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#1

Casting Celebrities in musicals

Posted: 8/17/08 at 9:30pm

Which celebrities would you cast in any broadway musical?
I would cast...
Nikki Blonsky as TRACY in Hairspray. Thatd be awesome
Ashely Tisdale as ELLE in Legally Blonde
Vanessa Hudgens as MARIA in WEST SIDE STORY
Kathy Griffin as PAULETTE in Legally Blonde (That'd be hysterical)
David Cook as RADAMES in Aida or ROGER in Rent ( he has like an Adam Pascal kinda Vibe. Like his MUSIC OF THE NIGHT on Andrew Loyd Webber Week on IDOL)
Christopher Walken as THE WIZARD in Wicked
Matthew Broderick as FREDRICK in Young Frankenstein

Your Turn!

Updated On: 8/17/08 at 09:30 PM

#2

re: Casting Celebrities in musicals

Posted: 8/17/08 at 9:51pm

"Ashely Tisdale as ELLE in Legally Blonde
Vanessa Hudgens as MARIA in WEST SIDE STORY"

What the F*** IS THE MATTER WITH YOU?!?!?!?!
"I told you, NO Rodgers and Hammerstein!"- Bart Simpson
#4

re: Casting Celebrities in musicals

Posted: 8/17/08 at 9:58pm

I'm with Weez. I have no idea who most of those people are.
I mean, even Kathy Griffin classifies herself as a D-lister.
"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"
#6

re: Casting Celebrities in musicals

Posted: 8/17/08 at 10:12pm

Julie Andrews as Maria in The Sound of Music
Gene Kelly as Don Lockwood in Singin in the Rain
Rosemary Clooney as Betty in White Christmas
Natalie Wood as Maria in West Side Story
John Travolta as Danny in GREASE
Anthony Rapp as Mark in RENT



I adore the black band holding on the Phantom's mask. ~ Jenna2
#7

re: Casting Celebrities in musicals

Posted: 8/17/08 at 10:35pm

Wow. I've seen some wacky posts, but this one takes the cake.

How about George Smithers in South Pacific or Allison Lubinsky in Legally Blonde? Who are they? Just a couple more "celebrities" as inane as those suggested above.
#9

re: Casting Celebrities in musicals

Posted: 8/17/08 at 11:36pm

haha. its funny how many old people post on here who have no clue who ur talking about.

but i'd have to agree...if I was ever forced to see Vanessa Hudgens as Maria in West Side Story....I'd have to shoot her or myself...one of us would die in the situation, thats for sure.
#10

re: Casting Celebrities in musicals

Posted: 8/18/08 at 12:30am

Ha! This is pretty whack. (FYI...not in a good way...)

But, I will give you cred for Walken as the Wizard, only because it would be wet-your-chair hilarious. Walken's delivery would be just the thing to elevate this trainwreck to a whole new level of mockability.
"Hello. How are we today? I'm feeling a little blue myself. You know, a little anxious for no particular reason, a little sad that I should feel anxious at this age, you know, a little self-concious anxiety resulting in non-specific sadness: a state that I call 'blue'." --The Drowsy Chaperone
#11

re: Casting Celebrities in musicals

Posted: 8/18/08 at 1:06am

OMGz those choices r ToTaLLy awesome!
My turn!
Paris Hilton as ROXIE and Nicole Richie as VELMA in Chicago.
Miley Cyrus as ARIEL in The Little Mermaid.
Britney Spears as MAMA ROSE in Gypsy.
And I hope the cast of the movie High School Musical 9 stays the same for when it comes to Broadway yessss!


Hm, well that was almost fun. I wish I could get a good laugh from the original post, but it saddens me than anything.
#12

re: Casting Celebrities in musicals

Posted: 8/18/08 at 1:31am

Sorry to bring the mood down, but they OFFERED Paris Hilton the role of Roxie in Chicago. I just threw up a little in my mouth. And I think you all did too
Oh, and I almost forgot to mention...I'm the good cop, he's the bad cop.
#13

re: Casting Celebrities in musicals

Posted: 8/18/08 at 1:55am

WHAT ARE THEY FEEDING THE YOUNGER GENERATION IN AMERICA???

THEIR MINDS ARE ALL F*CKED UP.

these posts should never appear... ever again. for the sake of humanity. no.
#14

re: Casting Celebrities in musicals

Posted: 8/18/08 at 2:24am

PLEASE. Don't let this idiot be a representation of MY generation.
"I told you, NO Rodgers and Hammerstein!"- Bart Simpson
#15

re: Casting Celebrities in musicals

Posted: 8/18/08 at 3:50am

"Ashely Tisdale as ELLE in Legally Blonde"

NO

"Kathy Griffin as PAULETTE in Legally Blonde"

NO

Out of the ones you listed, Matt Broderick is the only one I'd be happy to see.
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
#16

re: Casting Celebrities in musicals

Posted: 8/18/08 at 8:01am

The three Jonas Brothers as April, Marta and Kathy in Company.

Now that could drive a person crazy.
#17

re: Casting Celebrities in musicals

Posted: 8/18/08 at 9:40am

"Hello. Elphaba I'm. The Wizard of. Oz and. I. Would like. To use you to. Get rid of all the. Animals."
#18

re: Casting Celebrities in musicals

Posted: 8/18/08 at 9:53am

Ok, lets assume this person can understand sense for a second.

I guarantee that you have never heard Ashley Tisdale's actual voice. Nothing about it is natural. I saw a clip of her singing on the High School Musical Concert and she couldn't even sing along to the backing of that incredibly simple score. So much so that when they aired the full concert on the Disney channel they actually played the track over the performance. She was THAT bad.

Vanessa Hudgens isn't as bad, however she could never, ever pull off more than one mediocre tune in a row...let alone a full score such as West Side Story.

Out of the whole HSM empire, Zac Efron is the only one who could POSSIBLY carry off a tune live.

Use some common sense, teeny boppers miming along to an overly computerized track on a film set is nothing like performing live on stage, for a few hours eight times a week.


I second what someone said above, don't assume my generation is solely based on idiots.

#19

re: Casting Celebrities in musicals

Posted: 8/18/08 at 12:26pm

I old and I knew who the original poster was talking about. I just threw up in mouth a little bit over it. I 'm just hoping he/she was joking.

To agree with one of the above posters: singing for movies is NOTHING like performing on B'way (not needing to get into conversations over which did or did not do there own singing.) The very first thing that is usually done when a movie musical goes into production: they lay down the vocal tracks. Everything else: character, choreography etc comes afterwards.

My young students are always amazed how difficult it is to actually do BOTH and do both well in front of an audience when your adreneline (sp) is pumping! And trust me: my choreography is NOT b'way caliber.

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#20

re: Casting Celebrities in musicals

Posted: 8/18/08 at 12:29pm

ONLY:
Ashely Tisdale as ELLE in Legally Blonde (MAYBE)
David Cook as RADAMES in Aida

would work.

How about getting:

Justin Timberlake as Fiyero in WICKED
Lindsay Lohan as Ariel in THE LITTLE MERMAID
Jennifer Hudson as the Dragon in SHREK
Taylor Hicks as Teen Angel in GREASE (too late)

Just joking, except for maybe Justin...
"I saw Pavarotti play Rodolfo on stage and with his girth I thought he was about to eat the whole table at the Cafe Momus." - Dollypop
#21

re: Casting Celebrities in musicals

Posted: 8/18/08 at 12:31pm

I hope you were joking about Ashley Tisdale even MAYBE being Elle.
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
#23

re: Casting Celebrities in musicals

Posted: 8/18/08 at 1:36pm


"Justin Timberlake as Fiyero in WICKED"

You have got to be joking. You have to be able to SING to play Fiyero. Justin's high, nasally and computer enhanced voice on Broadway? Bitch please!

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