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Angela Lansbury,Aaron Lazar,Aaron Tveit to Star in Anastasia Stage Reading
Angela Lansbury, Aaron Lazar to Star in Anastasia Stage Reading #25
Posted: 6/15/12 at 4:09pmI just got chills imagining what the Ghost Waltz could look like in Once Upon A December. In the right hands this could really be special.
Angela Lansbury, Aaron Lazar to Star in Anastasia Stage Reading #26
Posted: 6/15/12 at 4:11pmI want to be in a coma and wake up when this opens so I don't have to wait another minute to see "Once Upon A December" on stage.
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Posted: 6/15/12 at 4:15pmJordan, I very much so agree with you!
Angela Lansbury, Aaron Lazar to Star in Anastasia Stage Reading #28
Posted: 6/15/12 at 4:18pmI just hope whoever ends up in the role of Anastasia sings "Figures dancing gracefully across my memory" instead of "Figures dancing graceuflly across my mammory", like Liz Callaway sings it.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/07
Angela Lansbury, Aaron Lazar to Star in Anastasia Stage Reading #29
Posted: 6/15/12 at 4:24pmIt's too bad Bernadette Peters can't play Sophie unless she gained lots of weight or make her wear a fat suit like the actors in 'Shrek the Musical' do.
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Posted: 6/15/12 at 4:25pmYou don't want people dancing across her Mammory?
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Posted: 6/15/12 at 4:27pmNah, I'm over my dancing mammary fetish.
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
Angela Lansbury, Aaron Lazar to Star in Anastasia Stage Reading #32
Posted: 6/15/12 at 4:28pm
Dear Angie:
Why aren't you doing more Movies?
Your early movie career produced incredible work and more promise than most huge Movie stars. Why haven't you played a Villianess in a Bond Movie? Any role Dame Judi can play, you can play better. There's an Oscar still waiting with your name on it!
L,
CPD
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P.S. Could you also play the grifting mother of the Mentalist on THE MENTALIST?
Paul Esparza might actually be a good choice for this.
And Liz Callaway's mammories are lovely, she can sing about them all she likes.
Updated On: 6/15/12 at 04:28 PM
Angela Lansbury, Aaron Lazar to Star in Anastasia Stage Reading #33
Posted: 6/15/12 at 4:31pmThank you so much! And so true about Dame Judi (with due all respect).
Angela Lansbury, Aaron Lazar to Star in Anastasia Stage Reading #34
Posted: 6/15/12 at 4:33pmI just watched the sequence on youtube and I will be going you in the coma.
Angela Lansbury, Aaron Lazar to Star in Anastasia Stage Reading #35
Posted: 6/15/12 at 4:43pmI could imagine Dark of the Night being the cut song, if one is cut. I agree--don't even try to do a stage Disney and incorporate Bartok. Frankly, I think it could work on stage without Rasputin at all, much like the original film, or else to keep him more as a bare minimum--maybe his presence lurking a bit, but not much else.
Angela Lansbury, Aaron Lazar to Star in Anastasia Stage Reading #36
Posted: 6/15/12 at 4:48pm
Lets not forget about Aaron Lazar. I only saw him in A Little Night Music and was very impressed by his voice, acting, ... and bare chest.
I'm sure he'll be great in the role.
Angela Lansbury, Aaron Lazar to Star in Anastasia Stage Reading #37
Posted: 6/15/12 at 4:53pmTo be utterly superficial, I never fully got the Lazer love. I guess he just doesn't do it for me--that said, oddly, he does seem like really good casting in the male lead for Anastasia, even if he does read a bit old, perhaps.
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Posted: 6/15/12 at 4:56pmI like Aaron but Dimitri is one of the only cartoon characters I want to f**k and I would have a total fangirl meltdown if Colin Donnell took that role on stage.
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/29/12
Angela Lansbury, Aaron Lazar to Star in Anastasia Stage Reading #39
Posted: 6/15/12 at 5:07pm
"I just watched the sequence on youtube and I will be going you in the coma"
I've gotten insomnia, darn it. Wish I could go into a coma until it opens. Why this hasn't been brought to the stage yet is beyond me.
(I ain't using those italics ever again!)
Updated On: 6/15/12 at 05:07 PM
Angela Lansbury, Aaron Lazar to Star in Anastasia Stage Reading #40
Posted: 6/15/12 at 5:09pm
a 29-hour reading of ANASTASIA
Sounds awfully long, doesn't it?
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Posted: 6/15/12 at 5:15pmYeah, what does it mean and how does it work, exactly?
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Posted: 6/15/12 at 5:20pmI was just thinking that Colin Donnell would be a great fit for the role. Isn't Dimitri supposed to be like 20-23?
Angela Lansbury, Aaron Lazar to Star in Anastasia Stage Reading #43
Posted: 6/15/12 at 5:22pmI think Jenn Damiano would make a great Anastasia.
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Posted: 6/15/12 at 5:26pm
A 29-hour reading is an Equity thing. It means that the actors are only hired for 29 hours of work (usually spread over a week of rehearsals) and the producers only have to pay a small stipend and no benefits. Most of these developmental readings you'll hear about will be called 29-hour readings.
This is different than a workshop, which is usually off book with staging and choreography and requires much more rehearsal time.
Everything in life is only for now. ~ Avenue Q
There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as my last. ~ Rent
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Posted: 6/15/12 at 5:27pmIs Ashley Brown to old?
Angela Lansbury, Aaron Lazar to Star in Anastasia Stage Reading #46
Posted: 6/15/12 at 5:33pm
Thank you so much!
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
Angela Lansbury, Aaron Lazar to Star in Anastasia Stage Reading #47
Posted: 6/15/12 at 5:46pm
PJ, some actors are slow readers.
I don't get the Aaron love either but I'm ok with him baring his chest.
Angela Lansbury, Aaron Lazar to Star in Anastasia Stage Reading #48
Posted: 6/15/12 at 7:45pmI'm so ecstatic! Of course, it was pretty unavoidable wasn't it? The music team behind Ragtime AND Seussical? I mean, even the film itself screams musical-theatre. I'm glad that Angela will be playing Marie and, if the show ever makes it to the B'way, that she'll play her there to. Now, if we can just get Bernadette Peters to return for Sophie....
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Posted: 6/15/12 at 8:20pmSomewhere on videotape I have the live production number from the 1997 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade where they did the 'Rumor in St. Petersburg' number. It was lip-synced but it worked great live. The stage show should be pretty cool!
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