Julia Stiles joins cast of "Fran's Bed"

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 8:35am

Heather Burns has also been cast.
http://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=3881

[Broadway_Bound_Star]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 8:37am

Has she ever done a play before??

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 8:40am

She was Viola three years ago when they did Twelfth Night in the Park. She was awful.

[Broadway_Bound_Star]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 8:44am

Well, they prolly will attract SOME Julia fans , that will keep the play going for a few days...lol

[mabel]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 9:19am

Hmmm...I don't really care for Heather Burns. She's kind of an odd duck. I don't think this one'll be at the top of my To See List.

[JakeB]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 9:43am

Sometimes this board makes my blood boil. Yes, Julia Stiles has done a LOT of stage work - she STARTED her career on stage FFS. Just because she is an established Hollywood actress does not mean her talent for stage work has completely disappeared - last year she did a play in London, and I'm sorry that it's not 'Wicked' or a national tour of 'Thoroughly Modern Millie' but just because something isn't flashed in front of your eyes on this message board it does not mean it doesn't exist. I'm sorry to overreact, but Broadway_Bound_Star the connotations behind your post really bugged me.

[mabel]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 9:56am

Has Burns done any stage work? Not that it necessarily matters, but I'm curious. I didn't see anything on IBDB, but that doesn't mean she's never done any off-Broadway work, etc. I don't have much of a problem w/ Stiles. I can kind of take her or leave her, and I didn't see her in Twelfth Night...didn't she get decent reviews for Oleanna in London? I don't remember.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 9:59am

Burns was in Woody Allen's Writer's Block and Kenneth Lonergan's Lobby Hero.

[mabel]

Posted: 7/7/05 at 10:03am

Thanks, mef!