If Anything Goes came back

[TheatreBuzz2]

If Anything Goes came back#1

Posted: 4/1/08 at 6:06pm

who would you have play Reno ??

[musicalmaster703]

re: If Anything Goes came back#2

Posted: 4/1/08 at 6:07pm

Idk my Bff joel?


Um I really don't know.

[Mister Matt]

re: If Anything Goes came back#2

Posted: 4/1/08 at 6:10pm

Debbie Gravitte

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

[Yankeefan007]

re: If Anything Goes came back#3

Posted: 4/1/08 at 6:11pm

Catherine Zeta-Jones

[GYPSY1527]

re: If Anything Goes came back#4

Posted: 4/1/08 at 6:15pm

Donna F'ing Murphy! She needs to be Reno Sweeney!!!

Happy...Everything! Kaye Thompson

[musicalfan07]

re: If Anything Goes came back#5

Posted: 4/1/08 at 6:16pm

Donna Murphy is the best idea I've ever heard!

[musicalfan07]

re: If Anything Goes came back#6

Posted: 4/1/08 at 6:16pm

Donna Murphy is the best idea I've ever heard!

[StickToPriest]

re: If Anything Goes came back#7

Posted: 4/1/08 at 6:18pm

Yeah, I was gonna say Donna Murphy.

"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."

The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.

[Gothampc]

re: If Anything Goes came back#8

Posted: 4/1/08 at 6:19pm

Megan Mullally

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[bertandrew2]

re: If Anything Goes came back#9

Posted: 4/1/08 at 6:19pm

Charles Busch

[GYPSY1527]

re: If Anything Goes came back#10

Posted: 4/1/08 at 6:19pm

I'm seriously considering raising 10 million dollars and asking her if she's interested! lol It's one of my favorite musicals (specifically the off-broadway version) and I would really like to see it revived.

Happy...Everything! Kaye Thompson

[GYPSY1527]

re: If Anything Goes came back#11

Posted: 4/1/08 at 6:21pm

Unfortunatly, from what I saw in Young Frank. I think Megan Mullally has created a characiture of herself on stage. Everything about her oozes "Karen". Maybe its her voice or her style of acting but Reno Sweeney would be too Karen for me.

Happy...Everything! Kaye Thompson

[broadwayrules]

re: If Anything Goes came back#12

Posted: 4/1/08 at 6:22pm

I would love to see the off-broadway version on broadway!

[Noel&Cole]

re: If Anything Goes came back#13

Posted: 4/1/08 at 6:28pm

My Vote would be for Megan Mullally. She would be wonderful. She can belt and has sass. And clearly is willing to do theatre. If you could get anyboyd Catherine Zeta Jones would be a tour de force.

[Noel&Cole]

re: If Anything Goes came back#14

Posted: 4/1/08 at 6:28pm

My Vote would be for Megan Mullally. She would be wonderful. She can belt and has sass. And clearly is willing to do theatre. If you could get anyboyd Catherine Zeta Jones would be a tour de force.

[Gothampc]

re: If Anything Goes came back#15

Posted: 4/1/08 at 6:33pm

The problem that I have with Donna Murphy, besides her absenteeism, is that she doesn't have the power. Reno has to have power and be bigger than life. I've seen Murphy many times and she's a great performer, but I've never seen her play bigger than life.

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[TheatreBuzz2]

re: If Anything Goes came back#16

Posted: 4/1/08 at 6:34pm

Donna Murphy is a stunning idea - esp. in the NT prodution that was recently in London. (sally ann triplett was amazing, but is she known to you guys out there?!)

[gettinhep]

re: If Anything Goes came back#17

Posted: 4/1/08 at 6:40pm

Donna Murphy as Reno is a wonderful idea. Gotham, did you see Song of Singapore?

'Try not to have a good time...this is supposed to be educational.' - Lucy Van Pelt

Updated On: 4/1/08 at 06:40 PM

[PJ]

re: If Anything Goes came back#18

Posted: 4/1/08 at 6:51pm

The Roundabout is reviving the show, directed and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall, and it's currently set to be the first production to play the new Henry Miller. And Donna Murphy was approached about starring as Reno, but she passed. Then there was the odd idea of Reba McEntire that they were tossing around for a while. Christine Ebersole asked if she could play Reno, and was politely turned down. And the last I heard was that they wanted Catherine Zeta-Jones.

[zooxanthellae]

re: If Anything Goes came back#19

Posted: 4/1/08 at 7:39pm

Reba or Catherine Zeta-Jones would be amazing!

I love Donna Murphy, but I don't know how I feel about her playing Reno.

[husk_charmer]

re: If Anything Goes came back#20

Posted: 4/1/08 at 7:45pm

TheatreBuzz-
Her only NY Credit is playing Sue in "Carrie," so she isn't terribly well know around here.

I would love to see Murphy do it, but what about Sandy Duncan? She was great in the 2004 Tour.

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[Unknown User]

re: If Anything Goes came back#21

Posted: 4/1/08 at 7:50pm

The real coup would be casting Madonna in the role she was born to play.

[sondheimgeek]

re: If Anything Goes came back#22

Posted: 4/1/08 at 8:07pm

Reba actually sounds like a great idea! I wonder what a bit of country would do to the role. She's stunning in Annie Get Your Gun!

I'm still upset that the 1999(?) Paper Mill Playhouse production of 'Anything Goes' with Chita Rivera wasn't recorded. What I would give to have a recording of that!

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[PalJoey]

re: If Anything Goes came back#23

Posted: 4/1/08 at 8:11pm

I second Debbie Gravitte, Mister Matt.

Here is she, a few years ago, singing "Welcome to the Theater":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlKif27tpec

Updated On: 4/1/08 at 08:11 PM

[elphabelle07]

re: If Anything Goes came back#24

Posted: 4/1/08 at 8:27pm

omg donna murphy!

"I'm a bagel on a plate full of onion rolls!"-Funny Girl