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Finian's Rainbow??????
#25re: Finian's Rainbow??????
Posted: 7/10/09 at 9:08pm
I adore Finian's Rainbow. I have no disdain for the show.
It just wouldn't have been able to fill the St. James.
#26re: Finian's Rainbow??????
Posted: 7/10/09 at 9:09pm
The show's still on.
Any rumors of a cancellation are false.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
lamplighter
Swing Joined: 3/5/09
#27re: Finian's Rainbow??????
Posted: 7/10/09 at 9:48pmalright, so if it is still happening, since everybody on here knows "somebody" who knows something, then has anybody signed a contract for the Broadway transfer? if they are suposed to start rehearsals in 2 weeks someone should have signed a contract.....
#28re: Finian's Rainbow??????
Posted: 7/10/09 at 9:54pm
You alluded in your post to the fact that one of the problems is how many actors need to be replaced from the Encores! production, but you'll be happy to know that there is only one role that remains to be cast.
I'm not at liberty to discuss contracts, but word yesterday from a direct source was that things were still on track as far as the company was informed.
We'll see what happens.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#29re: Finian's Rainbow??????
Posted: 7/10/09 at 10:10pm
Well best of luck to them.
I predict half empty houses and a January closing.
mar97
Understudy Joined: 5/19/03
#30re: Finian's Rainbow??????
Posted: 7/10/09 at 11:14pmThey lost their two leading men and money. I hope it still happens but it is going to be difficult to replace the role of the father. The actor whose name escapes me at the moment was perfect in the Encores production.
#31re: Finian's Rainbow??????
Posted: 7/10/09 at 11:18pmIsn't Cheyenne, also, pursuing television work? I thought I'd heard something about him filming another pilot.
#32re: Finian's Rainbow??????
Posted: 7/10/09 at 11:21pm
mar, you mean Jim Norton? he was wonderful at Encores.
I do hope this still happens, since I really love this show and would love for Kate Baldwin to get a break on Broadway.
mar97
Understudy Joined: 5/19/03
#33re: Finian's Rainbow??????
Posted: 7/10/09 at 11:28pmYes. Jim Norton. Thanks for posting his name. He was wonderful at Encores and will be very hard to replace. Cheyenne Jackson is supposedly going into another major revival. My guess is A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC but that's only a guess.......
#34re: Finian's Rainbow??????
Posted: 7/10/09 at 11:30pmThere is no role for Cheyenne in NIGHT MUSIC. Carl-Magnus and Henrik are cast. And he's too young for Fredrik.
#35re: Finian's Rainbow??????
Posted: 7/10/09 at 11:36pm
Jackson couldn't sing any of the male roles in Night Music.
My guess is La Cage as the son.
#36re: Finian's Rainbow??????
Posted: 7/10/09 at 11:41pm
There is no role for Cheyenne in NIGHT MUSIC. Carl-Magnus and Henrik are cast. And he's too young for Fredrik.
maybe he's playing Frid. 
#37re: Finian's Rainbow??????
Posted: 7/10/09 at 11:43pm
No.
Frid doesn't call for a gay bar back type.
Dolly_Levi
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/8/04
#38re: Finian's Rainbow??????
Posted: 7/11/09 at 1:23amOMG, Jim Norton dropped out? He was perfection at Encores.
LoveIsCompany
Stand-by Joined: 5/11/08
#39re: Finian's Rainbow??????
Posted: 7/11/09 at 2:14amYou know, I could actually see him doing La Cage. Honestly, I'm not the biggest fan of Cheyenne's by any stretch of the imagination, but somehow I could see that working.
Princeton2
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/08
#40re: Finian's Rainbow??????
Posted: 7/11/09 at 2:48am
Is there any role for him in Ragtime? I dont know the show at all
He would be my only reason really to see Finians Rainbow. Hope he doesnt do La Cage or Night Music as I have seen these in London
#41re: Finian's Rainbow??????
Posted: 7/11/09 at 4:33am
Cheyenne would have made a great Carl-Magnus I think.
I don't think he'd take the role of Jean-Michel.
elphaba.scares.me
Broadway Star Joined: 10/23/04
#42re: Finian's Rainbow??????
Posted: 7/11/09 at 12:58pmFrom what I understand, Cheyenne was getting an offer for Carl-Magnus. No idea if he took it or not, but it would make sense.
#43re: Finian's Rainbow??????
Posted: 7/11/09 at 1:02pmI've heard Carl-Magnus has been cast for weeks now, and it's not Cheyenne.
#44re: Finian's Rainbow??????
Posted: 7/11/09 at 1:29pm
Jim Norton is still attached. Jeremy Bobb is out. I believe Christopher Fitzgerald is playing Og. (Correct me if I'm wrong--I heard this a week or two ago, so things might have changed since then)
#45re: Finian's Rainbow??????
Posted: 7/11/09 at 1:29pm
I have also heard another actor's name attached to Carl-Magnus for quite some time.
From what I understand, Jackson turned down FINIAN'S RAINBOW because he wanted more scheduling flexibility to pursue other opportunities in the fall. It wouldn't exactly make sense if he was doing a different show instead, especially one where he had a significantly smaller role (as he would in A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC.)
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#46re: Finian's Rainbow??????
Posted: 7/11/09 at 1:38pmI do hope Jim Norton is still attached, he would get me to see the show
barcelona20
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/19/08
#49re: Finian's Rainbow??????
Posted: 7/11/09 at 3:00pmBecause there could be legal issues. Use some common sense. Members have gotten in trouble by leaking information on here before.
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