#26
Posted: 10/27/10 at 12:14pm
Oh, I do hope it's Mr. Tom Wopat!!!
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#28
Posted: 10/27/10 at 12:31pm
I'm kind of flabbergasted that someone would be sad that Sigourney Weaver and Kim Cattrall aren't in this production. Now we just have to settle for brilliant stage actors. Harumph. What are they trying to do here? Make it good?! Bastards.
I already had my tickets, and these new names are delicious. I'm truly excited to see Terri White take on "Who's that Woman?" And I'd watch Linda Lavin or Elaine Paige do anything. Anything.
I already had my tickets, and these new names are delicious. I'm truly excited to see Terri White take on "Who's that Woman?" And I'd watch Linda Lavin or Elaine Paige do anything. Anything.
#29
Posted: 10/27/10 at 12:46pm
I'm kind of flabbergasted that someone would be sad that Sigourney Weaver and Kim Cattrall aren't in this production. Now we just have to settle for brilliant stage actors. Harumph. What are they trying to do here? Make it good?! Bastards.
Well to be fair, Phyllis is usually cast with a recognizable name. Alexis Smith was a B list movie star without any Broadway experience. And she wound up winning the Tony.
Well to be fair, Phyllis is usually cast with a recognizable name. Alexis Smith was a B list movie star without any Broadway experience. And she wound up winning the Tony.
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#30
Posted: 10/27/10 at 1:29pm
That's not quite true LJay -- Dee Hoty wasn't a name at Papermill - Constance Towers wasn't exactly a Hollywood name either and she played the role a few times regionally.
#31
Posted: 10/27/10 at 1:37pm
Jan Maxwell is inspired casting! Please, let this make a broadway transfer!!!!!!!!!
#32
Posted: 10/27/10 at 2:03pm
So thrilled about Jan Maxwell!!! She makes me want to see this way more than Kim Cattrall or whatever name they would have ended up with could.
#33
Posted: 10/27/10 at 3:36pm
Jan Maxwell and Bernadette.......THAT is thrilling. I remember seeing Jan in that bland "Sound if Music" revival in the 90's, and the whole evening I was thinking, "who is the woman playing the Baroness?? And...I remember her having a pleasant singing voice.
Isn't Susan Watson the original Kim McAfee?? SWEET!!!
Isn't Susan Watson the original Kim McAfee?? SWEET!!!
#34
Posted: 10/27/10 at 3:47pm
wow this is going to be an amazing production
#35
Posted: 10/27/10 at 5:17pm
I've heard that Jeremy Irons is a possible Ben but I don't know whether that is for Washington or the rumoured Trevor Nunn London production.
#36
Posted: 10/27/10 at 5:36pm
How about Marc Kudisch? Him and Jan together on stage again would be fantastic!
#37
Posted: 10/27/10 at 5:43pm
I think Kudisch is more of a Buddy.
#38
Posted: 10/27/10 at 5:48pm
He is but I'd take him any way I can get him.
#39
Posted: 10/27/10 at 5:55pm
Alexis Smith wasn't Bette Davis, but she wasn't a B-lister either. She had played leading roles with her name above the title opposite Errol Flynn (she did 4 films with him), Charles Boyer, Joan Fontaine, Fredric March, Jack Benny, Humphrey Bogart (2 movies together), Cary Grant, Eleanor Parker, Barbara Stanwyck, Clark Gable, and William Holden among many others.
#40
Posted: 10/27/10 at 6:08pm
I love that this show is being cast with Broadway names alone. I feel like this may increase the chances of a Broadway transfer actually as they may be less busy with filming schedules than movie stars would be.
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#41
Posted: 10/27/10 at 7:53pm
Product of my boredom. Yes, they do already have artwork but it's pretty bland.
#42
Posted: 10/27/10 at 9:52pm
booky by. nice.
whoops.
whoops.
#43
Posted: 10/27/10 at 10:14pm
Totally wrong for a Kennedy Center poster. There's no mention of Stephen and Christine Schwarzman.
Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never knowing how
Wanting life but never knowing how
#45
Posted: 10/27/10 at 10:23pm
Which booky will they use? The original 1972 booky or the booky from one of the many revisions that exist.
#46
Posted: 10/27/10 at 10:25pm
Im hoping the booky from the 2001 revival.
#47
Posted: 10/27/10 at 10:28pm
Im hoping the booky from the 2001 revival.
WHY???????????????????
WHY???????????????????
#48
Posted: 10/27/10 at 10:53pm
OMG will they film this!111!!1!
#49
Posted: 10/27/10 at 10:56pm
KenCen films nothing.
Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never knowing how
Wanting life but never knowing how
#50
Posted: 10/27/10 at 10:59pm
I wouldn't doubt some crafty theater queen will sneek in her micro digi cam into one of the performances and film it.
Me likey the original 1972 booky...me no likey 2001 revisions...blech!
Me likey the original 1972 booky...me no likey 2001 revisions...blech!
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