#1
Posted: 9/26/10 at 11:50am
Just read this on BWW, and also speculation that Elaine Paige or Linda Lavin are in talks. What do you think?
Cattrall and Dossett out of KC FOLLIES
#2
Posted: 9/26/10 at 12:15pm
From Kim Cattrall to Linda Lavin is quite an upgrade in the acting department... but quite a downgrade in a few other departments.
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#3
Posted: 9/26/10 at 12:19pm
Linda Lavin is 70 at least and looks it. For a character who's supposed to be 48, isn't that a bit ridiculous?
#4
Posted: 9/26/10 at 12:31pm
I like both women, but neither particularly scream "Phyllis Rogers Stone" to me. And Lavin is too old. Yes, Peters will be 63 by the time the production opens, but she can still easily pass for late forties. The same cannot be said of Lavin.
Also, does it seem weird to anyone else that, forty years into her career, Paige is now vigorously trying to break into the American market, after many years of nearly ignoring it? Have the Brits tired of her?
Also, does it seem weird to anyone else that, forty years into her career, Paige is now vigorously trying to break into the American market, after many years of nearly ignoring it? Have the Brits tired of her?
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Updated On: 9/26/10 at 12:31 PM
#5
Posted: 9/26/10 at 12:37pm
Elaine Paige is extremely talented but she's also very short. Remember when they had to adjust the banister in SUNSET BOULEVARD so the audience could see her on the staircase? Who would they get to play opposite such a short person? Gary Coleman is no longer with us.
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#6
Posted: 9/26/10 at 12:46pm
Perhaps Christopher Seiber could go short again?
#7
Posted: 9/26/10 at 12:59pm
Elaine Paige or Linda Lavin? Are you sure they're in talks for Phyllis? I could see Lavin sing Broadway Baby, or...?
But Vanessa Williams to Kim Cattrall, to Elaine Paige?
But Vanessa Williams to Kim Cattrall, to Elaine Paige?
#8
Posted: 9/26/10 at 1:09pm
I'm admittedly biased, but I so wish they would get Donna Murphy to reprise her turn as Phyllis. Can you imagine how divine she would be with Peters?
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#9
Posted: 9/26/10 at 1:28pm
This is a nightmare. I doubt Lavin and Paige are up for Phyllis. It must be for the supporting roles. I assume they will look for another star for Phyllis.
#10
Posted: 9/26/10 at 1:33pm
I agree about Murphy. Her Phyllis was perfection and I would love to see her do it again, especially with Peters.
#11
Posted: 9/26/10 at 1:58pm
Is Laughing Matters happening in the spring. If so, Murphy would be able to do Phyllis because of the scheduling conflict.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#12
Posted: 9/26/10 at 2:44pm
Neither Paige nor Lavin can be in consideration for Phyllis. I could see Paige as Carlotta and perhaps Lavin as Stella or Hattie.
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#13
Posted: 9/26/10 at 7:23pm
I'd like to see Valarie Pettiford perform the role of Phyllis.
#14
Posted: 9/26/10 at 7:30pm
Paige would be an absolute disaster as Phyllis. I just can't stand her performances, I don't think she's much of an actress. Cattrall would have been ideal, what a shame. Of course Donna Murphy IS Phyllis, but lucky for us she has a new Broadway show lined up (or so the rumor goes) for the spring so she won't be able to be a part of this.
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#15
Posted: 9/26/10 at 7:54pm
Well to be fair Elaine Paige would be a very viable Carlotta. I would love to hear her sing "I'm Still Here." And I, at least, would love to see her in another Sondheim musical after seeing her in Sweeney Todd. Let's hope they can still persuade someone great to be Phyllis!
#16
Posted: 9/27/10 at 9:12am
Wonder what the story is here. I would have thought this would be a great prestige gig for Cattrall.
#17
Posted: 9/27/10 at 9:59am
I think some of the casting (a la Paige) may be for the Nunn London revival - still planned for more or less the same time period. I imagine Lavin is up for Stella which is good casting.
BWW probably deserves a little slap on the wrist for announcing Catrall and Dossett prematurely -- this is certainly not the first time early casting rumours havent panned out for a production eight months away.
I have no doubt KC will find suitable replacements - there is ample, ample time...
BWW probably deserves a little slap on the wrist for announcing Catrall and Dossett prematurely -- this is certainly not the first time early casting rumours havent panned out for a production eight months away.
I have no doubt KC will find suitable replacements - there is ample, ample time...
Updated On: 9/27/10 at 09:59 AM
#18
Posted: 9/27/10 at 10:18am
I'd actually love to see Lavin as Carlotta.
I imagine she'd deliver a knock out rendition of "I'm Still Here" that would utilize a lot of the "seen-it-all" wisdom that has become her trademark.
I imagine she'd deliver a knock out rendition of "I'm Still Here" that would utilize a lot of the "seen-it-all" wisdom that has become her trademark.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#19
Posted: 9/27/10 at 10:42am
I just don't really see Lavin as an aging sex symbol. Again it would be fun to hear her do the 'song' but she's not really a fit for the character as written...
I wonder if the production will persue any of the women who turned down Phyllis in the 2001 revival - Jean Smart, and Sigourney Weaver being the two I can remember off the top of my head...
I wonder if the production will persue any of the women who turned down Phyllis in the 2001 revival - Jean Smart, and Sigourney Weaver being the two I can remember off the top of my head...
#20
Posted: 9/27/10 at 10:50am
I know she's not considered a stage person, but I think Goldie Hawn could be terrific as either Carlotta or Phyllis.
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#21
Posted: 9/27/10 at 10:58am
I think Goldie Hawn could be a really good Carlotta. I also think Lynda Carter, though perhaps not the most exciting choice, would also do well with the role and would certainly be believable as a former sex symbol, still persued by men heading her own television show.
I'm not sure I ultimately see Elaine Page in FOLLIES and I wonder if her height would indeed be an issue for any of the roles.
If they are looking at Broadway legends - I'd love to see Sondra Lee do "Broadway Baby."
I'm not sure I ultimately see Elaine Page in FOLLIES and I wonder if her height would indeed be an issue for any of the roles.
If they are looking at Broadway legends - I'd love to see Sondra Lee do "Broadway Baby."
#22
Posted: 9/27/10 at 11:03am
Michael Bennett, while I agree about Lavin's believability as a sex symbol, I think plenty of people have been convincing in the role while unconventional in terms of type (Polly Bergen being amongst them, for me.)
Cybill Shepherd was heavily pursued for Carlotta for the Encores! production. I would also be interested to see her take a shot at it.
Cybill Shepherd was heavily pursued for Carlotta for the Encores! production. I would also be interested to see her take a shot at it.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#23
Posted: 9/27/10 at 1:17pm
I think Goldie Hawn is as perfect as you can get for Carlotta, but that's pretty much out of the question. I really hope people are right to say Paige is not being pursued for Phyllis or even for this production (I have zero interest in seeing her take on any of the roles).
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#24
Posted: 9/27/10 at 1:32pm
Would the First Lady of British Musical Theater want to take a supporting role in a show with our First Lady of American Musical Theater as the lead?
Hopefully it is for Nunn's production.
Hopefully it is for Nunn's production.
#25
Posted: 9/27/10 at 1:38pm
Is it too big of a pipe dream to hope for Liza Minnelli as Carlotta? I think she'd be absolutely perfect.
And if not, maybe they can get Leslie Kritzer as Liza Minnelli as Carlotta...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMeVoZhndnY&feature=player_embedded#!
And if not, maybe they can get Leslie Kritzer as Liza Minnelli as Carlotta...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMeVoZhndnY&feature=player_embedded#!
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