If your Favorite Television Show was a Musical, who would you Cast?
If your Favorite Television Show was a Musical, who would you Cast?
jagfkb
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/29/07
#1If your Favorite Television Show was a Musical, who would you Cast?
Posted: 5/18/09 at 5:02pm
I couldn't find the old thread, so I thought I might as well start a new one:
Ugly Betty
Betty- Megan Hilty
Connor- Richard H. Blake
Wilhemmina- Patti LuPone (Come on, the ULTIMATE Diva)
Mark- Cheyenne Jackson
Amanda- Kerry Butler
30 Rock
Liz- Stephanie J. Block
Jack- Hank Azaria
Tracy- Chester Gregory
Jenna- Sutton Foster (Though I'd love to see Kristin Chenoweth do this role)
Kenneth- Barret Foa
#2re: If your Favorite Television Show was a Musical, who would you Cast?
Posted: 5/18/09 at 5:05pm
Easy one...
Murder She Wrote
Jessica Fletcher - Angela Lansbury
2010
Feb. 28 - Looped, Feb. 28 - Next to Normal, March 4 - Hair, March 11 - A Little Night Music, March 24 - Time Stands Still, April 6 - La Cage Aux Folles, April 10 - Anyone Can Whistle (City Center), April 10 - Looped, May 9 - Enron, May 15 - A Little Night Music, May 15 - A Behanding In Spokane, May 30 - A Behanding In Spokane, May 30 - A Little Night Music, June 20 - A Little Night Music, June 23 - Red, June 23 - Sondheim on Sondheim, July 13 - A Little Night Music, July 18 - The Grand Manner (Lincoln Center)
#2re: If your Favorite Television Show was a Musical, who would you Cast?
Posted: 5/18/09 at 5:07pm
Megan Hilty as Betty? NO NO NO! Really? She isn't even remotely hispanic!
But, I think Karen Olivo would make a great Hilda
#3re: If your Favorite Television Show was a Musical, who would you Cast?
Posted: 5/18/09 at 5:07pmI would just love to see the entire cast of 30 Rock on Broadway.
#4re: If your Favorite Television Show was a Musical, who would you Cast?
Posted: 5/18/09 at 5:39pm
Look what I found! 
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?boardid=1&boardname=bway&thread=968439
I stand by my DCOM version of The Black Donnellys starring all four of the Jonas brothers. It does TOO work! Only change it so Frankie is Seany and Joe is Jimmy, then we'll have Taylor Swift being all dramatical as Joanie the crackwhore.
Updated On: 5/18/09 at 05:39 PM
#5re: If your Favorite Television Show was a Musical, who would you Cast?
Posted: 5/18/09 at 7:49pm
LOST - the musical
starring
Raul Esparza as Jack
Idina Menzel as Kate
Adam Pascal as Sawyer
Kelli O"Hara as Juliet
Alan Cumming as Ben
Brian Stokes Mitchell as Sayid
Nathan Lane as Hurley
Michael Cerveris as Locke
Lea Salonga as Sun
Daniel Dae Kim as Jin
wickedfan11
Broadway Star Joined: 6/17/06
#6re: If your Favorite Television Show was a Musical, who would you Cast?
Posted: 5/18/09 at 8:03pm
My favorite TV show is 7th Heaven, and I don't have many ideas on how I would cast it. Please feel free to fill in the rest of the cast if you'd like.
Eric- ?
Annie- ?
Matt- ?
Mary- Leslie McDonel
Lucy- Sutton Foster
Simon- ?
Ruthie- ?
Sam- ?
David- ?
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#7re: If your Favorite Television Show was a Musical, who would you Cast?
Posted: 5/18/09 at 8:23pm
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip:
Matt Albie: Norbert Leo Butz
Danny Tripp: Malcolm Gets
Harriet Hayes: Annaleigh Ashford
Jordan McDeere:
Simon Stiles: Chester Gregory II
Tom Jeter: Wayne Wilcox
Jack Rudolph: Don Stephenson
Cal Shanley: Jeffry Denman
Scrubs:
John Dorian: Barrett Foa
Christopher Turk: Daniel Breaker
Perry Cox: John C. McGinley (who else?)
Carla Espinoza: Karen Olivo
Bob Kelso: John McMartin
Janitor: Andy Karl
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Eleah
Understudy Joined: 12/16/07
#8re: If your Favorite Television Show was a Musical, who would you Cast?
Posted: 5/18/09 at 8:47pm
Will & Grace
Grace- Sutton Foster
Will- Cheyanne Jackson
Jack- Hunter Bell
Karen- Mary Testa
#9re: If your Favorite Television Show was a Musical, who would you Cast?
Posted: 5/18/09 at 9:09pm
Golden Girls
Blanche: Bernadette Peters
Rose: Christine Ebersole
Dorothy: Allison Janney
Sophia: Mary Louise Wilson
#10re: If your Favorite Television Show was a Musical, who would you Cast?
Posted: 5/18/09 at 9:20pm
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Sarah Connor- Carolee Carmello
John Connor- Barrett Foa
Cameron (T-888 )- Megan Hilty.... scratch Megan Hilty. Laura Benanti! You know you want it. 
Catherine Weaver (T-1001)- Shirley Manson
John Henry/Cromatie- Raul Esparza
Det. James Ellison- Norm Lewis
Derrick Reese- Marc Kudsich
Updated On: 5/18/09 at 09:20 PM
#11re: If your Favorite Television Show was a Musical, who would you Cast?
Posted: 5/18/09 at 9:25pm
30 Rock
I love this show and think it would make a supreme musical.
Liz Lemon- Laura Benanti
Jack Donaghy- Nathan Lane
Tracy Jordan- Tracy Morgan
Jenna Maroney- Erin Davie
Kenneth Parcell- Barret Foa
And of course in my musical of 30 Rock, we'd have...
Colleen Donaghy- Elaine Stritch
The OC
Not a particular favorite, but I think it'd make a musical. Go ahead, shoot. And remember, Mary Martin was nearly 50 when she played the 18 year old Maria von Trapp.
Kirsten Cohen- Christine Ebersole
Sandy Cohen- Peter Gallagher
Julie Cooper- Patti LuPone
Jimmy Cooper- David Hyde Pierce
As for the kids, let's get some fresh faces.
#12re: If your Favorite Television Show was a Musical, who would you Cast?
Posted: 5/18/09 at 10:48pm
My favorite show is NCIS. I don't know that it would make a very good musical, but the characters are wonderful.
Leroy Jethro Gibbs - Brian Stokes Mitchell
Anthony DiNozzo - Cheyenne Jackson
Timothy McGee - Gavin Creel
Ziva David - Laura Benanti
Ducky Mallard - John Cullum
Abby Sciuto - Kristin Chenoweth
Director (of NCIS) - Joanna Gleason
Sarcasm is an allergic reaction to stupid people.
#13re: If your Favorite Television Show was a Musical, who would you Cast?
Posted: 5/18/09 at 10:51pm
Kathy Griffin: My Life On the D-List
Ana Gasteyer... Kathy
Elaine Stritch... Kathy's Mom
That is all.
broadwayhoofer
Chorus Member Joined: 5/18/09
#14re: If your Favorite Television Show was a Musical, who would you Cast?
Posted: 5/18/09 at 11:41pm
Grey's Anatomy
Meredith Grey- Laura Benanti/Stephanie J. Block
Derek Shepherd- J. Robert Spencer
Izzy Stevens- Megan Hilty
Alex Karev- Cheyenne Jackson
George O'Malley- Chris Fitzgerald
Cristina Yang- Pearl Sun
Miranda Bailey- Tonya Pinkins
Richard Webber- Norm Lewis
Callie Torres- Karen Olivo/Sara Ramirez
Addison- Idina Menzel
Lexie Grey- Sutton Foster/Eden Espinosa
Preston Burke- Taye Diggs
Mark Sloan- Brent Barrett
Updated On: 5/18/09 at 11:41 PM
#15re: If your Favorite Television Show was a Musical, who would you Cast?
Posted: 5/18/09 at 11:52pmJane Krawokski should reprise her role as Jenna. She can sing it and play it better than anyone!
#16re: If your Favorite Television Show was a Musical, who would you Cast?
Posted: 5/19/09 at 12:10am
I don't think 30 Rock would be the same without the original cast. I think they should do a musical episode.
I think it's funny that the OP chose two shows that have Broadway actors in them and chose not to have them reprise their roles. Cmon, Vanessa Williams not playing Willi?
You're reminding me of people you hear at the movies asking questions every ten seconds, "Who is that? Why is that guy walking down the street? Who's that lady coming up to him? Uh-oh, why did that car go by? Why is it so dark in this theater?" - FindingNamo on strummergirl
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
Josh Freilich
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/17/06
#17re: If your Favorite Television Show was a Musical, who would you Cast?
Posted: 5/19/09 at 12:12am
Very easy one:
I Love Lucy.
"How could she just suddenly, completely disappear into thin water?" - The Little Mermaid
#18re: If your Favorite Television Show was a Musical, who would you Cast?
Posted: 5/19/09 at 10:09amFor starters, PUSHING DAISIES could cast Kristen Chenoweth in the Kristen Chenoweth role, and Ellen Greene in the Ellen Greene role.
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#19re: If your Favorite Television Show was a Musical, who would you Cast?
Posted: 5/19/09 at 3:14pm
I'm in love with the idea of Scrubs and Andy Karl as the Janitor. Thank you.
Most of my favorite shows would never work as musicals. Supernatural as a musical would be amusing to see, though.
I Love Lucy could be a masterpiece.
I have no ideas right now, but everyone's ideas are really interesting.
americanboy99
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/06
#20re: If your Favorite Television Show was a Musical, who would you Cast?
Posted: 5/20/09 at 1:53pm
WILL AND GRACE
Grace: Laura Benanti
Will: Cheyenne Jackson
Jack: Hunter Foster
Karen: Mary Testa or Kristin Chenoweth
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#21re: If your Favorite Television Show was a Musical, who would you Cast?
Posted: 5/20/09 at 2:39pm
I think I Love Lucy!
Lucy McGillicuddy-Ricardo: Faith Prince
Ricky Ricardo: Nathan Lane
Ethel Mertz: Christine Ebersole
Fred Mertz: Billy Stritch
#22re: If your Favorite Television Show was a Musical, who would you Cast?
Posted: 5/20/09 at 5:53pm
House, M.D.
House: Adam Pascal
Wilson: Marc Kudisch
Cuddy: Idina Menzel
Chase: Cheyenne Jackson
Foreman: Daniel Breaker
Cameron: Laura Benanti
#23re: If your Favorite Television Show was a Musical, who would you Cast?
Posted: 5/20/09 at 7:04pm
Arrested Development
Michael: Richard H. Blake
Lindsay: Erin Dilly
Gob: Christian Hoff
Buster: Stanley Bahorek
George Sr.: Mark Jacoby
Lucille: Christine Baranski
Tobias: Danny Burstein
George Michael: Gerard Canonico
Maeby: Jennifer Damiano
Lucille 2: Liza Minnelli
I want full musical numbers of "Hot Cops" and "It Ain't Easy Being White," as well as one of Gob's magic shows and a full-size stage replica of the banana stand. That is all.
timesquare01
Stand-by Joined: 10/6/07
#24re: If your Favorite Television Show was a Musical, who would you Cast?
Posted: 5/20/09 at 7:39pm
Desperate Housewives
Gabrielle - Janet Dacal
Bree - Cristine Ebersole
Lynnette - JoAnna Gleason
Edie - Orfeh
Susan - Eden Espinosa
Some of the ages might be a little off, but whatever.
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