Posted: 4/23/15 at 10:11pm
Lena Hall
Alan Cumming
Raul Esparza
Kevin Cahoon (who I have a sneaking suspicion will headline the tour)
Posted: 4/24/15 at 1:22am
Hmm... the more I think about Jack Black, the more I like it.
Posted: 4/24/15 at 2:35am
I have no idea if he sings, but for his acting chops alone, I'd love to see the English actor Toby Kebbell!
Updated On: 4/24/15 at 02:35 AM
Posted: 4/25/15 at 12:54am
Maybe daniel radcliffe. He'd make ticket sales sky rocket!
Posted: 4/25/15 at 9:38pm
Tituss Burgess
Posted: 4/26/15 at 1:55am
Bobby Cannavale
Posted: 4/7/17 at 1:52pm
I know this is a really random thread bump haha, but:
I happened to come across a youtube video yesterday of Darren Criss talking with the Speech and Debate cast after their BroadwayCon panel, and Austin McKenzie mentioned that he would like to play Hedwig, and now I can't stop thinking about how fantastic he could be as Hedwig!
I'd give it a few years since he still looks like a baby, but if there is still some production of the show going on in maybe 5-10 years, I'd absolutely love to see him take on the role :)
Posted: 4/7/17 at 2:07pm
Lucas Steele. Saw him last weekend do an amazing version of 'Midnight Radio'. Check it out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWDIyhmqYXg
Posted: 4/7/17 at 3:47pm
ren598 said: "Lucas Steele. Saw him last weekend do an amazing version of 'Midnight Radio'. Check it out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWDIyhmqYXg"
i was there too and went into this thread just to post a link to the video.
Posted: 4/7/17 at 4:58pm
I love Lucas Steele, and I endorse anything which will lead him in a latex underwear. Goddamn those thighs... :|
PS - he'd be SUCH a fabulous Hans in Frozen.
Posted: 4/7/17 at 5:06pm
The top of my wish list is Jake Shears and Nick Jonas.
Posted: 4/7/17 at 6:52pm
I will literally listen to Austin P McKenzie sing anything.
And I love Lucas Steele's rendition so much. But is he singing it in a different key?
Posted: 4/8/17 at 9:31am
I loved Lucas Steele's version. Midnight Radio, for me, is the most meaningful song in Hedwig, and ties it all together. Therefore, I loved Steele's over the top histrionics. He felt what he was singing. Bravo!
p.s. Wartella would be great!
Updated On: 4/8/17 at 09:31 AM
Posted: 4/8/17 at 6:44pm
ren598 said: "Lucas Steele. Saw him last weekend do an amazing version of 'Midnight Radio'. Check it out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWDIyhmqYXg
"
Yikes. That was painful to listen to. Way out of his comfortable key and the 'acting' of the song bordered on pure schmaltz.
Posted: 4/8/17 at 8:55pm
JustAnotherNewYorker said: "ren598 said: "Lucas Steele. Saw him last weekend do an amazing version of 'Midnight Radio'. Check it out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWDIyhmqYXg"
i was there too and went into this thread just to post a link to the video.
"
I'm sure I'll be in the minority, but that sounded awful to me. Too high and screechy. Also, just a nit-pick but he screwed up the lyrics.
Posted: 4/8/17 at 9:15pm
I enjoyed it. Of course, I cried every night when Michael Cerveris sang it (I liked his even better than JCM's!) But Steele gave it a whole new interpretation. I don't care where it was on his vocal range. The way he felt about the song is the way I feel about it.
Posted: 4/8/17 at 9:24pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIecjJlUpOY
If you didn't like Steele, you probably won't like Cerveris either. He feels it.And it is LOADED WITH HISTRIONICS!!!!!!
Updated On: 4/8/17 at 09:24 PM
Posted: 4/8/17 at 11:33pm
Two words: MICHAEL CERVERIS!!!
Posted: 4/8/17 at 11:42pm
ren598 said: "Lucas Steele. Saw him last weekend do an amazing version of 'Midnight Radio'. Check it out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWDIyhmqYXg
Oh I don't know. That was actually painful for me to watch and listen to. I like Lucas Steele but I wouldn't want to see him in the Hedwig role. Not unless he brought the key down... way down...
I still maintain that Jonathan Groff would have been a great Hedwig. I'd love to hear him cover Midnight Radio or The Origin of Love. maybe we'll get that one day..... sigh...
Posted: 4/9/17 at 12:19am
I don't think that performance was anything like Michael Cerveris'. I always loved how he would sing the verse... Here's to Patti and Tina, Yoko, Aretha, and ME and hammer home the "ME" part. Loved that.
I like the Jonathan Groff idea.
Posted: 4/9/17 at 5:44pm
"I don't think that performance was anything like Michael Cerveris'."
Neither do it, except for the emoting.
Posted: 4/9/17 at 8:11pm
Jake Emmerling
I would also kill for Jonathan Groff to be Hedwig.
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