Barbeau to play Judy Garland
Barbeau to play Judy Garland
#0Barbeau to play Judy Garland
Posted: 12/11/05 at 8:53am
Though I'm not sure about Barbeau playing Judy, the play itself sounds like it could be interesting.
http://www.americantheaterweb.com/News/newsinframe.asp?id=120430
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Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#3re: Barbeau to play Judy Garland
Posted: 12/11/05 at 11:34amWho would have thunk it ?
Auggie27
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/03
#4re: Barbeau to play Judy Garland
Posted: 12/11/05 at 2:30pmAn odd choice perhaps, and she'll have to compete with the powerful performance in everyone's memory of Isabelle Keating. Keating's turn in OZ remains miraculous. She managed to create just enough of the (drag) Garland everyone expects, while imbueing her with womanly vulnerability.
#5re: Barbeau to play Judy Garland
Posted: 12/11/05 at 2:33pmThat's so funny. I was just thinking about her yesterday...
Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
#6re: Barbeau to play Judy Garland
Posted: 12/11/05 at 2:59pm
I don't remember La Judy being so well-endowed.
"It's a stretch but I can do that part!" ~ Googie Gomez, The Ritz
Updated On: 12/11/05 at 02:59 PM
#7re: Barbeau to play Judy Garland
Posted: 12/11/05 at 3:05pmIsn't she like 20 years older than Garland was when she died?
#8re: Barbeau to play Judy Garland
Posted: 12/12/05 at 1:18pm
Here's a link to the play's website, which is still under construction. There are a few photos of Barbeau as Garland. My problem is that the photos seem to evoke Judy's look from her television show period, not the final months of her life.
www.PropertyKnownAsGarland.com
Updated On: 12/12/05 at 01:18 PM
#10re: Barbeau to play Judy Garland
Posted: 12/12/05 at 1:23pmThis looks like a train wreck waiting to happen.
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#11re: Barbeau to play Judy Garland
Posted: 12/12/05 at 1:37pmGarland died at the age of 47. Barbeau is 60. So not quite 20 years, but still.
#12re: Barbeau to play Judy Garland
Posted: 12/12/05 at 1:55pmYikes.
DG
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
#13re: Barbeau to play Judy Garland
Posted: 12/12/05 at 2:07pmAccording to her website, it's going to be filmed for airing on the Here! network, as well.
Lucy Harbin
Understudy Joined: 2/1/04
#15re: Barbeau to play Judy Garland
Posted: 12/12/05 at 2:12pmRe: the comments on Barbeau's age.... you people are forgetting that Garland EASILY looked like she was in her 60s by the end of her life. And I am a huge Judy fan so I am not mocking or insulting the woman at all. But you have to admit that life had taken such a toll on her that she had aged far beyond her years by the end.
shortydudette
Understudy Joined: 8/12/05
#16re: Barbeau to play Judy Garland
Posted: 12/12/05 at 2:25pmI second BobbyBubby. If I'm excited about this, it's just to see the show fall on its backside. Let's hope I'm wrong.
kjklo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/03
#17re: Barbeau to play Judy Garland
Posted: 12/12/05 at 2:33pmI just went to the website mentioned. I agree the pictures don't look very realistic. In the last year of her life, Judy was emaciated. Barbeau's arms look like they belong to someone who works out every day. Doesn't look or sound promising.
DG
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
#18re: Barbeau to play Judy Garland
Posted: 12/12/05 at 2:54pmI disagree about the pictures. All things considered, she doesn't look bad. And this will be live, not photographed up close, which makes a big difference. Her characterization is what will make or break it. I'd certainly wait to see what she comes up with before making a judgement. Ms. Blanchett didn't look a thing like Ms. Hepburn in THE AVIATOR, but according to many people, she pulled it off admirably (I didn't see it, just going by what i heard.)
#19re: Barbeau to play Judy Garland
Posted: 12/12/05 at 8:48pmI'm not forgetting that at all, Lucy. but looking it and BEING it are two totally different things.
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