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#176

Into the Woods Revival? Anytime Soon?

Posted: 1/10/12 at 9:35am

I suspect the entire production will be pretty starry. And I would imagine names like Krakowski and Collette aren't 'too big' to be considered for The Baker's Wife.

I think Patti LuPone should cameo as the Giant.

#177

Into the Woods Revival? Anytime Soon?

Posted: 1/10/12 at 9:43am

"They never use big stars. Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Anne Hathaway, Al Pacino, Denzel Washington, Natlaie Portman, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken, Kevin Spacey Morgan Freeman and Michelle Pfieiffer are a bunch of no-names"

And not one of those names has ever completed a "sold-out" run at Shakespeare in the Park. Even the starry Seagull with half the names mentioned above had seats available most nights.

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

#178

Into the Woods Revival? Anytime Soon?

Posted: 1/10/12 at 9:53am

TWELFTH NIGHT had people camping out for 12-24 hours by the end of its run. THE MERCHANT OF VENICE was pretty much the same--practically untouchable.

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

#179

Into the Woods Revival? Anytime Soon?

Posted: 1/10/12 at 9:53am

Goth, I'm not quite sure what you are getting at here: first you mention that they never star cast the shows at the Delacorte which is just not true. Routinely, productions in the Park have featured some of the biggest names in the business.

And in terms of being 'sold out,' that is always dependent on a ton of factors: rain, cancellations, etc. Perhaps there were a few seats that were empty at a few performances of THE SEAGULL and MERCHANT IN VENICE, but for the most part, those shows were very very hot tickets with long cancellation lines.

To insinuate that these stars don't create interest above and beyond the productions themselves just isn't true.

As Kad and others have mentioned this is the 50th anniversary of Shakespeare in the Park and I expect the Public is going to go all out in their casting for both their productions and I expect a lot of big names to participate.

#180

Into the Woods Revival? Anytime Soon?

Posted: 1/10/12 at 10:05am

Of course there are seats available most nights. No one expects otherwise. It wouldn't be Shakespeare in the Park if there weren't same day seats available.

#181

Into the Woods Revival? Anytime Soon?

Posted: 1/10/12 at 11:26am

Since we're suggesting Jane Krakowski as the Witch, would it be too far off to also suggest Tina Fey as the Baker's Wife?

#182

Into the Woods Revival? Anytime Soon?

Posted: 1/10/12 at 11:29am

Cheyenne Jackson as The Wolf/Prince

#183

Into the Woods Revival? Anytime Soon?

Posted: 1/10/12 at 11:33am

I think Martha Plimpton as the Baker's Wife is excellent. There needs to be something mousy about the Baker's Wife. If she's too beautiful an actress, the point of the character is lost.

And since I'm on a Naya Rivera kick, I'm nominating her for the Witch (although she may be a bit too young).

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

#184

Into the Woods Revival? Anytime Soon?

Posted: 1/10/12 at 11:56am

I do love the idea of Plimpton as the Baker's Wife. And Tina Fey would be fun too if she could sing it.

I still think they'll go after a pretty big star for the Witch. When the Public goes after a 'name' they usually mean movie star - Streep, Glenn Close, Gwenyth Paltrow, eta Jones, Cate Blanchett- those types of names.

#185

Into the Woods Revival? Anytime Soon?

Posted: 1/10/12 at 11:59am

Is Kristen Stewart too young for The Bakers Wife?

#186

Into the Woods Revival? Anytime Soon?

Posted: 1/10/12 at 12:01pm

I love the idea of Martha Plimpton as the Baker's Wife, too! Even if she can't hit all the notes, she's such a great choice for the part. I think she'd bring a lot to the production.

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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#187

Into the Woods Revival? Anytime Soon?

Posted: 1/10/12 at 12:05pm

The Witch - Martha Plimpton
The Baker - Josh Brolin
The Bakers Wife - Kerri Green
Jack - Jonathan Ke Quan
Rapunzel's Prince - Josh Brolin
Cinderella's Prince - Corey Feldman

#188

Into the Woods Revival? Anytime Soon?

Posted: 1/10/12 at 12:14pm

If there's ever a revival of Assassins (or a movie version, but I doubt that) I'd love to see Martha Plimpton as Sarah Jane Moore. I think she would be hilarious with the sequence "I have this really great gun, sh*t where is it?"

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

Updated On: 1/10/12 at 12:14 PM

#189

Into the Woods Revival? Anytime Soon?

Posted: 1/10/12 at 12:32pm

For the 2007 Signature Theatre production, Angela Lansbury recorded the vocie of the Giant. I could easily see the same here.

#190

Into the Woods Revival? Anytime Soon?

Posted: 1/10/12 at 1:06pm

They may just keep the Judi Dench recording as they did in the London production.

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

#191

Into the Woods Revival? Anytime Soon?

Posted: 1/10/12 at 1:08pm

I was wondering if they might try for someone new, as Judi Dench provided the voice for the 2002 revival.

#192

Into the Woods Revival? Anytime Soon?

Posted: 1/10/12 at 1:11pm

Since it's a recording and they could pretty much get anybody, I'd go for Streep and see if she'd do the Giant's Wife voice.

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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#193

Into the Woods Revival? Anytime Soon?

Posted: 1/10/12 at 1:13pm

Judi Dench recorded the Giant's voice for the London revival in 2010... Again please? I'd love to hear that. I'm in full support of Sara Ramirez as The Witch and think that she could definitely be enough of a name for the Delacorte. Susan Blackwell for the Baker's Wife. Period. The end.

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#194

Into the Woods Revival? Anytime Soon?

Posted: 1/10/12 at 1:26pm

Don't forget, there will also be an actual Shakespeare production this summer, too. The Public will undoubtedly want that to be starry, as well (for the record, I've heard it will be As You Like It, which is actually a nice companion piece to ITW).

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

#195

Into the Woods Revival? Anytime Soon?

Posted: 1/10/12 at 1:28pm

Judi Dench's voice was used as the Giant in the 2002 Broadway revival.

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

#196

Into the Woods Revival? Anytime Soon?

Posted: 1/10/12 at 1:28pm

Can we start star-casting AS YOU LIKE IT?

Meryl as Jaques (I'm dead serious)
Amy Adams as Rosalind

Updated On: 1/10/12 at 01:28 PM

#197

Into the Woods Revival? Anytime Soon?

Posted: 1/10/12 at 1:29pm

"Don't forget, there will also be an actual Shakespeare production this summer, too."

I think that A Midsummer Nights Dream would be a more fitting companion piece.

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

#198

Into the Woods Revival? Anytime Soon?

Posted: 1/10/12 at 1:35pm

Classic Stage is already doing the 'starry' Midsummer this season with Bebe Neuwirth, Christina Ricci et all.

#199

Into the Woods Revival? Anytime Soon?

Posted: 1/10/12 at 1:35pm

Midsummer was more slightly recently done in the park, however- 2007. As You Like It was done in 2003, making it marginally more timely.

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

#200

Into the Woods Revival? Anytime Soon?

Posted: 1/10/12 at 1:38pm

Kad when you mentioned Streep might be doing the Shakespearean show, I kind of assumed it would be as Lady M - especially as its a show they did the first season of the Delacorte....

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