Brooke Shields in Night Music
Brooke Shields in Night Music
max2paradise
Swing Joined: 3/30/10
#1Brooke Shields in Night Music
Posted: 4/12/10 at 2:46am
According to BroadwaySpotted on Twitter, Brooke Shields was at Night Music last night. Any shot she's vying to replace Catherine Zeta Jones as Desiree?
Updated On: 4/13/10 at 02:46 AM
#2Brooke Sheilds in Night Music
Posted: 4/12/10 at 2:56am
Not that it makes much difference, but it was actually the Sunday Mat show. I saw her go in the stage door and then spent the rest of the time trying to figure out her connection to the show. Couldn't think of any movies with Shields and Zeta-Jones or Shields and Lansbury (though the girl next to me
joked that Brooke was in an episode of Murder She Wrote. The Blue Lagoon Mystery episode). So I guess it's possible. Just doubtful.
#2Brooke Sheilds in Night Music
Posted: 4/12/10 at 3:06amJust because Brooke *Shields* went to see a show, it doesn't mean she is going to star in it.
#3Brooke Sheilds in Night Music
Posted: 4/12/10 at 9:29am
Omg, I've been saying for years that Brooke would be a great Desiree.
It's completely possible. A HUGE Hollywood name isn't going to replace Zeta-Jones. Shields is the perfect name for the summer.
#4Brooke Sheilds in Night Music
Posted: 4/12/10 at 9:33amI've enjoyed Brooke in everything I've seen her in onstage (WONDERFUL TOWN and CHICAGO). I'd gladly buy tickets to see her in NIGHT MUSIC.
#5Brooke Sheilds in Night Music
Posted: 4/12/10 at 9:35amWhat if this show became the next Chicago and just kept recycling celebrities as Desiree!
#6Brooke Sheilds in Night Music
Posted: 4/12/10 at 9:40am
I think she'd be great in this. Probably one of the few actresses that would make me sit through this again.
She sees a lot of Broadway shows(like Grey Gardens, The Lion King, Looped, etc) and it doesn't mean she will star in them though.
And I think she is a *huge* name. She is known worldwide, just like Catherine Zeta Jones or even more, maybe not that bankable when it comes to the box office, but a big TV star and former 80's "it" girl.
bwaylvsong
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/28/05
#7Brooke Sheilds in Night Music
Posted: 4/12/10 at 10:11am
"What if this show became the next Chicago and just kept recycling celebrities as Desiree!"
I hope it does! As long as the show stays open, they can get Paris Hilton to play Desiree for all I care.
#8Brooke Sheilds in Night Music
Posted: 4/12/10 at 10:28amThey could hire more musicians before they begin "celebrity casting", LOL!
#9Brooke Sheilds in Night Music
Posted: 4/12/10 at 10:46amI was hoping Miss CoCo Peru would take over the role, but Brooke Shields is ok, too.
#10Brooke Sheilds in Night Music
Posted: 4/12/10 at 10:53am
"They could hire more musicians before they begin "celebrity casting", LOL!"
Am I forgetting something? I thought you liked this production. I remember you disliked Lansbury though.
#11Brooke Sheilds in Night Music
Posted: 4/12/10 at 11:00am
"Am I forgetting something? I thought you liked this production. I remember you disliked Lansbury though"
No, I didn't dislike Lansbury, I thought she did a good job. I don't get why she is so worshipped on this board though. She is cute in the show though. And the production was enjoyable and worth my time, yet, not something I'm dying to see again.
#12Brooke Sheilds in Night Music
Posted: 4/12/10 at 12:14pm
CUTE!?! Angela Lansbury is CUTE!?!
She is giving one of the most remarkable performances in her extraordinarily remarkable career and you say she is CUTE!?!
Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
#13Brooke Sheilds in Night Music
Posted: 4/12/10 at 12:24pm
@ muscle23ftl: Many do "worship" Lansbury, many just have a healthy respect for a woman who is going strong and getting praise in a career that spans a little over 6 decades. What's so hard to understand about that?
Your use of the word "cute" to assess Angela Lansbury's performance in ALNM puzzles me.
#14Brooke Sheilds in Night Music
Posted: 4/12/10 at 12:41pm
Well said, Marquise.
There's so much more that needs to be said, but I just won't.
#15Brooke Sheilds in Night Music
Posted: 4/12/10 at 12:48pm
No, I didn't dislike Lansbury, I thought she did a good job. I don't get why she is so worshipped on this board though. She is cute in the show though. And the production was enjoyable and worth my time, yet, not something I'm dying to see again.
It's not a huge role with much to do. Did it ever occur to you she is "worshipped" or maybe just appreciated by her other roles in her lengthy career?
#16Brooke Sheilds in Night Music
Posted: 4/12/10 at 1:03pm
People are worshipping this performance in this show, and that's what I think, that this is a very small role for such praise she receives on this board. If you want to praise her career, then I agree. But this role in Night Music doesn't deserve so much attention IMHO.
"CUTE!?! Angela Lansbury is CUTE!?!
She is giving one of the most remarkable performances in her extraordinarily remarkable career and you say she is CUTE!?!"
I can say w/e I want, as far as I remember, this is a free country and I don't think I'm disrespecting or hurting anyone with the word "cute".
#17Brooke Sheilds in Night Music
Posted: 4/12/10 at 1:03pm
"this is a very small role for such praise she receives on this board. "
It's really NOT that small of a role. She is the key character in the show, she is the overseer, and this production makes that clear.
Let's get back on topic here.
My dream replacements were/are Brooke Shields and Elaine Stritch. Hopefully it works out with Shields. I think Stritch could be great only if she really acted. She couldn't do the old drunk lady routine.
Updated On: 4/12/10 at 01:03 PM
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#18Brooke Sheilds in Night Music
Posted: 4/12/10 at 1:04pmWhat's wrong with worshiping Angela Lansbury? You could do a lot worse....
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#20Brooke Sheilds in Night Music
Posted: 4/12/10 at 1:15pmI saw Brooke in Wonderful Town. She really cannot sing.
#21Brooke Sheilds in Night Music
Posted: 4/12/10 at 1:17pm^ Hence why she plays roles that don't call for great singers. Desiree is not a "singing role."
#22Brooke Sheilds in Night Music
Posted: 4/12/10 at 1:22pm
"It's not a huge role with much to do. Did it ever occur to you she is "worshipped" or maybe just appreciated by her other roles in her lengthy career?"
I'm quoting another BWW user.
#23Brooke Sheilds in Night Music
Posted: 4/12/10 at 1:23pm
On Sirius XM, Seth Rudetsky has been hinting that Blythe Danner and Gwyneth Paltrow will be replacing Lansbury & CZJ.
#24Brooke Sheilds in Night Music
Posted: 4/12/10 at 1:26pm
I definitely think there are two reasons Lansbury is getting so much praise in this production: 1-She's so well-respected that some people seem to just be ready to praise her regardless of what she does, there's nothing Tony-worthy about her performance though, it's a good performance but nothing that calls for the kind of overblown praise she is being given on the board, 2-She actually knows what she is doing unlike a lot of the people sharing the stage with her (not referring to Catherine Z. Jones whom I thought was pretty great) and she manages to rise above the production. Again, even reason 2 is not enough reason to give her a Tony, but clearly I'm in the minority.
And muscle, it's pretty ridiculous to argue that Brooke Shields is more widely known than Catherine Z. Jones. And even if she is internationally famous, the kind of celebrity and prestige that Catherine Z. Jones (an Oscar winner and a true A-lister) can't compare to Shields. Still, I imagine she'd be a likely option (hardly the best) to replace Jones.
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