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Cattrall and Dossett out of KC FOLLIES
#50Cattrall 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.
#51Cattrall 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.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#52Cattrall and Dossett out of KC FOLLIES
Posted: 9/28/10 at 9:29amI 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.
Brick
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/21/06
#53Cattrall and Dossett out of KC FOLLIES
Posted: 9/28/10 at 12:27pmAll right, Michael Bennett. Very true. You win.
SondheimFan5
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/10
#54Cattrall 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...
#55Cattrall and Dossett out of KC FOLLIES
Posted: 9/28/10 at 4:05pmVictor 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
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#56Cattrall and Dossett out of KC FOLLIES
Posted: 9/28/10 at 4:06pm
Victor Garber was a divine Ben.
Respectfully and EMPHATICALLY disagree.
#57Cattrall and Dossett out of KC FOLLIES
Posted: 9/28/10 at 4:12pmVictor Garber's Ben was about as exciting as a piece of wood.
#58Cattrall and Dossett out of KC FOLLIES
Posted: 9/28/10 at 4:14pmI happen to enjoy wood, thanks. And I'm sure a lot of other people on this board do as well.
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
#59Cattrall and Dossett out of KC FOLLIES
Posted: 9/28/10 at 4:21pmI do happen to prefer the role of Buddy, so that may affect my opinion on who is playing Ben.
#60Cattrall 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"
#61Cattrall 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?
bestfreakinshoes
Stand-by Joined: 1/5/08
#62Cattrall 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?
#63Cattrall and Dossett out of KC FOLLIES
Posted: 9/29/10 at 1:10amJanney could actually be an inspired choice. Phyllis' two songs are pretty easy to sing.
moljul
Broadway Star Joined: 5/28/03
#64Cattrall and Dossett out of KC FOLLIES
Posted: 9/29/10 at 1:28amLOL 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
#65Cattrall and Dossett out of KC FOLLIES
Posted: 9/29/10 at 8:06amJanney'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
#66Cattrall 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).
#67Cattrall and Dossett out of KC FOLLIES
Posted: 9/29/10 at 9:26amHaving 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!
#68Cattrall 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
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#69Cattrall and Dossett out of KC FOLLIES
Posted: 9/29/10 at 10:43amSigourney Weaver should be Phyllis. She sings.
#70Cattrall 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.
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
#71Cattrall 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
#72Cattrall 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.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#73Cattrall and Dossett out of KC FOLLIES
Posted: 9/29/10 at 12:15pmI wouldn't buy Jane Lynch as Phyllis for a hot second.
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