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Into The Woods casting updates
InTheKnowEvenIfYouDontBelieve
Understudy Joined: 7/21/22
#26Into The Woods casting updates
Posted: 8/2/22 at 4:16pm
I’ve also heard that two recent Tony winners have been talked to for the witch
#27Into The Woods casting updates
Posted: 8/2/22 at 4:24pm
Adrianne W and Joaquina Kalukango? Might be a bit young but seems to fit
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"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
#28Into The Woods casting updates
Posted: 8/2/22 at 4:28pm
Phylicia Rashad should be one of them, she just won a Tony for Skeleton Crew and she replaced Bernadette as the Witch way back in 1988.
Audra? Adrienne Warren?
Well, I’ll be. That bird really did it.
#29Into The Woods casting updates
Posted: 8/2/22 at 4:36pm
I'm assuming Renée Elise Goldsberry has been approached, since her name was mentioned before Patina was cast.
Updated On: 8/2/22 at 04:36 PM
ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#30Into The Woods casting updates
Posted: 8/2/22 at 4:41pm
InTheKnowEvenIfYouDontBelieve said: "I’ve also heard that two recent Tony winners have been talked to for the witch"
Is there ANY world in which Patti would do like 8 weeks in this production?
“Talked to” is always different than “in negotiations.” A lot of people are offered parts. Bernadette was offered the part when the Broadway move was first underway.
None of the names mentioned here are money people though, if Bareilles is indeed leaving. Merely casting solid MT actors might not be enough.
SouthernCakes
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/19
#31Into The Woods casting updates
Posted: 8/2/22 at 4:45pm
I think it’s the specific combo of actors plus Sara B that have made this such a success. I do wonder how much money is involved. 8 weeks isn’t a longtime to turn a profit.
#32Into The Woods casting updates
Posted: 8/2/22 at 4:50pm
SouthernCakes said: "I think it’s the specific combo of actors plus Sara B that have made this such a success. I do wonder how much money is involved. 8 weeks isn’t a longtime to turn a profit."
I mean, we shall see when the casting announcement comes. It’s not like when CHICAGO took its foothold in 1996. They really have to play their cards correctly if they want this to have some life. I do think it has the potential to run a little while since the demand is there, but we shall see who they cast. Some of the roles certainly don’t need a major singer to get by. If it keeps the show going, some of the actors might be allowed to split the role (like Sara B and another theatre actress as Bakers Wife
I feel like Gaten Matarazzo as Jack would be a good star casting, especially hot off Stranger Things and DEH.
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Updated On: 8/2/22 at 04:50 PM
InTheKnowEvenIfYouDontBelieve
Understudy Joined: 7/21/22
#33Into The Woods casting updates
Posted: 8/2/22 at 4:51pm
TaffyDavenport said: "I'm assumingRenée Elise Goldsberry has been approached, since her name was mentioned before Patina was cast."
Good guess!
and someone guess Patti and that’s a no.. but perhaps one of her costars
#34Into The Woods casting updates
Posted: 8/2/22 at 4:56pm
InTheKnowEvenIfYouDontBelieve said: "TaffyDavenport said: "I'm assumingRenée Elise Goldsberry has been approached, since her name was mentioned before Patina was cast."
Good guess!
and someone guess Patti and that’s a no.. but perhaps one of her costars"
I actually saw your TikTok right after I posted about Renée. The costar you mentioned is...unexpected? I would think they'd try to keep casting women of color in the role.
InTheKnowEvenIfYouDontBelieve
Understudy Joined: 7/21/22
#35Into The Woods casting updates
Posted: 8/2/22 at 5:00pm
TaffyDavenport said: "InTheKnowEvenIfYouDontBelieve said: "TaffyDavenport said: "I'm assumingRenée Elise Goldsberry has been approached, since her name was mentioned before Patina was cast."
Good guess!
and someone guess Patti and that’s a no.. but perhaps one of her costars"
I actually saw your TikTok right after I posted about Renée. The costar you mentioned is...unexpected? I would think they'd try to keep casting women of color in the role."
I’ve heard Katrina’s Last Midnight and it’s close to definitive ! She did it at a show with JRB and Sondheim and Sondheim pushed her for Bobbie after seeing her sing it!
#36Into The Woods casting updates
Posted: 8/2/22 at 5:16pm
Found the Katrina audio, and she certainly sings and acts the sh*t out of it.
#37Into The Woods casting updates
Posted: 8/2/22 at 5:29pm
Katrina would be amazing, but she won in 2018. Sutton is booked through at least November and she won in 2011 so that's out (...right?).
I can only think Joaquina Kalukango or Warren. Audra was 2012 so I guess this turns on the definition of recent.
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#38Into The Woods casting updates
Posted: 8/2/22 at 5:31pm
Katrina was him spilling the beans. Renée Elise Goldsberry is the other, so "recent" doesn't mean "very recent."
Updated On: 8/2/22 at 05:31 PM
#39Into The Woods casting updates
Posted: 8/2/22 at 5:51pm
Where is this video of Katrina singing Last Midnight?
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#40Into The Woods casting updates
Posted: 8/2/22 at 5:54pm
Kalukango would be amazing, but probably not the "name" they want.
In The Jackson Heights
Swing Joined: 4/11/22
#42Into The Woods casting updates
Posted: 8/2/22 at 6:05pm
"Where is this video of Katrina singing Last Midnight?"
It's audio on Twitter. Since it was a concert, I don't know if it's technically a bootleg, so I won't post the link, but if you google "Katrina Lenk Last Midnight" it comes right up as a search result, under the Twitter account "Katrina Lenk Daily."
#43Into The Woods casting updates
Posted: 8/2/22 at 6:23pm
Holy smokes! She was incredible. Now I can’t stop thinking about her possibly replacing.
#44Into The Woods casting updates
Posted: 8/2/22 at 6:24pm
I love Katrina’s LM. By all accounts, Sondheim was a big fan of her. If she were performing decades ago, she easily could’ve been a Sondheim muse, like Bernadette. I’d love to see her Witch.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#45Into The Woods casting updates
Posted: 8/2/22 at 6:33pm
It could very easily be LuPone. It's well known that she loves Sindheim
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InTheKnowEvenIfYouDontBelieve
Understudy Joined: 7/21/22
#46Into The Woods casting updates
Posted: 8/2/22 at 6:38pm
Dollypop said: "It could very easily be LuPone. It's well known that she loves Sindheim"
If I was a bet making man I’d make the bet that LuPone played her last performance in a Broadway musical on July, 31st 2022
BETTY22
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/29/13
#47Into The Woods casting updates
Posted: 8/2/22 at 6:43pm
WOW! These grosses are great. Do you think they will delay New York, New York and extend Into The Woods again?
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#48Into The Woods casting updates
Posted: 8/2/22 at 6:47pm
I would DIE for Katrina as the witch, although my wallet needs a break after Company.
Yes Sondheim absolutely loved her because she is an actor first. Her version of Not While I'm Around is absolutely sublime and my favorite version of it. I agree she would have been a Sondheim muse if she were a bit older.
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Updated On: 8/2/22 at 06:47 PM
Hamilfan2
Broadway Star Joined: 12/28/15
#49Into The Woods casting updates
Posted: 8/2/22 at 7:30pm
BETTY22 said: "WOW! These grosses are great. Do you think they will delay New York, New York and extend Into The Woods again?"
Will all depend on how well the new cast sells. But fwiw the lead producer on New York, New York is the same lead producer as Piano Lesson, so it’s safe to say they may be open to another theater swap if the price is right.
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