"Ever After"
"Ever After"
Harpz2006
Broadway Star Joined: 1/3/08
#1"Ever After"
Posted: 1/28/08 at 2:30pmDoes anyone know any details about the musical version of "Ever After" that is in the works?
#2re: 'Ever After'
Posted: 1/28/08 at 2:43pmAll I know is that Heisler and Goldrich rule and that "Far Away" is great.
[title of show] on Broadway. it's time. believe.
degrassifan
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/23/08
#3re: 'Ever After'
Posted: 1/28/08 at 6:15pm
I have been following "Ever After" since it was announced back in July 2005. The movie is my second favorite movie. I've done personal research on the project since December 2006, and I've came up with lots & lots of answers. It's not coming out till Spring 2009, with an out of town tryout this Fall in San Francisco.
If anyone has any other info about this production, please do tell. Thanks.
Updated On: 1/29/08 at 06:15 PM
#4re: 'Ever After'
Posted: 1/28/08 at 6:45pmCelia Keenan-Bolger will be performing the lead role of Danielle in the next reading. Jenn Gambatese played the role in the last reading.
#5re: 'Ever After'
Posted: 1/28/08 at 6:55pmSongsstresss, Elena Shaddow actually played Danielle in the last reading. Gambatese was involved prior to her.
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.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
degrassifan
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/23/08
#6re: 'Ever After'
Posted: 1/28/08 at 7:47pmI know Elena Shaddow played Danielle in the last reading, but when was it announced that Celia Keenan-Bolger will be playing Danielle in the next reading? When is the next reading?
theatergeek2
Swing Joined: 8/19/05
#8re: 'Ever After'
Posted: 1/28/08 at 11:12pmTotally didn't hear about the one with Elena Shaddow. My bad! But the Celia thing is for sure. Updated On: 1/28/08 at 11:12 PM
degrassifan
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/23/08
#9re: 'Ever After'
Posted: 1/28/08 at 11:30pmSo, is Celia def. playing Danielle? Or is it just for an upcoming reading?
Trap-Door Lover
Understudy Joined: 11/18/04
BrianS
Broadway Star Joined: 10/8/07
#11re: 'Ever After'
Posted: 1/29/08 at 2:55am
I don't think the role is cast. Elena Shaddow did the last reading, but I think she had a baby since then (I'm not saying that's why she isn't doing this reading cause I really don't know the answer). I'm sure if Celia is amazing at this reading, she'll be the front runner for the role, but I wouldn't be surprised to see a full round of agent calls before the actual out of town run no matter how well she does.
Producers like to see all their options when they're spending $10M+.
If the audience could do better, they'd be up here on stage and I'd be out there watching them. - Ethel Merman
bwayboy310
Swing Joined: 7/21/07
#12re: 'Ever After'
Posted: 1/29/08 at 3:21am
Who knows? Many people were set for Kerry Butler as Ariel. But, for Disney, apparently, she didn't really seem to be an option...even before Xanadu.
Not that I don't love Sierra Boggess.
I <3 them, both!
#13re: 'Ever After'
Posted: 1/29/08 at 3:33am
I would prefer Anne Hathaway or Erin Davie over Keenan-Bolger. Anyone but Jenn Gambatese though! Talk about bland.
What actresses have played the Anjelica Houston role in the readings?
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#15re: 'Ever After'
Posted: 1/29/08 at 6:40amno way! i'm so excited, I love this movie and it would be such a beautiful production.
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#16re: 'Ever After'
Posted: 1/29/08 at 6:51am
"Who knows? Many people were set for Kerry Butler as Ariel. But, for Disney, apparently, she didn't really seem to be an option...even before Xanadu.
Not that I don't love Sierra Boggess."
Kerry Butler's also pushing 40.
#17re: 'Ever After'
Posted: 1/29/08 at 7:53amI've heard about a reading going on in about 2 weeks. multiple readings?
degrassifan
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/23/08
#18re: 'Ever After'
Posted: 1/29/08 at 8:53am
I know Jan Maxwell played Baroness Rodmilla de Ghent (the stepmother, aka Anjelica Huston's role in the movie) in the reading with Elena Shaddow, and I heard she was really good.
Also, Max Von Essen played Prince Henry in that reading too.
I'm excited for this too. I've read & heard nothing but good things about the production.
#19re: 'Ever After'
Posted: 1/29/08 at 10:24am
I remember going to Tarzan and at the stage door someone asked Jenn about Ever After, and she said that ship has sailed, but she said it was wonderfully beautiful project that she was glad to be apart of.
I wish she had done it. I know she's in Is He Dead, but I miss her singing. 
"Anybody that goes to the theater, I think we’re all misfits, so we ended up on stage or in the audience.” --- Patti LuPone.
massofmen
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/10/04
#20re: 'Ever After'
Posted: 1/29/08 at 10:27amhow many readings does a show do before a workshop is ready? It seems like this show has done 3-4 readings.
bwaygal1
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/5/07
#21re: 'Ever After'
Posted: 1/29/08 at 10:29am
I like Jenn Gambatese better than Celia Keenan-Bolger. I'm not a huge fan of Celia Keenan-Bolger anyway. Does anyone see Erin Davie as Marguerite (the prettier of the 2 stepsisters)? I could see it-it's a good role.
Jan Maxwell as the stepmother is a pretty good choice.
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"Life is a cabaret old chum, only a cabaret old chum, and I love a cabaret!"-RIP Natasha Richardson-I was honored to have witnessed her performance as Sally Bowles.
Harpz2006
Broadway Star Joined: 1/3/08
#22re: 'Ever After'
Posted: 1/29/08 at 12:06pmI know Natalie Weiss is in the current reading- no idea which part she's playing, though.
popular_elphie
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/3/05
#24re: 'Ever After'
Posted: 1/29/08 at 3:07pmJan Maxwell is perfect for the Anjelica Houston role, though it is about time someone lets her carry her own show. She is too talented.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
