FUNNY GIRL Revival- Page 3
FUNNY GIRL Revival
ggersten
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#50re: FUNNY GIRL Revival
Posted: 11/29/07 at 4:24pm
Hugh Jackman as Nick. Of course, his "star" quality following Viva Laughlin is a bit low, but he's more of a name for tourists.
#51re: FUNNY GIRL Revival
Posted: 11/29/07 at 5:57pmWhat about Sarah Jessica Parker? She may be getting a bit old but I heard her in ONCE UPON A MATTRESS and think she could prove perfect for a short run and would be a reasonably big draw.
"Your eyes..... they shine like the pants on my blue serge suit"
americanboy99
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/06
#53re: FUNNY GIRL Revival
Posted: 11/29/07 at 9:57pm
Tari Kelly is absolutely fantastic. She is so wonderful in everything she does. She was a fierce Audrey in the national tour of LITTLE SHOP. If she would have originated the role on Broadway, she would have most definitely been nominated for a Tony.
Thesbijean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/9/04
#54re: FUNNY GIRL Revival
Posted: 11/30/07 at 12:06am
Whoever suggested Nicole Parker, that's inspired casting.
Kritzer would also be good, but there's something about Parker's energy that makes me feel she could carry that show much better.
sparkleplenty
Stand-by Joined: 9/4/07
#55re: FUNNY GIRL Revival
Posted: 11/30/07 at 6:57pmThis thread again!!! As most said last time around - only a STAR (that is one known to the world outside of BWW) would be cast in a revival. It is a star vehicle and requires one to bring in the bucks. These names everyone knows here - Stephanie Block, Leslie, et al are wonderful possibilities, but enough to risk millions on?
neddyfrank2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
zooxanthellae
Broadway Star Joined: 6/2/07
Lady Italy
Stand-by Joined: 3/9/06
#58re: FUNNY GIRL Revival
Posted: 11/30/07 at 9:27pmWell, STEPHANIE J. BLOCK of course to me is the BEST for FUNNY BRICE...but I'm very partical. Those who know who I am can figure this statement out. BIG SMILE
pc1145N2
Broadway Star Joined: 5/28/07
#59re: FUNNY GIRL Revival
Posted: 11/30/07 at 9:33pmLady Italy, while I'm not a "close" as you are....I agree that Stephanie would be amazing in Funny Girl....like she has been in everything else.
Lady Italy
Stand-by Joined: 3/9/06
#60re: FUNNY GIRL Revival
Posted: 11/30/07 at 9:46pmThanks pc1145 ! I've seen her do that show several times, and this is her show...just as though it was written for her. But as I said before I'm very partical. SMILE. But truly...she gets standing O's just about after every song and that's no hipe.
#61re: FUNNY GIRL Revival
Posted: 11/30/07 at 10:58pmIf you want celebrity, I vote Sarah Jessica Parker.
"I saw Pavarotti play Rodolfo on stage and with his girth I thought he was about to eat the whole table at the Cafe Momus." - Dollypop
#62re: FUNNY GIRL Revival
Posted: 11/30/07 at 11:06pm
Did you hear Parker as Winnifred in ONCE UPON A MATTRESS?
She couldn't sing the role of Fanny Brice in a million years.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#63re: FUNNY GIRL Revival
Posted: 12/1/07 at 12:20amForget the fact she can't sing the role. Nothing about her suggests that she would work as Fanny Brice, and I'm a HUGE fan of her work. She would have made a fabulous Charity Hope Valentine in the SWEET CHARITY revival though.
"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"
bardolator
Featured Actor Joined: 3/8/06
#64re: FUNNY GIRL Revival
Posted: 12/1/07 at 12:31am
Agreed, Lady Italy--it's a great role for Steph, and a role for which she would be great.
(And, hey, in August Billy Stritch pulled out his wallet and said he'd start the fund to revive the show with her as Fanny; that's good enough for me!)
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