Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd- Page 7
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Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd#150
Posted: 11/5/14 at 10:58am
"Will it be one act?"
The show didn't have an intermission at The Public.
Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd#151
Posted: 11/5/14 at 12:14pmI'd be very surprised if the adults in the show, aside from Socha, did not return.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/24/09
Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd#152
Posted: 11/5/14 at 12:34pmKad-me too-I was just reporting what I'd read.
Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd#153
Posted: 11/5/14 at 1:21pm
The only casting notices that have been posted are for a new middle Alison and one of the boys.
(And I bet the Tony song is "Ring of Keys.")
Updated On: 11/5/14 at 01:21 PM
Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd#154
Posted: 11/5/14 at 1:24pm
If this happens, I won't be able to afford going several times:
Asked if there was a role he would consider being a replacement for, Jackman revealed he would take on the part of a closeted gay father who commits suicide in the new musical 'Fun Home,' opening on Broadway in 2015. Explains the actor, "It's an astonishing part."
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/24/09
Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd#155
Posted: 11/5/14 at 1:27pm
Hugh Jackman? In that role? He's not right in the least, actually. He's physically so wrong.
Who's Middle Beth? (You mean Alison, right?)
Please, don't use Ring of Keys-that's the ONLY song they EVER USE. I think showing the family as a unit would be a smarter move.
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd#156
Posted: 11/5/14 at 1:30pmYeah, they were only casting for Medium Alison and one of the boys. Everyone else seems to be on board, and Cerveris is most definitely on board.
Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd#157
Posted: 11/5/14 at 2:46pmYep. Alison. I'm a dope. (fixed) (the name, not the dopeyness, which is inescapable, I fear.)
Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd#158
Posted: 11/6/14 at 11:57amIs Sydney a lock for the roll? Too bad she couldn't have stayed 10 a little while longer.
Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd#159
Posted: 11/6/14 at 11:59am
"He's not right in the least, actually."
He wasn't right for Wolverine. He wasn't right for Peter Allen. And yet, and yet.
Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd#160
Posted: 11/6/14 at 12:06pmIf the producers are smart, they should just bank on HJ's interest and watch the show sold-out even before it opens. If he can sell an obscure little play, he would definitely have no problems selling a great musical.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/24/09
Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd#161
Posted: 11/6/14 at 12:15pm
He has a film he's doing in the spring/summer of 2015. Also, he's not within their tight budget.
mike-there is also a chemistry between this cast (many of whom are remaining, if the casting notices are to be believed). It would turn into 'the Hugh Jackman Show' rather than "Fun Home" which is truly an ensemble piece.
Updated On: 11/6/14 at 12:15 PM
Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd#162
Posted: 11/6/14 at 12:21pmGlad about no Hugh Jackman.
Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd#163
Posted: 11/6/14 at 12:43pmWhy is this being discussed? Jackman saying it's a role he'd like to play does not mean at all he is being, or has been, considered for it. He isn't and hasn't.
Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd#164
Posted: 11/6/14 at 1:43pm
The good news about the Jackman rumors is that we have confirmation of Cerveris, which they did specifically to debunk rumors on BWW:
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Micheal-Cerveris-Will-Reprise-His-Role-in-Broadway-Bound-FUN-HOME-20141106
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/08
Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd#165
Posted: 11/6/14 at 1:44pm
"Why is this being discussed? Jackman saying it's a role he'd like to play does not mean at all he is being, or has been, considered for it. He isn't and hasn't. "
Just seconding this.
Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd#166
Posted: 11/6/14 at 1:54pm
Err, I will third it? How many do we need for the motion to pass?
If BWW restricts discussion to things that are only actually going to happen, it would certainly cut down on the number of threads/updates.
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd#167
Posted: 11/6/14 at 3:15pm
"Why is this being discussed?"
What a strange thing for you to say considering when I have asked that in the past on other threads, you defend evolving threads vigorously.
I'm glad Michael confirmed this, Hugh Jackman would ruin the entire thing. Although, I asked Michael nearly a month ago on Twitter if he was continuing with it on Broadway and he said yes, so I don't think his casting was a secret.
Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd#168
Posted: 11/6/14 at 3:20pmI really don't think Hugh Jackman would ruin the entire thing....he might not have been as 'good' as Michael Cerveris (I don't know), but I really don't think the show relies on that performance to be successful. Hugh Jackman in the role would have exposed a wider audience to this musical and could potentially have really challenged/influenced the audience's attitudes, which I would argue would have been a better outcome than what will happen now. (i.e., I suspect the show will be 'preaching to the choir').
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd#169
Posted: 11/6/14 at 3:28pmIt would have turned into the Hugh Jackman show, which would have been terrible. Michael Cerveris is a far superior actor, and I think his performance and character are crucial to every aspect of Fun Home.
Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd#170
Posted: 11/6/14 at 3:40pmCerveris will again play the father, as he should; it's the performance of a lifetime. But in the announcement they stated they would love to have Hugh play the role someday. As I doubt he would ever go in as a replacement (would the producers have recast Michael had they known about Hugh? Obviously the contracts were already signed for his reprisal of the role awhile ago) I wonder if this clears the way for Hugh to return to the city that made him a star in Oklahoma (possibly at the National), thus clearing the way for the West End to see a work that would probably have been relegated to the Menier or Southwark, if at all.
Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd#171
Posted: 11/6/14 at 3:43pm
"What a strange thing for you to say considering when I have asked that in the past on other threads, you defend evolving threads vigorously."
It's being discussed as if it were ever on the table. It wasn't. It was an idle remark from Jackman.
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd#172
Posted: 11/6/14 at 3:46pm
"Cerveris will again play the father, as he should; it's the performance of a lifetime."
1000% agreed
Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd#173
Posted: 11/6/14 at 3:47pm
"As I doubt he would ever go in as a replacement..."
Err, the whole question that prompted this was whether he would ever consider being a replacement in a role, and Fun Home was his answer. So, that is the exact situation in which he answered the question.
Fun Home to Open at Circle in the Square on April 22nd#174
Posted: 11/6/14 at 3:48pmIs Sydney in?
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