J-Lo Damn Yankees

A reliable friend says she was approached about leading the production's transfer, which I think is brilliant but unlikely.

Would love that but I doubt she does.

no thanks 🙂‍↔️

I don’t think she could humble herself long enough to actually do a Broadway run where she doesn’t have as much creative control as she would likely want and would be doing 8 shows a week.

Plus, since the Megan Thee Stallion casting for MR, there is also a bit of teeth gnashing going on right now about casting non-theatre celebrities into roles that could’ve gone to experienced theatre actors, but instead choosing the cash grab.

Plus, since the Megan Thee Stallion casting for MR, there is also a bit of teeth gnashing going on right now about casting non-theatrecelebrities into roles that could’ve gone to experienced theatre actors, but instead choosing the cash grab."

Make that "since ________ casting for _______ for decades...choosing the cash grab"

quizking101 said: "
Plus, since the Megan Thee Stallion casting for MR, there is also a bit of teeth gnashing going on right now about casting non-theatrecelebrities into roles that could’ve gone to experienced theatre actors, but instead choosing the cash grab."

Always interesting to see which people and productions get a pass for star casting and which don't.

She can be coached, but she always looks coached. Nothing feels or sounds like it comes from within. She was the worst element in "Kiss of the Spiderwoman".

In the video above, the wind machine and her back-up dancers are creating the mood/emotion (imagine that they are not there and focus only on her). She is just standing there letting them carry the song. She gives absolutely nothing when she speaks, "You fool".

In the choreography that follows, she hits all her marks as choreographed, but her ability to pose and hit her marks seems to be all she has to give.

When she and the shirtless male dancer walk downstage as the violin plays, look at the difference between his walk and hers (rewind it and give all your focus to him, then re-wind again and focus only on J-Lo). Look at how he uses his whole body as he glides from one point to the next, compared to how she (literally) drags her toes along the floor. She's executing the choreography (and she's certainly no slouch), but it doesn't seem to flow from within as it does with her dancers.

That's not Lola.

Maybe her Vegas residency will help prepare her for the rigors that ErmengardeStopSniveling mentions above. But she just made an attempt to fill Chita Rivera's shoes in "...Spiderwoman". I don't think she was up to that task (i.e., I don't think she understood at all why she was singing, "Where You Are". If she did know, it didn't show in her performance).

I think it would be a mistake to try and follow-up in a role made famous by Gwen Verdon. J-Lo's strongest skills (IMO) are different, and lie elsewhere.

Updated On: 3/3/26 at 12:41 AM

JSquared2 said: "Not a chance. B.O. disaster of SPIDER WOMAN has shown that her name means very little at the box office."

Then again, we've seen in recent years how at the movies, celebrities aren't relevant when it comes to the box office as much as they used to be. These days, there's many of them who aren't consistent with delivering good box office numbers. The most a celebrity attached to any project can really do is getting it financed for production.

When it comes to Broadway, audiences are paying more to see celebrities in person. So that's a different story.

Agreed. Laughable to suggest she wouldn't be a stage draw.