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#51

Bette Midler asked to do Mame

Posted: 5/12/13 at 12:48am

Isn't theatre supposed to be a fantasy? I hate when people take this things so literal. Part of the magic is in the make-believe, you can be whoever you want to be. An audience knows that actors are not in real life the characters they portray on stage.

#52

Bette Midler asked to do Mame

Posted: 5/12/13 at 12:55am

MAME. Yes!
DOLLY. Hell Yes!

#53

Bette Midler asked to do Mame

Posted: 5/12/13 at 1:03am

Midler does not look almost 70.

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#54

Bette Midler asked to do Mame

Posted: 5/12/13 at 1:22am

Bette is wonderful. But Bette is Bette. Bette is NOT Mame. Bette is a 70 year old woman. She cannot play Mame convincingly. Sorry.

#55

Bette Midler asked to do Mame

Posted: 5/12/13 at 1:24am

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#56

Bette Midler asked to do Mame

Posted: 5/12/13 at 2:42pm

Except that Bette looks younger now than Lucy did when she played Mame. Bette can easily pass for 50s. Easily.

#57

Bette Midler asked to do Mame

Posted: 5/12/13 at 2:53pm

This really would be divine casting. I don't get the criticisms of her in this part at all. She really does seem ideal. She's incredibly charismatic, quirky, has the star power needed to headline a revival of Mame, and would actually be a knockout in the park. What's there to dislike?

#58

Bette Midler asked to do Mame

Posted: 5/12/13 at 3:02pm

I was so excited to see Cher play Mame when I first heard about the projected TV movie back in the day, it's sad it never happened.
MichaelBennett, I think the idea of Gwyneth as Mame is brilliant, bring on Tilda Swinton (who rarely gets to play funny) or Charlize Theron as her Vera and you got yourself an A-list film version. I do think the idea of a Paltrow-headlined MAME revival could be an event, by all accounts, she has been great in her West End work.

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#59

Bette Midler asked to do Mame

Posted: 5/12/13 at 3:36pm

I don't know why, but I've always pictured Sutton Foster as Mame. I think she'd be sensational.

#60

Bette Midler asked to do Mame

Posted: 5/12/13 at 3:48pm

Catherine Zeta Jones was in talks a few years back for the Menier when they were interested in reviving the show, but Jerry Herman is holding out for a larger scale production to materialise.

My thoughts on Bette was perhaps 10 years too late, but she looks good for 70...

Goldie Hawn again 10 or 20 years ago would have been amazing

#61

Bette Midler asked to do Mame

Posted: 5/12/13 at 3:49pm

I just wanna hear Bette sing "It's Today." It'd be divine!

#62

Bette Midler asked to do Mame

Posted: 5/12/13 at 4:29pm

You people are high. Bette is PAST the time she can play Mame. She knows it, too. That's why she turned it down.

Let someone who is 40-50 have a chance. Let Jan Maxwell do it. SHE'D be SIMPLY wonderful!!

#63

Bette Midler asked to do Mame

Posted: 5/12/13 at 4:40pm

Yeah.

#64

Bette Midler asked to do Mame

Posted: 5/12/13 at 4:45pm

This really would be divine casting. I don't get the criticisms of her in this part at all.

You don't get that she's too old for the role? It's very simple: She's 70...she's too old for the role. It's more a reality than a criticism.

#65

Bette Midler asked to do Mame

Posted: 5/12/13 at 4:47pm

and allthatjazz you need to get a grip...with your line of thinking we'll be seeing Chita Rivera headlining a new WEST SIDE STORY revival and Angela Lansbury playing Phyllis Rogers Stone in FOLLIES.

#66

Bette Midler asked to do Mame

Posted: 5/12/13 at 4:50pm

Cast who ya want, MAME doesn't work.

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#67

Bette Midler asked to do Mame

Posted: 5/12/13 at 4:52pm

Cast who ya want, MAME doesn't work.

With all due respect that really is just your opinion...not a fact.

MAME works damned well for me...thankyouverymuch.

#68

Bette Midler asked to do Mame

Posted: 5/12/13 at 5:38pm

MAME certainly works for me, but I'm not sure how to cast it if the goal is a 50-year-old whose name alone will sell out a Broadway house eight times a week.

I loved Jan Maxwell in FOLLIES, but I don't believe she's a big "money" name and she's already closer to 60 than 50.

To me, Gwyneth Paltrow lacks the charisma.

I guess we'll just have to wait for Anne Hathaway...

Updated On: 5/12/13 at 05:38 PM

#69

Bette Midler asked to do Mame

Posted: 5/12/13 at 5:42pm

Actually Carlos, I wouldn't mind seeing Chita and Liza reprising their roles in Chicago or Patti reprising Evita. I know most people don't feel the same way, but I'd be thrilled.

#70

Bette Midler asked to do Mame

Posted: 5/12/13 at 5:44pm

First of all, Bette doesn't look her age. Second of all, you're all high if you think Mame can't be older than 50.

I know plenty of ladies who are aunts of 10 to 13-year-old boys right now. And that's only in Act I. In Act II, Patrick is out of college, so Mame could easily be in her 60s (even mid to late 60s).

So shut the hell up. *winky face*

It's a role like Dolly Levi. You can be 30 or 300, as long as you can play the part.

But that's the key, isn't it? Without the right actress playing the part, you have nothing.

I think Bette would be great as Mame ... right now. Today. Not 10 years ago, or 10 months ago.

"Right this very minute!"

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Updated On: 5/12/13 at 05:44 PM

#71

Bette Midler asked to do Mame

Posted: 5/12/13 at 5:45pm

So Patti is still ok to do Evita, Chita is still ok to do Velma, but Bette is too old for Mame?

Just wanted to make sure I heard that right.

#72

Bette Midler asked to do Mame

Posted: 5/12/13 at 5:46pm

These people are whacked.

Seriously in the head.

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#73

Bette Midler asked to do Mame

Posted: 5/12/13 at 5:47pm

My eyes hurt from rolling them so much in this thread b

#74

Bette Midler asked to do Mame

Posted: 5/12/13 at 5:48pm

Totally j

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#75

Bette Midler asked to do Mame

Posted: 5/12/13 at 5:48pm

LOL