Kirstie Alley makes Broadway debut January 2012!
Kirstie Alley makes Broadway debut January 2012!
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#1Kirstie Alley makes Broadway debut January 2012!
Posted: 9/17/11 at 6:08pm
Well, Kirstie Alley just tweeted to Sandra Bernhard that she will be in a play on Broadway starting in January (2012).
Obviously, she didn't post a title, etc. Any ideas what play is slated to begin its run on Broadway in January? And yes... she means play NOT musical. 
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#2Kirstie Alley makes Broadway debut January 2012!
Posted: 9/17/11 at 6:11pmObviously she'll be playing Dr. E.M. Ashford opposite Cynthia Nixon in WIT. She just screams "scholar of metaphysical poetry".
"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
#2Kirstie Alley makes Broadway debut January 2012!
Posted: 9/17/11 at 8:27pmThts awesome! I love Kirstie!
#3Kirstie Alley makes Broadway debut January 2012!
Posted: 9/17/11 at 8:32pm
Maybe it's a Suzanne Somers/Carrie Fisher type thing? Except a lot more Dianetics-sy?
Updated On: 9/17/11 at 08:32 PM
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#4Kirstie Alley makes Broadway debut January 2012!
Posted: 9/17/11 at 8:38pm
Wasn't there talk about her coming into CHICAGO?
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#5Kirstie Alley makes Broadway debut January 2012!
Posted: 9/17/11 at 9:04pmI bet she's replacing John Laroquette in How to Succeed.
#6Kirstie Alley makes Broadway debut January 2012!
Posted: 9/17/11 at 9:16pm
Madame Biggley. I like it.
"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
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#7Kirstie Alley makes Broadway debut January 2012!
Posted: 9/17/11 at 9:31pm
Wasn't there talk about her coming into CHICAGO?
Yeah, Message Board talk. CHICAGO was one of the many shows people were thinking she'd be joining when she announced on her Twitter account (after her run on ABC TV's DANCING WITH THE STARS) that her goal was to win a Tony Award and that she was in talks with Broadway producers, etc. In order to even be nominated for a Tony that would mean she would need to be going into a new show. That ruled out any of the current Broadway shows, including CHICAGO.
Per her 'tweet' earlier today, apparently it IS a done deal and she will be heading to Broadway at the start of the year. It was confirmed some time ago that it would not be a musical (forgot what source confirmed this), so any plays known to be opening this season Broadway, Ms. Alley could be in its cast.
#8Kirstie Alley makes Broadway debut January 2012!
Posted: 9/17/11 at 9:38pmClybourne Park?
"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
#9Kirstie Alley makes Broadway debut January 2012!
Posted: 9/17/11 at 9:39pmugh
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#10Kirstie Alley makes Broadway debut January 2012!
Posted: 9/17/11 at 9:44pmI get a gut feeling that it'll be the Broadway revival of WIT opposite Cynthia Nixon.
#11Kirstie Alley makes Broadway debut January 2012!
Posted: 9/17/11 at 9:51pmOh, lord, I hope not.
"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
#12Kirstie Alley makes Broadway debut January 2012!
Posted: 9/17/11 at 9:53pmTHE COLUMNIST.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
carnzee
Broadway Star Joined: 9/2/11
#13Kirstie Alley makes Broadway debut January 2012!
Posted: 9/17/11 at 9:54pmI'm surprised she is doing a play, because I remember her saying the reason she did Dancing with the Stars was to get in shape so she could dance in a musical. Anyway, I hope she has a comic role because she is a fine comic actress. She would be good in a farce.
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#15Kirstie Alley makes Broadway debut January 2012!
Posted: 9/17/11 at 11:49pmWhen is Sutton's contract up?
#16Kirstie Alley makes Broadway debut January 2012!
Posted: 9/17/11 at 11:55pmFat Pig
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dreaming
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/24/09
#17Kirstie Alley makes Broadway debut January 2012!
Posted: 9/18/11 at 8:56amBettyboy-I think you may be right. That could be the play.
#18Kirstie Alley makes Broadway debut January 2012!
Posted: 9/18/11 at 9:07am
Sarcasm aside, there's no role for her in FAT PIG. The character of Helen (the "Fat Pig" of the title) is written for a woman in her late twenties/early thirties. That production is probably dead in the water, anyway.
"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
Updated On: 9/18/11 at 09:07 AM
#19Kirstie Alley makes Broadway debut January 2012!
Posted: 9/18/11 at 9:24pm
For those seriously suggesting that it's WIT, have you read the play? The character of E.M. Ashford is supposed to be eighty years old.
Here's hoping they cast Kathleen Chalfant.
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#20Kirstie Alley makes Broadway debut January 2012!
Posted: 9/18/11 at 9:33pmI can't speak for Brody, but I was obviously being sarcastic.
"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
#21Kirstie Alley makes Broadway debut January 2012!
Posted: 9/18/11 at 9:55pm
Bettyboy - One of the only true times I have ever laughed out loud reading this board.
Jokes aside, I'm really excited and interested to find out what she'll be doing.
beautywickedlover
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/07
#22Kirstie Alley makes Broadway debut January 2012!
Posted: 10/20/11 at 10:59am
First of all I am not sure we can really 100% count on Alley for this to happen. She already had something planned for the stage in 2012, but she backed out due to an upcoming sitcom. She might back out again.
Second, I just saw this today:
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Kirstie-Alley-to-Make-Broadway-Debut-this-Spring-in-Roundabout-Comedy-Produced-by-Lance-Bass-20111020
I hope this is false because Bass is not very creative at all. Look at what he did recently:
https://music-mix.ew.com/2011/10/11/heart2heart-facebook-official-boy-band-lance-bass/
Last time I checked that video on Youtube has more than 10,000 dislikes.
Updated On: 1/25/12 at 10:59 AM
WOSQ
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/03
#23Kirstie Alley makes Broadway debut January 2012!
Posted: 10/20/11 at 11:07amForget Kirstie Alley. What about that dishy ex-husband of hers, Parker Stevenson? That is my idea of good scenic design.
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Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#24Kirstie Alley makes Broadway debut January 2012!
Posted: 10/20/11 at 12:05pmI could see Kirstie doing a revival of Dirty Blonde.
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