IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity

[BSoBW2]

IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity#0

Posted: 12/12/05 at 7:31pm

Jenna Elfman as Charity?

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001184/board/nest/23946408

[ljay889]

re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity#1

Posted: 12/12/05 at 7:33pm

You know Jenna Elfman at one point was VERY close to playing Charity?

But the creative team and the Weisslers decided she wasn't the right choice.

[jimmirae]

re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity#2

Posted: 12/12/05 at 7:35pm

Just close the show!

"It is bad enough that people are dying of AIDS, but no one should die of ignorance." - Elizabeth Taylor

[BSoBW2]

re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity#3

Posted: 12/12/05 at 7:35pm

There you are!

I thought it interesting they were comparing this to NINE.

[Feathah]

re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity#4

Posted: 12/12/05 at 7:36pm

Yep. Jenna Elfman is one in a long list of actresses slated to play Charity and then never did.

"The theater is my life. I live it. I breathe it. I fondle it till it falls asleep." Jack (Will And Grace) http://feathah.blogspot.com

[ljay889]

re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity#5

Posted: 12/12/05 at 7:37pm

Well they need a Charity by the end of the week, or the show is a goner.

[broadway86]

re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity#6

Posted: 12/12/05 at 7:38pm

These knuckleheads also think that Jenna Elfman would be a good Sally Bowles.

[zelda]

re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity#7

Posted: 12/12/05 at 8:20pm

as i recall jenna was suppose to go into the jane role in NINE but was fired...scuse me i mean let go.

[BSoBW2]

re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity#8

Posted: 12/12/05 at 8:21pm

Zelda - in that link I posted, someone mention she was "let go"

[IdinaRocks]

re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity#9

Posted: 12/12/05 at 8:22pm

I dunno if Jenna can sing, but Christina totally reminded me of her as Charity!!

[popcultureboy]

re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity#10

Posted: 12/12/05 at 8:25pm

I believe it was mentioned on here that Jenna can't sing. At all. Not even a little bit.

Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.

[jimmirae]

re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity#11

Posted: 12/12/05 at 8:30pm

Christina lost me when she put her downstage arm up to hold the hat on the TONYS as she kicked away, That was either a BAD Choreographer or a BAD Dancer.

"It is bad enough that people are dying of AIDS, but no one should die of ignorance." - Elizabeth Taylor

[ljay889]

re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity#12

Posted: 12/12/05 at 8:33pm

Christina said she was scared as hell for the Tony performance. She is tons better in the theatre. Her dancing in the theatre is quite impressive, she trained in dance for over 20 years, she can obviously dance. Her singing has gotten MUCH stronger. And her acting is absolutely perfect.

[dancingthrulife04]

re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity#13

Posted: 12/12/05 at 8:36pm

I'd love to see her do it, just once, to see if she could pull it off.

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[jimmirae]

re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity#14

Posted: 12/12/05 at 8:40pm

It is still just a big downer to have someone like that revive a role that Verdon created. "Nobody's got no class".

"It is bad enough that people are dying of AIDS, but no one should die of ignorance." - Elizabeth Taylor

[Smaxie]

re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity#15

Posted: 12/12/05 at 8:45pm

Actually, I remember an announcement at the time that Jenna Elfman would go into Nine at a later date, after further preparation. She's probably just about ready around now...

Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.

[popcultureboy]

re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity#16

Posted: 12/12/05 at 8:46pm

Hahahahahahahaahaha

Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.

[Footlooser]

re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity#17

Posted: 12/12/05 at 9:47pm

I would like to see someone like Kristin Bell take over the role. She's young still but I think she's great.

"You know just because you put a smiley face after it doesn't change the fact that it was an a-hole comment." ~ Sumofallthings

[ChrisLovesShows]

re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity#18

Posted: 12/12/05 at 10:01pm

Smaxie's right. The producers announced that Jenna Elfman had simply "delayed" her opening in Nine. Then it was never mentioned again!

"Do you know ChrisLovesShows?" "Yes. Why, yes he does!"

[my2cents]

re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity#19

Posted: 12/12/05 at 11:38pm

Updated On: 12/13/05 at 11:38 PM

[melissa errico fan]

re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity#20

Posted: 12/13/05 at 6:36am

Elfman was the first in the long line of "name" actresses originally proposed for Charity (Marisa Tomei, Jane Krakowski, and-eventually-Christina). I believe she might have even done a workshop of it.

[my2cents]

re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity#21

Posted: 12/13/05 at 10:30am

Elfman was not first, tomei was, then elfman, then krakowski. and ofcourse before tomei was the (unrelated) revival starring paula abdul.

[Pinaud]

re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity#22

Posted: 12/13/05 at 11:06am

Actually I believe Melissa Errico Fan is right. In terms of the time line for this revival(let's try to forget Paula's intentions) Elfman was first. I remember reading about her getting vocal coaching from Cy Coleman personally.(I guess he saw a Charity in her) She must not have been progressing, because it sort of just never happened. Tomei came next, was announced for a workshop and a mini tour. She was used in the advertising for some of the out of town houses, and left before the workshop. She was then replaced by Krakowski. You know the rest.
Updated On: 12/13/05 at 11:06 AM

[broadwayboy430]

re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity#23

Posted: 12/13/05 at 11:29am

question: why wouldn't Jane Krakowskie play Charity. She would be wonderful, but I heard that she can't or something. Why?

[Hanna from Hamburg]

re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity#24

Posted: 12/13/05 at 11:32am

Here's a link to a dishy article about why Krakowski was out of Charity:

http://entertainment.myway.com/celebgossip/pgsixceleb/id/07_23_2003_3.html

Wouldn't you have liked to be a fly on the wall for that blowup?

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Updated On: 12/13/05 at 11:32 AM