Posted: 5/1/15 at 4:25pm
"Would love to see Christoph Waltz give Hedwig a shot."
That is an inspired choice. I don't know if he can sing?
If he can .... wow, he would be quite interesting. And he doesn't have to work on the German/Austro-Hungarian accent lol.
I would love to see him in a play on Broadway - he is one of my very favorite actors.
Updated On: 5/1/15 at 04:25 PM
Posted: 5/1/15 at 4:59pm
Posted: 5/1/15 at 6:10pm
"Jane2 mentioned that a woman has played Hedwig before.
I can't recall who. I'm thinking Ally Sheedy, but that can't be right....
Anyway, a famous actress has played the role before so it can be done.
ETA: It was Ally Sheedy, Off-Broadway."
It was Ally Sheedy. I never saw her but heard she was terrible.
Posted: 5/1/15 at 6:20pm
""Would love to see Christoph Waltz give Hedwig a shot."
That is an inspired choice. I don't know if he can sing?
If he can .... wow, he would be quite interesting. And he doesn't have to work on the German/Austro-Hungarian accent lol.
I would love to see him in a play on Broadway - he is one of my very favorite actors.
From the 70's this is priceless:
Updated On: 5/1/15 at 06:20 PM
Posted: 5/1/15 at 9:10pm
Outside-the-box idea I think would be surprisingly good: Jack Black
Inside-the-box idea that I'm sort of surprised no one has suggested: Gerard Way
Bad idea that I kind of want to see anyway: Ty Burrell (who, far as I know, can't sing, but has an extremely Hedwig sense of comic timing and vocal phrasing)
Posted: 5/2/15 at 12:07pm
James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson (or Vanessa Redgrave).
Updated On: 5/2/15 at 12:07 PM
Posted: 5/2/15 at 12:13pm
Tim Minchin would be an interesting choice- and he has the most vocal resemblance to JCM of anyone else working, actually.
Posted: 5/2/15 at 4:12pm
I was actually thinking today of Tim Minchin as Hedwig... he could be a great choice.
Posted: 5/3/15 at 9:04pm
They should be announcing the next Hedwig soon, no? I feel as though Darren was announced early in Johns run. Anyone have the scoop?? Very eager to hear who they get!
Posted: 5/3/15 at 10:33pm
Posted: 5/3/15 at 11:10pm
I am really hoping for someone brilliant. Aside from JCM, no one has had me interested or rushing to see the show again for their portrayal.
Posted: 5/3/15 at 11:18pm
I've always wondered what Raul Esparza would do with Hedwig.
Posted: 5/4/15 at 1:26am
Maybe Ceveris would come back once his contract with Fun Home is up. And I can still dream of Alan Cumming in the role, right? Because that would be practically metatheatrical.
Posted: 5/4/15 at 1:29am
darrens going to extend to August and then they have another person coming in for about 10 weeks.
Posted: 5/4/15 at 8:05am
Fine. I'll do it.
but that makeup better be hypo-allergetic
Posted: 5/4/15 at 8:19am
"I've always wondered what Raul Esparza would do with Hedwig"
This is something Raul would love to do. Personally, I just don't see it, as big a fan of him that I am.
Posted: 5/4/15 at 8:37am
Pink. She'd be terrific.
Posted: 5/4/15 at 11:26am
To me, being a "second generation" (maybe third?) Hedwig fan, I feel like the whole idea is to have a woman play Yitzhak and a man play Hedwig. Pink would be phenomenal, but I feel like the gender change would throw me off.
Posted: 5/4/15 at 11:54am
"darrens going to extend to August and then they have another person coming in for about 10 weeks."
sort of. There might be a small gap between Criss and the new Hedwig coming in for the Fall. We might possibly see Michael C. Hall or Rannells return for a few weeks. Or they could try and get Criss to extend [again].
Posted: 5/4/15 at 11:55am
Please bring back MCH!!!
Any word on who will be after Criss? Hints?
