#1
Posted: 5/16/08 at 12:24pm
Anyone hear who is in the cast other than the boys?
GS
GS
#2
Posted: 5/16/08 at 12:34pm
Further casting for the forthcoming Broadway transfer of BILLY ELLIOT will be announced shortly. I can promise you that.
#3
Posted: 5/16/08 at 1:12pm
Hope so. Hear everyone who has ever been on Broadway auditioned and no one knows who is in it!
#4
Posted: 5/16/08 at 5:02pm
Gordy accents are critical, and I hope they keep it authentic.
I really don't care if there are any familiar names, just as long as they're right for their roles.
I can't wait! (Sat Oct 4 for me)
I really don't care if there are any familiar names, just as long as they're right for their roles.
I can't wait! (Sat Oct 4 for me)
#6
Posted: 5/16/08 at 5:35pm
that's a really big mic...
Updated On: 5/16/08 at 05:35 PM
#7
Posted: 5/16/08 at 5:44pm
How long, Mike, how long?
Some people paint, some people sew, I meddle.
#8
Posted: 5/16/08 at 8:53pm
I would kill to see Carolee Carmello as Mrs. Wilkensen
#9
Posted: 5/18/08 at 6:32pm
Just saw it in London last week while I was there.
I'd assume they'd change all the "****ings" to "bloody's" for the transfer. Aside from that there is no real need to filter the show.
Hopefully they don't change it to please tourist/young audiences because it was an amazing show filled with amazing performances and messages.
x-posting my dream cast (and yes, I still need to write my review):
Dad - Tom Wopat
Brother - Aaron Lohr or Adam Pascal
Nanna - Cass Morgan or Mary Louise Wilson
Mom - Lisa Brescia
I'd assume they'd change all the "****ings" to "bloody's" for the transfer. Aside from that there is no real need to filter the show.
Hopefully they don't change it to please tourist/young audiences because it was an amazing show filled with amazing performances and messages.
x-posting my dream cast (and yes, I still need to write my review):
Dad - Tom Wopat
Brother - Aaron Lohr or Adam Pascal
Nanna - Cass Morgan or Mary Louise Wilson
Mom - Lisa Brescia
#10
Posted: 5/28/08 at 12:47am
I read a rumor in Billy Elliot Forum that Donnie Kehr (Jersey Boys ensemble) has been cast as Dad. He performed in AIDA so there's a connection to Sir Elton.
Also David Bologna will be cast as Michael.
http://blog.nola.com/davidcuthbert/2008/05/theater_guy_blog_bologna_on_br.html
Also David Bologna will be cast as Michael.
http://blog.nola.com/davidcuthbert/2008/05/theater_guy_blog_bologna_on_br.html
#11
Posted: 5/28/08 at 10:45am
Thanks. Hadn't heard about Kehr but keep hearing about Lea Hocking. Anyone hear anything else?
#12
Posted: 5/28/08 at 2:38pm
There were rumors of Beth Leavel being "in negotiations," but who knows if they were true.
#13
Posted: 5/28/08 at 3:51pm
^ I have it on pretty good authority they're NOT true.
Experience live theater. Experience paintings. Experience books. Live, look and listen like artists! ~ imaginethis
LIVE THAT LESSON!!!!!!
LIVE THAT LESSON!!!!!!
#14
Posted: 5/28/08 at 6:22pm
Hocking was/is in the mix for Mrs. Wilkinson, but they've got a "name" actress for the role with whom they're attempting to close a deal.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#15
Posted: 5/28/08 at 6:26pm
Ohhhh, what kind of "name"? Movie name or Broadway name or more like TV name?
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#20
Posted: 7/8/08 at 6:10pm
not sure if this was posted, but another michael has been cast
Frank Dolce
Ballet girls have been cast as well.
Frank Dolce
Ballet girls have been cast as well.
#21
Posted: 7/8/08 at 6:17pm
It's spelt Geordie. I'm so worried for you guys; did you get 'Byker Grove' out there in the States? 'Cos if I hadn't been brought up on that, I'd've been screwed with accent comprehension. XD
"By'-ah Groov mun!".
Ohhh, the memories, they come flooding back!
And of COURSE the casting will be announced soon. It's opening in a few months, they'll want to sell some tickets beforehand, and it's going to be REALLY difficult keeping the cast secret once people start going to see the show.
"By'-ah Groov mun!".
Ohhh, the memories, they come flooding back!
And of COURSE the casting will be announced soon. It's opening in a few months, they'll want to sell some tickets beforehand, and it's going to be REALLY difficult keeping the cast secret once people start going to see the show.
#22
Posted: 7/8/08 at 7:50pm
I am really, really curious about casting for this. Adult casting, that is. Why haven't we heard anything?
Now what would you say if today I started over?
Without a thing but this taped together four leaf clover
And I'll pretend like everything is already alright
And I'll run toward the sun till the castle's out of sight
#23
Posted: 7/8/08 at 8:50pm
I really wish Beth Leavel would play Mrs. Wilkinson. Or maybe that's why Andrea Martin left YF early. :-o
"I mean, sitting side by side with another man watching Patti LuPone play Rose in GYPSY on Broadway is essentially the equivalent of having hardcore sex." -Wanna Be A Foster.
"Say 'Goody.' Say 'Bubbi.'" ... "That's it. Exactly as if it were 'Goody.' Now I know you're gonna sing 'Goody' this time, but nevertheless..."
#24
Posted: 7/8/08 at 9:02pm
Last rumor I heard was that Haydn Gwynne would be brought over from London to play Mrs. Wilkinson (apparently per Elton John's request) and that Carole Shelley will be playing Grandma.
#25
Posted: 7/8/08 at 10:32pm
theatreguy, where'd you hear this? Sounds perfect!
The "name" they had been in talks with for Mrs. Wilkinson fell through due to a television commitment, so I wouldn't be surprised if they ended up bringing Gwynne over from London.
And Shelley is dream casting for Grandma.
The "name" they had been in talks with for Mrs. Wilkinson fell through due to a television commitment, so I wouldn't be surprised if they ended up bringing Gwynne over from London.
And Shelley is dream casting for Grandma.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tickets From $59
Tickets From $71
Tickets From $71
Tickets From $95