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Posted: 8/19/07 at 1:31pm

Talkinglips- welcome to the boards and thanks for posting that it went well. Any other details you feel comfortable sharing?

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 8/19/07 at 1:34pm

Matt Doyle played Hugo.

[Brave Sir Robin2]

Posted: 8/19/07 at 2:26pm

Ireally think that Stephaine D'Abruzzo would have been a better Rosie...or Bebe Newirth, but she may be too old.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 8/19/07 at 7:00pm

Glad to see Block is a "fierce" Rosie but honestly she would have been the last person I'd have considered for the role of a "Spanish rose." I can't think of anyone whiter...maybe Kristin Chenoweth.
Neuwirth would have made a great Rosie 15 years ago.
If they were gonna hire a non-Latino actress (Natascia Diaz, Natalie Cortez, Mandy Gonzales) would have loved seeing Sutton Foster, Leslie Kritzer, or Laura Benanti over Block.
I hope she surprises me once the revival actually opens.

[PARISinNYC]

Posted: 8/20/07 at 7:08pm

Benjamin Walker? For those who said they never heard of him, he played Melchior in the 2005 Lincoln Center workshop of Spring Awakening. A looot of Spring Awakening alumnis! Benjamin, Matt, Skylar, & Remy?

So Skylar isn't attached to Feeling Electric/Next to Normal anymore? Interesting.

Kaitlin Hopkins <3, by the way. What a interesting cast. Sarah Hyland gettin' back in the game, Gavin Lee, Stephanie J. Block, etc...

[MungoGypsy8232]

Posted: 8/20/07 at 7:26pm

If anyone's seen the pics of Vanessa Hudgens visiting Spring Awakening, she's wearing a Conrad Birdie shirt!

[PARISinNYC]

Posted: 8/20/07 at 7:30pm

oops. Yes, Inherit the Wind as well. Sorry, that was a major biggie I forgot there.

[WickedBoy2]

Posted: 8/21/07 at 7:38pm

I saw the National tour of the Tommy Tune / Anne Reinking production at the Colonial in Boston in the mid 90s/ It was a great full on production that was, until half way thru the tour supposed to go to NY. It never did for reasons i dont know. Yes, its dated but its a fun show. I hope it gets a chance on Broadway again.

Updated On: 8/21/07 at 07:38 PM

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 8/23/07 at 3:22pm

This sounds wonderful. I agree, though, that Rosie should be played by a Latina actress. I mean, it's part of the role. There are plenty of roles for white women and very few written specifically for Latinas.

[BroadwayBound062]

Posted: 8/23/07 at 5:37pm

Sounds great. I just saw this show for the first time this summer and it was great. We have a real latino playing that role of Rosie and she was just terrific. I hope this show does better for Block than Pirate Queen did, even though she was fantastic in the role.