CATS Revival Casting- Page 4

[Valentina3]

Posted: 5/11/16 at 3:58pm

IdinaBellFoster said: "LOL to whoever said Hudson needs a "summer gig"."

 

I said it, and reading it back it does sound ridiculous. :) I meant, she can make space for this summer gig.

[CindersGolightly]

Posted: 5/11/16 at 8:27pm

EricMontreal22 said: "I still think we should be discussing poor Hanes playing the Rap Tum Tugger. https://youtu.be/HGSBi63wL00. Just ugh"

This isn't nearly as bad as people are making it out to be. I like it.

 

[Princeton Returns]

Posted: 5/13/16 at 5:06am

Nicole has pulled out of Cats and ALW is not happy. Although suggesting she would be getting a Tony for it is a bit of a stretch

article on www.digitalspy.co.uk (phone won't copy link for some reason)

[ukmusicalfanatic]

Posted: 5/13/16 at 5:10am

You beat me to it!!

 

http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/the-x-factor/news/a793954/the-x-factor-andrew-lloyd-webber-nicole-scherzinger-will-be-back-furious-she-ditched-cats/?utm_content=buffer312af&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=maintwitterpost

Updated On: 5/13/16 at 05:10 AM

[sparepart973]

Posted: 5/13/16 at 5:21am

My my my..Patti LuPone will love this. 

[CindersGolightly]

Posted: 5/13/16 at 5:40am

I'm honestly cackling. I'm sure he now has gotten a taste of his own medicine.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 5/13/16 at 5:52am

Thank goodness Scherzinger is out. I'm not too familiar with Lena Hall but I'm sure she'll do great. Marin Mazzie would have been perfection though. 

[ukmusicalfanatic]

Posted: 5/13/16 at 5:52am

It feels like a bad choice on her behalf to me. The U.K. X factor has lost its spark, it's almost a joke over here now. 

Saying that, I doubt her bouncers coming out whenever she came on stage would have gone down well on Broadway, she's not a big star in the US I believe? 

[sparepart973]

Posted: 5/13/16 at 5:57am

Nicole was actually fabulous in this, but am looking forward to seeing someone new. 

Considering how they've cast this in London so far, I would think they'd be interested in recruiting someone who doesn't have a typical musical theatre background but can sing the living crap out of the song. In London they had Nicole, Kerry Ellis (granted, musical theatre royalty in London but with a slight and desperate pop-cross over attempt) and finally Beverley Knight (soul diva crossing over to musical theatre lately). 

Would JHud want to do this? 

[JamieM3]

Posted: 5/13/16 at 6:03am

Wow. That's shocking. Although I wouldn't completely trust digital spy. Lots of British websites/tabloids are known to fabricate things. Even more so than US ones.

If completely true though, I guess she's after money. I see no other reason why she'd turn it down when she said it was her dream to do CATS on Broadway. She's also releasing an album later this year which apparently will be more classical music instead of pop. How on earth would judging a lame reality TV show help your career besides fame and money?  

Updated On: 5/13/16 at 06:03 AM

[JamieM3]

Posted: 5/13/16 at 6:25am

I just read ALW quotes on this...

"But never mind, there'll be another girl on Broadway and Nicole will not get her Tony Award."

Really? That sounds pretty made up to me lol.

[CindersGolightly]

Posted: 5/13/16 at 7:33am

I mean, given ALW's history, does it really sound made up? Anyway, it's already confirmed that she's doing X-Factor, so even if the story along with this is fake, there is no way she's coming in.

[brian1973]

Posted: 5/13/16 at 8:01am

Hell yes I'd do the same as her. Take a stack of cash over coming on and singing one song in this turgid old musical. And him saying she would have won a Tony is just hysterical. He's a fool of a man.

[everythingtaboo]

Posted: 5/13/16 at 8:21am

JamieM3 said: "Wow. That's shocking. Although I wouldn't completely trust digital spy. Lots of British websites/tabloids are known to fabricate things. Even more so than US ones.

If completely true though, I guess she's after money. I see no other reason why she'd turn it down when she said it was her dream to do CATS on Broadway. She's also releasing an album later this year which apparently will be more classical music instead of pop. How on earth would judging a lame reality TV show help your career besides fame and money?  
"

 

The article cites and links to the radio interview they got the quotes from, so seems legit. 

[10086sunset]

Posted: 5/13/16 at 8:32am

I think she's crazy...

ALW is right, she is relatively unknown here compared to her name value in England. This would have helped change that.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 5/13/16 at 8:34am

Is there a reason they're casting Grizabella so young? I always understood the character to be some kind of "faded glamour cat", which I always took to mean, well, older. 

[sparepart973]

Posted: 5/13/16 at 8:51am

I don't think any of the ladies they've recently cast is SO young.

Nicole and Kerry Ellis are 37, and Beverley Knight 43. I think they want someone accessible across many demographics, and age wise, these ladies are familiar to people from their 20s-40s, at least that was in the case in the UK. 

I also think they are looking for a certain style when it comes to singing Memory. They are definitely going towards more of an X-Factor/Idol sound now than they did in the 80s with the Betty Buckley and Laurie Beeckman sound.  

[JamieM3]

Posted: 5/13/16 at 8:52am

everythingtaboo said: "JamieM3 said: "Wow. That's shocking. Although I wouldn't completely trust digital spy. Lots of British websites/tabloids are known to fabricate things. Even more so than US ones.

If completely true though, I guess she's after money. I see no other reason why she'd turn it down when she said it was her dream to do CATS on Broadway. She's also releasing an album later this year which apparently will be more classical music instead of pop. How on earth would judging a lame reality TV show help your career besides fame and money?  
"

 

The article cites and links to the radio interview they got the quotes from, so seems legit. 

 

"

Yep, I just listened to the radio interview. ALW is not happy. Seems like he overreacted a bit though. I loved Scherzinger's version of memory but there are plenty of other's who can play Grizabella. Have to wonder if this all part of creating hype for a show that's probably not going to do well in the first place, with or without Scherzinger.  

Updated On: 5/13/16 at 08:52 AM

[backwoodsbarbie]

Posted: 5/13/16 at 8:58am

Sir ALW seems to love Sierra Boggess. It wouldn't surprise me if he goes after her for the role, even though it doesn't show off the sweet spot in her voice.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 5/13/16 at 8:59am

Personally, I would love to hear Andrea McArdle's take on Memory.

[devonian.t]

Posted: 5/13/16 at 9:05am

She was really no more than average in London- Broadway would not have been bowled over.

Perhaps she is holding out (as well as doing the X Factor gig) for London's Dreamgirls and is ditching ALW?

And in terms of casting young- look at the infants ALW now casts as the Phantom.  He just chases pretty young things, regardless of the dramatic sense.

 

[CindersGolightly]

Posted: 5/13/16 at 9:09am

I wouldn't oppose to Sierra starring in this. I'm very into her belt. Although if she did, it would be the second time in a row she's played an ALW role much too old for her. I think she's departing the ingenue thing rather earlier than need be. I'd also be happy with Hall, whom I adore.

[QueenAlice]

Posted: 5/13/16 at 9:19am

 Betty Buckly, Elaine Paige, and most of the women that played the role on Broadway were all in their 30s at the time. 

 

I personally think it doesn't matter about getting a "name" in the role. The show at this point is the star, and if I were a producer I wouldn't want to pay a name an elevated salary for that one song. The show doesn't need it. Any actress who has played Elphaba will be fine.

[ggersten]

Posted: 5/13/16 at 9:34am

Beyonce!  

[John Adams]

Posted: 5/13/16 at 9:56am

Oprah!