Alma Cuervo as the Drowsy Chaperone?
Alma Cuervo as the Drowsy Chaperone?
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#0Alma Cuervo as the Drowsy Chaperone?
Posted: 6/22/06 at 10:00pmI was listening to "As We Stumble Along" in my car today and I thought of Alma Cuervo possibly playing the Drowsy Chaperone sometime in the future. What do you guys think?
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BwayBaby18
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/19/05
#1re: Alma Cuervo as the Drowsy Chaperone?
Posted: 6/22/06 at 10:40pm
She was Mrs. Strauss in Titanic right?....
IF it is who i think it is then yes. But Beth needs to stay in for life.
#2re: Alma Cuervo as the Drowsy Chaperone?
Posted: 6/22/06 at 10:59pmYes, she was Mrs. Strauss in Titanic. She was last seen on Broadway as Mrs. Potts in BATB. She's currently touring in Wicked as Madame Morrible.
jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#3re: Alma Cuervo as the Drowsy Chaperone?
Posted: 6/22/06 at 10:59pmi'm sure she'd be good but by virtue of she is one of the 3 actresses caapble of playing madame morrible (carole and adinah are the other 2) well she needs to stay in wicked forever.
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millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#4re: Alma Cuervo as the Drowsy Chaperone?
Posted: 6/22/06 at 11:18pmWell, I doubt Beth is gonna stay with Drowsy forever and Alma is gonna stay with Wicked forever...so setting aside their current jobs, what do you think as this possible casting choice?
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
#5re: Alma Cuervo as the Drowsy Chaperone?
Posted: 6/22/06 at 11:22pm
she may be a little old for the part, but i'm in for that. I saw her in "Wicked" and loved her singing.
Really though, i hope Beth stays with Drowsy for a looonngg time.
#6re: Alma Cuervo as the Drowsy Chaperone?
Posted: 6/22/06 at 11:28pmJonartdesigns, you don't like Carol Kane as Morrible? I actually prefered her to Carole Shelley. Kane gave it another level that Shelley couldn't. I haven't seen the other two you mention.
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#7re: Alma Cuervo as the Drowsy Chaperone?
Posted: 6/22/06 at 11:55pmI think Jonartdesigns listed Kane as one of the people who are capable of playing Morrible.
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
#8re: Alma Cuervo as the Drowsy Chaperone?
Posted: 6/23/06 at 12:10amWow, that's funny. Carole Shelley is one of THE most gifted actresses alive and, while Wicked was not the vehicle to let her truly shine, I thought her Madame Morrible was perfection. She took a very understated role and brought to it grace, regality, ferocity, and a delicious sense of evil. Just my opinion, though.
clarkstallings
Leading Actor Joined: 1/9/05
#9re: Alma Cuervo as the Drowsy Chaperone?
Posted: 6/23/06 at 12:11amAlma is so great as Morrible. Her "this WICKED WITCH!" scream is the best.
Leading Actor Joined: 12/31/69
#10re: Alma Cuervo as the Drowsy Chaperone?
Posted: 6/23/06 at 12:22am
Cuervo will stay with Wicked until she thinks she gets a better offer. She walked out on a production of Shirley Valentine at Syraucse Stage one week before the opening to take the job in Titanic 
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#11re: Alma Cuervo as the Drowsy Chaperone?
Posted: 6/23/06 at 12:42amI saw Cuervo two other times besides Wicked. Although I don't think she is considered one of the "bigger names" like Sutton Foster, Norbert Leo Butz, and Idina Menzel, she is a wonderful talent!
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#12re: Alma Cuervo as the Drowsy Chaperone?
Posted: 6/23/06 at 1:11am
I wanna see Alma in DOUBT
She is a Wonderful Actress and a Very Smart Woman.
fiyero8132
Broadway Star Joined: 4/27/05
#13re: Alma Cuervo as the Drowsy Chaperone?
Posted: 6/23/06 at 1:16amWhat's this? I'm familiar with her work from Beauty and Cabaret. But...no! Just no! She would not do justice to the role.
lfae
Leading Actor Joined: 7/27/05
#14re: Alma Cuervo as the Drowsy Chaperone?
Posted: 6/23/06 at 6:27am
jonartdesigns - so nice to see someone else who enjoyed Adinah's Morrible! I thought she was the best by far of the three I saw.
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