Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting
Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting
#1Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting
Posted: 10/8/10 at 12:57amany inside info? Cause that's what I'm really after.
RICRoyal2010
Chorus Member Joined: 10/9/06
#2Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting
Posted: 10/8/10 at 2:53amAs of Tuesday they were still accepting submissions via mail.
#2Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting
Posted: 10/8/10 at 10:06am
Laura Benanti & Gavin Creel
wishful thinking?
#3Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting
Posted: 10/8/10 at 10:32amI would want to see Ashley Brown as Hope
Dolly_Levi
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/8/04
#4Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting
Posted: 10/8/10 at 10:40amGavin Creel is my dream choice as well.
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#5Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting
Posted: 10/8/10 at 10:51am
I hear they are going young(er),
Michael Arden and Sierra Boggess type young.
#6Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting
Posted: 10/8/10 at 11:37am
Laura Benanti & Gavin Creel
wishful thinking?
In the case of Benanti, not only wishful thinking, but impossible, given that she's in Women on the Verge of a Nervouse Breakdown.
AEA AGMA SM
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/13/09
#7Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting
Posted: 10/8/10 at 6:50pm
"I hear they are going young(er),
Michael Arden and Sierra Boggess type young."
Michael Arden and Sierra Boggess were both born in 1982. That's hardly what I would call "going young" for either of these roles.
#8Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting
Posted: 10/9/10 at 2:53am
Although it won't happen, I believe if Benanti went directly from closing WOMEN ON THE VERGE into ANYTHING GOES rehearsal's she could do it, if we're talking a 5-6 weeks rehearsal process.
But, this isn't going to happen anyways.
#9Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting
Posted: 10/9/10 at 7:54pmMichael Arden and Chelsea Morgan Stock. Just a thought if they want actors who are younger looking.
#10Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting
Posted: 10/10/10 at 12:03pmIsn't Reno supposed to be older than Billy? Maybe it's just the way I've always seen it cast.
bwaylvsong
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/28/05
#11Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting
Posted: 10/10/10 at 12:14pm^Yes. I'm pretty sure it's at least inferred somewhere in the scipt.
SondheimFan5
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/10
#12Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting
Posted: 10/10/10 at 1:21pmwhat script are they using?
Mattbrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
#13Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting
Posted: 10/10/10 at 1:23pmThe '87 version, thank Christ!
beautywickedlover
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/07
#14Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting
Posted: 10/10/10 at 2:03pmLaura Bell Bundy as Hope and Sebastian Arcelus as Billy.
#15Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting
Posted: 10/10/10 at 3:36pmHunter Foster as Billy and Jen Cody as Hope.
--Aristotle
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#16Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting
Posted: 10/10/10 at 11:05pm"Abandon Hope" would be more like it.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#17Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting
Posted: 10/10/10 at 11:28pmAretha Kitt as Hope. Please!!!!!!
#18Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting
Posted: 10/11/10 at 1:32am
Here would be my idea of a pretty talented cast:
Reno- Sutton Foster
Billy- Harry Connick Jr.
Hope- Laura Osnes
Evelyn- Malcolm Gets
Moonface- Joel Grey
Mrs Harcourt- Debra Monk
Bonnie- Megan Sikora
Mr. Whitney- Johnathan Hadary
Ok, so what do you think? Would love to hear more suggestions...
#19Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting
Posted: 10/11/10 at 2:13am
Reno-Sutton Foster
Billy-Michael Arden
Hope-Chelsea Morgan Stock
Evelyn-Malcolm Gets
Moonface-Joel Grey
Bonnie/Erma-Mary Birdsong
Mrs. Harcourt-Jayne Houdyshell
Elisha J. Whitney-Johnathan Hadary
#20Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting
Posted: 10/11/10 at 2:21amNone of these (Michael Arden perhaps being the exception) come across as being young enough to play against Sutton's Reno. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Billy supposed to be mid 20s?
#21Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting
Posted: 10/11/10 at 2:27amYou have a point there singtopher
#22Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting
Posted: 10/11/10 at 2:33am
Whether or not he's too old, I'd be willing to bet any amount of money that Roundabout tried to get Harry Connick Jr. for Billy. He's everything Billy should be- attractive, charismatic, and a real crooner. Who wouldn't want to hear his voice singing these Cole Porter standards? Plus he'll turn this production into a sell out hit, like he did Pajama Game.
Jayne Houdyshell as Evangaline seems inevitable (and REALLY obvious), and I fear she'd just play Mae Peterson again.
Laura Osnes is unfortunately going to be busy with that Wildhorn show, Bonnie and Clyde.
Updated On: 10/11/10 at 02:33 AM
#23Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting
Posted: 10/11/10 at 2:54amI'd love to see Sutton and Gavin together again, but I'd rather it be in a show that they were both suitable for instead of being miscast.
#24Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting
Posted: 10/11/10 at 3:22amHoward Mcgillin, who was a terrific Billy in the last revival, certainly wasnt in his 20's, opposite Patti Lupone.....
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