Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout? — Page 2

Call_me_jorge said: "adamgreer said: "GeorgeandDot said: "DAMMIT SOMEONE REVIVE PARADE"

I love Parade, but that’s never going to sell."

Ben Platt is famous now.... Anna Kendrick wouldn’t be a bad pairing"

Platt is wrong for Leo Frank for a multitude of reasons, starting with the fact that he’s far too young.

Anna Kendrick has a pleasant enough voice, but she could never sing Lucille Frank.

Are you remotely familiar with the show at all? It’s not a pop score and requires strong singers. Anna Kendrick could never sing that score the way Carolee Carmello did.

adamgreer said: "Call_me_jorge said: "adamgreer said: "GeorgeandDot said: "DAMMIT SOMEONE REVIVE PARADE"

I love Parade, but that’s never going to sell."

Ben Platt is famous now.... Anna Kendrick wouldn’t be a bad pairing"

Platt is wrong for Leo Frank for a multitude of reasons, starting with the fact that he’s far too young.

Anna Kendrick has a pleasant enough voice, but she could never sing Lucille Frank.

Are you remotely familiar with the show at all? It’s not a pop score and requires strong singers. Anna Kendrick could never sing that score the way Carolee Carmello did."

Leo Frank was only 31 when he died, so if Ben did play him he would at least be closer in age, than Brent carver was.

Also, I think Ben has already shown he can do more than pop. Have you heard him sing Georgia on my mind? Plus with I think Ben would nail the acting regarding being an outsider and whatnot. Regarding Anna, I think she can have a similar to sound to Lara Pulver and her performance in Last Five Years shows she’s more than capable of the score.

Most of the Roundabout’s subscriber base is old enough to remember the Titanic sinking so a revival there makes sense to me.

BWW Reacts to Muny Molly Brown

For reference, here is what some on this board said about the summer Muny production.

Thanks Kad. Unless something truly major has changed, the culminating event of The Unsinkable Molly Brown is the title character surviving the sinking of the Titanic.

The point I was making is that there are only so many big classic musicals you can revive (She Loves Me, The Pajama Game, etc.) before you get into the next tier of titles. I'd be thrilled to see a revisal of this lesser known work that has a real reason to exist in 2017, but given the Roundabout's track record I'm understandably suspicious.

A life of good achievements doesn't translate ipso facto into an entertaining musical.