IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:

#1

IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:

Posted: 7/2/06 at 12:11am

Miss Hanigan - Andrea Martin

Oliver Warbucks - Michael Cerveris

Rooster - Norbert Leo Butz

Lilly St. Regis - Kerry Butler

Miss Farelle - Lisa Howard


What do you think?

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#2

re: IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:

Posted: 7/2/06 at 12:12am

Annie will be at Madison Square Garden this winter.

#3

re: IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:

Posted: 7/2/06 at 12:13am

I know. But this is like with a broadway star cast!

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#4

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Posted: 7/2/06 at 12:14am

Well Cerveris certanly looks the part! :)

#5

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Posted: 7/2/06 at 12:14am

Ummm we can go ahead and bring back Victor Garber

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#6

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Posted: 7/2/06 at 12:15am

Yeah but he was in the movie remake. He was great but I think that`s enough!

What do you think about Andrea Martin?

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#7

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Posted: 7/2/06 at 12:23am

Rooster isn't a big enough part for Butz. There's no way he would go from Tony winning lead role to a character with one song in the second act...

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#8

re: IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:

Posted: 7/2/06 at 12:24am

I know. I thought about that after I posted it!

How about Hunter Foster as Rooster?

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#9

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Posted: 7/2/06 at 12:25am

Yeah I like Andrea Martin.

But you can never get too much Victor Garber.

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#10

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Posted: 7/2/06 at 12:28am

I think Marc Kudisch would be an amazing Warbucks.

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#11

re: IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:

Posted: 7/2/06 at 12:29am

Sally Struthers (again) or Ellen Greene as Miss Hannigan
Victor Garbor or John Lithgow as Warbucks
Marla Schaffel as Grace
I like the idea of Norbert as Rooster, but also Jeff McCarthy
Maya Days as Lily St. Regis (I always thought a sassy black girl with big blond hair would be fabulous)

#12

re: IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:

Posted: 7/2/06 at 12:31am

Dakota Fanning as Annie.

Thats most certainly not said seriously. Somehow it creeps me out how I wouldnt be surprised if it happened...

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#13

re: IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:

Posted: 7/2/06 at 12:32am

I can see Marc Kudish being Warbucks, maybe Michael C.

I can see Norbert as Rooster but as someone said, not big enough role for him.

but what about doing a concert version with that cast?

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#14

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Posted: 7/2/06 at 12:35am

i just really think that annie should never come back! lol

#15

re: IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:

Posted: 7/2/06 at 12:36am

This show just . . . isn't that good. Why waste our incredible actors on a show like this?

#16

re: IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:

Posted: 7/2/06 at 12:36am

yeah id have to agree with that

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#17

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Posted: 7/2/06 at 12:38am

that is true. I never liked Annie. Although, the old movie was really good. the one with Tim Curry and Bernadette Peters as Rooster and Lily (even though I hate Bernadette, she was good as that part)

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-Dre- You must remember all the same that at the crux of every game is knowing when it's time to leave the table... And it's important to be artful in your exit. No turning back, you must accept the con is done... It was a ball, it was a blast. And it's a shame it couldn't last. But every chapter has to end, you must agree.
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#18

re: IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:

Posted: 7/2/06 at 1:59am

Andrea McArdle as Hannigan

#19

re: IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:

Posted: 7/2/06 at 2:02am

BETH LEAVEL AS HANNIGAN

#20

re: IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:

Posted: 7/2/06 at 2:05am

I don't think that Kudisch ever wants to return to shows of this nature after Chitty. He needs the good stuff to show us all some fine performances

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#21

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Posted: 7/2/06 at 2:29am

Beth Leavel as Hannigan would be BRILLIANT.

#22

re: IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:

Posted: 7/2/06 at 2:30am

Not Andrea Martin?

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#23

re: IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:

Posted: 7/2/06 at 2:48am

Beth Leavel as Hannigan, Cerveris as Warbucks, Sutton Foster as Grace, Norbert as Rooster, Chenoweth as Lily (reprising her movie role), Edward Hibbert as Drake, and whoever the hell they want for Annie. Oh, and give Patti LuPone some crap like Mrs. Pugh or something.

For some reason, I have this feeling that if Annie were revived, they would cast an African-American woman as Miss Hannigan. I don't know, it's just this gut feeling of mine.

#24

re: IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:

Posted: 7/2/06 at 3:07am

The 1997 Revival of Annie had Nell Carter as Hannigan and she is African American...

Annie - (I don't know of child stars today)
Warbucks - Michael Cerveris
Grace - Audra McDonald
Hannigan - Beth Leavel
Rooster - Danny Burstein
Lily - Amy Spanger
FDR - (I dont know)
Drake - Edward Hibbert

#25

re: IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:

Posted: 7/2/06 at 8:53am

'If ANNIE were to have a revival...' I don't think it has ever really been away to warrant a "revival".