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DOLLY casting replacements
Loopin’theloop
Leading Actor Joined: 1/9/18
#50DOLLY casting replacements
Posted: 3/13/18 at 6:11pm
MSMP
I think Lisa Kudrow can sing, I’m almost certain she did so in a movie but it’s a limited voice
OuttaTowner
Broadway Star Joined: 5/30/05
#51DOLLY casting replacements
Posted: 3/15/18 at 9:41pm
Corbin Bleu as either Cornelius or Barnaby.
Or both!
justasmalltownboy13
Stand-by Joined: 1/28/16
#52DOLLY casting replacements
Posted: 3/16/18 at 4:58pm
Loopin’theloop said: "MSMP
I think Lisa Kudrow can sing, I’m almost certain she did so in a movie but it’s a limited voice"
She sure did! Very limited though
https://youtu.be/S4ZRJ-Cxw4A
Elegance101
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/24/17
#53DOLLY casting replacements
Posted: 3/16/18 at 5:28pm
OuttaTowner said: "Corbin Bleu as either Cornelius or Barnaby.
Or both!"
He’s definitely a Cornelius, but yes! I think he should definitely continue doing Broadway, he’s very good.
#54DOLLY casting replacements
Posted: 3/16/18 at 5:40pm
Elegance101 said: "OuttaTowner said: "Corbin Bleu as either Cornelius or Barnaby.
Or both!"
He’s definitely a Cornelius, but yes! I think he should definitely continue doing Broadway, he’s very good."
I love this idea! He was such a joy to watch in Holiday Inn.
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OuttaTowner
Broadway Star Joined: 5/30/05
#55DOLLY casting replacements
Posted: 3/16/18 at 6:07pmWould love it, but am having a tough time dreamcasting an Irene for him. He’s only 29 (Creel, by contrast, is a youthful 41), but think he reads a bit “older” (mature).
Elegance101
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/24/17
#56DOLLY casting replacements
Posted: 3/16/18 at 6:28pm
OuttaTowner said: "Would love it, but am having a tough time dreamcasting an Irene for him. He’s only 29 (Creel, by contrast, is a youthful 41), but think he reads a bit “older” (mature)”
I don’t think they look that different in age, so I don’t fully see the issue.
OuttaTowner
Broadway Star Joined: 5/30/05
#58DOLLY casting replacements
Posted: 3/17/18 at 6:26pm
Great suggestion!
Dreamcasting has been a blast!
Think I’ve locked down my choices:
Dolly - Cyndi!
Horace - John O’Hurley
Cornelius - Corbin Bleu
Barnaby - Nick Barasch
Irene - Jen Gambatese
Minnie - Jenna Ushkowitz
Thanks for all the ideas!
EdEval
Featured Actor Joined: 11/30/16
#59DOLLY casting replacements
Posted: 3/17/18 at 8:13pm
Pearl Bailey did an all-black version. Why not get Whoopie Goldberg and replace the white cast with blacks and revive the black cast version.
#60DOLLY casting replacements
Posted: 3/18/18 at 3:06am
My dream Dolly would be Reba. And I think that she is a super viable option, she has her residency until the end of August in Vegas, so could essentially start the show in September or October.. Which would allow Bernadette to finish in July, bring in Betty Buckley for 2-3 months, then have a mega-star (Reba in this case) take over. Certainly smart from a producing aspect.
#61DOLLY casting replacements
Posted: 3/18/18 at 11:33am
EdEval said: "Pearl Bailey did an all-black version. Why not get Whoopie Goldberg and replace the white cast with blacks and revive the black cast version."
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Loopin’theloop
Leading Actor Joined: 1/9/18
#62DOLLY casting replacements
Posted: 3/18/18 at 12:04pm
EdEval said: "Pearl Bailey did an all-black version. Why not get Whoopie Goldberg and replace the white cast with blacks and revive the black cast version."
I mean...
#63DOLLY casting replacements
Posted: 3/18/18 at 7:36pm
Loopin’theloop said: "EdEval said: "Pearl Bailey did an all-black version. Why not get Whoopie Goldberg and replace the white cast with blacks and revive the black cast version."
I mean..."
Do you mean OAK should replace Peters as Dolly?? That's what I'm thinking, too!
#64DOLLY casting replacements
Posted: 3/18/18 at 8:05pm
Whoopi as Dolly
Cynthia Erivo as Irene
Denzel Washington as Horace
Chadwick Boseman as Cornelius
Michael B Jordan as Barnaby
Lupita Nyong'o as Minnie
Daveed Diggs as Ambrose
Renée Elise Goldsberry as Ermengarde
Sherri Shepherd as Ernestina
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#65DOLLY casting replacements
Posted: 3/18/18 at 9:12pm
ACL2006 said: "Whoopi as Dolly
Cynthia Erivo as Irene
Denzel Washington as Horace
Chadwick Boseman as Cornelius
Michael B Jordan as Barnaby
Lupita Nyong'o as Minnie
Daveed Diggs as Ambrose
Renée Elise Goldsberryas Ermengarde
Sherri Shepherd as Ernestina"
Chadwick as Cornelius would be an absolute dream (can he sing?), but Renée is entirely too old to play Ermengarde and Cynthia doesn’t fit the part vocally very much.
#66DOLLY casting replacements
Posted: 3/18/18 at 9:58pmNikki Renee Daniels wouldn’t be a bad Irene!!
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Sondheimite
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/5/14
#67DOLLY casting replacements
Posted: 3/18/18 at 10:00pm
To be realistic (not that I don't love Dream dream dreeeeam casting because I do!)
Whoopi and Brian Stokes Mitchell together would be a dynamite pairing.
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#68DOLLY casting replacements
Posted: 3/18/18 at 10:05pmRenee Elise Goldsberry would be lovely as Irene, actually. There are only a few working actors I can imagine approaching Kate Baldwin’s brilliance and she’s one of them.
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