Anika Noni Rose

[ShuQ]

Anika Noni Rose#0

Posted: 2/20/05 at 1:00am

What's she up to now? I'm a big fan..

[luvtheEmcee]

re: Anika Noni Rose#1

Posted: 2/20/05 at 1:01am

Isn't she on tour with Caroline, or Change?
She was cast in the Encores! production of Purlie, I think. That's in the Spring.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

[apdarcey]

re: Anika Noni Rose#2

Posted: 2/20/05 at 1:02am

yup, exactly. she's out west with tonya and co. and then she's doing purlie with perhaps blair underwood as purlie.

[luvtheEmcee]

re: Anika Noni Rose#3

Posted: 2/20/05 at 1:03am

So excited to see that. I love her.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

[broadwaynut20]

re: Anika Noni Rose#4

Posted: 2/20/05 at 1:03am

if the revival of The Wiz gets to Broadway I think she would be the ideal Dorothy

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

re: Anika Noni Rose#5

Posted: 2/20/05 at 1:04am

I agree. She's effing incredible.

"I hate the bus..."

[title of show] on Broadway. it's time. believe.

[StickToPriest]

re: Anika Noni Rose#6

Posted: 2/20/05 at 1:04am

I heard she turned down the role of Dorothy in the announced The Wiz revival.

Don't know if there is any truth to that.

"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."

The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.

[apdarcey]

re: Anika Noni Rose#7

Posted: 2/20/05 at 1:05am

i think tamyra gray could hold her own in the wiz revival personally. her acting work in boston public and her stamina and voice both in idol and bombay dreams show that she can handle being on broadway.

[ShuQ]

re: Anika Noni Rose#8

Posted: 2/20/05 at 2:57am

I definitely second that apdarcey...she would rock.

[melissa errico fan]

re: Anika Noni Rose#9

Posted: 2/20/05 at 8:34am

Anika was just conformed as Lutiebelle for the Encores production of PURLIE. She is wrapping up the CAROLINE tour.

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

re: Anika Noni Rose#10

Posted: 2/20/05 at 10:13am

I didn't enjoy Tamyra much in Bombay Dreams...

[title of show] on Broadway. it's time. believe.

[OrdinaryJukebox1]

re: Anika Noni Rose#11

Posted: 2/20/05 at 11:14am

I'm really sad that when I saw "Caroline, or Change" she wasn't there. I got the u/s, who was awful. I saw the show a week before it closed, and my friend had seen it and said that Anika Noni Rose was great. Sadly, I don't know what she can do. I have the cast recording, which is fine, but I have a feeling that seeing her live would have either added or taken away. So, I guess I'll never know

-Vincent

[broadway4L]

re: Anika Noni Rose#12

Posted: 2/20/05 at 12:37pm

i like her a lot too

[MTVMANN]

re: Anika Noni Rose#13

Posted: 2/20/05 at 12:39pm

I like her too....also while playingg 6 degrees, I found out that she was in the movie "From Justing to Kelly." How was she in that?

[Chip1012]

re: Anika Noni Rose#14

Posted: 2/20/05 at 1:05pm

I also saw Caroline a week before it closed and Shannon, who was on for Anika, was WONDERFUL.

[ShuQ]

re: Anika Noni Rose#15

Posted: 2/20/05 at 1:44pm

Anika was the only good one in 'From Justin To Kelly'.

Another person who would be AMAZING as Dorothy..Heather Headley. Wow, I'd pay to see that a ton of times, she's fantastic.

Or LaToya London from American Idol, though I don't know how her acting is, she's got the chops.

[OrdinaryJukebox1]

re: Anika Noni Rose#16

Posted: 2/20/05 at 1:49pm

Or Jennifer Hudson from American Idol. Great voice, great personality!

-Vincent

[ShuQ]

re: Anika Noni Rose#17

Posted: 2/20/05 at 1:54pm

Well I DO think Jennifer Hudson is totally awesome...but I don't quite see her in that part.

[OrdinaryJukebox1]

re: Anika Noni Rose#18

Posted: 2/20/05 at 2:00pm

True...maybe for the "Dreamgirls" film. Hopefully they'll come to their senses and NOT cast Beyonce.

-Vincent