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Posted: 1/16/04 at 2:05pm
Has anyone ever seen this movie? I love it. The dancing is fantastic, and I think it would be an amazing Broadway musical. The movie is about a group of teenagers trying to make it into the American Ballet Company. I think they pass through a tryout audition, and take classes for a year. At the end of the year, they perform in seperate original ballets and people in the audience offer them a job, or The American Ballet Company accepts them as a member of the company. Here are the characters, and who I think should play them on Broadway.
Jody Sawyer- Must be named after Peggy Sawyer, because that's exactly who she takes after. She's shy, nervous, tries her hardest, and gets told by the choreographer that she has bad feet and may not be cut out to be a dancer, but in the end, she performs the lead in an original ballet and gets offered a job to be a principal in a new company. I think any of the women who played Peggy Sawyer on Broadway should play this role. I LOVE Nadine Isenegger, but I think Kate Levering would do an amazing job.
Cooper Neilson- A principal star at the Company, who is very cocky and to some extent fake. He is an excellent dancer, and gets briefly involved with Jody. He starts treating her badly, and in the end they stay friends, and he is the one that founds the new company Jody will star in. As far as who could play this on Broadway.....
Charlie Sims- One of Jody's friends who likes her a lot. He asks her out, but she is involved with Cooper. In the end, when Jody realizes what a jerk Cooper is, she ends up with him. He is an excellent dancer.
Maureen Cummings- Maureen has been attending classes at the academy ever since she was a young girl. Her mother is similar to Mama Rose. All she cares about is Maureen being a star and getting a spot in the company. Maureen is an excellent dancer, but cocky, and near the end becomes more humble and gives Eva her lead spot in the ballet, because after hanging out with friends and falling in love, she realizes that this is her mother's dream; not hers. This is an extremely hard role to act, and my dream actress to play this role is Tammy Blanchard. With some dance training, she could do it, and she could act the role beautifully. She would be absolutely perfect.
Nancy Cummings- Maureen's mother, who is completely against Maureen having any fun. She had always wanted to dance ballet, but never had the body, so she forces it onto her daughter. She is played by Debra Monk in the movie, who would be fabulous in a Broadway version.
Eva Rodriguez - My favorite character- a fiery, rebellious spanish girl, in the movie played by Zoe Saldana. She is an AMAZING dancer, but her attitude is terrible- she's late for class, and has an attitude with the teachers. In the end, she grows on the choreographers because she gets a spot in the company. Zoe actually dances her role in the movie, and I would love to see her recreate it on Broadway.
Johnathan Reeves- A teacher at the company. He is the headman and decides who gets accepted and who doesnt. In the movie, he's kind of an ass and is played by Peter Gallagher, who I would love to see keep his role.
Juliette Simone- A ballet teacher, who is a beautiful dancer and former ballerina. She has some trouble with Eva, but Eva grows on her. She also is Johnathan's assistant. Played in the movie by Donna Murphy, who again, could be AMAZING in the role on Broadway.
And that's all folks. The show would be absolutely amazing.
Jody Sawyer- Must be named after Peggy Sawyer, because that's exactly who she takes after. She's shy, nervous, tries her hardest, and gets told by the choreographer that she has bad feet and may not be cut out to be a dancer, but in the end, she performs the lead in an original ballet and gets offered a job to be a principal in a new company. I think any of the women who played Peggy Sawyer on Broadway should play this role. I LOVE Nadine Isenegger, but I think Kate Levering would do an amazing job.
Cooper Neilson- A principal star at the Company, who is very cocky and to some extent fake. He is an excellent dancer, and gets briefly involved with Jody. He starts treating her badly, and in the end they stay friends, and he is the one that founds the new company Jody will star in. As far as who could play this on Broadway.....
Charlie Sims- One of Jody's friends who likes her a lot. He asks her out, but she is involved with Cooper. In the end, when Jody realizes what a jerk Cooper is, she ends up with him. He is an excellent dancer.
Maureen Cummings- Maureen has been attending classes at the academy ever since she was a young girl. Her mother is similar to Mama Rose. All she cares about is Maureen being a star and getting a spot in the company. Maureen is an excellent dancer, but cocky, and near the end becomes more humble and gives Eva her lead spot in the ballet, because after hanging out with friends and falling in love, she realizes that this is her mother's dream; not hers. This is an extremely hard role to act, and my dream actress to play this role is Tammy Blanchard. With some dance training, she could do it, and she could act the role beautifully. She would be absolutely perfect.
Nancy Cummings- Maureen's mother, who is completely against Maureen having any fun. She had always wanted to dance ballet, but never had the body, so she forces it onto her daughter. She is played by Debra Monk in the movie, who would be fabulous in a Broadway version.
Eva Rodriguez - My favorite character- a fiery, rebellious spanish girl, in the movie played by Zoe Saldana. She is an AMAZING dancer, but her attitude is terrible- she's late for class, and has an attitude with the teachers. In the end, she grows on the choreographers because she gets a spot in the company. Zoe actually dances her role in the movie, and I would love to see her recreate it on Broadway.
Johnathan Reeves- A teacher at the company. He is the headman and decides who gets accepted and who doesnt. In the movie, he's kind of an ass and is played by Peter Gallagher, who I would love to see keep his role.
Juliette Simone- A ballet teacher, who is a beautiful dancer and former ballerina. She has some trouble with Eva, but Eva grows on her. She also is Johnathan's assistant. Played in the movie by Donna Murphy, who again, could be AMAZING in the role on Broadway.
And that's all folks. The show would be absolutely amazing.
oes cher hair toss::: i cant see this ever coming to the stage though.
