Encores! 2009-2010 Season: Girl Crazy, Fanny, Anyone Can Whistle

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Encores! 2009-2010 Season: Girl Crazy, Fanny, Anyone Can Whistle

Posted: 3/29/09 at 3:46pm

Did I totally miss the announcement about this? I did a quick search but came up with nothing - the NYCC website lists "Girl Crazy", "Fanny" and "Anyone Can Whistle" as upcoming shows.

http://www.nycitycenter.org/events/

Apologies if this is old news.

Updated On: 3/29/09 at 03:46 PM

#2

re: Encores! 2009-2010 Season

Posted: 3/29/09 at 3:52pm

No, there's been no announcement as of yet.

Seems like somebody's jumped the gun and put them on the City Center website.

ANYONE CAN WHISTLE is particularly exciting.

#3

re: Encores! 2009-2010 Season

Posted: 3/29/09 at 4:46pm

That is an awesome season! I've always wanted to see Girl Crazy in its original form and Anyone Can Whistle is just the perfect show for them!

#4

re: Encores! 2009-2010 Season

Posted: 3/29/09 at 4:50pm

Oh my God! I am beyond thrilled about the idea of ANYONE CAN WHISTLE. And wow, I wonder if they have anyone lined up for GIRL CRAZY.
The casting possibilities for ANYONE CAN WHISTLE are fantastic, I can't believe we basically have to wait a year for it though.

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#5

re: Encores! 2009-2010 Season

Posted: 3/29/09 at 4:51pm

AMAZING! I was just listening to ANYONE CAN WHISTLE thinking Encores should do it next season.

Any chance Lansbury would reprise her role???

#6

re: Encores! 2009-2010 Season

Posted: 3/29/09 at 5:24pm

Jordan, I'm gonna think no. But, you never know.

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#7

re: Encores! 2009-2010 Season

Posted: 3/29/09 at 6:02pm

Would the eighty something Angela reprise her role as the forty something Mayoress who has to sing and dance up a storm ala Kay Thompson? No.

#8

re: Encores! 2009-2010 Season

Posted: 3/29/09 at 6:54pm

Lansbury already skipped the chance of reprising her role back in the 90s when the GHMC (I believe) did a concert version at Carnegie Hall. She narrated the show instead.
I've said about a hundred times that Meryl Streep, Neil Patrick Harris and Jane Krakowski would be absolute perfection for the three principals. However, it being Encores! I assume it'll be more like Christine Ebersole (please no) or Marin Mazzie, Jason Danieley (whom I wouldn't mind), and Jenny Powers.

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#9

re: Encores! 2009-2010 Season

Posted: 3/29/09 at 6:58pm

FANNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait to see that one!!!!!!!!!

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#10

re: Encores! 2009-2010 Season

Posted: 3/29/09 at 8:23pm

Ray, do you think there may be a chance our beloved Donna Murphy might do it? And of course I'm hoping that my beloved Debbie Gravitte would be considered. I would like Judy Kuhn or Laura Benanti as Fay myself. As for the guy, Stephen Pasquale or even Raul Esparza would be perfection for me.

#11

re: Encores! 2009-2010 Season

Posted: 3/29/09 at 8:30pm

My choice would be NPH, Jane and Donna Murphy for Anyone Can Whistle.

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#12

re: Encores! 2009-2010 Season

Posted: 3/29/09 at 8:43pm

Omg! I've been saying forever they should do WHISTLE.

#13

re: Encores! 2009-2010 Season

Posted: 3/29/09 at 8:47pm

Finally - they're doing rare musicals. I mean, we all love seeing Gypsy, Bye Bye Birdie and Damn Yankees, but it's nice to see them digging up forgotten works ("Whistle" aside).

I'd love to see them do some well-known musicals too, though - Into the Woods and Little Shop plz?

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#14

re: Encores! 2009-2010 Season

Posted: 3/29/09 at 10:53pm

Jewishboy, I don't want to get too excited, but I think our beloved Donna is definitely a possibility but given their latest casting I think they might be more inclined to Ebersole. Debbie Gravitte would indeed be excellent as Cora but you know I'm partial to Donna. I also love the idea of Stephen Pasquale as Hapgood, I think he'd be fabulous.
Husk, yours is an ideal cast and I'd pee my pants a little if it came true.

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#15

re: Encores! 2009-2010 Season

Posted: 3/30/09 at 12:56am

ANYONE CAN WHISTLE at Encores! is the best news we've had in a while. I'm sure whoever they cast will be top notch, and I will probably see this quite a few times during its five-performance run (hopefully at least three times). Fantastic news!

#16

re: Encores! 2009-2010 Season

Posted: 3/30/09 at 6:30am

I hope this is true! I will get a subscription to the three shows because I enjoy all of them! Anyone Can Whistle will be great fun to see!

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#17

re: Encores! 2009-2010 Season

Posted: 3/30/09 at 6:44am

How exciting!!!!

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#18

re: Encores! 2009-2010 Season

Posted: 3/30/09 at 6:53am

I will be listening to Fanny on the train today after this news!! What a great score! (And Anyone Can Whistle isn't too bad either)

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#19

re: Encores! 2009-2010 Season

Posted: 3/30/09 at 9:10am

Piragua-
You do realize that Gypsy and Damn Yankees were part of Summer Stars, which has never had the goal to do obscure musicals, but to match stars and roles, right?

Birdie has yet to have a Broadway revival, and while it is commonly done in High Schools, it is still fair game for Encores!

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#20

re: Encores! 2009-2010 Season

Posted: 3/30/09 at 10:39am

I clicked the link and didn't see anything mentioned. It would be cool if this is a go.

re: Bye Bye Birdie. Isn't that announced for Roundabout next season?

#21

re: Encores! 2009-2010 Season

Posted: 3/30/09 at 10:42am

I wasn't suggesting Birdie for Encores...it's been done before.

But yes, JBSinger. Open calls for teens are next week.

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#22

re: Encores! 2009-2010 Season

Posted: 3/30/09 at 10:42am

Vanessa Williams for Cora!

#23

re: Encores! 2009-2010 Season

Posted: 3/30/09 at 11:00am

Though I love the score of ANYONE CAN WHISTLE and any chance to hear it is a joy, I don't think they can top the Peters/Khan/Bacula cast.
FANNY and GIRL CRAZY are great choices.

#24

re: Encores! 2009-2010 Season

Posted: 3/30/09 at 12:05pm

Now officially announced, at least via Theatermania...

#25

re: Encores! 2009-2010 Season

Posted: 3/30/09 at 12:06pm

Phyllis, that's a fabulous idea and she has done Encores! before so it's not a far-fetched idea either.

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"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"