Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#1
Posted: 1/13/18 at 1:46pmWhat are some casting rumors that’s you’ve heard that never saw the light of day, but you still wish(ed) had happened?
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#2
Posted: 1/13/18 at 2:04pmLiza as The Chaperone.
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#3
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.
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#4
Posted: 1/13/18 at 3:14pmBenanti as Eliza Doolittle.
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#5
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.
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#6
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.
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#7
Posted: 1/13/18 at 4:16pm
Kristin Chenoweth as
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#8
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/24/15
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#9
Posted: 1/13/18 at 4:31pmI’m still holding out for Heather Headley in Kiss of the Spider Woman. Would be freaking incredible.
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#10
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.
Chorus Member Joined: 5/5/16
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#11
Posted: 1/13/18 at 5:46pm
Colin Firth and Anne Hathaway in My Fair Lady.
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#12
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.
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#13
Posted: 1/13/18 at 5:54pm
Nicole Scherzinger as the Leading Player in Pippin.
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#14
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.
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#15
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."
Add to this that Montgomery Clift was not a singer. This was never a rumor.
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#16
Posted: 1/13/18 at 7:21pm
Marilyn Monroe in "Damn Yankees" and Britney Spears in "Sweet Charity."
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/16
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#17
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.
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/25/05
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#18
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.
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#19
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.
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#20
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.
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#21
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?
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/25/05
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#22
Posted: 1/14/18 at 11:58amYes. 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.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#23
Posted: 1/14/18 at 1:56pmMelania Trump in MAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/17
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#24
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
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#25
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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