Hoff is PAL JOEY with Channing and Plimpton — Page 2

Has anyone heard Plimpton sing?

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Do we know if he can dance? Would he be hiding such a talent? And remember, he's have to be as good as Gene Kelly and Bob Fossee or Gower Champion or Tommy Tune or Greggory Hines to actually have a chance of performing the role properly.

Look at Gypsy. Merman, Lansbury, Daley and Lupone have done the role.

I don't think Laura Belle Bundy or Kerry Butler will ever play the part. We'd never suggest them (or Ziemba or Neuwirth or Verdon). Why? Wrong for the role and any of them would be a disservice to the material.

And yet here Roundabout is planning to do a production with a guy who NONE of us have EVER seen dance on Broadway (and I mean really, Greggory Hines-style DANCE.)

Where do they come off turning a dance show into just another musical comedy?

By those standards, I can't wait to see Mario Lopez as Emile de Becque.

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I don't think wanting a dancer on the level of Kelly or Fosse is wanting a museum production. I think all those posters want to see the show done well.

And as for the Fosse production, that was at City Center, so my guess is that it was a limited run. And even if it wasn't, that doesn't nullify the point that you need a world class dancer for this part. We have not yet seen Hoff dance at the levels that Kelly and the others who played the role could, so I think allofmylife, PJ, and best12 are just expressing frustration that a more accomplished dancer wasn't cast, especially in such a dance centered show.

Furthermore, just because the original choreography wasn't used in every Broadway production of the show, that doesn't mean that the lead doesn't have to be a phenomenal dancer.

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Anyone know when this runs till and when tickets go on sale?

The Bob Fosse version that ran "only 15 performances" was part of series that City Center did in the 50's/early 60's. Every year, three or four musicals were done that had been done in the recent past with new casts. All were strictly limited to two weeks. So Fosse's "only 15 performances" is a misconception. Speak not of what you do not know.

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Roundabout does not have a happy history in rewriting Rodgers and Hart musicals -- have we forgotten the floperoo called BOYS FROM SYRACUSE?

In addition to what seems an able, but not great,cast, the fact they are whacking apart the original book makes me a lot less than excited to see this.

All were complete sentences. (There is, however, a misplaced modifying phrase.)

Stand your ground, Ed!

Them's fightin' words, Pal Joey. There's a lot of LuPone devotees out there that will take great exception to that statement. You won't get any flack from me, but hope your armour's in good shape. Best. Ed.

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Good lord -- does this mean we have hear S. Channing sing again?

Bewtiched demands a great actress, but can be more forgiving when it comes to the vocals. I've seen the song performed by vocally weak actresses who can still perform the hell out of the song. It's like Send in the Clowns. A vocally stunning rendition can still leave you completely cold if they cannot deliver the emotion.

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I love LuPone's version of BEWITCHED. her whole performance on that recording is probably one of her most subdue performances in history, with little to none of her mannerisms.

I doubt Channing can sing it anything close to LuPone.

Stockard Channing was in the original cast of Galt McDermmot's "Two Gentlemen of Verona" musical with the late, GREAT Raul Julia.

Oh damn, weepy moment. I miss him so much. (SGMC)

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