#26
Posted: 11/30/12 at 3:10pm
That's my thinking too.
Who can we ugly down to play Edith? Poor, unfortunate Edith.
Who can we ugly down to play Edith? Poor, unfortunate Edith.
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#27
Posted: 11/30/12 at 4:01pm
I say cast a Hollywood *star* as Edith. It will help her image to have to play someone so, well, less than beautiful. Julia Roberts?
#28
Posted: 11/30/12 at 4:34pm
Edith is not "ugly" in the musical. She's just "funny."
#29
Posted: 11/30/12 at 4:48pm
I didn't say Edith was ugly, but her makeup and costumes don't really make her pretty.
This is her on a red carpet, somewhere.
#30
Posted: 11/30/12 at 4:54pm
No, in reality she's quite pretty, I think. And I think she would be seen as so, it's just the show that drives the message in that she's the ugly daughter.
#31
Posted: 11/30/12 at 5:00pm
As a potential investor in this project I want to see it find an international audience and add much needed $ and £ to Scrippsy's pension pot.
So I am pleased, nay, amazed to have won the British director concession.
But who to suggest? Nunn would have the abbey either levitate or collapse. Daldry would turn the show into socialist propaganda. Hytner would make it worthy-but-dull. Mendes wouldn't pick up the 'phone. Boyle is too eclectic and Doyle just plain wrong.
So I guess I'll just have to step up to the mark (with no experience whatsoever) myself.
Mrs Crawley's number definitely gets reinstated. I see it as the communist equivalent of Springtime for Hitler: a big production number with Isobel hoofing away alongside Marx, Lenin, Stalin and Trotsky.
So I am pleased, nay, amazed to have won the British director concession.
But who to suggest? Nunn would have the abbey either levitate or collapse. Daldry would turn the show into socialist propaganda. Hytner would make it worthy-but-dull. Mendes wouldn't pick up the 'phone. Boyle is too eclectic and Doyle just plain wrong.
So I guess I'll just have to step up to the mark (with no experience whatsoever) myself.
Mrs Crawley's number definitely gets reinstated. I see it as the communist equivalent of Springtime for Hitler: a big production number with Isobel hoofing away alongside Marx, Lenin, Stalin and Trotsky.
Updated On: 11/30/12 at 05:00 PM
#32
Posted: 11/30/12 at 5:31pm
There will be no Lenin or Stalin or Marx in this musical.
Trotsky, maybe. But no Lenin or Stalin or Marx.
Trotsky, maybe. But no Lenin or Stalin or Marx.
#34
Posted: 11/30/12 at 5:54pm
Scripps--what about Hytner? He seems to be one Brit that Americans like, and he certainly would get the issues of class.
#35
Posted: 11/30/12 at 6:24pm
Under the Hytner regime, so much at the National has been like having an edition of The Guardian read to you from the stage.
#36
Posted: 11/30/12 at 6:46pm
I grew up with a family who had a subscription to The Guardian--which I used to slodge through to try to keep liberal minded, so that's a visceral image. Though I'm not sure it's one I'd agree with in terms of shows I've seen of Hytner (granted, they were two--Carousel on tour and Miss Saigon in London.)
#37
Posted: 11/30/12 at 7:25pm
Laura Osnes as Lady Mary?
She was rather ethereal in Sound of Music at Carnegie Hall...
She and Ben Davis would be gorgeous together - but is she too young?
EDIT: I no longer nominate her for Lady Mary. I nominate her for Lavinia. (More age-appropriate with other cast suggestions...)
She was rather ethereal in Sound of Music at Carnegie Hall...
She and Ben Davis would be gorgeous together - but is she too young?
EDIT: I no longer nominate her for Lady Mary. I nominate her for Lavinia. (More age-appropriate with other cast suggestions...)
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
Updated On: 11/30/12 at 07:25 PM
#38
Posted: 11/30/12 at 7:42pm
Aaron Tveit as Tom Branson (the chauffeur)?
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#39
Posted: 11/30/12 at 7:45pm
Celia Keenan-Bolger as Anna Bates?
She could belt out a song in support of her husband who is unfairly jailed!
She could belt out a song in support of her husband who is unfairly jailed!
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
Updated On: 11/30/12 at 07:45 PM
#40
Posted: 11/30/12 at 7:52pm
New suggestion: Laura Benanti as Lady Mary?
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
Updated On: 11/30/12 at 07:52 PM
#41
Posted: 11/30/12 at 8:06pm
hmmm..... Cassie Levy as Edith?
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#42
Posted: 11/30/12 at 8:38pm
List of the all the cast suggestions made in this thread:
(once final picks are made, the other selections will be deleted for the final cast list)
Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham: Angela Lansbury or Rob Maitner
Angela Lansbury
or
Rob Maitner
Lord Grantham: Victor Garber or Michael Crawford
Victor Garber
or
Michael Crawford
Cora, Countess of Grantham: Gillian Anderson or Rebecca Luker
Gillian Anderson
or
Rebecca Luker
Lady Mary: Laura Benanti
Lady Edith: Sutton Foster or Cassie Levy
Sutton Foster
or
Cassie Levy
Lady Sybil aka Sybil Branson: Scarlett Johansson
Matthew Crawley: Ben Davis
Mrs. Isobel Crawley: Julie Walters
Tom Branson: Aaron Tveit
Lavinia Swire: Laura Osnes
Mr. John Bates: Michael Cumpsty
Mrs. Anna Bates: Celia Keenan-Bolger
Mrs. Patmore: Maureen McGovern or Jayne Houdyshell (also suggested for Mrs. Hughes)
Maureen McGovern
or
Jayne Houdyshell
Miss O'Brien: Donna Murphy
Vera Bates: Maria Doyle Kennedy
Daisy: Cristin Milioti
Mr. Pamuk: Ramin Karimloo
Mrs. Hughes: Jayne Houdyshell or Dana Ivey or Mary Beth Peil
Dana Ivey
or
Mary Beth Peil
Thomas: Andy Karl
William Mason: Bobby Steggert
Characters still to be cast:
Lady Rosamund
Mr. Carson
Sir Richard Carlisle
Sir Anthony Strallan
Possible other characters to be included:
Ethel Parks
Patrick Gordon
Dr. Richard Clarkson
And, finally, if I missed any of your suggestions in this thread, I apologize! Let me know and I'll add them!
(once final picks are made, the other selections will be deleted for the final cast list)
Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham: Angela Lansbury or Rob Maitner
Angela Lansbury
or
Rob Maitner
Lord Grantham: Victor Garber or Michael Crawford
Victor Garber
or
Michael Crawford
Cora, Countess of Grantham: Gillian Anderson or Rebecca Luker
Gillian Anderson
or
Rebecca Luker
Lady Mary: Laura Benanti
Lady Edith: Sutton Foster or Cassie Levy
Sutton Foster
or
Cassie Levy
Lady Sybil aka Sybil Branson: Scarlett Johansson
Matthew Crawley: Ben Davis
Mrs. Isobel Crawley: Julie Walters
Tom Branson: Aaron Tveit
Lavinia Swire: Laura Osnes
Mr. John Bates: Michael Cumpsty
Mrs. Anna Bates: Celia Keenan-Bolger
Mrs. Patmore: Maureen McGovern or Jayne Houdyshell (also suggested for Mrs. Hughes)
Maureen McGovern
or
Jayne Houdyshell
Miss O'Brien: Donna Murphy
Vera Bates: Maria Doyle Kennedy
Daisy: Cristin Milioti
Mr. Pamuk: Ramin Karimloo
Mrs. Hughes: Jayne Houdyshell or Dana Ivey or Mary Beth Peil
Dana Ivey
or
Mary Beth Peil
Thomas: Andy Karl
William Mason: Bobby Steggert
Characters still to be cast:
Lady Rosamund
Mr. Carson
Sir Richard Carlisle
Sir Anthony Strallan
Possible other characters to be included:
Ethel Parks
Patrick Gordon
Dr. Richard Clarkson
And, finally, if I missed any of your suggestions in this thread, I apologize! Let me know and I'll add them!
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
Updated On: 12/1/12 at 08:38 PM
#44
Posted: 11/30/12 at 9:31pm
Maureen McGovern as Mrs.Patmore?
Donna Murphy as Miss O'Brien?
Maria Doyle Kennedy has a great singing voice, so perhaps she could reprise her role as Vera Bates?
With all of these star turns, this is going to be a long show - perhaps three acts, one for each season.
Donna Murphy as Miss O'Brien?
Maria Doyle Kennedy has a great singing voice, so perhaps she could reprise her role as Vera Bates?
With all of these star turns, this is going to be a long show - perhaps three acts, one for each season.
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#45
Posted: 11/30/12 at 9:40pm
If Violet is played by a man, I think we have to cast the one and only...
(Cast list is updated with your suggestions!)
(Cast list is updated with your suggestions!)
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
Updated On: 11/30/12 at 09:40 PM
#46
Posted: 11/30/12 at 10:45pm
LOVING your casting ideas, Addy. You may have missed your calling.
#47
Posted: 11/30/12 at 11:43pm
I do agree there's only one performer to play the Dowager Countess and that's the Dowager Maitner.
Updated On: 11/30/12 at 11:43 PM
#48
Posted: 11/30/12 at 11:52pm
Perfect.
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#49
Posted: 11/30/12 at 11:55pm
Jayne Houdyshell for Mrs. Hughes, please.
Though really, she is capable of playing any of the downstairs women (Hughes, Patmore, or O'Brien).
Though really, she is capable of playing any of the downstairs women (Hughes, Patmore, or O'Brien).
#50
Posted: 12/1/12 at 12:01am
I'd much rather have La Houdyshell as Mrs. Patmore.
Mrs. Hughes needs to have more of a radiant warmth.
Mrs. Hughes needs to have more of a radiant warmth.
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