Is a Toni Colette led MAME Revival Coming? — Page 4

Jordan Catalano said: "Someone who knows what hes talking about tweeted a rumor about a Scott Rudin produced revival might be in the works.

I thought Mr. Rude said he "was stepping back" to work on himself. He also quit the League, tho I assume he doesn't have to be in that..I don't know. Also, after all the chaos surrounding him, will the potential cast resist working with him?

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "joevitus said: "Glad to see the Mame love. A much better show than HD. Doubt any lyrics will be re-written. And why on earth wouldn't a show that travelled all around the world not be expected to do well on tour?"

Because times change and tastes change and this is 2021, not the 1960s or 80s or even 00s. There are some really weak aspects of that musical strung together by wonderful songs and requiring a dynamite performance to pull that show across the finish line. The show does nothave the name value of DOLLY, and it requires a STAR."

Yeah I'm not buying a show that was, as you point out, highly in demand for forty years--forty very very different decades with different cultures and different moral/political traits to each of them--is suddenly "dated." Because it isn't the 00's anymore, or something. Nope.

"The show doesn't have name valule." Total nonsense.

"It requires a STAR." Dolly doesn't? But at any rate, plenty of non-stars have essayed the show, and it still works.

See I'd much prefer a MAME revival with like Cher (Vera)and Meryl (Mame)or Bette (Mame) and Christine Baranski (Vera) or Reba (Vera) and Dolly (Mame). Bernadette (Mame) and Patti (Vera)

"Doesn't have name value." LOL

lol everybody was ready to march him off the plank just a few days ago, now you're all excited about his possible new production!

And whenever this is revived, hopefully with Toni, America Ferrera MUST play Agnes.

Owen22 said: "I did hear he had purchased the rights to Mame at the same time he acquired Music Man (and three other classic musicals--including Night Music). The question is what happens to those rights now?"

Optioning the rights to a show doesn't necessarily mean it will ever happen –– it is, as the word indicates, the option to produce it. Options lapse after X amount of time and if he isn't intending on producing anytime soon, then the agents/lawyers repping those estates will try to get the rights back if there are other interested parties.

If Rudin had contracts in place with director/actors already, the following could happen:

– Rudin could transfer everything to another producer if the estate and artists involve consent to that.

– Rights could revert to the estate and they could try to reassemble the team with a different producer (or a totally new production)

– Rudin could be an ass and hold onto everything to prevent others from producing the titles for however long the option period lasts. Though the estates would probably have legal right to try to get the rights back since he's announced he's "stepping back" and isn't making a good faith effort to make the productions happen.



The pairing for Rudin's NIGHT MUSIC that I had always heard was Bartlett Sher directing Audra McDonald. But these things change so often, take with a grain of salt.

I can't imagine Toni Collette in MAME is a pairing that a ton of commercial producers would be interested in...Roundabout, maybe, but we've already discussed the limitations of both the musical and the actress's name value.

Shame he is such a monster and many enabled him for so long, because those sound like wonderful revivals.

For what it's worth for MAME, it could work, you would just need a bookwriter to do a pass. What was once intended to be quite liberal 60 years ago, is now of course more offensive. But since it's baked into the heart of the show, you could get it back.

Still waiting for Toni Colette to do do Mame but in the meantime we have Mafia Mamma.

She was at Fat Ham a row in front of me on Sunday. I hope she comes back to the boards she’s an incredible talent.