If Anything Goes came back
If Anything Goes came back
TheatreBuzz2
Featured Actor Joined: 8/24/07
#2re: If Anything Goes came back
Posted: 4/1/08 at 6:10pmDebbie Gravitte
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#4re: If Anything Goes came back
Posted: 4/1/08 at 6:15pmDonna F'ing Murphy! She needs to be Reno Sweeney!!!
#5re: If Anything Goes came back
Posted: 4/1/08 at 6:16pmDonna Murphy is the best idea I've ever heard!
#6re: If Anything Goes came back
Posted: 4/1/08 at 6:16pmDonna Murphy is the best idea I've ever heard!
#7re: If Anything Goes came back
Posted: 4/1/08 at 6:18pmYeah, I was gonna say Donna Murphy.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#8re: If Anything Goes came back
Posted: 4/1/08 at 6:19pmMegan Mullally
#10re: If Anything Goes came back
Posted: 4/1/08 at 6:19pmI'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.
#11re: If Anything Goes came back
Posted: 4/1/08 at 6:21pmUnfortunatly, 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.
#12re: If Anything Goes came back
Posted: 4/1/08 at 6:22pmI would love to see the off-broadway version on broadway!
Noel&Cole
Leading Actor Joined: 11/10/07
#13re: If Anything Goes came back
Posted: 4/1/08 at 6:28pmMy 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
Leading Actor Joined: 11/10/07
#14re: If Anything Goes came back
Posted: 4/1/08 at 6:28pmMy 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
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#15re: If Anything Goes came back
Posted: 4/1/08 at 6:33pmThe 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.
TheatreBuzz2
Featured Actor Joined: 8/24/07
#16re: If Anything Goes came back
Posted: 4/1/08 at 6:34pmDonna 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
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/9/04
#17re: If Anything Goes came back
Posted: 4/1/08 at 6:40pm
Donna Murphy as Reno is a wonderful idea. Gotham, did you see Song of Singapore?
PJ
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#18re: If Anything Goes came back
Posted: 4/1/08 at 6:51pmThe 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
Broadway Star Joined: 6/2/07
#19re: If Anything Goes came back
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#20re: If Anything Goes came back
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.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#21re: If Anything Goes came back
Posted: 4/1/08 at 7:50pmThe real coup would be casting Madonna in the role she was born to play.
#22re: If Anything Goes came back
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!
#23re: If Anything Goes came back
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
#24re: If Anything Goes came back
Posted: 4/1/08 at 8:27pmomg donna murphy!
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