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#1

Kirstie Alley to make Broadway debut

Posted: 5/28/11 at 12:42am

I hope she's not going to be Hannigan!
"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
#3

Kirstie Alley to make Broadway debut

Posted: 5/28/11 at 12:49am

I don't doubt this is happening, but is there a link? If her work on Dancing with the Stars is any indication, if she really wants to be on Broadway she seems like a dedicated person.
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#5

Kirstie Alley to make Broadway debut

Posted: 5/28/11 at 1:05am

Or Nana. I'll buy a ticket if she's Nana.
"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
#7

Kirstie Alley to make Broadway debut

Posted: 5/28/11 at 3:02am

hmmmmm Although she's never really done anything worthy of an oscar.... I think Kirstie alley may be one of those actresses that is a bit under rated... she's got great comic timing.... I wouldn't count her out just yet... hmmmmm...
#8

Kirstie Alley to make Broadway debut

Posted: 5/28/11 at 4:24am

If she's cast in the right role, that could be fun. Remember, nothing has been said that she's being cast in a musical -- and I'm fairly certain she cannot sing a note, so that's a good thing.


That being said: it's probably going to be Chicago: she couldn't possibly be worse then Brinkley.
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#9

Kirstie Alley to make Broadway debut

Posted: 5/28/11 at 6:22am

Ms. Alley will be playing the bus in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
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#12

Kirstie Alley to make Broadway debut

Posted: 5/28/11 at 8:17am

We stand in awe of your stunning wit, PiraguaGuy2. Got any more juvenile fat jokes?
#14

Kirstie Alley to make Broadway debut

Posted: 5/28/11 at 8:23am

For what it's worth, I know several people who say her performance in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (she did it in LA in the mid-eighties) was one of the best things they've ever seen.
"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
#15

Kirstie Alley to make Broadway debut

Posted: 5/28/11 at 10:02am

And it's not like she's some flash in the pan, I became an "actress" by gaining my fame through reality TV type. She has had a long and fairly successful career.

Her work in Drop Dead Gorgeous alone is enough to make me want to see her in something on stage. I don't know if she can sing or not, but, as others have stated, just because she is planning a Broadway debut doesn't necessarily mean it will be in a musical.
#16

Kirstie Alley to make Broadway debut

Posted: 5/28/11 at 10:06am

Her work in Drop Dead Gorgeous alone is enough to make me want to see her in something on stage. I don't know if she can sing or not, but, as others have stated, just because she is planning a Broadway debut doesn't necessarily mean it will be in a musical.

Unless it was a Drop Dead Gorgeous musical.
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#18

Kirstie Alley to make Broadway debut

Posted: 5/28/11 at 10:39am

"I have some Scientology jokes. Would you prefer those?"

Are they any more intelligent?

On topic, I wouldn't call Kirstie Alley a singer, but she can hold a note. If she's doing something like Mama Morton, she'll be fine.
#19

Kirstie Alley to make Broadway debut

Posted: 5/28/11 at 10:49am

I can totally see her as Mama Morton- I don't want Dancing With The Stars, but I've heard good things about her- does she have the stamina to do Mrs. Wilkinson?
#20

Kirstie Alley to make Broadway debut

Posted: 5/28/11 at 10:55am

For those curious (and clueless) ones... here is Kirstie Alley, a few days ago in New York City.

She lost about 38 inches during her stint on ABC TV's DANCING WITH THE STARS plus she was already successfully losing weight prior to joining that show.

Kirstie Alley to make Broadway debut

#21

Kirstie Alley to make Broadway debut

Posted: 5/28/11 at 11:11am

Let's face it, her weight has been in a constant state of flux for many years now. I get the sense that when she has a goal and/or purpose to keep the weight off (such as performing) she is fairly successful, but her drive to maintain that weight seems to die off when she has downtime.

That being said, she is not the first to use Dancing with the Stars to lose weight. The one season I actually had time to watch was when Joey Fatone was on and you could see the pounds dropping off with each week. I haven't seen him recently to know whether he has kept that weight off, but I think with cases like Fatone and now Kirstie Alley it hopefully will help send the message to those who are watching that exercise really is the best weight loss plan over any sort of fad diet.
#22

Kirstie Alley to make Broadway debut

Posted: 5/28/11 at 12:04pm

Alley is completely mesmerizing as a dramatic actress. I pray her Broadway role is in a drama and not a musical comedy. And not because I don't think she can do comedy, but because it'd be a real treat to see her do a contemporary dramatic piece.
"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
#23

Kirstie Alley to make Broadway debut

Posted: 5/28/11 at 12:14pm

Maybe a revivcal of A Delicate Balance???
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#24

Kirstie Alley to make Broadway debut

Posted: 5/28/11 at 1:30pm

I have a feeling it will be a new show, whatever it is, because on her Twitter she talks about a Tony. I assume she knows that you can win a Tony as a replacement.

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