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Celebrities you'd like to see on Broadway
#25Celebrities you'd like to see on Broadway
Posted: 11/8/15 at 8:27pm
Patton Oswalt, Gillian Jacobs, Mads Mikkelsen
#26Celebrities you'd like to see on Broadway
Posted: 11/8/15 at 9:09pm
Gillian Anderson in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest!
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#27Celebrities you'd like to see on Broadway
Posted: 11/8/15 at 10:23pm
Gillian will be in Streetcar at St. Ann's Warehouse starting April 23, 2016.
Tom Sawyer2
Swing Joined: 11/8/15
#28Celebrities you'd like to see on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/15 at 12:11am
ChildofEarth said: "I'd like to see Emma Watson give it a shot, and Jen Lawrence. I'd kill to see Kathy Bates, Viola Davis, and Meryl Streep again. Eddie Redmayne would be interesting. I'd like to see Darren Criss originate something.
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#30Celebrities you'd like to see on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/15 at 1:06am
I want Mark Hamill to come back.
"Was uns befreit, das muss stärker sein als wir es sind." -Tanz der Vampire
#31Celebrities you'd like to see on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/15 at 5:54am
Kate Winslet
Amy Adams
Anne Hathaway
Genie Francis
French Stewart
James Wolk
Judy Tenuta
Roz Riggins
Tina Fey
Jon Hamm
Lynda Hamm
Andrea Barber
#32Celebrities you'd like to see on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/15 at 6:43am
Elfuhbuh said: "I want Mark Hamill to come back.
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ABSOLUTELY! Maybe this new Star Wars will get him back into the public eye, and there'll be more demand!
Emma MK
Stand-by Joined: 2/28/15
#33Celebrities you'd like to see on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/15 at 7:56am
Matt Bomer in a musical would be epic! In fact id kill to see him in anything!
Id quite like to see Norman Reedus in something too.
James Marsden, Aaron Taylor Johnson, Ming-Na Wen and im sure there are a few others who arent coming to mind right now that i would love to see.
#34Celebrities you'd like to see on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/15 at 8:17am
icecreambenjamin said: "I'd love to see Amy Poehler do a musical. She's a talented comedian with a nice voice. She could give a pretty excellent performance in the right part."
Speaking of a comedienne with a great singing voice, I would absolutely love to see Julia Louis-Dreyfus do either a play or a musical! I actually asked her if she's ever considered doing a show on Broadway in the past during one of her many Gold Derby interviews (it was around the time of the release of Enough Said, as Gandolfini's performance in God of Carnage was mentioned) and she said that she would love to do so, and is waiting for her youngest son to go off to college so she could come to New York. I would be thrilled if this is on the horizon for the next few seasons!
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#36Celebrities you'd like to see on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/15 at 11:06am
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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-- Thomas Jefferson
#37Celebrities you'd like to see on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/15 at 1:27pm
Tilda Swinton, David Tennant, Matt Smith, Rachel McAdams, Jon Hamm, Christina Hendricks, and I would love for Bradley Cooper to return.
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Broadway Star Joined: 9/3/14
#38Celebrities you'd like to see on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/15 at 1:33pm
Chris Colfer. He is one of the few musical theatre orientated singers on Glee who hasn't yet appeared on the boards.
#39Celebrities you'd like to see on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/15 at 1:40pm
I mean, yes it is cool to see your favorite celebrities on Broadway, but most of the time they bring celebrities in, it is for financial reasons (i.e It's Only A Play), and then the play or musical sucks. Not saying that is the case for all, but I would much rather watch a super talented unknown actor than a semi talented celebrity.
Sunny11
Broadway Star Joined: 9/3/14
#40Celebrities you'd like to see on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/15 at 1:47pm
But most of the responses are famous singers or TV/Movie actors who became successful through their talent.
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#41Celebrities you'd like to see on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/15 at 1:59pm
Jake Gyllenhaal in a musical
Seth MacFarlane
Amy Adams
Kate Winslet
#42Celebrities you'd like to see on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/15 at 2:00pm
Which is why I said it's not always the case. I was mainly saying how they bring celebrities to star in crappy shows just so people will come see them. It's Only a Play was a perfect example of this. I also really want other unknown actors to get a chance to shine rathwr than the business side of Broadway take over and just cast the cekebs for money reasons. Idk. I am mixed about celebrities on Broadway. My philosophy is if the show is good and they are perfect, sure. But if you are just bringing them in because you know no one will see it unless the celeb is in it, it just gets annoying.
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Broadway Star Joined: 9/28/15
#43Celebrities you'd like to see on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/15 at 6:34pm
Fassbender, Waltz, Cumberbatch, Winslet
#44Celebrities you'd like to see on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/15 at 8:04pm
"I was mainly saying how they bring celebrities to star in crappy shows just so people will come see them. It's Only a Play was a perfect example of this. I also really want other unknown actors to get a chance to shine rathwr than the business side of Broadway take over and just cast the cekebs for money reasons. Idk. I am mixed about celebrities on Broadway. My philosophy is if the show is good and they are perfect, sure. But if you are just bringing them in because you know no one will see it unless the celeb is in it, it just gets annoying."
I don't think the intentions of the producers is to produce a crappy show. I think what you're talking about is true in some cases, like in It's Only a Play, as you mentioned (although most of that cast had a lot of experience working in the theatre, which makes their casting a bit less gimmicky IMO). But I haven't found that to be true in most cases. Even if a show does end up being crappy, it's usually not BECAUSE their celebrity kept them from creating a good work.
RE: you're last statement about casting celebrities because it sells seats: Yes, usually casting a star is the tipping point between a show getting produced, and a show not getting produced. Don't we WANT shows to be able to get produced? Celebrities sell tickets. It would be great if every good show could get produced and be successful without a celebrity, but that's just not where we are now, unfortunately.
Take something like The Cripple of Inishmaan: It had never been on Broadway before, this most recent production probably never would have gotten to Broadway without Daniel Radcliffe's attachment. Radcliffe did a great job and got to play a role he really enjoyed, the show was successful, critics and audiences seemed to enjoy it, and I got introduced to McDonagh, who has since become one of my favorite playwrights. The way I see it, everyone wins.
Updated On: 11/9/15 at 08:04 PM
ArtMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/10/08
#45Celebrities you'd like to see on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/15 at 9:02pm
Anne Hathaway, Nicole Kidman, Sharon Stone
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Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/04
#46Celebrities you'd like to see on Broadway
Posted: 11/9/15 at 10:55pm
Would love to see David Duchovny on Broadway. (I saw that Off-B'way play he did at the Lortel several years ago, THE BREAK OF NOON, but that was a very short run.)
Updated On: 11/9/15 at 10:55 PM
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Featured Actor Joined: 8/31/14
#47Celebrities you'd like to see on Broadway
Posted: 11/20/15 at 9:49am
Someone said Jon Hamm and Tina Fey, YES YES YES. Jon Hamm could do well in like a dark play, and Tina can basically do anything
#48Celebrities you'd like to see on Broadway
Posted: 11/20/15 at 9:58am
Helena Bonham Carter in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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Stand-by Joined: 6/25/14
#49Celebrities you'd like to see on Broadway
Posted: 4/28/16 at 12:06am
Bumping this thread. A bunch of folks mentioned wanting to see Christina Hendricks on Broadway. Well, looks like she heard you:
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/MAD-MENs-Christina-Hendricks-to-Lead-Industry-Reading-of-WHORL-INSIDE-A-LOOP-Broadway-Next-20160427
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