Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15- Page 4
Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15
Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15#75
Posted: 11/11/10 at 6:53am
Good casting I think to get he show through the tought Winter months.
I've feeling after his stint, Broadway may get La Barrowman for the Summer if the Box Office is still going on the show...
Can't see Mike Myers in this show.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15#76
Posted: 11/11/10 at 6:59amExcuse me, but don't you mean "LA Meyers"?
Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15#77
Posted: 11/11/10 at 7:58am
La PalJoey thinks La Fierstein is going to be le plus incroyable singing "Je Suis Que Je Suis."
Ooh-la-la, la-LA!
Mais non, Sueleeen, ma petite chou?
Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15#78
Posted: 11/11/10 at 12:05pmI happen to love watching Harvey on stage---(except I'm not sure I want to see him in the girdle scene) :)
Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15#79
Posted: 11/11/10 at 12:43pmAnythingGoes2, so funny you mentioned Barrowman. The day before they announced this, I was walking home listening to the new recording and wondering about who they would get to replace Hodge/Grammar. As I was musing, I was praying that it would be Barrowman. It would make my heart flutter!!!
Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15#80
Posted: 11/11/10 at 12:57pm
this is the best news I have heard in years
I think of his acting in TST the movie when
he tells his Mother off...and I can just see
him in the Rex Harrison mode sing/talking I am What I AM
and the hankys coming out to wipe the tears...HARVEY WILL
RULE
Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15#81
Posted: 11/11/10 at 1:05pmI know this goes against conventional wisdom here, but I wasn't a fan of Harvey in either Hairspray or Fiddler, so I can't imagine liking him in this role, despite his closeness to the material. But, I'll add the honest disclaimer whenever I'm critical of casting: I'd love to be proved wrong.
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/13/04
Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15#82
Posted: 11/11/10 at 1:50pmOh darn. Guess I'll have to miss this cast as well.
Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15#83
Posted: 11/12/10 at 12:18am
You can listen to 20 seconds of Harvey singing "I Am What I Am" as an encore from his one-man show This Is Not Going to Be Pretty which was recorded live.
This Is Not Going to Be Pretty @ Amazon.com
Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15#84
Posted: 11/12/10 at 12:25amThat was hideous.
Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15#85
Posted: 11/12/10 at 12:46amThe full song is on youtube.
Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15#86
Posted: 11/12/10 at 12:50amWow, that was painful.
Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15#87
Posted: 11/12/10 at 12:51am
That sounds terrible.
This has all the makings of a train wreck.
Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15#88
Posted: 11/12/10 at 12:58amI'd be curious to hear how he got into musical theatre in the first place. Writing I can understand, acting in plays I can understand, but he doesn't seem especially suited to being in musicals with tricky scores. Edna in Hairspray is such an easy role to sing, and he somehow made Tevye work, but hearing him sing I Am What I Am now gives me serious doubts. A great actor he is, but a great singer he is not. And I'm sure he knows this. What makes him keep doing musicals?
Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15#89
Posted: 11/12/10 at 1:51am
Just listened to the whole thing & OUCH! Just ouch!
Is there really no other actor they could get?
Leading Actor Joined: 7/2/03
Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15#90
Posted: 11/12/10 at 9:10amHarvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15#91
Posted: 11/12/10 at 9:21amTouché!
Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15#92
Posted: 11/12/10 at 9:59am
I'll see it. No matter what, it will be a memorable performance. Harvey is always exciting to watch on the stage.
Personally though I wsh they had gone to a different actor.
I always thought Denis O'Hare would be wonderful as Albin.
Updated On: 11/12/10 at 09:59 AM
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Posted: 11/12/10 at 10:19amI believe Harvey got his start as a performer and took up writing only because he couldn't find roles tailored to his talents. And I think he used to support himself as a drag queen, performing in shows much like the ones depicted in TST.
Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15#94
Posted: 11/12/10 at 5:24pmI'm shocked to see so many familiar faces to this board stating what a disaster this is going to be...Harvey Fierstein is a Broadway legend and this is probably going to be one of the best performances of the year. If you want a boisterous baritone hollering out some easy mid range notes, go home and put on George Hearn. I'll take Harvey anyday. He's gonna act the shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiz outta this.
Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15#95
Posted: 11/12/10 at 5:40pm
Video of adamgreer, ljay, TheatreFan...
So you're going to tell me you thought his rendition was good?
Leading Actor Joined: 7/2/03
Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15#96
Posted: 11/12/10 at 6:22pmA version he sang in a cabaret act at the Bottom Line 15 years ago is not necessarily how he'll sing it in context as Albin. Fiddler showed he was capable of more nuanced sound. Maybe he'll sound exactly the same. Maybe it will be devastating. Maybe he'll be terrible. But no one knows yet.
Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15#97
Posted: 11/12/10 at 7:13pm
Got my cabaret table seats for Harvey in April - my thoughts on his Georges...
...David Hyde Pierce
Matthew Broderick
Martin Short
Any other ideas?
Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15#98
Posted: 11/12/10 at 8:08pm
Should it still be playing come then David Hyde Pierce would be still in La Bete. Also, I would rather see him as Albin.
A version he sang in a cabaret act at the Bottom Line 15 years ago is not necessarily how he'll sing it in context as Albin.
His voice hasn't gotten any better in the last 15 years...
Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15#99
Posted: 11/12/10 at 8:13pm
His voice hasn't gotten any better in the last 15 years...
Exactly. It's not as if he's suddenly developed a great singing voice.
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