GUYS & DOLLS at Nederlander Opens March 1 w/Oliver Platt- Page 2

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 10/8/08 at 9:21pm

I'm not sure Krakowski would be able to, but there isn't absolutely anyone that I would like to see in the role more than her. She is fantastic in the soundboard from the Donmar production, her "Adelaide's Lament" is brilliant but my favorites are her Hot Box Club numbers, pure perfection.
Anne Hathaway is probably being courted for Sarah Brown but it's not a matter of whether she'd get it or not but whether she'll take it or not.

Updated On: 10/9/08 at 09:21 PM

[ILuv2shop531]

Posted: 10/8/08 at 9:58pm

this is good news, but where does it leave hair now? it was said to be booking the nerlander but a lot of people on here

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 10/8/08 at 10:02pm

I *HIGHLY* doubt Krakowski would play this role under any director other than the one who led her to win an Olivier for it.

McAnuff could totally F up her interpretation.

I only want to see her performance as it was in the West End production.

[bwayfan9]

Posted: 10/8/08 at 10:11pm

I am surprised. I wish tha thought it was going to snatch the Neil Simon leaving the Nederlander for Hair. Dissapointment, but I will survive.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 10/8/08 at 10:23pm

Agreed. A lot of the casting rumors were surrounding the transfer of the West End production, not this new incarnation. I was more excited for that version (with Jenna Russell reprising her role, but whatever).

[george95]

Posted: 10/8/08 at 11:19pm

Can't say that I'm interested in a Guys & Dolls revival, but I am super interested in seeing what a renovated Nederlander Theater looks like.

[ILuv2shop531]

Posted: 10/8/08 at 11:19pm

hmmm could the simon work for hair then?

[perfectliar]

Posted: 10/8/08 at 11:59pm

I like the idea of Platt... but I really can't wait to hear who will be playing the two leading ladies.

[jake6970]

Posted: 10/9/08 at 12:03am

I sooo want Anne to play Sarah.

[winston89]

Posted: 10/9/08 at 12:12am

I would have thought that now that they had the option that Guys and Dolls would have gone into the Neil Simon. I say this because it is kind of a big musical in terms of sets and The Nederlander is very small. I would think that something like Hair would work better in The Nederlander rather then The Neil Simon.

That being said, if I recall correctly weren't there actors such as Hathaway and Patrick Wilson considered for this production when they were talking about bringing the Donmar production to Broadway? Didn't they have to back out because of some strike in Hollywood?

[MungoGypsy8232]

Posted: 10/9/08 at 12:27am

I would like Megan Mullally to be Adelaide :) She's got the comedic and vocal chops and already knows "Adelaide's Lament" because she auditioned with it to get Elizabeth in Young Frankenstein!

[perfectliar]

Posted: 10/9/08 at 12:37am

Mungo - I think Mullally would be perfect for Adelaide, but I'm kind of hoping that the reports of a Karen & Jack spin-off are true instead haha.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 10/9/08 at 12:38am

I heard mention of HAIR for the Neil Simon Theatre a while back and thought that information couldn't be right (my source kept saying, "No - those aisles! They want thhose long aisles! The hippies can run up and down those LONG AISLES!!"

I wasn't buying it.

But perhaps that rumour is true. A bad theatre choice but it could be so.

[B3TA07]

Posted: 10/9/08 at 1:08am

But there are long aisles!!!



LONG AISLES!

[winston89]

Posted: 10/9/08 at 5:17am

I think that if the cast of Hairspray could run down the aisles at the end of the show then I think that the cast of Hair could run down them during their show.

[best12bars]

Posted: 10/9/08 at 5:30am

Anne Hathaway is a little too "hot" in films right now to put that momentum on hold for 6 months to a year to star in the umpteenth million Broadway revival of Guys and Dolls. I wouldn't count on that.

Aside from the fact that she would skew the cast on the younger side. If you're throwing around names like Deborah Messing (40) or Jane Krakowski (40), along with Oliver Platt (48 )... Hathaway (not yet 26) would make them all look like grandparents if she shared the stage with them in this show.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 10/9/08 at 7:30am

It's a shame you guys are not getting the UK production, it was such a gem of a show

[winston89]

Posted: 10/9/08 at 7:35am

songanddanceman2, we just got a production of this show not that long ago. There really isn't a reason for there to be a new one. If it was the Donmar production then it would be different. But, seeing that it isn't I am iffy about this production. I will probably see it because I am curious about what the inside of the Nederlander would look post renovation. But, I don't know to be honest with you.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 10/9/08 at 9:09am

"we just got a production of this show not that long ago"

17 years counts as "not that long ago" now?

[Ed_Mottershead]

Posted: 10/9/08 at 9:22am

I wonder who will be the Sky Masterson? As I recall, Patrick Wilson isn't available (not sure about that). Maybe Cheyenne Jackson? John Lloyd Young (although I think his physique might work against him)? Matthew Morrison (not really my first choice)? Other thoughts out there?

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 10/9/08 at 9:22am

Nice. He's perfect for it.

[Ed_Mottershead]

Posted: 10/9/08 at 9:29am

Sorry, Borstal Boy, which one were you referring to? I mentioned 4 (Wilson, Jackson, Young and Morrison). Just curious for your opinion, which I take seriously.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 10/9/08 at 9:34am

I meant Platt. Further casting should be interesting.

Gerard Butler as Sky....?

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 10/9/08 at 9:38am

I'm pulling for Kelli O'Hara and Harry Connick, Jr. as Sky.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 10/9/08 at 11:55am

I'm actually expecting Hairspray to extend into March, so would Hair then open in May. What other theaters could Hair go into??