Charlotte Rae as Morrible???- Page 2

[jess20882]

Posted: 2/20/07 at 6:15pm

i still think bea arthur would make a hysterical madame morrible, despite her age...

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 2/20/07 at 6:17pm

No way would she do it, nor should she.

[WSS2]

Posted: 2/20/07 at 6:19pm

I dont know of she's up to 8 shows a week.

[MovieGuy1031]

Posted: 2/20/07 at 6:33pm

Alma Cuervo = FLIPPIN' Scary after she goes evil.

When she screamed "Wiiiiiiiickeeeeeeed Witch!" during Defying Gravity, I swear my hair stood on end.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 2/20/07 at 6:36pm

WSS, she was doing a solo show, 8 times a week, just five years ago. It's not the effort, it's the role. Would you expect Angela Lansbury to play it?

[Bwayfan4]

Posted: 2/20/07 at 7:40pm

Mrs. Garrett playing Morrible?!?!? I can just imagine it...that high pitched, squeeky laugh...accidentally calling Elphaba, "Tootie" instead...inserting a life-lesson in between her lines.....

[Elphaba3]

Posted: 2/20/07 at 7:42pm

I think Angela Lansbury would have been perfect as Morrible 25 years ago. When I first saw Carole Shelley, she reminded me of Angela.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 2/20/07 at 7:43pm

The raked stage at the Gershwin for WICKED is one of the steepest, scariest I've ever been on. There are a lot of women half Charlotte Rae's age who couldn't handle the physical strains that kind of stage causes.

[Calvin]

Posted: 2/20/07 at 10:48pm

Mrs. Garrett playing Morrible?!?!? I can just imagine it...that high pitched, squeeky laugh...accidentally calling Elphaba, "Tootie" instead...inserting a life-lesson in between her lines.....

I know! I'm having a hard enough time believing that they are allowing that "Murder She Wrote" woman on the Broadway stage this season. What's next? Someone casting the Mother Superior from "Sister Act" in a show?

[emo_geek]

Posted: 2/20/07 at 10:51pm

Mrs. Rae really isn't up to doing this sort of thing anymore. She is able to do benifits and help organazations for a couple of days but I know for a fact that she would have trouble with 8 times a week.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 2/20/07 at 10:55pm

Calvin, I better not tell you that my av is of the sidekick from Grace Under Fire. That's right, the sidekick.

I heard they let her on the big stage too. *tsk tsk*

[sondheimboy2]

Posted: 2/20/07 at 11:09pm

Carole Shelley says that the stage of the Gershwin was giving her back problems and that touring with the show was easier than performing it on the Gershwin.

[dfwtheatreguy]

Posted: 2/20/07 at 11:14pm

and Nancy McKeon as Elphaba
and Lisa Welchel as Galinda
and Kim Fields as Chistery
and Mindy Cohn as Nessa Rose

[Bwayfan4]

Posted: 2/21/07 at 4:04am

Yes, dfwtheatreguy! NOW I can totally envision the cast. Only, Tootie, I mean "Chistery" has to be on rollerskates, and "Elphaba" would have to ride a Harley instead of a broom. But Lisa Welchel as Glinda...perfect!

[Calvin]

Posted: 2/21/07 at 10:11am

Lisa Welchel--who is of the Kirk Cameron and Chuck Norris mindset--would not do a musical that promotes the dark arts to children. Besides, she's too busy stuffing hot sauce down her kids' throats.

But bring in George Clooney as Fiyero, and I'm there.

[Producer2]

Posted: 2/21/07 at 10:28am

And Mackenzie Astin can play Boq.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 2/21/07 at 10:35am

Poor Mackenzie. He's the Joey Luft of the Astin clan.