Celia Keenan-Bolger, Colin Donnell, Betsy Wolfe and Elizabeth Stanley to Star in MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG at Encores!- Page 2

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 10/12/11 at 12:51am

None of them were the final two, but since they are starting anew, who knows?

[Unknown User]

Posted: 10/12/11 at 4:39am

I've only seen Betsy Wolfe live, out of those performers (in Tales of the City), but she seems like a perfect Beth to me, and not so much a Mary as some suggest. Hrmm.

I did kinda have the thought that they seemed to be casting a bit strange--not super fresh young, but not the more mature cast that I think does work better in the revised production. Any word on WHAT version will be done? I'd assume the most recent--but being an Encores staging, they could try to do the original...

[bjh2114]

Posted: 10/12/11 at 9:34am

Stanley has ZERO sex appeal. She's totally wrong for Gussie. The rest of the cast seems pretty spot on though. To the people who think otherwise, I think Celia is definitely more of a Mary than a Beth. She can definitely pull of both the quirkiness and vulnerability that she needs.

[perfectlymarvelous]

Posted: 10/12/11 at 12:16pm

I think Elizabeth Stanley is an interesting choice...I thought she was good in Company and awful in Cry-Baby, but I really liked her in the Transport Group's Hello Again last year.

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 10/12/11 at 12:39pm

Stanley has "zero sex appeal"? Did you see HELLO, AGAIN? Or COMPANY?

Or, more importantly- are you blind?

Updated On: 10/13/11 at 12:39 PM

[Owen22]

Posted: 10/12/11 at 10:24pm

A shame Adam Chanler-Berat is busy...

[bwayfan7000]

Posted: 10/13/11 at 1:28am

Going back to what I said earlier, having seen Stanley in Jekyll, I can attest that she is not only not boring onstage, but can exude tremendous sex appeal. Are we even talking about the same person here? I know she's been miscast before (ie, in Cry Baby), but I think she's an amazing performer.

[hyperbole_and_a_half]

Posted: 10/13/11 at 1:40am

Thank God, no Raul Esparza.

[dreaming]

Posted: 10/13/11 at 7:52am

Raul Esparza would have gotten me more excited about seeing this than this cast.

[Brick]

Posted: 10/13/11 at 1:23pm

I was hoping for Leslie Kritzer.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 10/13/11 at 1:52pm

Seems like Lapine went for fresh takes on these roles, Kritzer was the obvious choice but her impressive turn in SONDHEIM.. might have worked against her. I think Ceils will be terrific.
I was not a fan of Stanley till HELLO AGAIN, in which she was sexy like she's never been before.
Wolfe has been wonderful in the various roles I've seen her.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 10/13/11 at 4:04pm

Is there any chance this production might move to Broadway?

[bjh2114]

Posted: 10/13/11 at 4:44pm

Stanley has "zero sex appeal"? Did you see HELLO, AGAIN? Or COMPANY?

Or, more importantly- are you blind?

Well actually I DIDN'T see Hello, Again. But I thought she had absolutely no sex appeal in Company, Xanadu, or Million Dollar Quartet, and she lacked all forms of charm in Cry-Baby. She's high on my list of overrated performers.

[uncageg]

Posted: 10/14/11 at 12:48pm

Picked up my ticket yesterday. very excited. It will be my first Encores! production. Grabbed a $25.00 seat in row B of the balcony.

[Sauja]

Posted: 10/15/11 at 6:40pm

Bjh, if it's any comfort, I was no fan of Stanley's in Xanadu, Company, or (especially) Cry-Baby (I did enjoy her more than anything else about MDQ, but that's faint praise). BUT I thought she was mesmerizing in Hello Again. It was a crazy moment of, "Hold the phone. SHE can do THAT?!" It was one of those moments where I felt like I finally understood why someone keeps getting cast in things.

I'm still waiting for myself to have that moment with Sutton Foster (I know, I know. Everyone loves her). Regardless, for some reason I felt like as a complete and total stranger I would suggest there's still reason to believe she could be great!

Colin Donnell I'm very excited about. Can't wait to hear who's going to be Charlie!