How to Succeed Reading w/DHP, Daniel Radcliffe and Michael Urie
How to Succeed Reading w/DHP, Daniel Radcliffe and Michael Urie
nearthestage
Stand-by Joined: 1/19/09
#1How to Succeed Reading w/DHP, Daniel Radcliffe and Michael Urie
Posted: 12/22/09 at 11:40am
According to Michael Urie's Tweet. He read as Bud Frump; DHP as Mr. Biggley and Daniel as Finch.
Truly wonderful casting. I hope this happens.
http://twitter.com/michaelurie
Updated On: 12/23/09 at 11:40 AM
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#2re: How to Succeed Reading w/DHP, Daniel Radcliff and Michael Urie
Posted: 12/22/09 at 12:29pm
played D.hydepierce's nephew and Daniel Radcliffe's nemisis in a reading of How 2 Succeed in Biz w/out rlly tryig. It was a thrill & a half!
Grammar is his second "nemisis".
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#2re: How to Succeed Reading w/DHP, Daniel Radcliff and Michael Urie
Posted: 12/22/09 at 12:41pmBlaxx, didn't you know that having poor grammer is a prerequisite for getting a twitter account? There's a test when you sign up and you get an account only if you fail. It's a way to keep those of us who write full sentences from using too much bandwith.
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blaxx
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#3re: How to Succeed Reading w/DHP, Daniel Radcliff and Michael Urie
Posted: 12/22/09 at 12:50pmApparently.
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
#4re: How to Succeed Reading w/DHP, Daniel Radcliff and Michael Urie
Posted: 12/22/09 at 2:36pmWhat a cast! I'd love to see Radcliffe in a musical. So who played Rosemary?
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#5re: How to Succeed Reading w/DHP, Daniel Radcliff and Michael Urie
Posted: 12/22/09 at 3:24pm
More information on Rialto Chatter:
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/RIALTO_CHATTER_Scoop_on_New_Reading_of_How_To_Succeed_in_Business_20091222
I love this show, and the cast for this reading sounds incredible. If they can keep Radcliffe, DHP and Urie this will be an AMAZING revival.
Radcliffe is the PERFECT age for Finch. It sounds like it is going to be a little less cartooney than the last revival which I am excited about.
David walked into the valley
With a stone clutched in his hand
He was only a boy
But he knew someone must take a stand
There will always be a valley
Always mountains one must scale
There will always be perilous waters
Which someone must sail
-Into the Fire
Scarlet Pimpernel
#6re: How to Succeed Reading w/DHP, Daniel Radcliff and Michael Urie
Posted: 12/22/09 at 3:33pmI think Diana DeGarmo would be a terrific Rosemary.
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#7re: How to Succeed Reading w/DHP, Daniel Radcliff and Michael Urie
Posted: 12/22/09 at 3:43pmI would sell my first born (who hasn't been born yet) for this revival. This is by far one of my favorite shows!
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#8re: How to Succeed Reading w/DHP, Daniel Radcliff and Michael Urie
Posted: 12/22/09 at 5:56pmThis sounds like a winner all the way!
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#9re: How to Succeed Reading w/DHP, Daniel Radcliff and Michael Urie
Posted: 12/22/09 at 7:44pm
This is almost too good. Radcliffe, Hyde Pierce, Urie... and then Lewis Stadlen and Nancy Opel?! I have to ask myself, how will this one get ****ed up royally?
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
Updated On: 12/22/09 at 07:44 PM
#10re: How to Succeed Reading w/DHP, Daniel Radcliff and Michael Urie
Posted: 12/22/09 at 7:45pmNancy Opel? Yes, please!
"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney
We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#11re: How to Succeed Reading w/DHP, Daniel Radcliff and Michael Urie
Posted: 12/22/09 at 9:11pmWhen I was reminded the last revival was 15 years ago, I nearly dropped my jaw....where DID the time go???
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#12re: How to Succeed Reading w/DHP, Daniel Radcliff and Michael Urie
Posted: 12/23/09 at 1:21amI LOVE this idea and the casting of the reading is superb. Whoever mentioned Diana DeGarma...please keep her FAR away from this production if it moves forward.
"Somethin's comin', I don't know what it is but it is gonna be great!"
#13re: How to Succeed Reading w/DHP, Daniel Radcliff and Michael Urie
Posted: 12/23/09 at 1:47amI would die if this cast came to Broadway! Daniel Radcliff as Finch is truly inspired casting. As is Nancy Opel as Miss Jones.
romgitsean
Broadway Star Joined: 4/7/08
#14re: How to Succeed Reading w/DHP, Daniel Radcliff and Michael Urie
Posted: 12/23/09 at 12:21pmI don't know How to Succeed well, but it does sound like it's been casted excellently. I just hope it's not going to be one of those revivals that lacks in quality and is just driven by star power.
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#15re: How to Succeed Reading w/DHP, Daniel Radcliff and Michael Urie
Posted: 12/23/09 at 2:36pm
romgitsean - I feel the same way, but I don't think it'll be driven by star power. Not, if it continues in the direction it's going. Yes, DHP and Daniel Radcliff are "stars," but they're also stage veterans who have come to be respected in the theatre industry.
And "casted" isn't a word :)
"Somethin's comin', I don't know what it is but it is gonna be great!"
#16re: How to Succeed Reading w/DHP, Daniel Radcliff and Michael Urie
Posted: 12/23/09 at 4:01pm
The only thing Radcliffe is a veteran of is the Potter franchise.
That's not to say he won't be magnificent, but it's a little like the time Matt Lauer asked Lauren Bacall what it was like to work with a legend like Nicole Kidman.
romgitsean
Broadway Star Joined: 4/7/08
#17re: How to Succeed Reading w/DHP, Daniel Radcliff and Michael Urie
Posted: 12/23/09 at 4:52pmMy bad-mywonderwa11. I always forget that 'cast' doesn't have a past tense :P
Recent Broadway and Off-Broadway:: Carrie, Merrily, Ionescopade
Next On The List :: Clybourne Park, Once, Streetcar, BOM
Next On The List :: Clybourne Park, Once, Streetcar, BOM
Mattbrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
#18re: How to Succeed Reading w/DHP, Daniel Radcliff and Michael Urie
Posted: 12/23/09 at 5:01pm
"This is almost too good. Radcliffe, Hyde Pierce, Urie... and then Lewis Stadlen and Nancy Opel?! I have to ask myself, how will this one get ****ed up royally?"
By hiring Des McAnuff.
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#19re: How to Succeed Reading w/DHP, Daniel Radcliff and Michael Urie
Posted: 12/23/09 at 6:40pm
I would be thrilled to see this revived, but am I the only one who's not sold on Radcliffe as Finch? I mean, I haven't seen him in much, but I would much rather see someone like Bobby Steggert or Aaron Tveit in the role (despite the fact that their names aren't as commercially friendly as Radcliffe's).
I do love the idea of David Hyde Pierce, though.
#20re: How to Succeed Reading w/DHP, Daniel Radcliff and Michael Urie
Posted: 12/23/09 at 7:34pm
"The only thing Radcliffe is a veteran of is the Potter franchise."
He acquitted himself quite well in Equus.
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#21re: How to Succeed Reading w/DHP, Daniel Radcliff and Michael Urie
Posted: 12/23/09 at 7:47pmThis cast has me at hello.
#22re: How to Succeed Reading w/DHP, Daniel Radcliff and Michael Urie
Posted: 12/23/09 at 8:44pmHmm... I won't believe he was great until I see it. Having never heard him sing or play a part in anything even reminiscent of musical comedy, I have my doubts. But then again, a part of me will always think of him as Harry Potter.
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#23re: How to Succeed Reading w/DHP, Daniel Radcliff and Michael Urie
Posted: 12/23/09 at 8:57pmI would love to see Ramona Mallory as Rosemary opposite Radcliffe's Finch.
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"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#24re: How to Succeed Reading w/DHP, Daniel Radcliff and Michael Urie
Posted: 12/23/09 at 9:57pmI know he hasn't done any musical comedy, but I think Dan Radcliffe proved with Equus and the most recent Harry Potter movie that he is a very capable actor. He was also very into the whole Broadway experience, and seems like he is very keen on working hard and returning soon.
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