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IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:
#25re: IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:
Posted: 7/2/06 at 10:25amI like the idea of Audra as Grace. I would love to see Debra Monk as Hannigan.
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#26re: IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:
Posted: 7/2/06 at 10:35am
I wouldn't mind if Annie came back. I wouldn't have to see it, but, every kid should see annie live once in their life.
And I love the idea of Beth Leaval as Hannigan.
#27re: IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:
Posted: 7/2/06 at 10:39am
Hah now that Liza is all burnt out and boozy she might make and interesting Hannigan. 
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#28re: IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:
Posted: 7/2/06 at 10:47amI've said it many, many times. I want Megan Mullally for Ms. Hannigan. Megan could put a whole new twist on the character. Beth Level would be great too.
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#29re: IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:
Posted: 7/2/06 at 10:55amboth of them would be great, singtopher.
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#30re: IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:
Posted: 7/2/06 at 1:38pmI think the last film cast (Victor Garber as Warbucks, Kathy Bates as Hannigan, Audra McDonald as Grace, etc.) would be perfect for a revival. They were all spectacular IMO.
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#31re: IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:
Posted: 7/2/06 at 1:41pm
Lily - Amy Spanger
That would be too perfect.
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#32re: IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:
Posted: 7/2/06 at 2:22pmI thought the new movie cast was good, but I thought Kathy Bates fell far too short.
"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it." -Stephen Colbert
#33re: IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:
Posted: 7/2/06 at 5:25pm
I don't like Norbert for Rooster, but more importantly, I don't care what size the role is! A role is a role and I don't think someone should only take (and only be given) starring opportunities because they've won a Tony for Leading Actor.
Isn't getting work and performing an honor and the whole point whether you're billed above the title or have one song in the second act? I thought so anyway.
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#34re: IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:
Posted: 7/2/06 at 5:34pmPERFECT CAST, NathanLaneStalker
#35re: IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:
Posted: 7/2/06 at 5:43pmBeth Leavel has actually played Ms. Hannigan in professional regional theatres before.
#36re: IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:
Posted: 7/2/06 at 7:10pm
I heartily dislike Annie, but I do like the idea of Hunter Foster as Rooster.
Over_the_Moon
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#37re: IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:
Posted: 7/2/06 at 7:15pm
When casting the role of Daddy Warbucks, we must only think of bald actors!
You all should be casting directors, I swear.
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#38re: IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:
Posted: 7/2/06 at 10:06pm
Lily: Brooke Sunny Moriber
Rooster: Norbert Leo Butz
Warbucks: Robert Westenberg
Grace: Sutton Foster
Hannigan: Christine Baranski
Annie: Harvey Fierstein
BSoBW2: I punched Sondheim in the face after I saw Wicked and said, "Why couldn't you write like that!?"
#39re: IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:
Posted: 7/2/06 at 10:08pm
Sutton would be an annoying Grace.
She can be the Star to Be.
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#40re: IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:
Posted: 7/2/06 at 10:09pmAnd I think I'll change my Hannigan to Adrianne Lennox.
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#41re: IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:
Posted: 7/2/06 at 10:14pm
Thanks you coolphantom919!
I think Andrea Martin would be PERFECT!!!!!!!!!! Picture her as Hannigan!
Also Alan Cumming played Rooster in the re-make! And the re-make was just like the show!!! AND that was the year after he won the Tony!
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Broadway Legend Joined: 9/10/05
#42re: IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:
Posted: 7/2/06 at 10:16pm
I'd like to see Andrea McArdle play "Annie" all grown up. Now that might be interesting.
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#43re: IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:
Posted: 7/2/06 at 10:19pm
"And I think I'll change my Hannigan to Adrianne Lennox."
Make that Annie Lennox and maybe I'd go see it.
"I've lost everything! Luis, Marty, my baby with Chris, Chris himself, James. All I ever wanted was love." --Sheridan Crane "Passions"
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"Housework is like bad sex. Every time I do it, I swear I'll never do it again til the next time company comes."--"Lulu"
from "Can't Stop The Music"
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"When the right doors didn't open for him, he went through the wrong ones" - "Sweet Bird of Youth"
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"Passions" is uncancelled! See NBC.com for more info.
Updated On: 7/2/06 at 10:19 PM
#44re: IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:
Posted: 7/2/06 at 11:06pm
Annie - Jaclyn Nedenthal
Warbucks - Gregg Edelman
Grace - Lisa Howard
Hannigan - Michele Pawk
Rooster - Brian D'Arcy James
Lily - Amy McAlexander
Updated On: 7/2/06 at 11:06 PM
#45re: IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:
Posted: 7/3/06 at 1:44amsutton was the "star to be" in the 97' 20th anniversary broadway revival and she was amazing..
#46re: IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:
Posted: 7/3/06 at 2:07amI think Toni Collette would be a riot as Miss Hannigan.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#47re: IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:
Posted: 7/3/06 at 9:10amHarriet Harris needs to come back to Broadway so she should play Miss Hannigan.
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#48re: IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:
Posted: 7/3/06 at 1:20pm
"sutton was the "star to be" in the 97' 20th anniversary broadway revival and she was amazing.."
So amazing that even having seen the production more than once, I don't remember her at all.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 8/25/04
#49re: IF Annie were to have a revival this would be the perfect cast:
Posted: 7/3/06 at 11:24pm
"Beth Leavel has actually played Ms. Hannigan in professional regional theatres before."
I know, and I saw her, and that's why I suggested it. She is brilliant.
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