Ariana Grande/Betty White Pippin

[KGbdway]

Posted: 11/11/14 at 9:02pm

I heard a rumor (more than a few times) that Ariana Grande would be finishing up Pippin's Broadway run, as the Leading Player. And that Betty White will be Berthe. Is there any truth to this?

[jbroadway4]

Posted: 11/11/14 at 9:08pm

I love Ariana and Betty and I think they'd be great in the show, but this is not happening.

[HorseTears]

Posted: 11/11/14 at 9:09pm

Yes, it's confirmed. They've both been contracted thru 2017. Just PM me your checking account and social security number and I'll secure your tickets right away.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 11/11/14 at 9:10pm

The OP is almost correct. This casting is happening but the OP reversed the to,was they are playing.

[icecreambenjamin]

Posted: 11/11/14 at 9:10pm

Omfg
Betty White can't perform in Pippin
She'll break a hip.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 11/11/14 at 9:15pm

You guys seriously have no idea what you're talking about. Betty is going into Hedwig. Everybody knows that.

[lisaleela]

Posted: 11/11/14 at 9:20pm

Oh my! I'd love to see Betty White as Berthe! Maybe for the tour? I know she's considerably older but that never stopped her before.

Ariana Grande.. well her brother FRANKIE is in Rock of Ages. Maybe they decided to have the entire Grande clan on Broadway. Lol.

Actually she would be pretty good!

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 11/11/14 at 9:43pm

And B. White as Yitzhak.

[Starship]

Posted: 11/11/14 at 10:02pm

Thanks for the laugh.

[FishermanBob]

Posted: 11/11/14 at 10:32pm

"I heard a rumor (more than a few times)"

Recording a vine of yourself saying it and then playing it back 14 times does not qualify as hearing a rumor more than a few times.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 11/11/14 at 11:29pm

I knew this would happen, first they turn The Leading Player into a sexy, sassy woman, and now she'll be a teenage, ponytailed Mariah carey wanna-be! Broadway is dead.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 11/11/14 at 11:44pm

I heard a rumor (more than a few times) that

I heard a rumor that you were--

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 11/12/14 at 12:13am

While of course she could never pull off the role in this production, Betty White as Berthe would be brilliant.

[devonian.t]

Posted: 11/12/14 at 7:04am

Maybe in the movie version I heard they were making...

[ShakinBaconGirl]

Posted: 11/12/14 at 7:40am

Looks like Stephan Casey is back.

[madbrian]

Posted: 11/12/14 at 8:05am

Just to piss off Bea Arthur's spirit, Betty will be playing Yente in the upcoming revival of Fiddler.

[dreaming]

Posted: 11/12/14 at 8:09am

Ariana Grande started on Broadway and I happen to think she's genuinely talented. I'd love to see her back on Broadway but I doubt it's going to be in Pippin.

[Brian07663NJ]

Posted: 11/12/14 at 8:54am

There are no stage doors, or loading dock doors for that matter, big enough to fit Ariana Grande's ego through.

[dreaming]

Posted: 11/12/14 at 9:21am

Funny she always comes across as far more humble than some Broadway only types that I've seen. Frankly, I don't care what they're like at the stage door because I really don't go there. She's very talented.

[justincharacter]

Posted: 11/12/14 at 10:05am

@Curtain She's 21...

[lisaleela]

Posted: 11/12/14 at 10:36am

I always thought Bernadette Peters would make a great Berthe. But someone awhile back posted on why she couldn't or wouldn't do it. And with only a couple months left of it on Broadway, I suppose it would have to be on tour if at all. But I'd love to see that. I love Bernadette.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 11/12/14 at 10:52am

I heard Ann B Davis was playing Yitzak.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 11/12/14 at 10:56am

^OK, that could prove very interesting

[darreyl102]

Posted: 11/12/14 at 11:28am

@ dreaming - she needs to learn what syllables are first

[dreaming]

Posted: 11/12/14 at 11:30am

Like LuPone needs to learn to enunciate???