perfect roles for stars
perfect roles for stars
#0perfect roles for stars
Posted: 6/27/06 at 5:05pmI always find myself thinking "you know who would e great in this role" and I was wondering if you guys did. If so who do you think would pe perfect for what role, for me its Mandy Patinkin as jean Valjean.
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Posted: 6/27/06 at 5:17pmLOL ... he's too busy doing commercials for some cholesteral-reducing product.
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Posted: 6/27/06 at 5:21pm
Bernadette Peters as "Mrs. Lovett" in Sweeney Todd
Marissa Tomei as "Charity Hope Valentine" in Sweet Charity
Julia Murney as "Daisy Hilton" in Side Show
Audra McDonald as "Cunegonde" in Candide
Jennifer Hope Wills as "Clara Johnson" in The Light in the Piazza
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.
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Updated On: 6/27/06 at 05:21 PM
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
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Posted: 6/27/06 at 5:31pm
I have alwasy wanted to see Mandy as Valjean, too 
And I think he would make an excellent Tevye.
Emmy Rossum would be an exquisite Cosette in LES MIZ.
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Posted: 6/27/06 at 5:45pmI think Orfeh would be a PHENOMENAL Lady of the Lake in Spamalot, and I would love to see David Josefsberg as Freddy in DRS.
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Posted: 6/27/06 at 5:54pmHarvey Fierstein as Maria Josepha
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Posted: 6/27/06 at 6:06pm
Marin Mazzie as Margaret in LITP.
Will Chase as Freddy in DRS.
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Posted: 6/27/06 at 8:00pm
LOL ... he's too busy doing commercials for some cholesteral-reducing product.
I would need some of that if I ever saw him as Valjean.
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Posted: 6/27/06 at 8:08pmNot a Broadway person but I can see Jack Black as Freddy in DRS. That is if he can sing.
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Posted: 6/27/06 at 8:25pmI'd like to hear Lauren Molina's interpretation of Clara in Piazza.
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
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Posted: 6/27/06 at 8:29pm
I agree with Marin as Margaret in TLITP.
Celia as Clara too. I know this has already happened, but I would love to see it for myself.
Audra Mcdonald as Margaret when the time is right for a revival, and when Audra is old enough.
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Posted: 6/27/06 at 8:45pm
Emmy Rossum would be an exquisite Cosette in LES MIZ.
That would work if she could actually hit those notes...you know, without the help of a computer...
Updated On: 6/27/06 at 08:45 PM
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Posted: 6/27/06 at 8:46pm
Emmy Rossum would be an exquisite Cosette in LES MIZ.
I was TOTALLY thinking the same thing last time I listened to Les Miz!! she'd be amazing!!
ummm... Idina needs to do Susan in Tick Tick Boom... just because I NEED to hear her do Come To Your Senses. I just need to :P And she'd make an amaazing Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes too!!
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Posted: 6/27/06 at 9:00pm
Mark Price as Boq in Wicked.
He'd be perfect. True, he's doing MARY POPPINS now and this would seem almost too Dennisy but it would be good.
He'd be better than Jeffry Kuhn.
Jenn Gambatese as Hope Harcourt in ANYTHING GOES, she'd be amazing.
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Posted: 6/27/06 at 9:06pmLolita, use < > instead of [ ].
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Posted: 6/27/06 at 10:42pm
I totally agree with Lauren Molina as Clara in Light in the Piazza.
And I would love to see Sutton Foster's take on Fanny Brice in Funny Girl.
<--- me & Erin Davie =)
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Posted: 6/27/06 at 10:56pm
For some strange reason, I think Sara Ramirez would make a good Max Bialystock in The Producers (like if she were a guy or the role was made for a woman... or something.).
Barrett Foa as Link in Hairspray
Bernadette Peters as Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd
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Posted: 6/27/06 at 10:56pm
"Barrett Foa as Link in Hairspray "
Agreed, LadyofTheLake.
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Posted: 6/27/06 at 11:05pm
I love Mandy, but I can't quite see him as Valjean. He's got all that energy, while Valjean has more of a serene quality to him most of the time. I'd be afraid Mandy would blow a gasket trying to keep his exuberance bottled up. 
But I've only ever seen him in concert, not musicals or plays, so maybe he'd be better at it than I think.
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Posted: 6/27/06 at 11:46pm
Kelli O'Hara as Clara...this time in Passion, not Piazza!
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Posted: 6/27/06 at 11:57pm
I've always wanted to see Roger Bart perform Bobby's songs in Company. I don't know if he's really right for the role, though...
I think Sutton's done Les Mis before, but her Eponine would be amazing.
What about Beth Leavel as Mrs. Lovett? I think she'd be able to do something really quite different with the role.
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Posted: 6/28/06 at 12:06am
Hahahaha ladyofthelake, on your comment about Sara!
"Not a Broadway person but I can see Jack Black as Freddy in DRS. That is if he can sing."
Did you ever see School of Rock? He really doesn't have a bad singing voice. It has an edge to it, which I think would be good for the role of Freddy. I mean seriously, I totally see Jack Black singing "culture and sophistication...pouring out my ass!" and "I win, I win, I win I win I win!" I think it would be hilarious; Jack Black is very comedic.
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Updated On: 6/28/06 at 12:06 AM
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Posted: 6/28/06 at 12:08amJack Black would ROCK as Freddy. That is some stunt casting I would like to see. Actually, I think Jack Black would be a good Broadway actor in general.
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