If you could Revive it...
If you could Revive it...
#0If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 11:01am
OK!
I know I am in a crack induced haze BUT!
I would give my right arm if there was a revival of A Chorus Line (yes I know its in the works) and Marin Mazzie was Sheila....I don't know how well she can dance but I'll teach her myself if I have to....good god I would die. The talent on Broadway today in the community would take that show to a whole new place
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#1re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 11:04amThoroughly Modern Millie and Urinetown, but not for another 10 years or so.
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millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#3re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 11:06amUmmm...I don't care, as long as the shows are still good. Who is the next Sutton Foster?
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Updated On: 7/27/04 at 11:06 AM
#4re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 11:07amOh yes in a heartbeat "A Chorus Line"! I don't know with who yet, but maybe Bebe Neuwirth? ( Now I just have to win the lottery!)
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#5re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 11:14amPORGY AND BESS - Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell.
nycdncr
Leading Actor Joined: 7/25/04
#6re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 11:15amI second that emotion. ACL revival all the way. I don't think they should update it, add songs, or anything. It's pretty perfect in it's original form. Tamper with that, and I think it would flop. You would have to have a cast of unknown gypsies...no stars from LA.
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#7re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 11:18am
Marin is not from LA lol...
I wouldn't update it either...its perfect as is.
I think Sutton would be a great Maggie...
I dont know who I would pick for Morales....
Amy Spanger would certainly be fun for Val...OR Sara Gettlefinger...i loooove herrrrrr
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#8re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 11:23amA concert version of CAMELOT with Hugh Panaro as Arthur, Rebecca Luker as Guenevere, Marc Kudisch as Lancelot and Jason Graae as Merlin.
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#9re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 11:25amMarc Kudisch is already my knight in shining armour. :-p
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#10re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 11:26amSweeney Todd...with Brian Stokes Mitchell. I saw him down at the Kennedy Center 2 years ago and he was brilliant. As was Christine Baranski. Hell..I would watch Brian Stokes Mitchell read the phonebook and be in amazement.
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ponine24601
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/03
#12re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 11:30ammillie, a chorus line
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#13re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 11:40amMarc Kudisch....say it soft and its almost like praying
#14re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 11:49amIf I can't get Liza for my GYPSY revival (yes, I'll wait a few years), then I want Karen Ziemba as Rose, and Brittany Murphy as Louise.
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MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#15re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 12:11pm
Not to be rude, but isn't Mazzie a little, um, OLD for Sheila? Sheila's supposed to be 29, remember and Mazzie's in her mid-40s (so is Bebe Neuwirth, by the way -- she played Sheila back in 1980 during the original run).
I agree with nycdncr, ACL should be cast with unknowns (except, maybe, Cassie) and should not be updated or changed. The Bennett original was perfection.
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kickballchange
Swing Joined: 7/27/04
#16re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 12:11pm
I am so in love with your idea of reviving A Chorus Line! BrodyBaby, you're on to something! I have a few pairs of tights and some leg warmers at home, if you need anything else, let me know!
I will work on my DreamCast and you work on raising the money that will support the ryders!
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#17re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 12:26pm
Kickballchange you got it!
Wouldn't Brian Rivell be Brilliant as Marc?
#18re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 1:20pm
I would want to revive Flower Drum Song....maybe it's because im chinese, and have never seen a production of it. I would want the cast that they had in 2001 (i think) and for it to open in 2008 (because thats the next time ill be in nyc!!!). 
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kickballchange
Swing Joined: 7/27/04
#19re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 1:27pm
I did a Google on Bryan Rivell... no Broadway credits...what's a Mummer?
Anyway, yeah, he can play Mark Tabori.
Here is the rest of my DreamCast:
Diana Morales...Daphene Rubin Vega (although Frenchie Davis would KICK OUT What I Did For Love...she just can't kick.)
Ritchie Waters...Billy Porter (Give him the ball!)
Sheila Bryant...Deidre Goodwin ("Can the adults please smoke?")Cassie...Tonya Pinkins (After the Tonys? Can you say DIVA!? She's no Mazzie or Karen Ziemba but imagine her rendition of LET ME DANCE FOR YOU!)
Al and Kristine...Hunter and Jennifer Cody (AWWWWWW!!!)
Val Clark...Kristen Chenowith (Can you just hear her monolouge about becoming a Rockette?)
I'm still up in the air about Zach...any suggestions??
#20re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 1:32pmI'd like to see Jessica Simpson play Val. After all, wouldn't that be something different to have a pop star appear on Broadway. That alone should draw a crowd. :)
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Updated On: 7/27/04 at 01:32 PM
CJR
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/03
#21re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 1:33pm
Definitely ACL....
But Deidre Goodwin as Sheila? I love her dearly, but are you for real? lol
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#22re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 1:39pmJessica Simpson certainly has the T&A requirements.
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nycdncr
Leading Actor Joined: 7/25/04
#23re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 1:43pmwe could make a dream cast of ACL from the chorus boys and girls on broadway. heck, we could make 9 or 10 dream casts with the ensemble talent on Broadway. in my opinion, Cassie is the only role a star could fill, and even then it wouldn't be neccesary. Bebe could play Cassie.....she'd be amazing. ACL isn't built for star power. it's not called A STAR LINE.
Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day that says, "I will try again tomorrow."
#24re: If you could Revive it...
Posted: 7/27/04 at 1:52pmIf they updated ACL I think it would only damage it.
And hang on, when did you win the discus?
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