Casting of Helen Sinclair- Page 3
Casting of Helen Sinclair
Casting of Helen Sinclair#50
Posted: 7/8/13 at 4:14pmShe's got it in her bag.
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Casting of Helen Sinclair#51
Posted: 7/8/13 at 4:43pm
I think Helen should definitely have a deepish voice. when you think of stage divas of a certain period and age, you think deep. And I think of a brunette.
I was never so anxious to hear about a casting before!
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Casting of Helen Sinclair#52
Posted: 7/8/13 at 5:58pm
"I think Helen should definitely have a deepish voice. when you think of stage divas of a certain period and age, you think deep."
Like Gertrude Lawrence, Helen Morgan, or Vivienne Segal?
Casting of Helen Sinclair#53
Posted: 7/8/13 at 6:24pmI'm not familiar with them, but how about Bette Davis, Katherine Hepburn, Judy Dench?
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Casting of Helen Sinclair#54
Posted: 7/8/13 at 7:41pm
1930s era Broadway grande dames had all manner of vocal registers: Miriam Hopkins, Helen Hayes, Lilian Gish, Elisabeth Bergner, Jeanne Eagels, Lynn Fontanne, Katharine Cornell, Ruth Gordon....
Jane2, Judi Dench was born in the mid 1930s.
Updated On: 7/9/13 at 07:41 PM
Casting of Helen Sinclair#55
Posted: 7/8/13 at 7:46pm
that's nice
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Casting of Helen Sinclair#57
Posted: 7/8/13 at 8:55pmJudy Dench reminded me of Judy Davis. Judy Davis has appeared in 5 Woody Allen movies, maybe she was robbed of an Oscar for her performance in Husbands and Wives. I think I read somewhere that she started out as a singer- she played a singer and sang in a movie, High Tide. She's done stage work in Australia per Wikipedia, and there's something kind of theatrical about her. She can be funny. Maybe she's not well known enough or enough of a singer or the right age, but I can see her as Helen Sinclair.
Casting of Helen Sinclair#58
Posted: 7/8/13 at 9:16pmYes, Judy Davis is a fine actor and apparently Woodyloves her!
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Casting of Helen Sinclair#60
Posted: 7/9/13 at 12:01pm
*YES! Memo to Woody: Cast her! (change the songs/keys if nec. but cast her!)
Smokin' Bebe Glazer
Updated On: 7/9/13 at 12:01 PM
Casting of Helen Sinclair#61
Posted: 7/9/13 at 3:28pmSomeone I haven't heard mention (who certainly doesn't have a healthy soprano) is Bebe Neuwirth, she'd be a riot and has the smokey voice. She's also worked with Allen before (she walks away with CELEBRITY) and can definitely play a diva.
Casting of Helen Sinclair#62
Posted: 7/9/13 at 3:33pm
If they're cool with not making Helen a soprano (or any rangy singer), Bebe could be great.
She'd be good for box office, too.
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Casting of Helen Sinclair#63
Posted: 7/9/13 at 3:38pmVocal choices aside, Newirth would be ideal, but there are so many possibilities.
Casting of Helen Sinclair#64
Posted: 7/9/13 at 9:15pmImelda Staunton, hands down. She would blow the roof off - great singing chops and a freaking brilliant sense of comedy timing.
Casting of Helen Sinclair#65
Posted: 9/3/13 at 10:14am
Anyone have any more information on who Helen is or when they will announce it?
Thanks!
Casting of Helen Sinclair#66
Posted: 9/3/13 at 10:19am
They're selling tickets already, aren't they?
They must really be holding out for "the right star."
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Casting of Helen Sinclair#67
Posted: 9/3/13 at 10:56am
I believe they're waiting to see how the workshop goes in October before finalizing casting for the role of Helen.
Because of what happened with Marin Mazzie after the last reading, I'm guessing they've found someone who will be doing the workshop in October and want to wait and see how it goes before finalizing that actress for the actual production.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Casting of Helen Sinclair#68
Posted: 9/3/13 at 10:59amsomethingwicked- what happened with Marin Mazzie in the last reading??
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Casting of Helen Sinclair#69
Posted: 9/3/13 at 11:14amI've been all over the place on this, most recently obsessed with the admittedly wild idea of Shirley Henderson as Helen, which I arrived at after watching her as Leonora in Topsy Turvy, reciting her lines in her dressing room mirror while sipping sherry just before we see her on stage singing the &*() out of The Moon and I.
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Casting of Helen Sinclair#71
Posted: 9/3/13 at 3:26pm
When I read the casting breakdown and saw they wanted a soprano, I thought Rebecca Luker could be an inspired choice, and am holding out for that possibility.
I have a few people I'd really like to see play Helen, so I hope they cast one of them.
(Shirley Henderson would be brilliant, but that would never happen. Unfortunately.)
Casting of Helen Sinclair#72
Posted: 9/7/13 at 12:17pmHas anyone heard any on the casting of Eden or any of the ensemble roles?
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Casting of Helen Sinclair#73
Posted: 9/7/13 at 12:31pmThink Dianne Wiest would ever do it herself? She hasn't been doing much lately.
Casting of Helen Sinclair#74
Posted: 9/7/13 at 12:53pm
I want Donna Murphy to be in this so badly.
I believe Somethingwicked said in another thread that Mazzie appeared in the workshop, but the creative team decided she (along with the actress who played Eden, not sure who that was) was not a right fit for the role, and that's why Eden and Helen were not announced along with the rest of the cast. I guess it makes sense they are waiting for the next workshop to see if the role works out, I'm sure they really want to get this one right.
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