BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS Coming to Broadway; Rob Ashford to Direct!

[Rob]

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Posted: 8/7/14 at 4:20pm

Click Here to Read Updated On: 8/7/14 at 04:20 PM

[Kad]

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Posted: 8/7/14 at 4:24pm

Who saw this one coming? Anyone?

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

[haterobics]

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Posted: 8/7/14 at 4:24pm

There's already a uproar about Tumblr about them not casting real whores...

Updated On: 8/7/14 at 04:24 PM

[Kad]

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Posted: 8/7/14 at 4:25pm

Whores, actors, what's the difference?

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

[tazber]

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Posted: 8/7/14 at 4:28pm

Whores get paid.

....but the world goes 'round

[pmensky]

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Posted: 8/7/14 at 4:30pm

Rob Ashford + Whorehouse = 7th sign of the apocalypse. All hail Satan.

[ACL2006]

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Posted: 8/7/14 at 4:30pm

can we say flop?

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[BroadwayNYC2]

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Posted: 8/7/14 at 4:32pm

Has the opportunity for some great casting

[tazber]

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Posted: 8/7/14 at 4:33pm

I was just about to see what everyone was thinking regarding the casting.

Any guesses for Mona? Thorpe?

....but the world goes 'round

[SonofRobbieJ]

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Posted: 8/7/14 at 4:35pm

I heard something about this about two months ago. They were courting a Tony-winner (and also perennial Emmy nominee) for this. Not sure if that deal was closed.

[Kad]

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Posted: 8/7/14 at 4:35pm

Brooks Ashkemenkahsdfh would be a great Thorpe.

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

[Mr Roxy]

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Posted: 8/7/14 at 4:36pm

Saw the original and the sequel (guilty pleasure).

Poster Emeritus

[Gothampc]

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Posted: 8/7/14 at 4:36pm

I'd like to see Reba McEntire as Miss Mona.

If he could control his crazy, Alec Baldwin as Sheriff Dodd

Jefferson Mays as Melvin Thorpe

Lillias White as Jewel

Lee Wilkof as the Governor

Leigh Ann Larkin as Doatsey Mae

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[Mr Roxy]

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Posted: 8/7/14 at 4:39pm

Baldwin controlling his crazy? Surely you jest.

Poster Emeritus

[nasty_khakis]

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Posted: 8/7/14 at 4:40pm

They were courting a Tony-winner (and also perennial Emmy nominee) for this.

The only person I can think of who's a multiple Emmy nominee and Tony-winner who's remotely right for this part is Jane Krakowski. Other tv/theatre people I can think of (Like Megan Mullally) aren't Tony winners or are too old (Tyne Daly).

[Kad]

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Posted: 8/7/14 at 4:42pm

I would love to see Krakowski as Mona.

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

[BroadwayNYC2]

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Posted: 8/7/14 at 4:45pm

^This

[Gothampc]

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Posted: 8/7/14 at 4:46pm

"Tony-winner who's remotely right for this part is Jane Krakowski"

Too sexy for Mona. Mona shouldn't be better looking than the girls.

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[madbrian]

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Posted: 8/7/14 at 4:46pm

"They were courting a Tony-winner (and also perennial Emmy nominee) for this."

Sounds like Angela Lansbury!

"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg." -- Thomas Jefferson

[SonofRobbieJ]

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Posted: 8/7/14 at 4:49pm

And there you have it. But I really don't know where they were at in the process, so that might have fallen through.

And let's remember that Miss Mona is not a dinosaur. She's really a woman in her late 30's (if we go by Carlin Glynn and Dolly Parton).

Updated On: 8/7/14 at 04:49 PM

[eperkins]

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Posted: 8/7/14 at 4:51pm

When is this for? Spring 2016?

[newintown]

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Posted: 8/7/14 at 4:52pm

I wonder if, like Grease, they'll make this production resemble the movie more than the stage piece. It seems like something Ashford might do. It would make me sad.

[Gothampc]

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Posted: 8/7/14 at 4:54pm

I don't think they can afford to license "I Will Always Love You." Dolly charges big bucks for that song.

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[Gothampc]

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Posted: 8/7/14 at 4:55pm

I wonder if this will even make it to Broadway. It just seems so random.

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[Kad]

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Posted: 8/7/14 at 4:55pm

It's had major productions since the film that didn't tinker with the material too much; it would certainly be ill-advised to remove those character songs like "Doatsy Mae" and "Twenty Four Hours of Loving."

I will say, though, that "The Aggie Song" is actually a perfect match for Rob Ashford's athletic choreography style.

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."