If Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet would try out Broadway...

[ooliveros]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 11:49am

If Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet would try out Broadway, they must star in a stage adaptation of "Revolutionary Road." Sam Mendes, please do something!

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 11:55am

The following people's heads would explode:

Hunter "This is meant to be positive!" Foster

Jennifer "Cuddles" Cody

Christopher "I've done bad TV!" Siebr

Meredith "I sell skin care products on the side!" Patterson

and

Natascia "It's just so hard but I am going to keep trying because it has to pay off for me eventually!" Diaz

[americanboy99]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 11:59am

"Revolutionary Road" is one of the worst films I have seen in years, and I am saying that as a HUGE Winslet fan and a big DiCaprio supporter.

That story isn't made for the screen or the stage. It's too thought-driven and loses everything without the written word.

[ClapYo'Hands]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 12:46pm

I disagree completely with the comment above, and think the complete opposite.

I don't know about a stage adaptation though.

It would have to feature Thomas Newman's score!

[americanboy99]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 12:50pm

Hated "Revolutionary Road", adored "The Reader." Obviously just a personal opinion.

I just felt that film went nowhere and took much too long to make its point- which, in retrospect, is much more powerful in other films. Too much fighting, too many "big" and "powerful" lines that became so muddled within the arguments and "elevated" chatter.

[walkedthroughmany]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 12:56pm

Or they could try Yeston's Titanic!

[TalkinLoud]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 12:58pm

Revolutionary Road definitely sucks. Just more elitist rumblings from Sam Mendes.

That being said, I'd love to see either on the stage.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 1:01pm

Hated both THE READER and REV ROAD, even though Kate Winslet is one of my three favorite actresses of her generation. And by the way, REV ROAD on stage would be as fun as watching paint dry.
Winslet would have made a brilliant Desiree in the NIGHT MUSIC revival (as much as I loved Catherine Zeta-Jones in the part). I'd love to see her in a new play or musical, him I'm not much interested in.

[best12bars]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 1:08pm

As long as it's not Gypsy, Guys and Dolls, Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, or Hamlet, since they're each revived every other Wednesday, I'd love to see them on Broadway.

[ooliveros]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 1:16pm

"Or they could try Yeston's Titanic!" - LOL!!!

I still find "Revolutionary Road" a great piece for the two actors.

[Famebroadway2]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 1:25pm

True Story...

I was waiting in the Rush line at the Lunt-Fontanne box office during Titanic previews. A woman came into the lobby, went to the box office window and asked ...

"Are Kate and Leonardo on tonight?"

I and the rest of us waiting in the Rush line burst into laughter for a good 10 min. Classic Moment...

[peachesr]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 1:53pm

Shame Leo didnt get himself into some production of Streetcar somewhere, he's a Stanley waiting to happen. I think trying to get Sam Mendes to do something about anything to do with Kate it might be a little redundant now.

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 4:45pm

He'd the be most over-acted Stanley, and probably do it with a Boston accent. One of the most overrated actors working today, in my opinion.

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 5:04pm

I think Leo would be great on Broadway-- his performances are sometimes a bit too broad for screen. I was never a fan of his until he stopped doing pretty-boy roles and doing more interesting stuff like Blood Diamond, but I think he could be great.

Kate Winslet would be a good Desiree, but isn't she really young for the role?

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 5:20pm

Add me to the list of people who thought REV. ROAD was insufferably boring.
Updated On: 6/28/10 at 05:20 PM

[theaterkid1015]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 10:02pm

I thought I would find REVOLUTIONARY ROAD boring, but I don't know, I rather liked it.

What about, in a few years when they're both a little older, MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN?

[strummergirl]

Posted: 6/28/10 at 10:12pm

Why not in 2017 they reunite once again for the revival of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? edit: I'm half-kidding

As far as Leo doing the stage somehow unless Martin Scorsese is involved he probably will not be game. Not a big fan of his work. Too much Oscar bait now compared to his early, pre-Titanic years. Love, Kate, however.

RR was an uncomfortable film-watching experience of two likable actors playing two unlikeable characters getting most of the screen time and not enough crazy Michael Shannon who was the best part of the film.
Updated On: 6/28/10 at 10:12 PM

[TalkinLoud]

Posted: 6/29/10 at 7:32am

No way. Crazy Michael Shannon was the worst part of an already awful film.

Michael Fassbender on Broadway though? I bet we can agree on that!