I investigated this Hunter fellow on The Google and, while I didn't watch the videos of him, I have to say he looks like I imagine Henrik.
I'd love to see Josefina Scaglione as Anne, but I've a feeling her accent might get in the way.
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Josefina is perfect in some ways. But I agree her accent may be troublesome, and could she come off as a Swedish bride? Updated On: 6/14/09 at 01:27 AM
ideally, I'd love for Trevor Nunn to do some ~investigating~ in music conservatories to find a brandy new actress/singer to play Anne. he's casting everyone else young, his Anne better be as fresh faced as a daisy.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
Well, it's not like the American actors are gonna have Sweedish accents, so I still think Josefina Scaglione would be perfect for Anne. I doubt Equity would allow or that she's even in Nunn's radar, but I think that'd be pretty fabulous.
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Leigh Ann Larkin would be quite ideal as Petra, especially within this particular production.
The other roles are very hard to give suggestions for because of how non-traditionally young Nunn wants to cast them, but Jenny Powers comes to mind as a divine option for Charlotte (even though she's more of a conventional Anne.)
James Barbour is a perfect fit for Fredrik, all ironies of that particular character's storyline aside.
How about Mary-Louise Wilson as Madame Armfeldt?
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
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I am going to London in August and I am going to try to see this production there(it's one of my favorite musicals) I will let you know how it is over there
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somethingwicked, I agree with all your casting choices, especially Leigh Ann and Jenny Powers. I've only seen Jenny Powers as Young Phyllis in Follies at Encores, but I think she could rock Charlotte.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
I think that Jenny Powers is a wonderful choice for Charlotte given the incredibly ridiculous age constraints for the part. She possesses the wit, the vulnerability, and the superficial toughness required for the part. Hopefully she'll be cast. Leigh Ann Larkin will probably be occupied with RAGTIME indeed, though I can't imagine her refusing to play Petra if Nunn wanted her.
"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"
I think a younger Charlotte is very exciting. I've heard it works wonderfully in the production. It sounds a lot better than having an almost 60 year old Christine Baranski in the role.
Baranski is way too old for the part. Nobody's saying that we need a Baranski type. But someone like Martha Plimptom or Marin Mazzie would have been fantastic as Charlotte. Charlotte is supposed to be young and whatnot but again, my main problem with this production is the absurd age-ism, it's like if you are an actress of a certain age you can't even play the roles written for actresses of a certain age.
"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"
" my main problem with this production is the absurd age-ism,"
Well Nunn was going allow Natasha Richardson as Desiree, and she was the EXACT age Desiree should be. Unfortunately that won't happen. I think he would allow an actress in her 40's to play the role, if he really wanted her.
When did Nunn ever say he would cast Natasha? I think that was mostly wishfull thinking on these boards. (mine included) I find Jenny Powers is way too contemporary, but I have never seen her in a period role. Leigh Ann Larkin is about as subtle as a truckdriver, and I don't find her earthy at all, and can she sing that well? The best suggestion I think is Martha Plimpton as either Desiree or Charlotte, I prefer Desiree, because it is more off character and YES I could see men fighting a duel oiver her.
One can only hope. How old is Jenny Powers? Patricia Elliot was just in her early 30s (31 if I'm correct) when the show opened, so I imagine Powers is actually close to that. Sarah Uriarte Berry was brilliant in her "Everyday A Little Day"-like solo in THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA ("The Joy You Feel"), why not cast her as Charlotte?
"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"
A new production, directed by Trevor Nunn, is about to open in London's West End, and sources say its producers have the rights to bring that to New York.
i'd love to see aaron tveit as henrik, but he's doing cmiyc.
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She was absolutely stunning in the Pittsburgh production of THE GLORIOUS ONES, which is a period piece, and her character in HAPPINESS had jaded traits very similar to Charlotte.
Sarah Uriarte Berry still, to me, reads very much like an ingenue. She's played both Anne (which she nailed) and Petra (which she didn't) regionally, but I think she lacks a lot of the grit and worldliness you need for Charlotte.
As I said before when I brought up Plimpton, while she'd be ideal as Charlotte, her age makes her suitable for Desiree in this production, a role I still think she could score with.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Hannah Waddingham may be 35 but she was far and away the best thing about the London production. Nunn, for whom casting is ALWAYS his Achilles heel, tried to get away with a youngish Desiree by casting Fredricka young, as a genuine schoolgirl as opposed to an ingenue playing young. Alas, this was a disasterous choice as the Fredricka I saw was amateurish to the point of risibility. His Anne, who shall be nameless, was also dire. Yes, thank god they are not importing the London cast!