Casting No Nos

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 7/16/10 at 7:28am

Gina Gershon - Evita

[wolfwolf]

Posted: 7/16/10 at 8:40am

Any man for a women's role except hairsprays

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 7/16/10 at 9:31am

The smiths in Streetcar

[Edna Turnblad]

Posted: 7/16/10 at 10:05am

wolfwolf, why would you say that? A great number of men could pull off a great number of female roles in plays and musicals. I, for one, would love to play several female roles. I can't see how this is a casting "No No."

[perfectlymarvelous]

Posted: 7/16/10 at 10:28am

I agree with Edna...there are some shows that would be really fascinating/that I would love to see with people of the opposite sex playing the roles. I know it's not exactly a musical, but I saw Hansel and Gretel at the Met and the Witch was played by a man and it was very effective (and hilarious!). I would love to see a "gender bending" production of Sweeney Todd, I think it could work really well as long as there was enough coverage on all the parts.

[Fosse76]

Posted: 7/16/10 at 12:33pm

I saw a production of Cabaret where the Emcee was played by a woman. The cross-dressing gag that opens Act 2 didn't work, and I think it just didn't work overall for that character. Though, the emcee was played as almost like a dominatrix, so that may have affected my point of view.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 7/16/10 at 12:35pm

Any musical that does not star some combination of Hunter Foster, Jen Cody, Chris Sieber, Meredith Patterson, and Natascia Diaz in lead roles is a big no-no. Oh, and "Patty Lupone." Though, once she does that HBO show, she'll be dead to us.

[AudreyTwoTwo]

Posted: 7/16/10 at 2:59pm

Gina Gershon as Rose in Bye Bye Birdie... I was pretty much twitching everytime she wasn't on pitch... so it was just a twitch fest.