#26
Posted: 2/8/16 at 10:07pm
I am beyond happy!!! Can't wait this going to be my 4th straight year. I love A Chorus Line.
And the 2016 Hollywood Bowl Summer Musical Is...??? — Page 2
#27
Posted: 2/8/16 at 11:32pm
This really is difficult to cast. Jullianne Hough is a name and would make a great Val, but she's "name" enough for Cassie, I guess even if she reads younger. Nichole Scherzinger would also make a great Shelia and she's done the bowl musical before.
Hilty has said she is not a dancer and Smash was very nicely staged and edited to make her look like she could hold her own.
It's truly difficult to think of names/Glee cast that can legitimately dance it.
#28
Posted: 2/8/16 at 11:36pm
That Jessica Simpson video might be the most surprising thing I'll see all year. Wow. SLAY.
#29
Posted: 2/8/16 at 11:39pm
Dianna Agron is a phenomenal dancer, and could definitely hold her own. Although I don't think she'd even consider it, given that she isn't a fan of her own singing voice.
They/them.
"Get up the nerve to be all you deserve to be."
#30
Posted: 2/9/16 at 12:09am
I wouldn't be surprised to see Hoff pop up here since she's an actual dancer. I don't think most of the choices here can dance.
Remember when Jane Krakowski did "The Music and the Mirror" on ALLY MCBEAL? I'd love to see her as Cassie though that's obviously never happening.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
Updated On: 7/31/16 at 12:09 AM
#31
Posted: 2/9/16 at 12:49am
Jessica Simpson though.
#32
Posted: 2/9/16 at 1:35am
I would die if Jessica from the last Broadway revival played Cassie.
#33
Posted: 2/9/16 at 12:46pm
JoseLee_ said: "I would die if Jessica from the last Broadway revival played Cassie.
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doubtful since she's in TUCK EVERLASTING. And I'd say odds are likely they'll try and get a big name to play Cassie.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
#34
Posted: 2/9/16 at 4:36pm
QueenAlice said: "An interesting, but odd choice because these summer shows at the Bowl usually are all about 'names' and I don't think there are too many name performers who could handle doing that choreography. Hiring 'names' in these roles also kind of defeats the whole point of the show... "
^^ This. ^^
#35
Posted: 2/9/16 at 6:51pm
I just have a feeling Mario Lopez will be Zach & odds are his wife will play someone on the line, too. Courtney Laine Mazza was in the revival and it's how the two met. Mazza u/s the following roles: Kristine, Connie, Diana, Judy & Val.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
#36
Posted: 5/21/16 at 11:13am
Any news on this cast? Deciding whether or not I want to check it out.
#37
Posted: 5/21/16 at 11:53am
Oh, cast be damned, you should just book your ticket and go. I've been super-impressed with about half of the Bowl musicals I've been to in the last several years (loved their RENT and HAIRSPRAY), and even the losers have something interesting to offer (Ellen Greene as Adelaide in GUYS & DOLLS, anyone?)
I find that the coolest shows are ones where they multiply the ensembles by many times the original just to fill that huge portal-- I can only imagine how thrilling "At The Ballet" will be with hundreds doing the barre exercises. (I hope.)
PS Is anyone else joining us at the Paul Simon concert there on June 1?
Updated On: 5/21/16 at 11:53 AM
#38
Posted: 5/21/16 at 1:00pm
Me
HUSSY POWER!
------ HUSSY POWER!
#40
Posted: 5/23/16 at 9:31pm
Any other cast predictions? I'm having a hard time dreaming up casting choices with this one!
#41
Posted: 5/24/16 at 11:29am
been trying to legitimately think of 19 celebrities to cast for this. I really think about 10 will be "names" and the others will be Broadway vets. Wouldn't mind Alison Porter reprising Bebe, but I don't think she's doing musicals anymore.
Zach - Mario Lopez
Don - Nick Carter
Maggie - Mara Davi
Mike - Riker Lynch
Connie - J. Elaine Marcos
Greg - Broadway vet
Cassie - ???
Sheila - Paige Davis
Bobby - Darren Criss
Bebe - Krysta Rodriquez
Judy - Rumer Willis
Richie - Jacob Artist
Al - Drew Lachey
Kristine - Lea Lachey
Val - Courtney Laine Mazza-Lopez
Mark - Chris Colfer
Paul - Corbin Bleu
Diana - Naya Rivera
Larry - Broadway vet
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
#42
Posted: 5/24/16 at 3:20pm
Wow, ACL, someone's really working hard at this! I'm impressed.
My only critique is that sure, a few of these folks can sing well, but unless you're a phenomenal dancer, I just don't want to see you in the cast of A CHORUS LINE. There's no hiding on that stage-- there's no chance of sitting out a number while the ensemble executes the choreography without you. You are the ensemble. You better be able to nail the moves or you should have been cut before "God I Hope I Get It" is over.
#43
Posted: 6/1/16 at 2:22pm
When do they usually announce the cast? I want more Broadway vets over celebrities.
#44
Posted: 6/1/16 at 4:48pm
they just held their open call a month ago, so I'd imagine calls have gone out. And remember, the Hollywood Bowl only has 10 days of rehearsal, so they typically only announce their casting a month before. I'd give it a few more weeks until we know.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
#45
Posted: 6/2/16 at 1:50pm
Casting for the Hollywood Bowl's upcoming production of A Chorus Line, which won the Tony® Award for Best Musical, has been announced: Sabrina Bryan asValerie Clark, Robert Fairchild as Mike Costa, Spencer Liff as Larry,Ross Lynch as Mark Anthony, in addition to Mara Davi as Maggie Winslow, Denis Lambert asGregory Gardner, J. Elaine Marcos as Connie Wong, Jason Tam as Paul San Marco, and Leigh Zimmerman as Sheila Bryant. Additional casting will be announced at a later date.
#46
Posted: 6/2/16 at 1:56pm
I wonder who they're trying to star-cast as Cassie.
#47
Posted: 6/2/16 at 2:02pm
What a dreadfully boring set of names.
#48
Posted: 6/2/16 at 2:05pm
Leigh Zimerman was excellent in London
#49
Posted: 6/2/16 at 2:12pm
I suppose these names are boring if you were hoping for some true "all-star" Hollywood line up, but as has already been discussed in the thread -- most Hollywood names couldn't handle the dancing, and secondly, 'star' casting completely defeats the point of the story.
I personally think this is an excellent group. A bit of the 'best' of the Broadway revival, along with Leigh Zimmerman who won an Olivier Award for playing Shelia in London, and Robert Fairchild who is fabulous in An American in Paris. They should all be wonderful and will serve the show well.
#50
Posted: 6/2/16 at 2:15pm
How do they sell these performances at the massive Hollywood Bowl without any names? Unless they're planning to get superstars for the roles of Zach and Cassie, which is certainly possible...
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