How About Funny Girl with... — Page 2

Unless you play the entire thing like a satire, nobody in their right mind is going to believe that Ana Gasteyer is anywhere near the ages of 19-29.

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Julia Murney

Julia Murney? Are they going to change the title to Funny Boy?

I agree Foster is the wrong look but I'd love to hear her sail through the score and the comic numbers would shine. Block seems a tad too old looking for Fanny.

Kritzer is the right choice. I disagree about her having no star quality though. She managed to turn her tiny Legally Blonde role into a 2nd lead. And I think she's charming in Catered Affair.

I love Sutton Foster, but if you're referring to her Actor's Fund performance of "I'm the Greatest Star," well it just fell flat. IMO, the only person in that concert who came close to lighting a spark or showing something different as Fanny was Lillias White singing "Don't Rain on My Parade." And there are just too many reasons why that wouldn’t work. Because Streisand immortalized the role on film, it will be nearly impossible to find someone who is the same "mold" as her to bring Funny Girl to Broadway and to clear the memory of Streisand.

Updated On: 4/25/08 at 12:11 AM

Parks - if we're thinking of the same video, I love it too!

I don't think Stephanie Block's personal manager is fit to judge her a good choice for the role.

Wow, thanks for that, Popular! Been a long time. I always thought that kid would be the next BARBRA! I know she did some kind of TV show, but why oh why no Bway?? No Shiksa quotient? Ah, the unanswered questions of life.

I love Sutton but I can't see her doing that part.

Is Patti too old for the role?

only by like...20 years

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I thought I remembered Kritzer saying in an interview a few years ago that her FUNNY GIRL at Papermill was filmed for the Lincoln Center archives.

Does anyone know if this is the case?

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Jumping in with my two cents because I'm bored...

Sutton is just too physically wrong for the part. Also, I don't think she's the best fit vocally either. Actually, I think the majority of people in the Actors Fund concert way over-sang it. Leslie Kritzer I don't know about... she's good and was funny in Legally Blonde, but I'm not sure if she actually comes across as having enough "star quality" (and I hate that expression) to carry a show. I think Shoshana Bean would end up completely changing the score and riffing on every single note. Stephanie Block seems like the best choice at the moment, even though physically she still seems a little off. Whoever said Kristin Chenoweth was probably joking, but in certain ways I think she'd be great. She'd probably get the humor and certain aspects of Fanny better than anyone. She was a riot in "Stairway to Paradise" doing some of Fanny Brice's old stuff. However, there are other problems with Kristin...

Maybe they should just cast everyone, and have them alternate like with the kids in Billy Elliot.