Actors you WISH would do Broadway
ObsessedWithRent2
Chorus Member Joined: 2/15/06
#25re: Actors you WISH would do Broadway
Posted: 2/15/06 at 4:55am
Sandra Bullock
Julia Andrews (I don't know if she has already been on Broadway before, but if she has then her again.)
Tom Hanks
George Clooney
Goldie Hawn
The chick who plays Nela off of ER and also the guy who played Mark and Susan and Abby
#26re: Actors you WISH would do Broadway
Posted: 2/15/06 at 5:46am
Catherine Zeta Jones
Anthony Warlow
Toby Maguire
Maggie Smith
Judi Dench
Ian McKellan
Sean Asten
Johnny Depp
Kevin Spacey
etc.....
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#27re: Actors you WISH would do Broadway
Posted: 2/15/06 at 5:53amMel Gibson. His speaking voice is so rich that it would be a pleasure to listen to him as Macbeth or Petruchio.
#28re: Actors you WISH would do Broadway
Posted: 2/15/06 at 7:21amGwyneth Paltrow ,another vote for Emma Thompson.
#29re: Actors you WISH would do Broadway
Posted: 2/15/06 at 7:49am
Julia Andrews (I don't know if she has already been on Broadway before, but if she has then her again.)
Are you for real?
#30re: Actors you WISH would do Broadway
Posted: 2/15/06 at 8:05am
Oh dear,
I assure, Julie Andrews has been on Broadway. She's kind of a legend, you know?
#31re: Actors you WISH would do Broadway
Posted: 2/15/06 at 9:24am
I 2nd Judi Dench
Also... my picks:
Christopher Walken (He's done his share of acting on Broadway, but it would be awesome if he took the stage again. For once I'd actually consider doing the stage door...)
Patricia Routledge (Saw her in London about 2 years ago... would love to see her here. Her last hoorah on Broadway was 30 years ago...)
#32re: Actors you WISH would do Broadway
Posted: 2/15/06 at 9:38am<---- Coco Peru
DiamondGirl
Stand-by Joined: 10/1/05
#33re: Actors you WISH would do Broadway
Posted: 2/15/06 at 9:42amChristian Bale, oh so much. Please?
Bwaybaby109
Broadway Star Joined: 6/28/03
#34re: Actors you WISH would do Broadway
Posted: 2/15/06 at 10:33amEwan MacGregor!!!!
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#35re: Actors you WISH would do Broadway
Posted: 2/15/06 at 10:38amQueen Latifah -- and not just because of her performance in the film version of "Chicago." I loved hearing her sing in "Living Out Loud." Her rendition of "Lush Life" is absolutely gorgeous!
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#36re: Actors you WISH would do Broadway
Posted: 2/15/06 at 10:44am
I think many people already know my first choice.
Lauren Graham would be AMAZING on stage. I have also heard her say that she always wanted to return to the stage because that's where she started. She's also a Musical Theatre nut.
Also, Emma Thompson. So much.
jasobres
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/9/05
#38re: Actors you WISH would do Broadway
Posted: 2/15/06 at 11:27am
Diane Keaton, believe it or not, actually started on Broadway, in the ensemble of Hair back in the late 60's early 70's.
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#39re: Actors you WISH would do Broadway
Posted: 2/15/06 at 11:32amAnthony Warlow. If he ever decides to come here, I will find a way to raise the money (sell my car? take out a loan? walk the streets?) and fly to NYC. I love him THAT MUCH.
"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.
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#40re: Actors you WISH would do Broadway
Posted: 2/15/06 at 11:39am
I swear, the second I read the title of this thread I thought: EMMA THOMPSON.
She is a goddess.
Also:
Dame Maggie Smith (again)
Dame Helen Mirren (again)
Charlotte Rampling (She's appeared on stage in Paris, but never Broadway)
Immelda Staunton (appared on the West End a lot)
Julie Christie
(I do love those Brits, what can I say?)
Oh and more than anything - Jeff Bridges.
#41re: Actors you WISH would do Broadway
Posted: 2/15/06 at 1:32pm
HILARY SWANK
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Kate Winslet
#42re: Actors you WISH would do Broadway
Posted: 2/15/06 at 1:53pm
Gwyneth Paltrow. She'd look amazing on stage.
Kate Winslet.
Cate Blanchett.
joeybiltmore1
Leading Actor Joined: 2/22/05
Jay2
Understudy Joined: 5/16/05
#44re: Actors you WISH would do Broadway
Posted: 2/15/06 at 2:24pm
Robert Downey Jr.
Billy Bob Thorton
and anyone else from the land of the 3 name people.
#45re: Actors you WISH would do Broadway
Posted: 2/15/06 at 2:53pmAlfre Woodard, Annette Bening, Angela Basset, Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Will Smith, Julianne Moore.
#46re: Actors you WISH would do Broadway
Posted: 2/15/06 at 3:17pmI wouldn't be upset if Jake Gyllenhaal wanted to do some broadway. Mmmm...perhaps him and Christian Bale together. That would be perfect. For me anyways.
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Joined: 12/31/69
#47re: Actors you WISH would do Broadway
Posted: 2/15/06 at 3:34pmPhyllis Diller and Mary-Kate Olsen in "The Glass Menagerie".
#48re: Actors you WISH would do Broadway
Posted: 2/15/06 at 3:38pm
I second Anthony Warlow. Definitely my favorite musical theatre performer--would love to see (and hear) him live and not just on recordings and video.
BTW..several people have mentioned Tony Shalhoub..in case you didn't know, Tony appeared on Broadway on three different occasions: The Odd Couple (1985), The Heidi Chronicles (replacement 1990) , and in Conversations with My Father (1992). Of course, it would be nice for him to come BACK to Broadway :)
#49re: Actors you WISH would do Broadway
Posted: 2/15/06 at 3:39pm
"Julia Andrews (I don't know if she has already been on Broadway before, but if she has then her again.)"
This made me want to cry.
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