Excerpts from Kathleen Turner's autobiography
Excerpts from Kathleen Turner's autobiography
MrMidwest
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/8/05
#1Excerpts from Kathleen Turner's autobiography
Posted: 1/23/08 at 4:15pm
My favorite bit:
Once, I had to leave the Broadway production of Cat On A Hot Tin Roof because I'd already committed to a film. But the producers wanted to extend the run, so they started auditioning other actresses in my part.
One afternoon, my male co-star came into my dressing room and said: "You gotta come. You gotta see this, Kathleen." We crept in through the back door of the theatre and watched as Raquel Welch did an audition.
"Well, I just don't think that Kathleen has ever been feline enough," we heard her say. She was going around the stage with her hands like claws, hissing and making cat gestures. Oddly enough, the producers decided not to use her.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=509619&in_page_id=1773
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#2re: Excerpts from Kathleen Turner's autobiography
Posted: 1/23/08 at 4:18pmI always thought Ms. Welch would make be the definitive JennyAnydots.
#2re: Excerpts from Kathleen Turner's autobiography
Posted: 1/23/08 at 4:26pm
Oh good. There hasn't been a really bitchy theatrical memoir in a LONG time.
Is there an audiobook?
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#3re: Excerpts from Kathleen Turner's autobiography
Posted: 1/23/08 at 4:32pm
Yes.
Read by Tom Waits for authenticity.
#4re: Excerpts from Kathleen Turner's autobiography
Posted: 1/23/08 at 4:33pmCouldn't you get your voice low enough for the audition?
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#5re: Excerpts from Kathleen Turner's autobiography
Posted: 1/23/08 at 4:34pmThere aren't enough cigarettes in the world.
#6re: Excerpts from Kathleen Turner's autobiography
Posted: 1/23/08 at 4:36pmWell, maybe you could perform portions of the book live for the next BWW holiday party.
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#7re: Excerpts from Kathleen Turner's autobiography
Posted: 1/23/08 at 4:37pm
Naked. Whilst tucking.
Just like in THE GRADUATE.
#8re: Excerpts from Kathleen Turner's autobiography
Posted: 1/23/08 at 4:42pmAny excuse to tuck, huh?
#9re: Excerpts from Kathleen Turner's autobiography
Posted: 1/23/08 at 4:45pm
I've been sick for a couple of weeks, and as a phlegmatic alto II, my voice is starting to resemble Ms. Turner's.
For unrelated reasons, I'm definitely buying her book.
#10re: Excerpts from Kathleen Turner's autobiography
Posted: 1/24/08 at 2:39amHow about Kathleen Turner as Margo Channing in Applause?
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#11re: Excerpts from Kathleen Turner's autobiography
Posted: 1/24/08 at 12:35pm
Oh...it just gets dishier!
Nicholas Cage: Pet Thief?
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#12re: Excerpts from Kathleen Turner's autobiography
Posted: 1/24/08 at 1:00pmOh, please. Cage was the most interesting thing about PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#13re: Excerpts from Kathleen Turner's autobiography
Posted: 1/24/08 at 1:21pmWhat WAS with that voice tho? And the teeth?
nmartin
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/3/05
#14re: Excerpts from Kathleen Turner's autobiography
Posted: 1/24/08 at 1:37pmRaquel Welch as Maggie and Rip Taylor as Big Daddy.
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#15re: Excerpts from Kathleen Turner's autobiography
Posted: 1/24/08 at 2:28pm
The only two films Cage hasn't ruined for me are MOONSTRUCK (because otherwise, it's perfection) and NATIONAL TREASURE (shut up).
I find him unbearable. UNBEARABLE!!!!!
DG
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
#16re: Excerpts from Kathleen Turner's autobiography
Posted: 1/24/08 at 2:31pmRobbie - he didn't ruin GUARDING TESS for me - but I always assumed that Shirley scared the living CRAP out of him.
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#17re: Excerpts from Kathleen Turner's autobiography
Posted: 1/24/08 at 2:37pmSo who did take over the role??
#18re: Excerpts from Kathleen Turner's autobiography
Posted: 1/24/08 at 2:38pmRobbie, have you seen ADAPTATION?
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#19re: Excerpts from Kathleen Turner's autobiography
Posted: 1/24/08 at 2:39pmRuined.
#20re: Excerpts from Kathleen Turner's autobiography
Posted: 1/24/08 at 2:40pmToo bad. I love that film. I can't wait for SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#21re: Excerpts from Kathleen Turner's autobiography
Posted: 1/24/08 at 2:41pmI must say this. I'm sure he's talented. I'm sure he can act. My reaction to him is visceral and irrational. And I'm ok with that.
#22re: Excerpts from Kathleen Turner's autobiography
Posted: 1/24/08 at 2:42pmI think the show closed when Ms. Turner left.
DG
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
#23re: Excerpts from Kathleen Turner's autobiography
Posted: 1/24/08 at 2:43pmBorstal - I don't think anyone took over. If I remember correctly, it didn't even play 6 months.
#24re: Excerpts from Kathleen Turner's autobiography
Posted: 1/24/08 at 2:43pm
It's okay. One of my best friends hates him, too. He think that he was once a good actor, but with every passing year his talent fades, so now he is a talentless oaf.
But that's just my friend.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
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