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Johansson to Star in South Pacific Revival?
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#25re: Johansson to Star in South Pacific Revival?
Posted: 3/14/07 at 9:51am
Which is why it pays to be a member.
Though, considering the huge budgets for Utopia and this, the rest of next season, I assume, will be very....cheap.
Updated On: 3/14/07 at 09:51 AM
#26re: Johansson to Star in South Pacific Revival?
Posted: 3/14/07 at 9:58amIsn't LCT still not accepting new memberships? There's been a wait list for a very long time.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
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-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
neddyfrank2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
#28re: Johansson to Star in South Pacific Revival?
Posted: 3/14/07 at 10:02amI also think Zooey Deschanel would have been good.
#29re: Johansson to Star in South Pacific Revival?
Posted: 3/14/07 at 10:04amNeddy, she can sing for sure, but she's not a ticket seller.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#30re: Johansson to Star in South Pacific Revival?
Posted: 3/14/07 at 10:11am
Anyone BUT Kelli O'Hara please.
Witherspoon is a brilliant choice - if she'd do it.
mejusthavingfun
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/12/06
#31re: Johansson to Star in South Pacific Revival?
Posted: 3/14/07 at 10:11amIt's a shame she wasn't cast in the Sweeney film. Here's to hoping she will be in Aida with JT and B!
#32re: Johansson to Star in South Pacific Revival?
Posted: 3/14/07 at 10:13am
Anyone BUT Kelli O'Hara please.
Thank you.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#33re: Johansson to Star in South Pacific Revival?
Posted: 3/14/07 at 10:14amJohannsson would definitely sell tickets, but I don't think she can act the part. I'm not one who thinks she's a good actress, especially since she's not the perky, energetic type that the role of Nellie calls for. I see Reese doing a better job in that role.
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#34re: Johansson to Star in South Pacific Revival?
Posted: 3/14/07 at 10:31am
I don't understand why Johansson is consistently rumored for theatrical roles like Maria in "The Sound of Music" and Nellie in "South Pacific" that require a strong upper register. While she has quite a nice voice, it's very low and sultry. I can't see her singing this score (nor can I see her natural coldness working for such a charismatic character.)
Witherspoon, however, is a brilliant idea. She has a clear, crisp soprano and could do wonders with the role (if she'd do it.)
O'Hara would be uniformly excellent, but I'm getting a bit bored with her as of late.
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Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#35re: Johansson to Star in South Pacific Revival?
Posted: 3/14/07 at 10:34amIf anyone, it's O'Hara who is naturally cold.
#36re: Johansson to Star in South Pacific Revival?
Posted: 3/14/07 at 10:36amWeren't people saying that Victoria Clark was being considered for the role? LOL far different casting from these young 20-something year old beauties.
#37re: Johansson to Star in South Pacific Revival?
Posted: 3/14/07 at 10:39amI found O'Hara to be a total snooze in THE PAJAMA GAME. I found her to be a revelation in PIAZZA, though. She has a gorgeous soprano, and while she can carry a lower tune just fine, there are actresses that are much more equipped for roles in such a register. That said, I'd rather see O'Hara in a supporting role than carrying a whole show, whatever show that may be. I was thrown off by all of the praise she received for THE PAJAMA GAME, as she just did not have the required leading lady appeal in my opinion.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#38re: Johansson to Star in South Pacific Revival?
Posted: 3/14/07 at 10:42am
The Encores! PAJAMA GAME of a few years ago was cast with a Babe who had some seriously exciting energy.
ljay, I find it hard to believe that anyone was serious about casting Clark. She could be Nellie's mother.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
Updated On: 3/14/07 at 10:42 AM
keen on kean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/06
#39re: Johansson to Star in South Pacific Revival?
Posted: 3/14/07 at 10:54am
Dmitri H. is a baritone but the part of deBecque (sp?) was originated by Ezio Pinza who was a bass-baritone, not a tenor. Dmitri is very good looking and can definitely act. But I agree with the earlier poster about scheduling. Plus it is unlikely they could pay him anything like what he can earn as an opera principal. BTW. I am not on a first name basis with him, but I can't spell his last name to save my life.
Updated On: 3/14/07 at 10:54 AM
#40re: Johansson to Star in South Pacific Revival?
Posted: 3/14/07 at 10:56amcopy and paste.
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husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#41re: Johansson to Star in South Pacific Revival?
Posted: 3/14/07 at 11:06amIf only we could get Reba to do it...
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#42re: Johansson to Star in South Pacific Revival?
Posted: 3/14/07 at 11:11amDo what, learn her lines?
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#43re: Johansson to Star in South Pacific Revival?
Posted: 3/14/07 at 11:18amI'm pulling for O'Hara too...loved her in PJGAME and PIAZZA.
#44re: Johansson to Star in South Pacific Revival?
Posted: 3/14/07 at 11:31amPlease let the Hvorotovsky casting be true...
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
jo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#45re: Johansson to Star in South Pacific Revival?
Posted: 3/14/07 at 11:31am
I'd be excited to see Scarlett Johansson in the role. I saw her in SCOOP and I thought she was excellent as a comedienne, a little feisty but adorable. Wasn't she in an off-Broadway play called SOPHISTRY with Ethan Hawke ? And she did graduate from the Professional Children's School in New York ( neighbor to the Lincoln Center, almost), so she may have had some training in the performing arts.
I'd love to see her in a movie musical, too. Maybe as Betty in Sunset Boulevard or even Julie Jordan in Carousel?
#46re: Johansson to Star in South Pacific Revival?
Posted: 3/14/07 at 11:32amEXCUSE ME??? Any of you who are saying that O'Hara is cold or boring clearly did not see My Fair Lady. She was riveting! That woman is so talented, I could easily see her in this part. Not only that, but if we are looking to next season, I could easily see this being her Tony winning role finally. Plus, she has the perfect singing voice for the music. Also, I use to love Witherspoon, but then I lost all respect for her when she won an Oscar for Walk the Line. She was good, but not Osacar worthy. The singing she did in that movie will NOT get her through South Pacific. As for Scarlett, clearly she must be able to sing since she was originally in the running to play Maria in London. I would be willing to see her in the role, but would prefer someone I KNOW could do it...O'Hara!
#47re: Johansson to Star in South Pacific Revival?
Posted: 3/14/07 at 11:40amWasn't Johansson in talks for Maria in London's Sound of Music revival, but negotiations fell through because they wouldn't pay her enough? I'm not sure that I see her taking the pay cut involved in doing South Pacific, or any other stage production right now.
#48re: Johansson to Star in South Pacific Revival?
Posted: 3/14/07 at 12:29pm
God, this is the Tender Vittals thread of the month. The cattiness can be depressing. Scarlett can sing quite nicely, she is, in fact, a good comedienne and has stage experience AND she's the right age for the part. For once, it might be refreshing to see someone who is in her early 20's play the role. Reba? God, she can play Scarlett's mother.
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=972787#3631451
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=963561#3533883
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=955158#3440952
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=954269#3427915
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=955012#3441622
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=954344#3428699
Updated On: 3/15/07 at 12:29 PM
rflpfl2
Stand-by Joined: 10/31/05
#49re: Johansson to Star in South Pacific Revival?
Posted: 3/14/07 at 12:35pm
Scarlett would be such a huge breathe of fresh air. I love her realness, her casualness, and I think she would be a real person up there rather than the usual musical theater "acting" that we're stuck seeing.
Kelli O'Hara would be great- but totally expected for what you'd imagine a revival of this early post-war show. Scarlett will definitely bring something new and fresh.
I HOPE this works out- although I'd be more excited to see her in Gypsy with Patti LuPone.
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