Is A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC coming back? - Page 2

[PianoMann]

Posted: 8/2/16 at 10:51pm

I know she wouldn't be considered a conventional choice for the role (and she's not nearly a big enough name to be considered to lead a commercial revival), but I've been envisioning Jan Maxwell as Desiree.  I think she's about a decade older than Glynis Johns when she played the role, but I don't think Maxwell reads her age, and more importantly I think she has the innate air of sophistication and class that the role requires.

[icecreambenjamin]

Posted: 8/2/16 at 10:59pm

^I love Jan Maxwell, but I believe that she is now retired.

[PianoMann]

Posted: 8/2/16 at 11:03pm

icecreambenjamin said: "^I love Jan Maxwell, but I believe that she is now retired."

 

Yes, she retired from theatre about a year ago. I'm hoping that an enticing enough opportunity will come her way to make her reconsider, though!

 

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 8/2/16 at 11:06pm

Jan Maxwell's Send in the Clowns would be out of this world. She also would have made a dynamite Charlotte. 

[ljay889]

Posted: 8/2/16 at 11:14pm

Yes, Staunton and Maxwell would have both been phenomenal Charlottes at one time of another. 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/3/16 at 12:24am

I'd give anything to see Michelle Pfeiffer do this show. 

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 8/3/16 at 12:34am

Jordan Catalano said: "I'd give anything to see Michelle Pfeiffer do this show. 

 

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Absolutely! She's classy, can act, and has enough vocal prowess to pull it off.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/3/16 at 12:37am

I think she's one of the most underrated actresses of all time. 

[wicked1492]

Posted: 8/3/16 at 12:56am

Oh I am sooooo into this Michelle Pfeiffer idea

[icecreambenjamin]

Posted: 8/3/16 at 1:25am

Ooooo, Michelle Pfeiffer would be good.  She doesn't scream Desiree to me the way that Cate Blanchett, Kate Winslet, but she would be sexy as hell.

I need Laura Benanti as Charlotte.  She'd be hilarious and she'd sing the role beautifully.  I still really want to see Michael Cerveris play Fredrik.  Ooo imagine Jasmine Cephas-Jones as Petra.

[gypsy101]

Posted: 8/3/16 at 2:19am

I was imagining Adrienne Warren as Petra!

the image of Michelle Pfeiffer as Desiree in my mind is thrilling. The original film isn't good and to be honest I don't really know if one could even work, but she would be absolutely perfect for that character.

I've been listening to Night Music a lot lately actually, and I've thought of Phillipa Soo as Anne.

[CindersGolightly]

Posted: 8/3/16 at 2:22am

She's played Anne before - she was excellent! 

[binau]

Posted: 8/3/16 at 3:11am

I could see Benanti as Charlotte. Part of me thinks she is above that now, but if it were say a televised NyPhil concert with Kate Winslet or film it would be another story.

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC - 2017 NYPHIL dream cast (or film)

Desiree - Kate Winslet

Frederick - Robert Downey Jr - who can sing - or (if he can sing/for novelty sake because I love nostalgic repairings) Leonardo DiCaprio 

Charlotte - Laura Benanti

Madame Armfeldt - Angela Lansbury reprises her role - a performance that deserves to be archived

Now THAT'S an event. 
 

[devonian.t]

Posted: 8/3/16 at 11:50am

Incidentally, Chichester produced A Little Night Music in the mid-80s, starring Dorothy Tutin and Lila Kedrova.  It was deliriously beautiful (though not quite up to the National Theatre production)

[madbrian]

Posted: 8/3/16 at 11:53am

I'd love to see Ann-Margaret as Madame Armfeldt.  

[ACL2006]

Posted: 8/3/16 at 12:06pm

Did the last revival recoup?? I doubt another revival this soon would do well regardless of who's in it.

[ljay889]

Posted: 8/3/16 at 12:45pm

http://www.playbill.com/article/broadways-little-night-music-with-bernadette-peters-and-elaine-stritch-ends-run-jan-9-com-174998

the last revival recouped its entire investment. 

If I recall correctly. Benanti was heavily considered for Charlotte in that revival. As was Chris Sieber as Fredrik, and Nicole Kidman as Desiree with Victoria Clark and Marin Mazzie as Broadway name back ups if a star fell through. 

[BWayBound115]

Posted: 8/3/16 at 5:31pm

I'd love to see Kim Cattrall as Desiree

[ComingUpRoses2]

Posted: 8/3/16 at 6:27pm

Michelle Pfeiffer would be amazing! 

[Miranda3]

Posted: 8/3/16 at 6:57pm

I would love to see Cleo Laine as Mme. Armfeldt.  Especially with Imelda Staunton as Desiree.  Cleo is still in good voice and I loved her "Liaisons" on her Sondheim CD, admittedly recorded years ago, but still . . .  Cleo is often in a wheelchair now, but that would not hamper her in this part. 

[show2nz]

Posted: 8/3/16 at 7:08pm

Wishful thinking...

Desiree - Audra McDonald

Charlotte - Vanessa Willams 

Madame Armfeldt -  Leslie Uggams

Fredrik - Brian Stokes Mitchell 

Carl Magnus - Norm Lewis 

Henrik - Josh Henry 

Anne - Nikki Renee Daniels 

Petra - Daisy Hobbs 

 

 

[icecreambenjamin]

Posted: 8/3/16 at 7:17pm

Brian Stokes Mitchell would be a great Fredrik.

[HenryTDobson]

Posted: 8/3/16 at 9:47pm

show2nz said: "Wishful thinking...

Desiree - Audra McDonald

Charlotte - Vanessa Willams 

Madame Armfeldt -  Leslie Uggams

Fredrik - Brian Stokes Mitchell 

Carl Magnus - Norm Lewis 

Henrik - Josh Henry 

Anne - Nikki Renee Daniels 

Petra - Daisy Hobbs 

 

 

 

"

Excellent cast! Though I would prefer Nikki M. James as Charlotte. Audra's singing would be wasted as Desiree but she would be so so SO good otherwise. 

[sondmon]

Posted: 8/3/16 at 9:53pm

In this video-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adNBN1_0qm4 Benanti says she would love to play Desiree with Lupone as Madame Armfeldt.

[sondmon]

Posted: 8/3/16 at 9:53pm

In this video-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adNBN1_0qm4 Benanti says she would love to play Desiree with Lupone as Madame Armfeldt.