Christian Borle & Nathan Lane Set To Star in CATCH ME IF YOU CAN Workshop

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 10:09am

I would be so thrilled if Christian Borle were to star in this musical!
Christian Borle & Nathan Lane Set To Star in CATCH ME IF YOU CAN Workshop

[FOAnatic]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 10:13am

I cannot see Borle in this role...at all.

I'd be much more thrilled if it was given to Matt Morrison.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 10:15am

Matthew Morrison is the obvious choice. I think Borle could surprise in this role, much the way that Benanti did in GYPSY.

[G_Schlozinski2]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 10:16am

Doesn't anyone write musicals NOT based on Hollywood movies anymore?

[Weez]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 10:26am

Bob Martin? Adam Guettel? The 'Grey Gardens' team? Kander and Ebb? Duncan Sheik? :P

[Andergoat]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 10:40am

I wish they would use Abagnale's book instead of the movie as the source material. All the daddy issues that Speilberg put in the film really bogged it down. Borle is interesting casting. I think he'll be great. It's Lane I really can't see.

[FOAnatic]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 10:47am

I never said Borle couldn't surprise.

And I don't think Benanti was a surprise, I expected it. Maybe it was a surprise for other people. But, that's another thread.

I just feel that Frank is supposed to be very cool and suave with a voice that can woo any girl within a five mile radius. Unless he works on it, Borle doesn't have that voice.

Maybe he'll prove me wrong. But workshop casting is hardly Broadway casting anyway.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 10:50am

Um....Grey Gardens IS based on a movie.

Piazza is based on a book turned into a movie prior to the musical.

I am a Camera (Cabaret) and Chicago were films before they were Kander and Ebb hit.

Films have been turned into stage musicals long before the resent "boom".

[popular_elphie]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 10:51am

Christian Borle? I honestly cannot see him in this.

Frank is supposed to be the sexy, suave, debonair type man, and while Christian may be able to do that in a loveable way, I just can't help but think that Matt Morrison, Richard Blake, Jonathan Groff, or any of the "cute" Broadway actors working right now can't do this role.

I don't know; maybe they're going to change it around a little bit. But I just can't see Christian as a Leo DiCaprio type.

[Undeniably Bway]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 11:00am

I would like to see Michael Arden give it a shot.

[ShbrtAlley44]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 11:05am

Nathan LANE???

"I gotta CAAAATCH this kid!!"

[bjh2114]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 11:09am

As much as I love Borle, I think Matthew Morrison is still the best choice for the role. I could see Michael Arden in it though, that would be interesting. Richard Blake is too old for this part. I don't understand the obsession with putting him in roles too young for him. Link? Warner? I can see Glen Gulia as being a little older, so that's fine. But he does not seem young enough for those other roles, including Frank.

[Undeniably Bway]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 11:10am

Greg Jbara would be outstanding as Dad.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 11:11am

And oddly enough, don't shoot me, I could see Max Crumm in the role. I see him as more of a Frank than a Danny. Maybe he should trade shows, lol.

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 11:12am

I don't think Matthew Morrison was available. Isn't he in LA doing a TV series?

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[yankees1253]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 12:00pm

i love Nathan lane and christian borle but i not interested in seeing this musical at all. they need to start writing orginal musicals again and stop getting them from movies. Legally Blonde is one of the only ones i can think of is the best musical off based on a movie.

[MasterLcZ]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 12:18pm

I have no doubt Lane will ace this role. But Borle is VERY interesting casting. I like it.

I also thought of Arden at first (he can still 'read' as very young on stage), but I think Borle will be up to the task. He's a talented guy, and the one of the very best things about LEGALLY BLONDE.

Updated On: 7/10/07 at 12:18 PM

[Weez]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 12:53pm

Um....Grey Gardens IS based on a movie.

Documentary as opposed to Hollywood fiction movie, which was the implication I got from the other poster.

Piazza is based on a book turned into a movie prior to the musical.

Based on a book that also had a movie based on it. So not actually based on the movie. 'Myths And Hymns' was much more random, and 'Floyd Collins' was historical fact.

I am a Camera (Cabaret) and Chicago were films before they were Kander and Ebb hit.

But 'Curtains' wasn't, and afaik 'Kiss Of The Spider Woman' was based on the book rather than the film that was also made of it.

Films have been turned into stage musicals long before the resent "boom".

A fact of which I am fully aware and usually fight to remind people of (I'm agreeing with you on this point, not arguing ).

Updated On: 7/10/07 at 12:53 PM

[Julian2]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 1:09pm

Adaptation is adaptation. Before movies, there were plays and novels. Movies are NO different. The problem is not movie adaptations, its certain things about that particlar adaptation genre you don't find elsewhere. Musicals that seem to come out of marketing meetings, shows that aren't an adaptation, but a rehash, etc.

[popular_elphie]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 1:15pm

Why do you people have no faith in this musical at all? Have you seen the names of the creative team? It's in good hands.

[FOAnatic]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 1:16pm

If anything, the score will be phenomenal.

It's the book I'm worried about, with McNally's recent track record.

[Weez]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 1:19pm

I concur with popular_elphie! The source material isn't what matters, the creative team is. And what a team! ^_^

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 1:51pm

I can't wait for this! Nathan is getting a lot of work lately. Two movies, a TV show, and two new Broadway shows. I'm really happy for him.

I can see Borle in the role.

[B3TA07]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 3:00pm

McNally's books for musicals have always been great to me. Ragtime, A Man of No Importance. But I really dislike the casting of Borle. I guess I'm too used to listening to Morrison on the demo, but he sounds fantastic and, judging from Borle's Spamalot and Legally Blonde performances, much better for the role. EVERY piece of casting gets the benefit of the doubt from me, even Hugh Panaro in-well, anything.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 7/10/07 at 3:36pm

Ugh, I'm really not excited about Nathan Lane starring in this musical.
I hope Sara Gettelfinger and Rachelle Rak are still attached to this project, they were the reason I was excited about it (and Matthew Morrison, but now he is gone as well).