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Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did
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.
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#26
Posted: 1/14/18 at 5:55pm
This wasn't a rumor since the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera had actually sold tickets. It was GYPSY starring Debbie Reynolds who was 48 years old at the time. Not originally a fan, I had seen her in Gower Champion's excellent production of ANNIE GET YOUR GUN a few years earlier and Reynolds was a sensational Annie. Her voice was powerful and she was a never ending bundle of energy. So I was curious to see how she would play Rose but unfortunately the LACLO went bankrupt and the season ended earlier than planned. Speaking of GYPSY, I've read at the time of the original production that they were considering Ann Sothern to take over for Merman when she took it on the road but decided instead to close the Broadway run. Besides rumors of Marilyn going into DAMN YANKEES, I'd also read once that Judy Garland was considering going into ANNIE GET YOUR GUN for a limited amount of time before doing the film.
Agree with those who would've loved to have seen Benanti cast as Eliza Doolittle. I thought after SHE LOVES ME, she was a shoo-in. I'm sure she would have sung it beautifully.
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#27
Posted: 1/15/18 at 2:09pm
She Loves Me film adaptation with Julie Andrews as Amalia and Dick Van Dyke as Georg.
This was, of course, when they were younger.
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#28
Posted: 1/15/18 at 2:45pmBarbra or Julie Andrews in a proposed f/v of The Merry Widow.
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#29
Posted: 1/22/18 at 1:06pmAriana grande as Elphaba in wicked
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Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#30
Posted: 1/22/18 at 4:47pmBert Lahr as Dolly
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#31
Posted: 1/22/18 at 6:29pm
Cyndi Lauper in Sweeney Todd
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Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#32
Posted: 1/22/18 at 7:23pmI heard a rumor that Betty Buckley was going to do Sweeney Todd as Sweeney Todd regionally, but it never came to fruition ??
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#33
Posted: 1/22/18 at 7:25pm
bwayboy22 said: "I heard a rumor that Betty Buckley was going to do Sweeney Todd as Sweeney Todd regionally, but it never came to fruition ??"
She was supposed to play Lovett in Texas in 2005
http://www.playbill.com/article/betty-buckley-and-shuler-hensley-to-star-in-texas-sweeney-todd-com-125671
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Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#34
Posted: 1/22/18 at 7:35pmOoooh, I never knew that! However this was supposed to be at Sag Harbor (where she did Grey Gardens) circa 2013. A friend of mines family is a donor and was told there were in talks to do a production with Betty as Sweeney.
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#35
Posted: 1/22/18 at 7:45pmColin Firth as Higgins.
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#36
Posted: 1/22/18 at 8:39pmThough it wasn’t a stage production, I’m pretty bummed the Kate Winslet and Robert Downey Jr. in the film adaptation of Next to Normal never happened. I’m sure it would have been brilliant.
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#37
Posted: 1/22/18 at 9:05pmTwo non-singers attempting Next to Normal? That would have been a disaster.
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Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#38
Posted: 1/22/18 at 10:06pm
Yeah that would have awful.
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#39
Posted: 1/22/18 at 10:08pmI’m not sure how TDJ is at singing, but Kate does had a nice singing voice and would have acted the crap out of the role.
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#40
Posted: 1/23/18 at 12:43am
I’m not sure how TDJ is at singing, but Kate does had a nice singing voice and would have acted the crap out of the role.
RDJ does sing. I'm not sure either could handle the specifics of that score, but they are both definitely singers
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Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#41
Posted: 1/23/18 at 1:30am
Barbra or Julie Andrews in a proposed f/v of The Merry Widow.
Igmar Bergman asked Barbra to do it. She recently discussed this in depth for the podcast "Here's The Thing" with Alec Baldwin (if you're interested in more info).
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#42
Posted: 1/23/18 at 9:03am
Robert Downey, Jr. singing:
These four videos are by no means a representative sampling, just proof the dude can sing at all. Which he can, and fairly decently if you ask me.
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Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#43
Posted: 1/23/18 at 9:09amWasn’t RDJ considered for Higgins for the upcoming MFL revival? Or was he just a dreamcast?
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#44
Posted: 1/23/18 at 9:27am
n2nbaby said: "Though it wasn’t a stage production, I’m pretty bummed the Kate Winslet and Robert Downey Jr. in the film adaptation of Next to Normal never happened. I’m sure it would have been brilliant."
Was this ever real or just wishful fan thinking? (Including myself).
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Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#45
Posted: 1/24/18 at 9:41am
Dollypop said: "Melania Trump in MAME"
As what Gloria Upson?
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#46
Posted: 1/24/18 at 11:03amDon Rickles as Willy Loman. Falsely advertised in L.A. in the early 90s.
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#47
Posted: 1/24/18 at 8:24pm
Cher, Diana Ross, Bernadette Peters. Michele Lee, Jennifer Holliday, Tyne Daly, Barbara Eden and all the other actresses Andrew Lloyd Webber supposedly 'offered' the role of Norma Desmond in 1996, to take over once Buckley left. Some names were inspired, some were more insipid. However, he knew he needed a 'name' to sell tickets (and Elaine Paige just wasn't that name).
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#48
Posted: 1/24/18 at 10:17pm
I'm listening to Robert Downey Jr's album now. He has a good singing voice, but I don't think he'd be suited for Dan in Next to Normal. His voice is too rock-oriented. Musical Theatre singing voices do need nuance and it can help when they're informed by other genres, but his is too smokey and it lacks diction.
Casting rumors that never happened, but you wish did#49
Posted: 1/25/18 at 6:52am
...is Next to Normal not a musical with a lot of rock/pop inflection, or did I miss something?
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