Cloris Leachman - Young Frankenstein
#2
Posted: 2/9/07 at 3:18pm
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#3
Posted: 2/9/07 at 4:41pm
New York Post, eh? HHmmmmmm.
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#4
Posted: 2/9/07 at 4:52pm
Can someone let the rest of us in on what is going on??
#5
Posted: 2/9/07 at 4:59pm
Cloris Leachman wasn't asked back to do Young Frankenstein. Like many instances, she wasn't hired back after the readings. Doesn't mean she wasn't good, just not what they were looking for.
#6
Posted: 2/9/07 at 5:36pm
This was fascinating news -- when I read it in Smith's column A MONTH AGO.
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#7
Posted: 2/9/07 at 5:41pm
Margo, I hear they replaced the lead in "Thoroughly Modern Millie" with some unknown girl named Sutton Foster.
Do you know anything about that?
Do you know anything about that?
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#8
Posted: 2/9/07 at 5:42pm
This just in: Anne Morrow can't find her baby!
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Updated On: 2/9/07 at 05:42 PM
#9
Posted: 2/9/07 at 5:56pm
Ya know Best12, I seem to remember hearing that too...and as I remember she did a nice job.
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#10
Posted: 2/9/07 at 6:47pm
Sorry if all this information is old news by now . . . i am new to the Broadway World:) I just thought it was very interesting to seperate the film from the play since that would be a great marketing tool. Plus . . . www.savefraublucher.com is a new!
#11
Posted: 3/10/07 at 8:50pm
New article about the website mentioned above:
Fans of Cloris Leachman have started a website campaigning for the actress to be featured in Young Frankenstein.
Leachman, who originated the role of Frau Blucher in Mel Brooks' classic film Young Frankenstein – the basis for the Broadway musical that will open at the St. James Theatre this fall – was reportedly let go from the show. She had previously performed as Frau Blucher in the musical's workshop.
Liz Smith of the New York Post recently wrote: "The producers were so intent on having Cloris reprise her role as the hilariously sinister Frau Blucher that they flew her to New York at the end of last year for a table reading, where she brought down the house. This week the veteran Ms. Leachman, 80 years old, received a 'Dear John' letter from the future production of Young Frankenstein saying the producers, in their wisdom, had decided to keep their two properties - Young Frankenstein the movie, and Young Frankenstein the stage musical - apart. So they said they would not be offering her the role after all. Cloris is disappointed, I'm told, but handling the rejection with her usual good humor. In any case she is up for the Screen Actors Guild Award for her outstanding work in HBO's 'Mrs. Harris,' which starred Annette Bening."
Website Aims for Leachman's Casting in 'Frankenstein'
Fans of Cloris Leachman have started a website campaigning for the actress to be featured in Young Frankenstein.
Leachman, who originated the role of Frau Blucher in Mel Brooks' classic film Young Frankenstein – the basis for the Broadway musical that will open at the St. James Theatre this fall – was reportedly let go from the show. She had previously performed as Frau Blucher in the musical's workshop.
Liz Smith of the New York Post recently wrote: "The producers were so intent on having Cloris reprise her role as the hilariously sinister Frau Blucher that they flew her to New York at the end of last year for a table reading, where she brought down the house. This week the veteran Ms. Leachman, 80 years old, received a 'Dear John' letter from the future production of Young Frankenstein saying the producers, in their wisdom, had decided to keep their two properties - Young Frankenstein the movie, and Young Frankenstein the stage musical - apart. So they said they would not be offering her the role after all. Cloris is disappointed, I'm told, but handling the rejection with her usual good humor. In any case she is up for the Screen Actors Guild Award for her outstanding work in HBO's 'Mrs. Harris,' which starred Annette Bening."
Website Aims for Leachman's Casting in 'Frankenstein'
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"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
Updated On: 3/10/07 at 08:50 PM
#12
Posted: 3/10/07 at 9:07pm
Yeah it sucks...but the want to keep the movie seperate from the musical. I see their point.
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#13
Posted: 3/10/07 at 9:08pm
I think they should start fresh. It feels very odd to me for some reason.
I'm all for Andrea Martin. I hope she takes the role. I adore her and she would be perfect.
I'm all for Andrea Martin. I hope she takes the role. I adore her and she would be perfect.
#14
Posted: 3/10/07 at 9:10pm
I brought up Martin's name in the thread months ago announcing Leachman's involuntary departure from the project. I still think she'd be a hoot and hope she gets to do the role.
While I love Cloris, I think it may not have been such a terrible move on the producers part to not have her involved. While I think she would have probably been hysterical and stolen the show, perhaps they want the actress playing the character to do things on stage that someone of Cloris's age wouldn't be able to?
I say don't attack the decision unless you know the specific reasons behind it.
While I love Cloris, I think it may not have been such a terrible move on the producers part to not have her involved. While I think she would have probably been hysterical and stolen the show, perhaps they want the actress playing the character to do things on stage that someone of Cloris's age wouldn't be able to?
I say don't attack the decision unless you know the specific reasons behind it.
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#15
Posted: 3/10/07 at 9:10pm
I think Andrea Martin would be fantastic. And, if Martin is not available, Jan Maxwell.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#16
Posted: 3/10/07 at 9:14pm
Actually, Jan Maxwell might be better.
Marting WAS offered the role, per The Post, but is unsure (as is Roger Bart, who I think this production needs badly) because of possible TV work.
Marting WAS offered the role, per The Post, but is unsure (as is Roger Bart, who I think this production needs badly) because of possible TV work.
#17
Posted: 3/10/07 at 9:16pm
I don't think I've ever laughted throughout an entire performance (the entire time she was on stage I had the giggles) as I did seeing Jan Maxwell in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
#18
Posted: 3/10/07 at 9:18pm
I love Cloris and I love her in this role, but that being said, I am praying that Andrea Martin gets the part.
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#19
Posted: 3/10/07 at 9:21pm
While we're at it, let's cast Marc Kudisch as Dr. Frankenstein. I'd love to see that duo back on stage together.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#20
Posted: 3/10/07 at 9:25pm
Please no! Marc Kudisch is about as funny as dental surgery.
I loved the idea of Leachman at first, but the more I sit and think about it, it just seems wrong.
I loved the idea of Leachman at first, but the more I sit and think about it, it just seems wrong.
#21
Posted: 3/10/07 at 9:29pm
NLS, Martin HAS the part. It's up to her at this point.
#22
Posted: 3/10/07 at 9:35pm
Oh, so she has the part, they are just waiting to get her answer? Gotcha...well now I'm praying that she says yes. lol.
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#23
Posted: 3/10/07 at 9:50pm
Let's start a petition and send it to Ms. Martin!
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#24
Posted: 3/10/07 at 9:53pm
Wasn't Kudisch in the workshop as the police inspector?
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#25
Posted: 3/10/07 at 10:12pm
Yes, he was.
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