Mario Lopez Joins A CHORUS LINE on April 15
Mario Lopez Joins A CHORUS LINE on April 15
#1Mario Lopez Joins A CHORUS LINE on April 15
Posted: 3/4/08 at 6:18pm
#2re: Mario Lopez Joins A CHORUS LINE on April 15
Posted: 3/4/08 at 6:20pmehh...well, at least its better than his previous idea to join The Producers as Leo Bloom
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Yankeefan007
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#2re: Mario Lopez Joins A CHORUS LINE on April 15
Posted: 3/4/08 at 6:21pm
I wonder why Slater's taking a part that requires absolutely no work whatsoever.
Plus, isn't he a little young to be playing Charlotte d'Amboise's former lover?
Updated On: 3/4/08 at 06:21 PM
#3re: Mario Lopez Joins A CHORUS LINE on April 15
Posted: 3/4/08 at 6:22pmAre you effing kidding me? While I am not a fan of the revival I cannot believe that they are stunt casting!!! It kinda makes me sick to my stomach just thinking about it.
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#4re: Mario Lopez Joins A CHORUS LINE on April 15
Posted: 3/4/08 at 6:23pmEww.
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#5re: Mario Lopez Joins A CHORUS LINE on April 15
Posted: 3/4/08 at 6:27pmI immdiately thought he would be playing Paul......However, if this keeps the show going, then I'm all for it because I LOVE this show!
AnnaK<3LMIP
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#6re: Mario Lopez Joins A CHORUS LINE on April 15
Posted: 3/4/08 at 6:29pm
MARIO LOPEZ?!
Eh. Ok.
I mean, Denzel Washington? Gun to my head..of course.
#7re: Mario Lopez Joins A CHORUS LINE on April 15
Posted: 3/4/08 at 6:38pmIt kinda makes sense that they would stunt cast Zach, seeing as he dances the least out of anybody in the show. But still... yeah. That's kinda weird. Seems kinda ironic that A CHORUS LINE would stunt cast.
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#8re: Mario Lopez Joins A CHORUS LINE on April 15
Posted: 3/4/08 at 6:40pmYay for Mario!
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#9re: Mario Lopez Joins A CHORUS LINE on April 15
Posted: 3/4/08 at 6:40pmApril Fools is coming a little early this year?
thevolleyballer
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#10re: Mario Lopez Joins A CHORUS LINE on April 15
Posted: 3/4/08 at 6:40pm
I mean, if you're going to stunt cast this show, the only real way you could pull it off is to put a non-dancer (which, face it, compared to anyone in this cast, he most certainly is one) into a role that requires merely passable dancing skill and a lot of offstage time.
I just give this a big, "Eh." Mario Lopez? Eh. Playing Zach? Eh. Ehhh.
Updated On: 3/4/08 at 06:40 PM
#11re: Mario Lopez Joins A CHORUS LINE on April 15
Posted: 3/4/08 at 6:42pm
Ehh....I just feel sorry for all the people who come just to see him in the show, expecting him to be the star or something. I haven't seen it since the revival opened, but isn't Zach offstage for most of the show?
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Updated On: 3/4/08 at 06:42 PM
#12re: Mario Lopez Joins A CHORUS LINE on April 15
Posted: 3/4/08 at 6:42pmI have tickets for April 13, last show before he joins ! So, is that a good thing or a bad thing ?
AnnaK<3LMIP
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#13re: Mario Lopez Joins A CHORUS LINE on April 15
Posted: 3/4/08 at 6:44pmSupes good, if you ask me.
I mean, Denzel Washington? Gun to my head..of course.
#14re: Mario Lopez Joins A CHORUS LINE on April 15
Posted: 3/4/08 at 6:47pmWhat a pathetic joke.
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mll85
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#15re: Mario Lopez Joins A CHORUS LINE on April 15
Posted: 3/4/08 at 6:48pm
Has the show actually come to a point where they need to use stunt casting?
Updated On: 3/4/08 at 06:48 PM
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#16re: Mario Lopez Joins A CHORUS LINE on April 15
Posted: 3/4/08 at 6:50pmI thought you had to be a celebrity before you qualified as someone who was "stunt cast."
AnnaK<3LMIP
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#17re: Mario Lopez Joins A CHORUS LINE on April 15
Posted: 3/4/08 at 6:52pmHA!!
I mean, Denzel Washington? Gun to my head..of course.
#18re: Mario Lopez Joins A CHORUS LINE on April 15
Posted: 3/4/08 at 6:57pmI'll be going on the 17th of May. Part of me wants to cringe, while crawling into a ball. Part of me hopes he will do a *good* job. And part of me is excited at the though of seeing A.C. Slater in person (it had to be said, lol)
mll85
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#19re: Mario Lopez Joins A CHORUS LINE on April 15
Posted: 3/4/08 at 6:59pm
tellybox, you won't be seeing him anyway because at the end of article it says he'll be on hiatus from 5/11-6/3.
Updated On: 3/4/08 at 06:59 PM
NYC_or_Bust
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/8/05
#20re: Mario Lopez Joins A CHORUS LINE on April 15
Posted: 3/4/08 at 7:00pmwait! so does this mean he will or won't be wearing a dance belt?
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#21re: Mario Lopez Joins A CHORUS LINE on April 15
Posted: 3/4/08 at 7:00pmWhy is casting a professional actor in a Broadway show "Stunt casting"?
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#22re: Mario Lopez Joins A CHORUS LINE on April 15
Posted: 3/4/08 at 7:01pm
If he was to stand naked on stage and doing nothing, then maybe.
Nah, he's not even that hot.
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Trish2
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#24re: Mario Lopez Joins A CHORUS LINE on April 15
Posted: 3/4/08 at 7:06pm
Why is casting a professional actor in a Broadway show "Stunt casting"?
Casting a professional actor in a Broadway show is not stunt casting.
Casting a professional actor with little to no dance or voice training on Broadway is stunt casting.
I watched the season of Dancing With the Stars he participated in and thought he was quite good. But ballroom dance is not analogous to Michael Bennett's choreography. Especially eight times a week.
What I'm wondering is if they're going to start promoting the show as "A CHORUS LINE starring Mario Lopez". The Bennett estate would probably flip.
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