Debby Boone in Camelot

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Debby Boone in Camelot

Posted: 7/12/05 at 6:04pm

Isn't 50 way too old for Guinevere?

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/93995.html

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Updated On: 7/12/05 at 06:04 PM

#2

re: Debby Boone in Camelot

Posted: 7/12/05 at 6:05pm

Damn, I was hoping they'd cast Patty Hearst.

#3

re: Debby Boone in Camelot

Posted: 7/12/05 at 6:08pm

Just thinking out loud here, but Robert Goulet is free from La Cage.

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#4

re: Debby Boone in Camelot

Posted: 7/12/05 at 6:10pm

Anyone want to drop acid and go see this. I think that's the only way I could deal with it.

And I second the casting of Patty Hearst.

#5

re: Debby Boone in Camelot

Posted: 7/12/05 at 6:11pm

With Scott Baio as Arthur (my best friend and I have the whole cast worked out).

And count me in, that would be an awesome trip!

#6

re: Debby Boone in Camelot

Posted: 7/12/05 at 6:12pm

Maybe Joel Grey can play Lancelot?

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If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

#7

re: Debby Boone in Camelot

Posted: 7/12/05 at 6:13pm

I'm in MB. Only if we can sing "You Light Up My Life" when they try to put her on the cross.

#8

re: Debby Boone in Camelot

Posted: 7/12/05 at 6:14pm

Oh I was thinking one of her big songs from SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN PERFORMANCES.

#9

re: Debby Boone in Camelot

Posted: 7/12/05 at 6:15pm

Yeah, she is WAY too old to play that part! Just another B or C list celeb that NCT has brought in to "star" in a show. The sad thing is that I am certain that her name will bring people in to see it.

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#10

re: Debby Boone in Camelot

Posted: 7/12/05 at 6:18pm

We'll do a medley of her "greatest hits."

And regarding the age issue. I have rarely seen Guinevere played by an age appropriate actress.

#11

re: Debby Boone in Camelot

Posted: 7/12/05 at 6:18pm

eek Debbie Boone.......now I'll have nightmares

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#12

re: Debby Boone in Camelot

Posted: 7/12/05 at 6:20pm

Yeah, its a role like ANNIE OAKLEY. She's 17, but you can't play her till you hit menopause.

#13

re: Debby Boone in Camelot

Posted: 7/12/05 at 6:22pm

I've been in the show and every time I have seen the show she has been played by someone who was in their mid to late twenties or early thirties not 50 years old. Crazy! Is Arthur gonna be in a wheel chair? Pellynore on oxygen?

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#14

re: Debby Boone in Camelot

Posted: 7/12/05 at 6:23pm

I've never been a fan of Camelot. A few good song but I always thought it was a tad overrated.

#15

re: Debby Boone in Camelot

Posted: 7/12/05 at 6:24pm

When I've seen it WonderBoy, they've cast all the leads older so it's not as distracting.

Updated On: 7/14/05 at 06:24 PM

#16

re: Debby Boone in Camelot

Posted: 7/12/05 at 6:26pm

"And regarding the age issue. I have rarely seen Guinevere played by an age appropriate actress."

Julie Andrews was 25 when she played it. Christine Ebersole was 27 when she played it. Vanessa Redgrave was 30 when she played it.

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#17

re: Debby Boone in Camelot

Posted: 7/12/05 at 6:29pm

But a 50 year old Guenevere?!?!?

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#18

re: Debby Boone in Camelot

Posted: 7/12/05 at 6:32pm

North Carolina Theatre has announced their new season:

Elaine Stritch will be Maria in "West Side Story"
Sarah Jessica Parker will reprise her Broaday role of Annie in "Annie"
Glenn Close will be Louise in "Gypsy"

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#19

re: Debby Boone in Camelot

Posted: 7/12/05 at 6:35pm

LOL!!! Actually next year they are doing
TICK,TICK, BOOM! - with teens (yes, I am for real)
SOUTH PACIFIC
THE MUSIC MAN
THE WIZARD OF OZ
CABARET

Want to guess what "stars" they will bring in?

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"For me, THEATRE is an anticipation, an artistic rush, an emotional banquet, a jubilant appreciation, and an exit hopeful of clearer thought and better worlds." ~ an anonymous traveler with Robert Burns

#20

re: Debby Boone in Camelot

Posted: 7/12/05 at 6:39pm

SOUTH PACIFIC will star Melba Moore
THE MUSIC MAN will star Erik Estrada
THE WIZARD OF OZ will star Molly Ringwald
CABARET will star Andre Agassi.

#21

re: Debby Boone in Camelot

Posted: 7/12/05 at 6:39pm

Cabaret - Betty Buckley or Bebe Neuwirth

The Music Man - Why not let Barbara Cook or Shirley Jones have another go at it?


South Pacific - they surely wouldn't cast older than the over the hill Glen Close tv movie.

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If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

#22

re: Debby Boone in Camelot

Posted: 7/12/05 at 6:49pm

Unless that's a really old photo, she doesn't LOOK that old. They've had 40 somethings play Christine in Phantom. As long as she can do it justice, she should go ahead.

#23

re: Debby Boone in Camelot

Posted: 7/12/05 at 6:50pm

I love Debby's "Reflections of Rosemary" album, so she has a lovely, rich, alto voice. But-- that's just it--- she's an alto!! How is she going to sing in the key of Julie Andrews. Unless, they either give her Vanessa Redgrave's film arrangements or transpose original keys.

#24

re: Debby Boone in Camelot

Posted: 7/12/05 at 6:51pm

Good point! I hadn't even thought about the fact that it is written for a soprano. Hmmmm... too old and too low.

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"For me, THEATRE is an anticipation, an artistic rush, an emotional banquet, a jubilant appreciation, and an exit hopeful of clearer thought and better worlds." ~ an anonymous traveler with Robert Burns

#25

re: Debby Boone in Camelot

Posted: 7/12/05 at 6:53pm

They should have cast an age appropriate soprano...like Cathy Rigby.