Great Performances We'll Never, Ever See- Page 2

[theaterkid1015]

Posted: 1/6/11 at 1:06am

Gypsy Rose Lee as Rose in Gypsy

I mean COME ON

[Adam Chris]

Posted: 1/6/11 at 1:06am

Nathan Lane as Norma from Sunset Blvd.


Updated On: 1/6/11 at 01:06 AM

[perfectlymarvelous]

Posted: 1/6/11 at 1:11am

Natasha Richardson as Desiree in a fully-staged production of A Little Night Music.

YES. That's really all I have to say. I heard she was wonderful in the concert version, and she would've been brilliant if she had been able to do the role in a full production.

[chewy5000]

Posted: 1/6/11 at 2:08am

Nathan Lane doing Les Miserables as a one person show.

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 1/6/11 at 2:31am

I love Nathan Lane would kill to see him do Zsa Zsa in La Cage, maybe him and Harvey could fill the roles after Jeffery leaves!

[ggersten]

Posted: 1/6/11 at 8:06am

Audra McDonald as Aldonza. (Actually, this could happen...)
Ethel Merman as Effie.
Betty Buckley as Diana.

[HistoryBoy2]

Posted: 1/6/11 at 8:28am

Stritch's Rose and Vera Simpson
Megan Mullally as Nancy
Ruthie Henshall as Mrs Johnstone and Sally Bowles

[Q]

Posted: 1/6/11 at 8:50am

The one that gets mentioned a lot that fills me with longing is Judy Garland as Mama Rose.

[newintown]

Posted: 1/6/11 at 9:24am

Betty White as Roxie Hart.

It could still happen...

[Horton]

Posted: 1/6/11 at 11:42am

Audra McDonald as Diana in Next to Normal, with Norm Lewis playing Dan.

[Paul Bland4]

Posted: 1/6/11 at 1:33pm

Benny Hill as Psuedolous.

[madbrian]

Posted: 1/6/11 at 1:46pm

I guess all hope may not be lost, but we may never see Donna Murphy as Rose in Gypsy.

[TheBatBoy]

Posted: 1/6/11 at 1:47pm

Um Mary Louise Parker as Diana would be AMAZING! If she can't sing it then they should go back to the golden days of movie musicals where they dubbed the voice with someone else.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 1/6/11 at 2:32pm

I had always hoped that someone would have gotten together a production of "Coco" with Dixie Carter (even if it was a concert version).

I had always hoped that Georgia Brown had been able to do more. I would have loved to see her do Fraulein Schneider in "Cabaret".

I always wanted to see several actresses take on "Follies". I always wanted Tina Turner to do "I'm Still Here" and Judy Garland do "Losing My Mind"

Love to see a production of "Evening Primrose".

[madbrian]

Posted: 1/6/11 at 2:45pm

...and Judy Garland do "Losing My Mind"

Well, the best part about Garland doing that song is that Liza generally avoids songs that her mother had already put her stamp on, and that would have saved us from this:
Losing My Mind

[Moneyspider]

Posted: 1/6/11 at 2:59pm

Ethel Merman as Merman in the He-man and She-ra Power Tour

[Gothampc]

Posted: 1/6/11 at 3:19pm

madbrian, I had always thought the Liza "Losing My Mind" was like the Ethel Merman Disco Album. A train wreck that you just couldn't turn away from. I had never seen the video and never thought to look for one.

After seeing the video, you have to wonder what were they thinking? Liza rolling down her stockings is supposed to be sexy? In answer to the question, "Yes, Liza, you are losing your mind."

[tommyboy]

Posted: 1/6/11 at 3:21pm

Barbra as Mama Rose.

What? Oh, Oops. Sorry.

[best12bars]

Posted: 1/6/11 at 3:40pm

Burt Lahr in "Hairspray"
Mary Martin in "The Light in the Piazza"
Beyonce Knowles and Hugh Jackman in "No Strings"
"Ragtime" with Sammy Davis Jr., Dorothy Dandridge, Barbara Cook, and Theodore Bikel
Ray Bolger in "Barnum"
Bette Davis and Vincent Price in "Sweeney Todd"
Barbra Streisand and Goldie Hawn in "Wicked"
Debbie Reynolds, Ann Miller, and Frank Sinatra in "Chicago"

[kchenofan]

Posted: 1/6/11 at 4:26pm

Madeline Kahn in The Apple Tree
Josh Groban in Light in the Piazza (still possible)

Updated On: 1/6/11 at 04:26 PM

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 1/6/11 at 4:40pm

She says she wanted to do it during her concerts, and I think Patti LuPone would've made a great Peter Pan when she was younger.

[Adam Chris]

Posted: 1/6/11 at 7:51pm

I love the Bette Davis/Vincent Price Sweeney Todd idea.

[ClapYo'Hands]

Posted: 1/6/11 at 8:00pm

Tom Jones as Jean Valjean...

[darquegk]

Posted: 1/6/11 at 10:42pm

I'm not sure if you're kidding about Tom Jones as Valjean or not, but I feel like hearing The Golden Voice sing some of those songs would be interesting at least. Though the trend has often been to sing "Bring Him Home" in a pure, falsetto or head voice, I feel like Tom's craggy, rough but delicate upper register would be an amazingly moving fit for that song.

Could he act the show? Hell if I know, but I'd love to hear him try!

[MadonnaMusical]

Posted: 1/7/11 at 2:13am

The following suggestion isn't a joke... I really wish it had happened...

Bob Fosse directing the film A CHORUS LINE, back in like 1976

staring a young Liza Minnelli as Cassie (back when she was in her prime)