Donna Murphy to Star with Sutton Foster in ANYONE CAN WHISTLE at Encores!

[Rob]

Donna Murphy to Star with Sutton Foster in ANYONE CAN WHISTLE at Encores!#1

Posted: 3/1/10 at 3:21pm

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[Play Esq.]

Donna Murphy to Star with Sutton Foster in ANYONE CAN WHISTLE at Encores!#2

Posted: 3/1/10 at 3:25pm

Oh happy day! (tears up a litte...)

[binau]

Donna Murphy to Star with Sutton Foster in ANYONE CAN WHISTLE at Encores!#2

Posted: 3/1/10 at 3:29pm

omgomgomgomgomgomg *faints*.

GREAT!

Give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch.

[PiraguaGuy2]

Donna Murphy to Star with Sutton Foster in ANYONE CAN WHISTLE at Encores!#3

Posted: 3/1/10 at 3:30pm

NOW we're gettin' somewhere!

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[Jordan Catalano]

Donna Murphy to Star with Sutton Foster in ANYONE CAN WHISTLE at Encores!#4

Posted: 3/1/10 at 3:48pm

Duh.

[theaterkid1015]

Donna Murphy to Star with Sutton Foster in ANYONE CAN WHISTLE at Encores!#5

Posted: 3/1/10 at 3:49pm

WORD

Some people paint, some people sew, I meddle.

[Michelle616]

Donna Murphy to Star with Sutton Foster in ANYONE CAN WHISTLE at Encores!#6

Posted: 3/1/10 at 3:53pm

VERY exciting!

[Ed_Mottershead]

Donna Murphy to Star with Sutton Foster in ANYONE CAN WHISTLE at Encores!#7

Posted: 3/1/10 at 4:00pm

Gee, I wonder which performances La Murphy will show up for. I'd guess opening night but, otherwise, I hope they have a powerhouse understudy waiting in the wings.

BroadwayEd

Updated On: 3/1/10 at 04:00 PM

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Donna Murphy to Star with Sutton Foster in ANYONE CAN WHISTLE at Encores!#8

Posted: 3/1/10 at 4:04pm

WOOHOO!

"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)

[Sauja]

Donna Murphy to Star with Sutton Foster in ANYONE CAN WHISTLE at Encores!#9

Posted: 3/1/10 at 4:06pm

How are we not past bitching about Donna Murphy missed Wonderful Town yet?!

I can't wait to see her! She's gonna be FABULOUS.

[ljay889]

Donna Murphy to Star with Sutton Foster in ANYONE CAN WHISTLE at Encores!#10

Posted: 3/1/10 at 4:20pm

Yay!! Fantastic news. Thank God we aren't getting Harriet Harris.

Now let's hope for a fantastic Hapgood.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Donna Murphy to Star with Sutton Foster in ANYONE CAN WHISTLE at Encores!#11

Posted: 3/1/10 at 4:59pm

Could not agree more with you, Ljay. Harris cannot compare, Murphy is going to be amazing.
Almost peed my pants when WannaBe told me about this! I'm so so so excited! Murphy is going to own the part. It'll be a hoot to see her and Foster together.

"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"

[givesmevoice]

Donna Murphy to Star with Sutton Foster in ANYONE CAN WHISTLE at Encores!#12

Posted: 3/1/10 at 5:02pm

Finally got around to watching the clip of her singing Me and My Town on Broadway Beat. She'll be just as divine as she always is. I know I wasn't sure when people were tossing her name around, but the more I thought about it, the more sense it made. Can't wait to see this!

When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain. -Kad

[fashionguru_23]

Donna Murphy to Star with Sutton Foster in ANYONE CAN WHISTLE at Encores!#13

Posted: 3/1/10 at 5:07pm

BEST NEWS EVER! OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG

Could we maybe record this?

[jewishboy]

Donna Murphy to Star with Sutton Foster in ANYONE CAN WHISTLE at Encores!#14

Posted: 3/1/10 at 5:11pm

Best news of the week, month, whatever! Although deep down inside I was hoping for Debbie Gravitte, Donna Murphy is perfect for the role. I can't wait to find out who Hapgood is going to be. I'm crossing my fingers for Steven Pasquale!

[gettinhep]

Donna Murphy to Star with Sutton Foster in ANYONE CAN WHISTLE at Encores!#15

Posted: 3/1/10 at 6:07pm

This news made my morning.

'Try not to have a good time...this is supposed to be educational.' - Lucy Van Pelt

[Jim3]

Donna Murphy to Star with Sutton Foster in ANYONE CAN WHISTLE at Encores!#16

Posted: 3/1/10 at 6:10pm

This is just perfect!

[fflagg]

Donna Murphy to Star with Sutton Foster in ANYONE CAN WHISTLE at Encores!#17

Posted: 3/1/10 at 8:19pm

A B star and a C star.

Should have been Catherine O'Hara, Liza Minnelli, Miranda Richardson, or other women who would be good AND box office.

Glenn Close accepted the role and had to withdraw due to conflicts.

Do you know what happens when you let Veal Prince Orloff sit in an oven too long?

[binau]

Donna Murphy to Star with Sutton Foster in ANYONE CAN WHISTLE at Encores!#18

Posted: 3/1/10 at 10:01pm

Liza Minelli? Lulz pffffffft.

Give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch.

[Upland]

Donna Murphy to Star with Sutton Foster in ANYONE CAN WHISTLE at Encores!#19

Posted: 3/1/10 at 10:09pm

Donna Murphy and Sutton Foster - a terrific pair of gigantic talents!

[B3TA07]

Donna Murphy to Star with Sutton Foster in ANYONE CAN WHISTLE at Encores!#20

Posted: 3/1/10 at 10:12pm

Ugh, who is going to be Hapgood?!?!

-Benjamin
--http://www.benjaminadgate.com/

[Ed_Mottershead]

Donna Murphy to Star with Sutton Foster in ANYONE CAN WHISTLE at Encores!#21

Posted: 3/1/10 at 10:45pm

Oh, I wasn't talking about Wonderful Town, only. Remember the Kurt Weill show? Her attendance at that wasn't so great either, until Hal Prince told her get your act together or get out, period. And, lo and behold, she started showing up.

BroadwayEd

[ljay889]

Donna Murphy to Star with Sutton Foster in ANYONE CAN WHISTLE at Encores!#22

Posted: 3/1/10 at 11:23pm

^ Didn't she only miss 1.5 performances of LoveMusik?
and she did all 6 Encores! performances of Follies.

[gettinhep]

Donna Murphy to Star with Sutton Foster in ANYONE CAN WHISTLE at Encores!#23

Posted: 3/1/10 at 11:34pm

Ed, she missed one, maybe two performances of LoveMusik. She, and other members of the cast, came down with the flu. I seem to recall that Judy Blazer was the first to suffer and within a few days several performers were affected.

Didn't that Hal Prince comment come from Riedel? Hmm.

'Try not to have a good time...this is supposed to be educational.' - Lucy Van Pelt

[WithoutATrace]

Donna Murphy to Star with Sutton Foster in ANYONE CAN WHISTLE at Encores!#24

Posted: 3/1/10 at 11:41pm

I seem to recall that she only missed two or three performances of LOVEMUSIK. and yes, she did do all six performances of the Encores! FOLLIES.

This news about Murphy in WHISTLE is the best news we could have ever hoped for. Frankly, I was not too excited about Sutton Foster's casting in this show, but now that Donna Murphy is in it too, I hope it propels Sutton do want to perform even better than her best. Once Hapgood is announced (and if he is someone good), then we can all rest easy.

I have confidence that this will be an amazing production of a show we may never see again in our lifetimes.

"There won't be trumpets," but hopefully there *will* be rave reviews for this production of ANYONE CAN WHISTLE! (corny, I know)