#2
Posted: 2/15/10 at 1:29pm
I know Szot did the reading, but this is the first I've heard LuPone's name being mentioned. She'd actually be great for the production. I hope these casting rumors are true!
#3
Posted: 2/15/10 at 2:39pm
no Selma Hayek??
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#4
Posted: 2/15/10 at 2:46pm
LuPone is too old for the Carmen Maura role (presumably the role she'd play), not to mention she has the wrong sensibility for Almodovar's world and style. Still, wouldn't be surprised to see her in this. The idea of Salma Hayek in an Almodovar theater adaptation was much more exciting.
Now, Szot is quite a welcome addition to any cast. And yes, he was in the reading with Hayek, Jessica Biel and Joanna Gleason.
Now, Szot is quite a welcome addition to any cast. And yes, he was in the reading with Hayek, Jessica Biel and Joanna Gleason.
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Updated On: 2/15/10 at 02:46 PM
#5
Posted: 2/15/10 at 2:46pm
LuPone is booked for the fall.
#6
Posted: 2/15/10 at 4:19pm
Paulo is obviously on the verge of a breakdown because people misspell his name. What's Patti's problem?
#7
Posted: 2/15/10 at 5:19pm
Joe, I thought Patti already had her breakdown?
RyToast, I know she said there was possibly a play in the fall. Did you hear something concrete?
RyToast, I know she said there was possibly a play in the fall. Did you hear something concrete?
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#8
Posted: 2/15/10 at 5:50pm
#9
Posted: 2/15/10 at 6:06pm
Actually have you seen the movie? She would actually be really good in the role of the wife who goes crazy. They could make her role a little meatier. Patti would be fabulous.
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#10
Posted: 2/15/10 at 7:03pm
Get the guys who did Next To Normal to set it to music & you would have a winner.
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#11
Posted: 2/15/10 at 7:44pm
I've seen the movie and am an avid Almodovar fan. I guess LuPone could play Lucia (the wife) but Pepa is the main role, and LuPone is too old and completely wrong for it (unless they have completely re-written the whole thing and changed everything about it). I imagine Gleason played Lucia in the reading opposite Hayek as Pepa. Would Szot be playing Carlos (the Antonio Banderas role, Ivan's son) or Ivan (the husband)?
The reading cast sounded fabulous (not sure how I feel about Biel), I'm dying to see this production. And it's David Yazbek who's attached to this project, not Tom Kitt. I'd have preferred the Scott Frankel/Michael Korie team or Lin-Manuel Miranda.
The reading cast sounded fabulous (not sure how I feel about Biel), I'm dying to see this production. And it's David Yazbek who's attached to this project, not Tom Kitt. I'd have preferred the Scott Frankel/Michael Korie team or Lin-Manuel Miranda.
"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"
Updated On: 2/15/10 at 07:44 PM
#12
Posted: 2/15/10 at 9:35pm
Oh, please, please...
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