tom Arnold.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 3/26/05 at 12:13am

[Matt_G]

Posted: 3/26/05 at 12:14am

Is it Kristin or Idina that will play the Morgan Freeman role?

[commasplice]

Posted: 3/26/05 at 12:17am

Munk, you win the Internets.

[Dextrous Existence]

Posted: 3/26/05 at 12:19am

Me oh my...I love it!

Matt_G- I heard a rumor that Eden is quitting Brooklyn to be Idina's standby again for this show.

[Benzy92]

Posted: 3/26/05 at 12:19am

hilarious!

[theatreguy]

Posted: 3/26/05 at 12:19am

Idina is so versatile. She's already played a green girl, why can't she play an old boxing coach? And Kristin will be perfect for Morgan Freeman's role. Color-blind casting at it's best.

[Jwei123]

Posted: 3/26/05 at 12:23am

I believe Munk planned it for Kristin to star in Morgan's role, but I could be wrong.

Actually, Idina's role is so vocally demanding, the producers have brought in several women as stanbys: Eden, Shoshana, and Saycon.

Hilary Duff may make a guest appearance, if it isn't past her bedtime.

[Matt_G]

Posted: 3/26/05 at 12:25am

Idina can play the Morgan Freeman role.

I hear she's got a black man inside her that's dying to get out.

[Jwei123]

Posted: 3/26/05 at 12:26am

:O

Brilliant, Matty. effing Brilliant.

[Dextrous Existence]

Posted: 3/26/05 at 12:30am

How true you are, Matt.

Also, this just in from the NYTimes:
"When researching for Morgan Freeman's character, Idina Menzel's commitment to this project is unstoppable. She has decided to grow out her leg hair to it's full extent."

[FosseBoi]

Posted: 3/26/05 at 12:33am

This show is going to be AMAZING! I heard Brittney Spears is going to play the female boxer.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 3/26/05 at 12:37am

Menzel and Chenoweth will not be switching roles. Chenoweth is Freeman's role.

FosseBoi: No, Britney Spears has NOTHING to do with this project. Idina Menzel is the boxer, Maggie. They are considering changing her name from MAGGIE to JAN, Hilary is finding lots of great rhymes for Jan.

[Theatreboy49]

Posted: 3/26/05 at 12:38am

I cant belive they are really goign to do that show, it just sounds like it will be terrible. aslo on another board i saw that marquee for the wiz. is that fake or real i cant tell?

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 3/26/05 at 12:39am

THE WIZ is fake.

This is real.

[FOAnatic]

Posted: 3/26/05 at 12:42am

Since it IS a Carrafa show they should toss boxing gloves into the audience during the finale.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 3/26/05 at 12:44am

He's not directing it, he's only writing the book. Nunn isn't a fan of throwing things into the audience, and the theatres is too small to have a set so large that the actor's look puny, so I don't know what he'll do this time.

[Jwei123]

Posted: 3/26/05 at 12:46am

my prediction is that kristin will fill charlotte D'amboise's slot for tony nominee! This is EXCITING!

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 3/26/05 at 12:47am

No, this show isn't opening until 2007.

[FOAnatic]

Posted: 3/26/05 at 12:50am

Yes...until the show opens the tour of "Forever Tango" will be brought back to Broadway, again, and housed in the Hirschfeld.

[Tiny-Toon]

Posted: 3/26/05 at 12:56am

But I thought the wiz marquee was put up already!
How did they do the change THAT fast??

Updated On: 3/26/05 at 12:56 AM

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 3/26/05 at 12:56am

You are half correct.

The theatre is being held for MDB because it's going to be very meticulous, so the set is going to take MONTHS to put up.

However.

FOREVER TANGO will open at both the Barrymore Theatre and the Belasco Theatre once the shows there end their limited runs. So, FOREVER TANGO will run simultaneously in two different theatres.