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Zeta-Jones as Mame????
#50re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????
Posted: 10/24/04 at 11:31pmAnd - call me crazy, but she surprised us (most of us) as Rose - what about Ms. Peters?
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
Updated On: 10/24/04 at 11:31 PM
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#51re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????
Posted: 10/24/04 at 11:31pm
Oh, good point. What I saw was a reading of AUNTIE MAME. Didn't think of the songs! 
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
CurtainUp2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/8/04
#52re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????
Posted: 10/24/04 at 11:46pmI know she did the remake of Gypsy, but what the hell... let Bette Midler do it. She's more or less in the right age group, she's got the comedy thing down, she's got the right personality and attitude for it, and she can sing.
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Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#53re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????
Posted: 10/24/04 at 11:47pmCHRISTINE BARANSKI, YOU FOOLS!!!!!!!!
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#54re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????
Posted: 10/24/04 at 11:49pmChristine "One Role" Baranski. And the one role is not MAME.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#55re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????
Posted: 10/24/04 at 11:49pmYes, with Stockard as Vera and Swoozie as Sally Kato and who for "Little Glory"?
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#56re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????
Posted: 10/24/04 at 11:50pmRath, I am going to hunt you down.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#57re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????
Posted: 10/24/04 at 11:51pmYou think Freddy is any match for Bernie? Bring it on!!!
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#58re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????
Posted: 10/24/04 at 11:51pmWell at least Freddy could bring some depth to GYPSY.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#59re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????
Posted: 10/24/04 at 11:53pmOH NO YOU DI-N'T!!!!!!!!
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#60re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????
Posted: 10/24/04 at 11:54pm
Oh.
But I did.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
GovernorSlaton
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/04
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#62re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????
Posted: 10/25/04 at 1:06amMatt_G's in trouble now... Updated On: 10/25/04 at 01:06 AM
#63re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????
Posted: 10/25/04 at 1:43amzeta jones maimed? is that the payback for stealing that oscar a few years ago...
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PED
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Auggie27
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/03
#65re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????
Posted: 10/25/04 at 10:47am
Wasn't it in CHER's arena a while? She's the right age, and outrageous, and would certainly add the glamour. I think her vocals would be fine, too. But Burnette would be more Ball.
Truth be told, though Lansbury was chic and warm and it changed her career, the definitive comedic take on the character will always be Russell's. Perhaps only Charles Busch comes close to the Russell brand of elegant humor. It's never been as funny without her (and neither has WONDERFUL TOWN, for that matter.)
"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#66re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????
Posted: 10/25/04 at 11:06am
GOOD Point Auuggie!
You are right. MAME transformed Lansbury from a bitchy Hollywood character actress to a warm and friendly Broadway singer.
One of the very few instances where an artist was actually able to "re-invent" their on-stage image and the audience did not balk.
After LUCY, Lucille Ball tried to "re-invent" herself (STONE PILLOW) but the public didn't agree.
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#67re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????
Posted: 10/25/04 at 12:47pm
I just thought of another good example of an artist "re-inventing himself."
After years of playing "heavies" (mostly in Westerns); Robert Preston turned himself into a charming singer-dancer in THE MUSIC MAN and was no longer thought of as a "heavy."
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#68re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????
Posted: 10/25/04 at 12:54pmIf they are willing to go that young with the part, they should give it to Megan Mullally.
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gcal
Leading Actor Joined: 10/19/04
#69re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????
Posted: 10/25/04 at 4:41pmI know there's been discussion on the board about the revival...I think Christine Ebersole would be perfect for the revival as well as the TV movie. She has the class, elegance, and age to do it perfectly.
#70re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????
Posted: 10/25/04 at 4:43pmExcept she's not a major ticket seller.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
tpdc
Broadway Star Joined: 5/30/03
#71re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????
Posted: 10/25/04 at 5:07pm
Christine Ebersole seems right for Mame, but she didn't get great reviews when she played the role at Papermill.
While CZJ isn't the warmest performer, I do think she has the right movie star glamour for the role. And I think she is the right age. Auntie Mame isn't 50-60 in the novel, well not for most of it.
#72re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????
Posted: 10/25/04 at 7:40pmi think zeta-jones would play mame very well! i can so see it.
#73re: Zeta-Jones as Mame????
Posted: 10/25/04 at 10:11pmWell, while I love CZJ.......I do think she is a tad too young. With comedy, I think she can do it. Some parts in MARSK OF ZORRO she was funny in "He was vigorous father. Very vigorous." I was cracking up at that part. But, yeah. They need to put someone older in the part.
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