Annelise Von Der Pol Back on Broadway?
Annelise Von Der Pol Back on Broadway?
jetts7
Leading Actor Joined: 5/22/11
#1Annelise Von Der Pol Back on Broadway?
Posted: 9/3/12 at 11:18am
I'm surprised she hasn't been back on broadway after she played Belle. She was amazing! It got me thinking, what other roles could she play?
Here are some roles I think she would be great for:
Eva in Evita
Sister Mary Robert in Sister Act
Alice Beineke in The Addams Family
Elphaba in Wicked
Katharine in Newsies
Fiona in Shrek
#2Annelise Von Der Pol Back on Broadway?
Posted: 9/3/12 at 11:19am
Mrs. Lovett
Mama Rose
Desiree
Sweet Charity
Velma Kelly
Fosca
Just cast her in everything!
#2Annelise Von Der Pol Back on Broadway?
Posted: 9/3/12 at 11:52am
was hoping that shed get cast as Mary Roberts on the tour, but guess not. 
Would've been cool to see Raven as Deloris then Annelise as Mary Roberts. :)
Wynbish
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
#3Annelise Von Der Pol Back on Broadway?
Posted: 9/3/12 at 1:26pmAlice Beineke? A mother of a teenager?
HBP
Broadway Star Joined: 6/2/05
#4Annelise Von Der Pol Back on Broadway?
Posted: 9/3/12 at 1:30pmI have nothing against Ms. Von Der Pol, as I haven't seen her perform live in any capacity, but I am always surprised by how often she is mentioned on this board. Does she have an army of Disney fans suggesting her for every role or does her manager/agent just have really good social networking know-how?
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#5Annelise Von Der Pol Back on Broadway?
Posted: 9/3/12 at 1:31pmYou want her to play the mother role? WTF. She's not even old enough to play Evita.
Wynbish
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
#6Annelise Von Der Pol Back on Broadway?
Posted: 9/3/12 at 1:38pm
She is the youngest person to professionaly play the role. Over ten years ago.
Updated On: 9/3/12 at 01:38 PM
#7Annelise Von Der Pol Back on Broadway?
Posted: 9/3/12 at 1:43pmWho?
Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)
beautywickedlover
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/07
#8Annelise Von Der Pol Back on Broadway?
Posted: 9/3/12 at 2:10pm
This is already a thread about this.
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.php?thread=1048660&boardname=bway&page=1
As I mentioned in it I think she would be great as Cinderella in 'Into the Woods'.
Updated On: 9/3/12 at 02:10 PM
#9Annelise Von Der Pol Back on Broadway?
Posted: 9/3/12 at 3:18pm
"Sister Mary Robert in Sister Act
Alice Beineke in The Addams Family
Fiona in Shrek"
All three of these shows have closed on Broadway. How on earth is she going to play these parts on Broadway? I also highly doubt any of them will see a revival.
#10Annelise Von Der Pol Back on Broadway?
Posted: 9/3/12 at 3:20pmI do not get what people think is so incredible about her. Yeah she's good and everything, but she's not some revolutionary actress sent from god above...
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
broadway guy
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/5/11
#11Annelise Von Der Pol Back on Broadway?
Posted: 9/3/12 at 3:52pmI hated Annelise as belle.Vocally she was way to powerful.Acting was fine.However,she would make a GREAT EVA Peron.When i saw her as belle all i could think of "why do i feel like im watching eva peron dancing with kitchen utensils" so yeah her voice would fit perfect for eva.She is Age eligible
MrMidwest
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/8/05
#12Annelise Von Der Pol Back on Broadway?
Posted: 9/3/12 at 3:52pmShe has that belting, full throated vibrato; like Judy Garland had. It's unique these days in a world of smooth pop belters.
"The gods who nurse this universe think little of mortals' cares. They sit in crowds on exclusive clouds and laugh at our love affairs. I might have had a real romance if they'd given me a chance. I loved him, but he didn't love me. I wanted him, but he didn't want me. Then the gods had a spree and indulged in another whim. Now he loves me, but I don't love him." - Cole Porter
jetts7
Leading Actor Joined: 5/22/11
#13Annelise Von Der Pol Back on Broadway?
Posted: 9/3/12 at 4:37pmI can also see her as Mary Poppins!
jetts7
Leading Actor Joined: 5/22/11
#14Annelise Von Der Pol Back on Broadway?
Posted: 9/3/12 at 4:43pm@TheLadyoftheWood I just thought vocally and look wise she could suit those roles.
Wynbish
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
#15Annelise Von Der Pol Back on Broadway?
Posted: 9/3/12 at 4:43pm
She would make a good Mabel.
And... that's all I got.
#16Annelise Von Der Pol Back on Broadway?
Posted: 9/4/12 at 1:55am
i completely agree with MrMidwest, shes incredibly unique and very reminiscent of Judy.
i'd love to see her as Eva or in Chicago.
p.s.
i also noticed how much she is mentioned on here, let alone in Wicked threads.
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#17Annelise Von Der Pol Back on Broadway?
Posted: 9/4/12 at 2:02am
I know she does and loves Theatre,
but I don't think she had a good time at B&B.
Maybe she thought it would be more of a Splash,
instead of a good BWay debut that showed promise.
#18Annelise Von Der Pol Back on Broadway?
Posted: 9/4/12 at 2:08amLest we forget that van der Pol was in another musical in New York after BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, having done VANITIES at Second Stage. She was absolutely astonishing in that production.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#19Annelise Von Der Pol Back on Broadway?
Posted: 9/4/12 at 2:14am
I've heard only good things about her in that show.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#20Annelise Von Der Pol Back on Broadway?
Posted: 9/4/12 at 3:40amPut her in as Jonny in Spring Awakening or as the Mum in Hairspray in everything I say including Roger in Rent
#21Annelise Von Der Pol Back on Broadway?
Posted: 9/4/12 at 12:11pm
I have to echo SomethingWicked's comments--Van Der Pol was astounding in VANITIES, completely elevating what was otherwise a plodding and unmemorable musical. I had never heard of her prior to seeing it, and I was blown away.
She played Marian (the role Molly Camp will play in the Broadway production) earlier this year in the Pasadena Playhouse production of THE HEIRESS.
"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
JohnyBroadway
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/12
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