Amy Adams to play The Baker's Wife

[givesmevoice]

Amy Adams to play The Baker's Wife#1

Posted: 4/3/12 at 1:01pm

According to The Public's twitter.
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[Michael Bennett]

Amy Adams to play The Baker's Wife #2

Posted: 4/3/12 at 1:03pm

What fun! She's a pretty big name, so does this mean we can expect the Witch and the Baker to also be film stars (just to keep it all balanced and stuff?)

[ljay889]

Amy Adams to play The Baker's Wife #2

Posted: 4/3/12 at 1:04pm

I predict that this will be their only name. She'll probably be very good.

[AC126748]

Amy Adams to play The Baker's Wife #3

Posted: 4/3/12 at 1:06pm

Pretty great choice, I'd say, for going the star route.

"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

[ChildrenwillListen]

Amy Adams to play The Baker's Wife #4

Posted: 4/3/12 at 1:09pm

Now I really want to see it!

[hyperbole_and_a_half]

Amy Adams to play The Baker's Wife #5

Posted: 4/3/12 at 1:12pm

Exciting!

[jpbran]

Amy Adams to play The Baker's Wife #6

Posted: 4/3/12 at 1:24pm

Good "audition" for her should a film version ever actually get made...

[Jordan Catalano]

Amy Adams to play The Baker's Wife #7

Posted: 4/3/12 at 1:29pm

As much as I love her, I just can't imagine her in the role.

It's the hardest to pull off in the entire show so I'm anxious to see how she does.

[bwayphreak234]

Amy Adams to play The Baker's Wife #8

Posted: 4/3/12 at 1:31pm

I like it.

"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "

[CurtainPullDowner]

Amy Adams to play The Baker's Wife #9

Posted: 4/3/12 at 1:37pm

Too ingenoo-ee for me, but good luck.

[noradesmond]

Amy Adams to play The Baker's Wife #10

Posted: 4/3/12 at 1:39pm

Fabulous.

[Michael Bennett]

Amy Adams to play The Baker's Wife #11

Posted: 4/3/12 at 1:43pm

In her defense, Adams has proved she can be more than just the Cinderella type - her performance in THE FIGHTER was pretty ballsy. I think she's likely more versatile than she's always given credit

[GlindatheGood22]

Amy Adams to play The Baker's Wife #12

Posted: 4/3/12 at 1:45pm

Meh. Better have a great Witch or I ain't waiting on line for ten hours.

I know you. I know you. I know you.

[SonofRobbieJ]

Amy Adams to play The Baker's Wife #13

Posted: 4/3/12 at 1:51pm

Oh...I think she'll be delightful! She's got a dark streak in her that was in evidence in PSYCHO BEACH PARTY.

Plus...I kinda like the idea of the Baker's Wife and Cinderally being two sides of the same coin.

[madbrian]

Amy Adams to play The Baker's Wife #14

Posted: 4/3/12 at 1:51pm

I'd really like to see Josh Radnor as the Baker.

"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

[broadwaybabytn]

Amy Adams to play The Baker's Wife #15

Posted: 4/3/12 at 1:54pm

She could be absolutely fantastic!

[AC126748]

Amy Adams to play The Baker's Wife #16

Posted: 4/3/12 at 1:57pm

I'd really like to see Josh Radnor as the Baker.

Me too, but it's not possible given his shooting schedule.

"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

[iluvtheatertrash]

Amy Adams to play The Baker's Wife #17

Posted: 4/3/12 at 1:59pm

Maybe it's just me, but I can't see it. "If you know what you want then you go and you find it and you GET it." Yeah. Nope. Can't see it.

"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman

Updated On: 4/3/12 at 01:59 PM

[AC126748]

Amy Adams to play The Baker's Wife #18

Posted: 4/3/12 at 2:01pm

The line is "get it," actually.

And you obviously didn't see THE FIGHTER. Completely believable as a scrappy, hard-edged, headstrong woman.

"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

[iluvtheatertrash]

Amy Adams to play The Baker's Wife #19

Posted: 4/3/12 at 2:04pm

Oh, whatever. I've been in a cubicle for four hours doing data entry. My mind is going.

And actually, I did see THE FIGHTER. And thought she was miscast.

"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman

[iluvtheatertrash]

Amy Adams to play The Baker's Wife #20

Posted: 4/3/12 at 2:07pm

Edited my post. You're right, it's "get it".

I think she'd be wonderful as Cinderella. And she may be wonderful as The Baker's Wife if they pair her with the proper Baker. My concern is that she won't be strong enough to the right guy. But if it's Euan as rumor has said, I think she'd be a fine fit.

Though I do think her and Jessi Mueller should switch.

"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman

Updated On: 4/3/12 at 02:07 PM

[AC126748]

Amy Adams to play The Baker's Wife #21

Posted: 4/3/12 at 2:08pm

I wasn't trying to be bitchy. "Get it" and "take it" have different connotations and I felt it was a case where accuracy was needed--especially since you emphasized the TAKE.

"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

[best12bars]

Amy Adams to play The Baker's Wife #22

Posted: 4/3/12 at 2:08pm

She was great in The Fighter, and I'll bet she'll be great in this. I agree completely about her versatility.

She is racking up quite a resume, and I really like the diversity of roles.

EDIT: Now just get Catherine Zeta-Jones for the Witch ...

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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Updated On: 4/3/12 at 02:08 PM

[iluvtheatertrash]

Amy Adams to play The Baker's Wife #23

Posted: 4/3/12 at 2:10pm

I know you weren't. All is well. I'm in cubicle hell, so I'm being a little snarky. Sorry. You're very right that it changes the meaning.

"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman

Updated On: 4/3/12 at 02:10 PM

[AC126748]

Amy Adams to play The Baker's Wife #24

Posted: 4/3/12 at 2:11pm

No worries. We'll agree to disagree on Adams.

"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