How to Succeed
How to Succeed
#1How to Succeed
Posted: 1/14/11 at 4:21pm
The facebook page for How to Succeed just wrote that a famous person will be the book voice for the upcoming revival. The last person to play this role was Walter Cronkite. I'm guessing it's another anchor for this role. But I'm having trouble guessing who it could be! Maybe Katie Couric to make it more modern? Barbara Walters?
Guessing who the book voice is for H2S
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#2How to Succeed
Posted: 1/14/11 at 4:36pmThe show it totally misogynistic, so I doubt they would cast a woman as the book voice.
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#3How to Succeed
Posted: 1/14/11 at 4:39pmMy guess is Ted Williams.
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#4How to Succeed
Posted: 1/14/11 at 4:40pmAnderson Cooper?
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#5How to Succeed
Posted: 1/14/11 at 5:08pm
David Hyde Pierce was the voice of the book for a production in - I believe Niagara - a couple years ago. Maybe he's doing it for this production as well.
Correction: It was White Plains;
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/117070-White-Plains-How-to-Succeed-with-Wilson-Wyman-and-Abramovitz-Begins-April-24
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Updated On: 1/14/11 at 05:08 PM
#6How to Succeed
Posted: 1/14/11 at 5:14pmI has to be someone very 50's stereotypical male sound. I'm hoping Jon Hamm!
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#7How to Succeed
Posted: 1/14/11 at 5:15pmDavid Hyde Pierce would be great, but I don't think it's him. The Walter Cronkite hint seems to be suggesting that it's a news anchor.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
#8How to Succeed
Posted: 1/14/11 at 5:18pmBrian Williams would be the most logical. He always goes for that sort of in-comedy thing too w/Daily Show and such.
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#9How to Succeed
Posted: 1/14/11 at 5:53pmI vote for Bill Kurtis. His narration of the movie "Anchorman" was classic.
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#11How to Succeed
Posted: 1/14/11 at 6:16pmStephen Colbert or Jon Stewart would also be good choices, I think. But I'm sure it'll be Rather, Brokaw or Williams.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
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#13How to Succeed
Posted: 1/15/11 at 12:30amThey probably wont' want to go here but I think it would be really great to have Matthew Broderick as the book voice. He has a distinctive voice and a past tie to a successful revival. It doesn't have to be a newscaster but it should be a recognizable voice.
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#14How to Succeed
Posted: 1/15/11 at 3:58amHow to Succeed is not misogynistic - it mocks misogyny. There's a difference.
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#15How to Succeed
Posted: 1/15/11 at 4:07amEven though I think the Donald would be a great idea (and a funny one) I think the hint is DEFINTELY pointing to a newscaster.
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#16How to Succeed
Posted: 1/15/11 at 9:14amI really hope it's Stephen Colbert.
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#18How to Succeed
Posted: 1/15/11 at 9:57amBrody, as I was reading down the posts, I was thinking...I bet it's Larry King!
#19How to Succeed
Posted: 1/15/11 at 10:12am
I would have enjoyed hearing Don Pardo, the voice of Saturday Night Live as the book.
Fun fact- for whatever reason, the lsat revival of Little Shop used a Pardo impersonator pre-recorded as the Prologue Voice. I wonder if they couldn't get Pardo?
#20How to Succeed
Posted: 1/15/11 at 11:34am
If I were at work on this revival of a 1960s send-up of the New York business world, I would be cashing in on Mad Men all over the place, with a natural bridge to that show and How to Succeed itself in Robert Morse.
That having been said, Larry King makes sense.
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