Elaine Paige is London's Drowsy Chaperone, per BWW
Elaine Paige is London's Drowsy Chaperone, per BWW
#1Elaine Paige is London's Drowsy Chaperone, per BWW
Posted: 1/18/07 at 12:22pmExcellent choice, if you ask me.
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#2re: Elaine Paige is London's Drowsy Chaperone, per BWW
Posted: 1/18/07 at 12:24pmAnd this is where you would provide a link.....
#2re: Elaine Paige is London's Drowsy Chaperone, per BWW
Posted: 1/18/07 at 12:26pm
You mean the one at the top of the page, seeing as its "as per BROADWAYWORLD".
Jeez.
#3re: Elaine Paige is London's Drowsy Chaperone, per BWW
Posted: 1/18/07 at 12:26pm
It's on the main board. I think this is a good property for London. The british musicals of the 20s/30s were really more like the fictional DROWSY CHAPERONE than most on Broadway.
I wonder if they will change the references to the West End for London. It would seem to make sense to do that (to me).
Paige is a good choice. And she pretty much guarantees a second cast recording.
#4re: Elaine Paige is London's Drowsy Chaperone, per BWW
Posted: 1/18/07 at 12:28pmI'm surprised Maria Friedman didn't fire her agent this morning.
#5re: Elaine Paige is London's Drowsy Chaperone, per BWW
Posted: 1/18/07 at 12:29pmOne can also assume, but his words, that Bob Martin will travel with the show.
#6re: Elaine Paige is London's Drowsy Chaperone, per BWW
Posted: 1/18/07 at 12:30pmOh I don't think Maria Friedman is right for the CHAPERONE...
#7re: Elaine Paige is London's Drowsy Chaperone, per BWW
Posted: 1/18/07 at 12:36pmYay, Elaine. I LOVE HER!
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#8re: Elaine Paige is London's Drowsy Chaperone, per BWW
Posted: 1/18/07 at 12:36pmYay Elaine!!! I love her.
#9re: Elaine Paige is London's Drowsy Chaperone, per BWW
Posted: 1/18/07 at 12:41pmohh how wonderful!
#10re: Elaine Paige is London's Drowsy Chaperone, per BWW
Posted: 1/18/07 at 12:55pm
I don't see Maria either...and I recall reading that Bob Martin would be opening with the show in London, but it was probably on these boards so a link wouldn't prove any more credibility to the speculation...
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#11re: Elaine Paige is London's Drowsy Chaperone, per BWW
Posted: 1/18/07 at 12:55pm
But how right is Elaine Paige for this? Somehow I don't see her as a comedienne.
I was thinking that Maria Friedman would make a great Margaret in "The Light in the Piazza".
#12re: Elaine Paige is London's Drowsy Chaperone, per BWW
Posted: 1/18/07 at 12:58pmWow, Deena . . . great minds, huh?
#13re: Elaine Paige is London's Drowsy Chaperone, per BWW
Posted: 1/18/07 at 1:00pmElaine Paige has done several comedies in the UK, like THE MISANTHROPE and WHERE THERE'S A WILL. And she was a hoot in ANYTHING GOES and SUNSET BOULVARD - she definitely has a flair for somewhat grotesque over the top characters, so I think she'll be fine with DC.
#14re: Elaine Paige is London's Drowsy Chaperone, per BWW
Posted: 1/18/07 at 1:01pm
I'm all up for this casting. Sounds good and I know Elaine could pull it off. But I am curious if they'd keep it in American/Broadway context. If not, they'd have to rewrite some bits here and there. Frankly, I think the "American-ism" of it makes it funny.
Bob would make sense to reprise the role in London, although there are talks of him travelling with the show to Toronto when the national tour launches...
#15re: Elaine Paige is London's Drowsy Chaperone, per BWW
Posted: 1/18/07 at 1:03pm
Thanks, MB. I'm sure the show will be great.
I can't wait to see who is cast in the tour.
#16re: Elaine Paige is London's Drowsy Chaperone, per BWW
Posted: 1/18/07 at 1:05pmWell the American-ness is what makes it funny to an American, but obviously some of the jokes are going to be rewritten for UK audiences, whether or not the show-within-the-show of THE DROWSY CHAPERONE is changed to an old musical from the West End of the 1920s.
#17re: Elaine Paige is London's Drowsy Chaperone, per BWW
Posted: 1/18/07 at 1:12pmMichael Bennett, what's an example of a 20s/30s West End musical? I'm honestly not that familiar with them. Would "Me and My Girl" be one?
#18re: Elaine Paige is London's Drowsy Chaperone, per BWW
Posted: 1/18/07 at 1:18pm
"And she pretty much guarantees a second cast recording."
awesome.
#19re: Elaine Paige is London's Drowsy Chaperone, per BWW
Posted: 1/18/07 at 1:46pmTo the person who mentioned Bob Martin... I don't know if he'll be doing the tour, but he is leaving the Broadway company of Drowsy in March to open the London production. He said he'd return to New York in the fall.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#20re: Elaine Paige is London's Drowsy Chaperone, per BWW
Posted: 1/18/07 at 1:50pmThis is going to give me a reason to see the show, and to go to London (as she is my favorite performer).
#21re: Elaine Paige is London's Drowsy Chaperone, per BWW
Posted: 1/18/07 at 1:52pmSutton's contract is up in April. The London production begins in May. Maybe...
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#22re: Elaine Paige is London's Drowsy Chaperone, per BWW
Posted: 1/18/07 at 1:59pmWhere did the story go? Is it not true? (I HOPE it is! I love her!)
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#23re: Elaine Paige is London's Drowsy Chaperone, per BWW
Posted: 1/18/07 at 2:03pmGREAT NEWS MAKES ME WANT TO SEE THER SHOW AGIAN BEFORE BOB LEAVES
#24re: Elaine Paige is London's Drowsy Chaperone, per BWW
Posted: 1/18/07 at 2:04pmPerfect, definitely see a trip to London in my future!
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