If there were a Passion revival, who would be cast?
If there were a Passion revival, who would be cast?
#1If there were a Passion revival, who would be cast?
Posted: 5/4/11 at 8:56pmIf they were to revive Passion (which would be incredible), who would you want cast as the three leads - Giorgio, Clara and Fosca?
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#2If there were a Passion revival, who would be cast?
Posted: 5/4/11 at 9:02pmI'd love to see Kelli O'Hara as Clara.
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#2If there were a Passion revival, who would be cast?
Posted: 5/4/11 at 9:17pmI know there are a lot of Laura Benanti threads, but I think she would make a really interesting Fosca.
#3If there were a Passion revival, who would be cast?
Posted: 5/4/11 at 9:17pmJulia Murney for Fosca! Although Laura Benanti has expressed interest in the role.
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#4If there were a Passion revival, who would be cast?
Posted: 5/4/11 at 9:18pmJackie Hoffman as Fosca!
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#5If there were a Passion revival, who would be cast?
Posted: 5/4/11 at 9:19pmAnd Hunter and Cuddles as Giorgio and Clara!
#6If there were a Passion revival, who would be cast?
Posted: 5/4/11 at 9:20pmPatti, Laura and someone sexy for Giorgio.
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#8If there were a Passion revival, who would be cast?
Posted: 5/4/11 at 9:27pmAaron Lazar as Giorgio
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#9If there were a Passion revival, who would be cast?
Posted: 5/4/11 at 9:35pmI would love a revival of the most underated Sondheim gem--just keep Patti far far away--the concert was enough.
#10If there were a Passion revival, who would be cast?
Posted: 5/4/11 at 9:38pm
Laura Benanti has said in several interviews that she wants to play Fosca, and I think she'd be wonderful. I think she'd connect to the part in a way similar to Donna Murphy's interpretation.
Kate Baldwin for Clara, please.
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#11If there were a Passion revival, who would be cast?
Posted: 5/4/11 at 9:48pm
I don't think it's a matter of what cast you get, it's more about what production you guys have.
I saw the recent Donmar production and I really think you guys should have had that transferred over!!!!! with those leads too!!!
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#12If there were a Passion revival, who would be cast?
Posted: 5/4/11 at 10:09pmI would have LOVED if the Donmar production had transfered.
#13If there were a Passion revival, who would be cast?
Posted: 5/4/11 at 11:42pmKelli is too old for Clara now. I'd take Kate Baldwin. I think Laura Osnes would do a lovely job with it too.
#14If there were a Passion revival, who would be cast?
Posted: 5/4/11 at 11:45pmAren't Kelli O'Hara and Kate Baldwin the same age?
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#15If there were a Passion revival, who would be cast?
Posted: 5/4/11 at 11:46pmLa Struthers.
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#16If there were a Passion revival, who would be cast?
Posted: 5/4/11 at 11:50pmI guess they are. They are both 35 I believe. For some reason I always think of Kate as younger. I think either one would do a good job, but I think Kate would read younger.
#17If there were a Passion revival, who would be cast?
Posted: 5/5/11 at 12:10am
I actually don't think Kelli reads that much older, but I would much rather see Kate.
And since I've been staring at my avatar, Virginia Vestoff would've made a fantastic Clara. Too bad the show was written 30 years after she could've done it.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
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#18If there were a Passion revival, who would be cast?
Posted: 5/5/11 at 12:50amLaura Benanti, Steven Pasquale (or Aaron Lazar), Laura Osnes
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#19If there were a Passion revival, who would be cast?
Posted: 5/5/11 at 2:27am
I read somewhere that Peters was going to play Fosca in London originally but it didn't work out....
It's such a cliché, the "Peters for everything", and I think she needs Mrs Lovett first and she's obviously tied up with Follies at the moment too (not that it's a bad thing). I can easily imagine her doing "Loving You" though.
The Patti/Laura pairing would have been exciting if she didn't already do that concert.
Christine Ebersole?
Zeta-Jones would bring in crowds.....and it would be interesting to see someone like that (Beautiful, rich/glamorous/famous) take such a dire role.
Other 'hollywood casting': Kate Winslet?
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"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
Updated On: 5/5/11 at 02:27 AM
#20If there were a Passion revival, who would be cast?
Posted: 5/5/11 at 2:37amJackie Mason as Fosca... or is that too on the nose?
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#21If there were a Passion revival, who would be cast?
Posted: 5/5/11 at 2:54amIt's a pity the Donmar version could not have been transplanted to an appropriate, probably, non-Broadway venue. It was a perfect cast and version.
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#22If there were a Passion revival, who would be cast?
Posted: 5/5/11 at 8:50amMarissa Jaret Winokur
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#23If there were a Passion revival, who would be cast?
Posted: 5/5/11 at 12:08pm
Isn't Clara supposed to be older? She regrets not giving Giorgio her youth and discusses getting a grey hair during her letter.
I love the idea of Aaron Lazar as Giorgio!
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#24If there were a Passion revival, who would be cast?
Posted: 5/5/11 at 12:20pmLaura Benanti all the way for Fosca, she'd be ideal.
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