Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting

[ILOHTFAHA (Aida Man)]

Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting#1

Posted: 10/8/10 at 12:57am

any inside info? Cause that's what I'm really after.

[RICRoyal2010]

Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting#2

Posted: 10/8/10 at 2:53am

As of Tuesday they were still accepting submissions via mail.

"I'm that one in a million chance when the director says 'you', the small town boy who makes it big, the one that little children and grown men and women will adore, I'm that shot in the dark everyone talks about, you may not know my name yet, but you will, everyone will, someday."- Me

[IdinaBellFoster]

Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting#2

Posted: 10/8/10 at 10:06am

Laura Benanti & Gavin Creel

wishful thinking?

"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards

[ILOHTFAHA (Aida Man)]

Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting#3

Posted: 10/8/10 at 10:32am

I would want to see Ashley Brown as Hope

[Dolly_Levi]

Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting#4

Posted: 10/8/10 at 10:40am

Gavin Creel is my dream choice as well.

Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward. Carol Channing

[CurtainPullDowner]

Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting#5

Posted: 10/8/10 at 10:51am

I hear they are going young(er),
Michael Arden and Sierra Boggess type young.

[adamgreer]

Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting#6

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]

Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting#7

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.

[IdinaBellFoster]

Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting#8

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.

"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards

[ILOHTFAHA (Aida Man)]

Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting#9

Posted: 10/9/10 at 7:54pm

Michael Arden and Chelsea Morgan Stock. Just a thought if they want actors who are younger looking.

[singtopher]

Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting#10

Posted: 10/10/10 at 12:03pm

Isn't Reno supposed to be older than Billy? Maybe it's just the way I've always seen it cast.

"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it." -Stephen Colbert

[bwaylvsong]

Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting#11

Posted: 10/10/10 at 12:14pm

^Yes. I'm pretty sure it's at least inferred somewhere in the scipt.

[SondheimFan5]

Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting#12

Posted: 10/10/10 at 1:21pm

what script are they using?

[Mattbrain]

Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting#13

Posted: 10/10/10 at 1:23pm

The '87 version, thank Christ!

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[beautywickedlover]

Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting#14

Posted: 10/10/10 at 2:03pm

Laura Bell Bundy as Hope and Sebastian Arcelus as Billy.

[CapnHook]

Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting#15

Posted: 10/10/10 at 3:36pm

Hunter Foster as Billy and Jen Cody as Hope.

"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

[Jon]

Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting#16

Posted: 10/10/10 at 11:05pm

"Abandon Hope" would be more like it.

[Dollypop]

Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting#17

Posted: 10/10/10 at 11:28pm

Aretha Kitt as Hope. Please!!!!!!

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[gogogreg]

Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting#18

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...

[ILOHTFAHA (Aida Man)]

Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting#19

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

[singtopher]

Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting#20

Posted: 10/11/10 at 2:21am

None 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?

"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it." -Stephen Colbert

[ILOHTFAHA (Aida Man)]

Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting#21

Posted: 10/11/10 at 2:27am

You have a point there singtopher

[adamgreer]

Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting#22

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

[CATSNYrevival]

Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting#23

Posted: 10/11/10 at 2:54am

I'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.

[gogogreg]

Anything goes revival Billy and Hope casting#24

Posted: 10/11/10 at 3:22am

Howard Mcgillin, who was a terrific Billy in the last revival, certainly wasnt in his 20's, opposite Patti Lupone.....