FORUM Coming Back To Broadway?
FORUM Coming Back To Broadway?
#1FORUM Coming Back To Broadway?
Posted: 4/25/14 at 10:38am
#2FORUM Coming Back To Broadway?
Posted: 4/25/14 at 10:45amWasn't there a recent regional revival that had some strong buzz?
Adair Haywind
Leading Actor Joined: 4/2/14
#2FORUM Coming Back To Broadway?
Posted: 4/25/14 at 10:47am
I'd be very happy if this happened! Think Whoopi would return as Pseudolous? 
#3FORUM Coming Back To Broadway?
Posted: 4/25/14 at 11:00amI LOVE this show and loved the last revival with Nathan Lane. Saw it multiple times with Lane and 3 times with Whoopi who was also wonderful. Then there's David Alan Grier... ummm... yeah. Oy! Anyway, I have mixed feelings about another revival. My interest would depend on casting. I honestly can't think of anyone currently with a big enough name, but who would also be RIGHT for the vaudevillian type humor of this show to pull it off. I can think of several names that would make me sob with depression (and possibly even suicidal) at the thought of their casting.
#5FORUM Coming Back To Broadway?
Posted: 4/25/14 at 11:03amMaybe Danny Burstein?
#6FORUM Coming Back To Broadway?
Posted: 4/25/14 at 11:06amI know Roundabout was doing workshops of the all-male Forum that premiered at Williamstown, with Christopher Fitzgerald. I wonder if this is the same?
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
dreaming
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/24/09
#8FORUM Coming Back To Broadway?
Posted: 4/25/14 at 12:05pm
How about Ellen DeGeneres if you want a woman again? She could be pretty good.
Aside from her, I'd love to see Danny as Pseudolus, James Corden could be inspired as well.
#9FORUM Coming Back To Broadway?
Posted: 4/25/14 at 12:17pmCorden is a great suggestion.
#10FORUM Coming Back To Broadway?
Posted: 4/25/14 at 1:02pmI would love to see a reverse Godspell Original Toronto Cast situation- a bunch of great comedians and stage actors, mostly sort of past their prime, thrown together in a show that allows them all to shine.
#11FORUM Coming Back To Broadway?
Posted: 4/25/14 at 1:55pmCorden is a great suggestion. This may be the only musical I'd pay to see Jack Black star in.
#12FORUM Coming Back To Broadway?
Posted: 4/25/14 at 1:57pm
James Corden is maybe a little young.
Jim Dale would be a dream. Robin Williams could be fun!
#13FORUM Coming Back To Broadway?
Posted: 4/25/14 at 2:01pm
^ Is this the Shady Pines version of FORUM?
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Broadway Legend Joined: 8/13/09
#14FORUM Coming Back To Broadway?
Posted: 4/25/14 at 2:04pm
"How about Ellen DeGeneres if you want a woman again? She could be pretty good."
If there was a gender-blind production I would consider Ellen for Hysterium before I would think of her as Pseudolus.
#15FORUM Coming Back To Broadway?
Posted: 4/25/14 at 2:40pm
Agree Ellen's quirkiness (which I love) is wrong for Pseudolus, but Hysterium... hysterical!!!
And Jack Black is one of the people I was referring to in my post when I said would make me suicidal!!!
Much as I LOVE Burstein (and think he would be amazing) I don't think he is a big enough name that a producer would consider him.
#16FORUM Coming Back To Broadway?
Posted: 4/25/14 at 4:21pmGeoffrey Rush
#21FORUM Coming Back To Broadway?
Posted: 4/25/14 at 5:04pm
Forum is my very FAVORITE show. I'm so thrilled by this news. I think there's ton of potential in terms of casting.
James Corden, Geoffrey Rush, Danny Burstein, Christopher Fitzgerald (Although I see him more as a Hysterium) and yes, even Jack Black, would all be inspired.
Other actors I'd love to see tackle the role:
Martin Short
Mark Hammil
Mike Myers
Paul Reubens
John C. Riley
Rowan Atkinson
Josh Gad
Patton Oswalt
- just anyone but Richard Kind, Jason Alexander, Oliver Platt, or John Tracey Egan... Love them both, but we don't need a Nathan Lane copy...
Brooks Ashmanskas or Denis O'Hare as Hysterium
Jonathan Freeman as Marcus Lycus
Christopher Lloyd or Dick Van Dyke as Senex
Robert Morse as Erronius
And I'd love a too old/gawky Hero... Like Jim Parsons
Updated On: 4/25/14 at 05:04 PM
Acting4Food
Swing Joined: 8/31/11
#22FORUM Coming Back To Broadway?
Posted: 4/25/14 at 5:26pmHonestly, I think it would be great if they could get Lane to come back as Senex this time. And just watch, they'll probably try and get Josh Gad for Pseudolus...
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