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#51

Cattrall and Dossett out of KC FOLLIES

Posted: 9/28/10 at 2:32am

but it looks like another "What-if" FOLLIES production.

HUH?? Because Kim Cattrall dropped out? I was excited for her casting, but she could have turned out to be a disaster.

#52

Cattrall and Dossett out of KC FOLLIES

Posted: 9/28/10 at 6:24am

Donna Murphy (based on http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=safari&rls=en&&sa=X&ei=CsKhTNqTOZLSuwOOopjYAw&ved=0CBQQvwUoAQ&q=donna+murphy+height&spell=1)

vs

Bernadette Peters (http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=safari&rls=en&q=Bernadette+Peters++height&aq=f&aqi=g3&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=)

THe thicker 'body' of Donna might bias it.

Give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch.

#53

Cattrall and Dossett out of KC FOLLIES

Posted: 9/28/10 at 9:29am

I think we need to see who else the KC ultimately rounds up for this before we write this off as another 'could have been' FOLLIES. There are an awful lot of exciting women out there who are possibilities for these roles.

#54

Cattrall and Dossett out of KC FOLLIES

Posted: 9/28/10 at 12:27pm

All right, Michael Bennett. Very true. You win.

#55

Cattrall and Dossett out of KC FOLLIES

Posted: 9/28/10 at 2:58pm

Boyd would be great, hadn't thought of him. Howard McGillin is a tenor so he may not work vocally for Ben, James Naughhton could maybe pull it off but I don't know

of course, there is also Victor Garber...

#56

Cattrall and Dossett out of KC FOLLIES

Posted: 9/28/10 at 4:05pm

Victor Garber was a divine Ben.

When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain. -Kad

#57

Cattrall and Dossett out of KC FOLLIES

Posted: 9/28/10 at 4:06pm

Victor Garber was a divine Ben.

Respectfully and EMPHATICALLY disagree.

#58

Cattrall and Dossett out of KC FOLLIES

Posted: 9/28/10 at 4:12pm

Victor Garber's Ben was about as exciting as a piece of wood.

#59

Cattrall and Dossett out of KC FOLLIES

Posted: 9/28/10 at 4:14pm

I happen to enjoy wood, thanks. And I'm sure a lot of other people on this board do as well.

#60

Cattrall and Dossett out of KC FOLLIES

Posted: 9/28/10 at 4:21pm

I do happen to prefer the role of Buddy, so that may affect my opinion on who is playing Ben.

#61

Cattrall and Dossett out of KC FOLLIES

Posted: 9/28/10 at 4:33pm

Loved Garber in the role, I'm right there with you givesmevoice re Garber AND wood

Would love to see him reprise the role though it's very doubtful he will.

"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"

#62

Cattrall and Dossett out of KC FOLLIES

Posted: 9/28/10 at 4:53pm

Someone on ATC seems to be insinuating that Ron Raines will be Ben.

http://talkinbroadway.com/allthatchat/d.php?id=1903620

*major yawn* Didn't he play it YEARS ago?

#63

Cattrall and Dossett out of KC FOLLIES

Posted: 9/29/10 at 12:03am

This is a totally out there suggestion, but what about Allison Janney?

She's definitely tall and elegant. I happen to think she's gorgeous, but I'm perfectly aware that others disagree. It would be a lot of singing for her, I realize, but is Kim Cattrall particularly known as being a singer?

#64

Cattrall and Dossett out of KC FOLLIES

Posted: 9/29/10 at 1:10am

Janney could actually be an inspired choice. Phyllis' two songs are pretty easy to sing.

#65

Cattrall and Dossett out of KC FOLLIES

Posted: 9/29/10 at 1:28am

LOL I just got a visual in my head of Janney and Peters together. Six foot Janney, and five foot, two Peters. I know Phyllis should be taller but they would almost look like different species. LOL

#66

Cattrall and Dossett out of KC FOLLIES

Posted: 9/29/10 at 8:06am

Janney's singing was so weak in 9 To 5, I don't think she can sing Phyllis.

"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg." -- Thomas Jefferson

#67

Cattrall and Dossett out of KC FOLLIES

Posted: 9/29/10 at 8:52am

I'd love to see Peters reteamed with Joanna Gleason as Phyllis.

And no, we don't really have any idea what kind of voice Kim Catall has. If she really had a voice, Catrall would actually have perhaps been an even better fit as Carlotta (B list film actress turned into aging television actress).

#68

Cattrall and Dossett out of KC FOLLIES

Posted: 9/29/10 at 9:26am

Having recently seen Cattrall onstage in Private Lives I can attest that she looks nowhere near her age. If not too young she's too young-looking for Carlotta.

Faced with these Loreleis, what man can moralize!

#69

Cattrall and Dossett out of KC FOLLIES

Posted: 9/29/10 at 10:16am

Well if Catrall is too young looking for Carlotta, she's too young looking for Phyllis as well, as the characters are supposed to be roughly the same age.

Yvonne De Carlo was actually a year or two younger than Alexis Smith

#70

Cattrall and Dossett out of KC FOLLIES

Posted: 9/29/10 at 10:43am

Sigourney Weaver should be Phyllis. She sings.

#71

Cattrall and Dossett out of KC FOLLIES

Posted: 9/29/10 at 10:44am

LOL I just got a visual in my head of Janney and Peters together. Six foot Janney, and five foot, two Peters. I know Phyllis should be taller but they would almost look like different species. LOL

That goes back to Michael Bennett's comment about this being a reunion of showgirls. The Rockettes, for example, are all between 5'6' and 5'10' or so. Obviously it's not necessary, but it'd be ideal if you had a group of women who could have conceivably been showgirls together. Janney and Peters probably wouldn't have been in a kick line together. Or at least not standing near the same part of the line.

#72

Cattrall and Dossett out of KC FOLLIES

Posted: 9/29/10 at 10:56am

I know it goes completely against type, but I wonder if Jane Lynch could play Phyllis. She's the right age, she can sing, she has the stature. Again, I admit she wouldn't be the typical Phyllis, and this is the ranting of a big fan who'd love to see her onstage.

"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg." -- Thomas Jefferson

#73

Cattrall and Dossett out of KC FOLLIES

Posted: 9/29/10 at 12:10pm

^ I don't think she's attractive enough. Phyllis has to be beautiful and queen-like.

#74

Cattrall and Dossett out of KC FOLLIES

Posted: 9/29/10 at 12:15pm

I wouldn't buy Jane Lynch as Phyllis for a hot second.

#75

Cattrall and Dossett out of KC FOLLIES

Posted: 9/29/10 at 12:24pm

Hmmm...

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