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Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did

Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did

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#1Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did
Posted: 1/13/18 at 1:46pm

What are some casting rumors that’s you’ve heard that never saw the light of day, but you still wish(ed) had happened?


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TotallyEffed
#2Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did
Posted: 1/13/18 at 2:04pm

Liza as The Chaperone.

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BrodyFosse123
#3Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did
Posted: 1/13/18 at 2:13pm

Madonna was rumored to be in talks to replace Natasha Richardson in the 1998 Broadway revival of CABARET.  Due to the intimate staging at the Kit Kat Klub (aka the Henry Miller Theatre), Madonna wanted high level of security measures they couldn't provide which gave way for Jennifer Jason Leigh taking over the role.  A few months into Leigh's run the Henry Miller Theatre suffered major flooding which is how CABARET moved over to the legendary Studio 54 and remained there for its entire run and turned it into a legitimate theatre again.  


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#4Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did
Posted: 1/13/18 at 3:14pm

Benanti as Eliza Doolittle.

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#5Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did
Posted: 1/13/18 at 3:33pm

Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake or Miley Cyrus as Hedwig in HATAI.

It would have brought a lot of people to see the show. Wish the broadway run/ tour ran longer.

Also Lady Gaga would have been amazing.

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darquegk
#6Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did
Posted: 1/13/18 at 3:47pm

Elvis Presley as the singing voice AND acting role of Tony in the film "West Side Story." Damn Col. Tom Parker for putting the kibosh on that.

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Valentina3
#7Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did
Posted: 1/13/18 at 4:16pm

Kristin Chenoweth as


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#8Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did
Posted: 1/13/18 at 4:23pm

LuPone in Dolly
Pink in Hedwig
Audra and Oprah in ‘Night Mother
Audra in Kiss of the Spider Woman
Ann Hathaway in Promises, Promises


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BroadwayConcierge
#9Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did
Posted: 1/13/18 at 4:31pm

I’m still holding out for Heather Headley in Kiss of the Spider Woman. Would be freaking incredible.

nasty_khakis
#10Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did
Posted: 1/13/18 at 4:33pm

I think there's a difference in rumor vs "did readings but didn't play the production"

Hathaway did readings of Promises and Audra did readings of Spiderwoman and that idea isn't dead right now.

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#11Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did
Posted: 1/13/18 at 5:46pm

Colin Firth and Anne Hathaway in My Fair Lady.

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poisonivy2
#12Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did
Posted: 1/13/18 at 5:50pm

Tony played by Jerome Robbins' then-lover Montgomery Clift. But this was before Montgomery Clift's car accident and drug/alcohol issues made him unemployable.

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#13Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did
Posted: 1/13/18 at 5:54pm

Nicole Scherzinger as the Leading Player in Pippin.


"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "

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BrodyFosse123
#14Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did
Posted: 1/13/18 at 6:43pm

Tony played by Jerome Robbins' then-lover Montgomery Clift. But this was before Montgomery Clift's car accident and drug/alcohol issues made him unemployable.

What on Earth are you talking about?   Montgomery Clift only inspired Robbins to update and modernize ROMEO AND JULIET.   This was around the late 1940s.   Clift was never even suggested nor ever considered for WEST SIDE STORY.   His famous car accident happened in 1956; WEST SIDE STORY debuted on Broadway in 1957 and the film adaptation went into production in 1960.  


The Other One
#15Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did
Posted: 1/13/18 at 7:08pm

BrodyFosse123 said: "Tony played by Jerome Robbins' then-lover Montgomery Clift. But this was before Montgomery Clift's car accident and drug/alcohol issues made him unemployable.

What on Earth are you talking about? Montgomery Clift only inspired Robbins to update and modernize ROMEO AND JULIET. This was around the late 1940s. Clift was never even suggested nor ever considered for WEST SIDE STORY. His famous car accident happened in 1956; WEST SIDE STORY debuted on Broadway in 1957 and the film adaptation went into production in 1960.
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Add to this that Montgomery Clift was not a singer.  This was never a rumor.

 

Updated On: 1/13/18 at 07:08 PM

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CindersGolightly
#16Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did
Posted: 1/13/18 at 7:21pm

Marilyn Monroe in "Damn Yankees" and Britney Spears in "Sweet Charity."


They/them. "Get up the nerve to be all you deserve to be."

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#17Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did
Posted: 1/13/18 at 8:15pm

Michael Cerveris replacing Josh Groban in The Great Comet.

Also, Laura Benanti and Colin Firth in My Fair Lady.

trpguyy
#18Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did
Posted: 1/13/18 at 8:37pm

Mandy Patinkin in Great Comet (too soon?)

Liza was slated to go into the Pippin revival, but Josh Kauffman tanked the box office before it could happen.

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#19Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did
Posted: 1/13/18 at 8:37pm

BrodyFosse123 said: "Madonna was rumored to be in talks to replace Natasha Richardson in the 1998 Broadway revival of CABARET. Due to the intimate staging at the Kit Kat Klub (aka the Henry Miller Theatre), Madonna wanted high level of security measures they couldn't provide which gave way for Jennifer Jason Leigh taking over the role. A few months into Leigh's run the Henry Miller Theatre suffered major flooding which is how CABARET moved over to the legendary Studio 54 and remained there for its entire run and turned it into a legitimate theatre again."

It has always made me so sad this didn't happen. I actually think she'd have made a great Sally. And that production's interpretation would have shown off her talents and cushioned her more limited abilities to good effect. If only.

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markypoo
#20Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did
Posted: 1/13/18 at 8:45pm

Jack Benny (in drag - seriously!) in Hello, Dolly!

The Pointer Sisters in an abandoned tour of Over Here!

Rick Moranis/Tony Danza and Sheryl Lee Ralph in The Goodbye Girl.

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#21Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did
Posted: 1/14/18 at 11:48am

trpguyy said: "Liza was slated to go into the Pippin revival, but Josh Kauffman tanked the box office before it could happen."

Wait, really? I can't imagine she was able to be insured, and they would've restaged it without the acrobatics, right?

trpguyy
#22Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did
Posted: 1/14/18 at 11:58am

Yes. There’s was going to be a “Winter of Stars” marketing campaign, where a bunch of divas of a certain age would come in for a week or two and boost sales. No acrobatics, just park and bark a la the original.

Dollypop
#23Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did
Posted: 1/14/18 at 1:56pm

Melania Trump in MAME


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Bwayfan292
#24Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did
Posted: 1/14/18 at 3:19pm

Ana Villafane as jenna in Waitress

Jessica Vosk in the ensemble/ Eliza Cover in My Fair Lady

Eva Nobelzada as Eliza in Hamilton


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#25Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did
Posted: 1/14/18 at 4:48pm

I don't know if it counts, but that joke at the Tony's where Josh Gad said he'd be playing Pseudolous in Forum.


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