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re: Fantasy Casting#25

Posted: 8/16/04 at 5:31pm

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[johny0828]

re: Fantasy Casting#26

Posted: 8/16/04 at 5:50pm

jackie hoffman as yente in fiddler.

[Derek2]

re: Fantasy Casting#27

Posted: 8/16/04 at 6:09pm

Jackie Hoffman would be great in anything funny. I think everyone remembers her from Hairspray and she wasn't even that big of a part. She was just THAT good

[Unknown User]

re: Fantasy Casting#28

Posted: 8/16/04 at 6:22pm

Ever since Bernadette ended her GYPSY run I've been saying how amazing it'd be if she played Mrs. Lovett in a movie version of Sweeney Todd, or on stage... but movie-musicals are becoming popular now. It'd be AMAZING.

Also, I love Rachel York, and she would be amazing as a Marilyn Monroe type. I'd love to see her in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as well. She's very talented. And I'd love to see her live in Kiss Me Kate!

[ForTheLoveOfLea]

re: Fantasy Casting#29

Posted: 8/16/04 at 6:23pm

Bernadette would be great in pretty much anything. She is a superior actress. I would kinda like to see Laura Benanti as Christine in POTO. We also need to see more from Jane Krakowski. If she could dance I would love to see her in Chicago.

Thou giveth fever.

[Unknown User]

re: Fantasy Casting#30

Posted: 8/16/04 at 6:30pm

You're right, ForTheLoveOfLea, Bernadette would be great in anything. :)

[Derek2]

re: Fantasy Casting#31

Posted: 8/16/04 at 6:41pm

Yeah Jane can dance...very well I've heard. She was originally supposed to play Charity in the Sweet Charity revival before Christina. She is a great singer and actress.

[ForTheLoveOfLea]

re: Fantasy Casting#32

Posted: 8/16/04 at 6:57pm

She would make such a cute/sexy Roxie, I think.

Thou giveth fever.

[Derek2]

re: Fantasy Casting#33

Posted: 8/16/04 at 7:45pm

yes you're right. I wonder why that hasnt already been done? there have been sooo many roxies. i have a strange feeling she will be a roxie before chicago ends

[jmnpublications]

re: Fantasy Casting#34

Posted: 8/16/04 at 8:28pm

Some great casting ideas here! All you agents out there, please pay attention.

I had no idea that Jane Krakowski was being considered for SWEET CHARITY before Christina Applegate was cast. I think she would have been a much stronger choice. I know a lot of folks here have said that Christina Applegate can sing and dance and she'll probably surprise people, but I'm having a hard time seeing her in the role. I guess I just can't get Gwen Verdon out of my mind when I think of Charity. Tough shoes to fill.

[ForTheLoveOfLea]

re: Fantasy Casting#35

Posted: 8/16/04 at 8:40pm

Oh please don't talk about Chicago ending. . . at least not until it goes downhill, but if it can survive Melanie it can survive anything. That thought makes me sad. Krakowski has the sheer sex appeal and personality to make the role her own. If she ever did do Chicago I would be there in a heartbeat.

Thou giveth fever.

[PJ]

re: Fantasy Casting#36

Posted: 8/16/04 at 9:16pm

Krakowski has been offered the role of Roxie many, many times. She doesn't want to take a role over that some other actress originated. She said it in an interview a while back. She was also offered the role of Sally in Cabaret several times I've been told and turned that down for the same reason.

[jonartdesigns]

re: Fantasy Casting#37

Posted: 8/17/04 at 1:20am

i think she'd make a very funny velma as opposed to roxie

"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel

[Mister Matt]

re: Fantasy Casting#38

Posted: 8/17/04 at 9:44am

Audra McDonald - Carmen Jones
Toni Collette - Ruth Sherwood, Roxie Hart
Scott Bakula - Billy Flynn
Emily Skinner - Mama Rose, Miss Hannigan

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian