Beyonce on Broadway?

[emmettjordan]

Posted: 6/30/18 at 2:11pm

I remember reading somewhere that Beyonce is aiming for the EGOT. I know that she does not have to physically perform on Broadway to be eligible for a Tony Award, but if she were to do a show what could you see her in?

Updated On: 6/30/18 at 02:11 PM

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 6/30/18 at 2:23pm

I feel like someone would need to write her a show or she writes her own. I think she’s already proven she can tell a story musically through Lemonade. Heck I wouldn’t even be shocked if they adapted lemonade as a stage show.

[broadwayboy223]

Posted: 6/30/18 at 2:36pm

It wouldn't happen, but could you imagine her as Angelica in Hamilton?!?!

[emmettjordan]

Posted: 6/30/18 at 2:43pm

Sorry this just dawned on me: I know that the role is Megan's but I could actually see her being quite good in Bombshell.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 6/30/18 at 3:17pm

Due to the success of Bruce Springsteen’s intimate one-man show SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY, this type of intimate format would appeal to her.   BEYONCÉ ON BROADWAY on a marquee says more than required to bring in audiences.  A limited engagement.   Controlled and secure setting.  Beyoncé can’t refuse this opportunity.  

Though it could win her a Special Tony Award as these type of productions bring, its still a Tony Award, nonetheless.  

[yinyang1195]

Posted: 6/30/18 at 3:28pm

Realistically, I could only see her doing a one-woman residency-type situation (like Springsteen or Chenoweth), but I would love to see her play

Angelica in Hamilton
The Witch in Into the Woods
Glinda in The Wiz (I know NBC offered her the role)
Shug Avery in The Color Purple
Grace Ferrell in Annie
Rachel Madden in The Bodyguard

Im not completely sold on these but I could also potentially see:
The Fairy Godmother in Cinderella
The Lady of the Lake in Spamalot

[Gizmo6]

Posted: 6/30/18 at 3:39pm

Can’t act, can’t sing (Broadway).

NEXT

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 6/30/18 at 3:46pm

I heard she's the next Tewfiq.

[GeorgeandDot]

Posted: 6/30/18 at 4:08pm

If she wins a Tony it'll be for writing. She wouldn't commit to performing a Broadway schedule.

[broadwayboy223]

Posted: 6/30/18 at 4:08pm

BroadwayConcierge said: "I heard she's the next Tewfiq."

I just cackled!

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 6/30/18 at 4:11pm

Wasn’t she rumored to replace in Aida at one point? Then they were going to make a movie with her? Then nothing happened.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/30/18 at 4:13pm

She was rumored to do the AIDA movie. But then I think people realized that she actually can’t act so they mixed that idea.

[oncemorewithfeeling2]

Posted: 6/30/18 at 5:00pm

Beyonce is a fabulous performer. I’ve seen her in concert multiple times and you leave feeling fabulous and thoroughly entertained. No doubt is she performing the shiz out everything. But we learned a big thing about Beyonce in Dreamgirls.

Beyonce cannot act her way out of a paper bag.

She is a great performer, but she is not a small audience actor.

[orlikethecolorpurple]

Posted: 6/30/18 at 6:22pm

Beyoncé can act the hell out of a song when she performs. With proper training, if she could tap into that raw energy, I think she could be an actress.

Dreamgirls was released 11 years ago and since then, Beyoncé has released her most personal, artistically-driven works. She keeps elevating herself as an artist and to think she’s incapable of doing that in all capacities is silly. Beyoncé loves to prove people wrong.

[Solipsist234]

Posted: 6/30/18 at 7:23pm

BroadwayConcierge said: "I heard she's the next Tewfiq."

Yep, she's going to seamlessly move into that role after her star replacement turn as Gretchen Weiners. Brilliant!

Updated On: 6/30/18 at 07:23 PM

[sephyr]

Posted: 7/1/18 at 3:58am

Being fair she gave a really great performance in Cadillac Records.

I think she should do something original. I've always thought she'd be phenomenal in something like If/Then. Or maybe something horror like/thriller with her as a villain, she's ferocious when she fully commits to anger. I'd rather she not come to Broadway with a love story, something more dynamic would show her off.