A random claim on ATC that FOLLIES will extend till June- Page 3

[bwayfan7000]

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.

[husk_charmer]

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)

[AC126748]

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.

[madbrian]

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

[uncageg]

Posted: 9/27/11 at 9:58am

LOVE the "Results" album!

[ALittleCareless]

Posted: 9/27/11 at 10:02am

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.

[dreaming]

Posted: 9/27/11 at 10:11am

A 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.)

[givesmevoice]

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.

[TheHappyPhantom]

Posted: 9/27/11 at 12:55pm

Alice Ripley's would be more like "Losing my Voice". She sound horrid in the tour for NTN.

[GlindatheGood22]

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.

[SonofRobbieJ]

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.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 9/27/11 at 1:11pm

I like the idea of Kuhn. Sadly though, she'd sell about as many tickets to the show as my Aunt Esther would.

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 9/27/11 at 1:23pm

Unless your Aunt Esther was Esther Williams.

[SonofRobbieJ]

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.

[AC126748]

Posted: 9/27/11 at 1:33pm

^ And that subset would probably sell out two performances.

All things aside, Kuhn would be inspired casting.

[SondheimFan5]

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.

[Jordan Catalano]

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.

[madbrian]

Posted: 9/27/11 at 2:35pm

While 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.

[Jordan Catalano]

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.

[givesmevoice]

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.

[AC126748]

Posted: 9/27/11 at 3:34pm

That gives Kate Baldwin nineteen years to find some stage presence!

[Mildred Plotka]

Posted: 9/27/11 at 4:25pm

Let's put Luker in as Sally and Ziemba as Phyllis and then we can all take a very expensive nap!

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 9/27/11 at 4:47pm

I was thinking Benanti and O'Hara.

[AC126748]

Posted: 9/27/11 at 4:51pm

Emily Skinner has the potential to be an ideal Phyllis, especially with her newly svelte figure.

[BroadwayFan12]

Posted: 9/27/11 at 5:26pm

If Alice Ripley could still sing, she could be Sally to Skinner's Phyllis.