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A random claim on ATC that FOLLIES will extend till June
bwayfan7000
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/09
#50A random claim on ATC that FOLLIES will extend till June
Posted: 9/27/11 at 12:53am
Ripley's "Losing My Mind" would be unreal, I bet.
And if Rebecca Luker played Sally opposite Burstein, I'd be there in a second.
"Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos."-Stephen Sondheim
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#51A random claim on ATC that FOLLIES will extend till June
Posted: 9/27/11 at 2:41am
Picture it, 2013:
Christie Brinkley is Sally Durrant Plummer
Robin Tunney is Phyllis Rogers Stone
Nathan Fillion is Buddy Plummer
Tom Selleck is Ben Stone
with special appearance by
Susan Sullivan as Carlotta (actually I could dig that)
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#52A random claim on ATC that FOLLIES will extend till June
Posted: 9/27/11 at 8:48am
Yeah, Susan Sullivan as Carlotta doesn't seem implausible at all.
I've long pictured Alison Fraser as Sally. Her natural fragility would perfectly gel with the dramatic needs of the role.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#53A random claim on ATC that FOLLIES will extend till June
Posted: 9/27/11 at 9:00am
Taking over for Peters has been done before, and very effectively, so why not repeat history? Reba as Sally. She'd sell more tickets and sing the crap out of the score.
If Liza played Sally, she'd HAVE TO perform her dance version of Losing My Mind.
Losing My Mind
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
#54A random claim on ATC that FOLLIES will extend till June
Posted: 9/27/11 at 9:58amLOVE the "Results" album!
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ALittleCareless
Swing Joined: 9/22/11
#55A random claim on ATC that FOLLIES will extend till June
Posted: 9/27/11 at 10:02amWouldn't she just cancel a couple of the concerts and stay with the show? I seem to recall she canceled a few when it was announced the show was going to move from DC.
dreaming
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/24/09
#56A random claim on ATC that FOLLIES will extend till June
Posted: 9/27/11 at 10:11amA Little Careless-that was precisely what I was thinking, too. She can postpone them until her contract expires (or at least until after the Tonys). Or, she can cancel them if they don't appear to be selling very well. I highly doubt they would replace her before the Tonys. (Or that she would depart before them.)
#57A random claim on ATC that FOLLIES will extend till June
Posted: 9/27/11 at 10:29am
Wouldn't she just cancel a couple of the concerts and stay with the show? I seem to recall she canceled a few when it was announced the show was going to move from DC.
Are any of these rescheduled concerts from those that she canceled for the production at the Kennedy Center? If so, I could imagine she'd hesitate before canceling.
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
TheHappyPhantom
Featured Actor Joined: 8/25/11
#58A random claim on ATC that FOLLIES will extend till June
Posted: 9/27/11 at 12:55pmAlice Ripley's would be more like "Losing my Voice". She sound horrid in the tour for NTN.
#59A random claim on ATC that FOLLIES will extend till June
Posted: 9/27/11 at 1:08pm
Had a feeling something like this would happen.
If it does, I think it might be a good idea to have Paige be Sally for the days Peters isn't there and just let the Carlotta understudy go on.
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#60A random claim on ATC that FOLLIES will extend till June
Posted: 9/27/11 at 1:08pm
Peters' concert career is VERY lucrative. I imagine 1) she wouldn't want to disappoint her fans and 2) she'd want that dough! I know I would!
I actually adore the idea of Luker. Another Sally I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to see and hear is...
wait for it...
Judy Kuhn.
#61A random claim on ATC that FOLLIES will extend till June
Posted: 9/27/11 at 1:11pmI like the idea of Kuhn. Sadly though, she'd sell about as many tickets to the show as my Aunt Esther would.
#62A random claim on ATC that FOLLIES will extend till June
Posted: 9/27/11 at 1:23pmUnless your Aunt Esther was Esther Williams.
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
#63A random claim on ATC that FOLLIES will extend till June
Posted: 9/27/11 at 1:24pm
Well...same with Luker.
But you know as well as I that, for a certain subset of NY homosexuals, Judy Kuhn back on a Broadway stage in a stellar role that she'd sing better than anyone else has EVER, it would be a must see event.
#64A random claim on ATC that FOLLIES will extend till June
Posted: 9/27/11 at 1:33pm
^ And that subset would probably sell out two performances. 
All things aside, Kuhn would be inspired casting.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
SondheimFan5
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/10
#65A random claim on ATC that FOLLIES will extend till June
Posted: 9/27/11 at 2:03pm
"If it does, I think it might be a good idea to have Paige be Sally for the days Peters isn't there and just let the Carlotta understudy go on."
The 1st cover for Sally and the 1st cover for Carlotta is the same woman (Flo Lacey) - and I think Lacey is MUCH better suited for Sally than for Carlotta.
#66A random claim on ATC that FOLLIES will extend till June
Posted: 9/27/11 at 2:07pm
Luker would be AMAZING!
But the only way she'd sell tickets was if she got a job in the box office.
#67A random claim on ATC that FOLLIES will extend till June
Posted: 9/27/11 at 2:35pmWhile both Luker and Kuhn would sing the part beautifully, I would make the effort to get there to see Kuhn. If they were to go with someone like that, they'd need to add a name to another part. I know she has her TV series now, but Kathy Bates as Hattie or Stella for a limited time would help ticket sales.
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
#68A random claim on ATC that FOLLIES will extend till June
Posted: 9/27/11 at 2:38pm
Sadly, Kathy Bates is in L.A. with HARRY'S LAW right now. But by not getting a "name" for the leads they're sure as hell going to need a HUGE name for a supporting character.
Side note: Watching THE PLAYBOY CLUB last night, I told a friend that in 20 years Laura Benanti is going to make an amazing Phyllis.
#69A random claim on ATC that FOLLIES will extend till June
Posted: 9/27/11 at 3:25pm
Side note: Watching THE PLAYBOY CLUB last night, I told a friend that in 20 years Laura Benanti is going to make an amazing Phyllis.
I said in another thread that my dream 2030 revival of Follies would star Benanti and Kate Baldwin as Phyllis and Sally.
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
#70A random claim on ATC that FOLLIES will extend till June
Posted: 9/27/11 at 3:34pmThat gives Kate Baldwin nineteen years to find some stage presence!
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#71A random claim on ATC that FOLLIES will extend till June
Posted: 9/27/11 at 4:25pmLet's put Luker in as Sally and Ziemba as Phyllis and then we can all take a very expensive nap!
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#72A random claim on ATC that FOLLIES will extend till June
Posted: 9/27/11 at 4:47pmI was thinking Benanti and O'Hara.
#73A random claim on ATC that FOLLIES will extend till June
Posted: 9/27/11 at 4:51pmEmily Skinner has the potential to be an ideal Phyllis, especially with her newly svelte figure.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
BroadwayFan12
Broadway Star Joined: 4/17/10
#74A random claim on ATC that FOLLIES will extend till June
Posted: 9/27/11 at 5:26pmIf Alice Ripley could still sing, she could be Sally to Skinner's Phyllis.
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