Is Samuel L. Jackson Broadway-bound?

[AC126748]

Posted: 5/26/10 at 12:11pm

Yes, he will sell tickets, but MLK? Mr Jackson is 62; MLK died just short of 40. And they look nothing alike. And he's really not that good of an actor.

Just imagine what someone like Don Cheadle would do with the role.

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/139848-Could-Samuel-L-Jackson-Star-as-MLK-Jr-in-Broadway-Run-of-The-Mountaintop

Updated On: 5/26/10 at 12:11 PM

[CAX]

Posted: 5/26/10 at 5:30pm

Maybe we'll all win and Sean Pdiddy Combs will play the part.

[Brick]

Posted: 5/26/10 at 7:46pm

AC126748, I thought the same thing.

[Biff AKA Levi]

Posted: 5/26/10 at 8:14pm

At least they didn't cast a white guy as MLK.

And you're bitching because he doesn't look like MLK? Really? How about we just close MLK so he can play himself.

[uncageg]

Posted: 5/26/10 at 8:39pm

I like him as an actor but i really don't think he is right for this. Cheadle is a good suggestion. I think they should find some new talent and cast a celebrity as the hotel maid. JMO

[Mildred Plotka]

Posted: 5/26/10 at 9:01pm

It's a fictional plot about MLK meeting with an angel. Does it really matter if he looks like the role or is the right age?

[uncageg]

Posted: 5/26/10 at 9:13pm

"Here's how producers describe the work: "Taking place on April 3, 1968, The Mountaintop is a gripping reimagining of events the night before the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., as he retires to Room 306 in the now famous Lorraine Motel in Memphis, after delivering his legendary 'I've Been to the Mountaintop' speech to a massive church congregation. When room-service is delivered by a young woman, whose identity we puzzle over, King is forced to confront his past, as well as his legacy to his people."

Based on the description, I think it would matter.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 5/27/10 at 11:32am

I'm just really excited that Anika Noni Rose played the maid in the reading, I hope she does the full production.

[uncageg]

Posted: 5/27/10 at 12:21pm

It would be nice to see her back on Broadway. I became an instant fan after "Caroline or Change".

[South Fl Marc]

Posted: 5/27/10 at 12:26pm

Damn, when I read the thread title I was hoping for "Snakes On a Plane" the Musicale.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 5/27/10 at 1:04pm

Me too, uncageg, I never saw her live in it but her performance on the recording and the many clips I've seen of her in the OBC made me one of her biggest fans. Of course, once I saw her devastating and hauntingly beautiful performance as Maggie in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, I became an even bigger fan, she's simply one of the best stage actresses of her generation working today (she swept the floor with Terrence Howard).

[uncageg]

Posted: 5/27/10 at 1:17pm

ray, I didn't get to see her in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". Loved her in Dreamgirls and have "The Princess and the Frog" in my queue.

I so wanted to see her in "Caroline..." a second time but didn't get to. Need to pop that in and listen to it!

[AC126748]

Posted: 5/27/10 at 3:22pm

It's a fictional plot about MLK meeting with an angel. Does it really matter if he looks like the role or is the right age?

In that case, let's get Bob Guillaime or Bill Cobbs for the role.

[Calvin]

Posted: 5/27/10 at 3:43pm

Or Earle Hyman.

[AC126748]

Posted: 5/27/10 at 3:45pm

Too bad Roscoe Lee Browne passed away. He'd be spectacular.

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 5/27/10 at 3:45pm

Anika Noni Rose also starred in a recent reading of BY THE WAY, MEET VERA STARK, the new Lynn Nottage play getting produced at Second Stage next year.

Between that show and this potential project, here's hoping we see her return to theater at some point next season.

[Brick]

Posted: 5/27/10 at 3:48pm

She was wonderful in both CAROLINE and CAT. And that she was so in both shows great range, and some great chops.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 5/27/10 at 3:48pm

Somethingwicked, that's great news, I love the idea of Anika Noni Rose in a Lynn Nottage play (RUINED was one of the most enthralling experiences I've had in the theater).