Jean Smart - I guess it is not Annie.- Page 4

[madbrian]

Posted: 5/23/12 at 8:15am

I like Faith Prince, but that choice wouldn't inspire me to see this revival.

[inlovewithjerryherman]

Posted: 5/23/12 at 8:37am

I saw Faith Prince's cabaret show here in Chicago about a month ago and it was D-R-E-A-D-F-U-L. Her voice is just kind of...well, awful these days.

[best12bars]

Posted: 5/23/12 at 8:44am

Faith Prince seems decidedly Irish for the part of "Hannigan." I don't think that matters in the least for this character (what's her mother's ethnic background after all?). Prince has that classically Irish flair going for her ... but not much else that is needed for the part, IMO.

[Kalimba]

Posted: 5/23/12 at 9:39am

I really hope it's NOT Faith Prince. I can see her giving the same bland, predictable performance with her schtick.

[chanel]

Posted: 5/23/12 at 9:43am

For those who might be wondering what Rosie O'Donnell would have been like in the part, here are clips of her doing "Little Girls" and "Easy Street".

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/dailymusto/2012/05/how_would_rosie.php

[ljay889]

Posted: 5/24/12 at 1:01pm

Really, Matt Windman? A false BWW rumor is considered "speculation"? The rumor was debunked quickly by a trusted member.

http://www.amny.com/urbanite-1.812039/behind-the-curtain-four-characters-axed-from-smash-and-more-1.3736700

[DAME]

Posted: 5/24/12 at 1:08pm

Actually ljay889.. the speculation started ( with me) by her interview with Sam Rubin on KTLA. Perhaps I am not the only one that saw it? Still trying to find a link.

[theaternut]

Posted: 5/24/12 at 3:44pm

Last I heard both Christine Ebersol and Jean Smart were in "talks". I have noticed that Ebersol has cleared her appearances on her site.

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 5/24/12 at 5:35pm

Jean in Garden State

[DAME]

Posted: 5/24/12 at 7:28pm

Seth Rudesky (sp) must have just picked up on this. He just threw the two names he has heard into the mix. Tracy Ullman and Allison Janney.

[jayinchelsea]

Posted: 5/24/12 at 11:40pm

Jean Smart all the way! It's the only way you could get me to see this tired, boring piece of drivel again. Come on, Mr. Lapine, can't you find a new play or at least a much more worthy musical to work on?

[ljay889]

Posted: 5/25/12 at 12:46pm

The saga continues...

"
Theater reporter, Frank DiLella, tweeted that he heard it's Katie Finneran!

https://twitter.com/#!/fdilella

Updated On: 5/25/12 at 12:46 PM

[DAME]

Posted: 5/25/12 at 12:47pm

I just heard that from a good source.

[ljay889]

Posted: 5/25/12 at 12:48pm

Wow! Now Finneran is exciting casting without casting a name.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 5/25/12 at 1:45pm

I don't know if I told this story already (probably), but a friend of mine worked with Jean Smart at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in the seventies alongside the likes of William Hurt. He swore up and down that she was an absolutely searing Shakespearean tragedienne and found it funny that she made her name in comedy.

Screw ANNIE. I want to see her R&J Nurse or Cleopatra!