Kirstie Alley to make Broadway debut

[CapnHook]

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

I hope she's not going to be Hannigan!

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 5/28/11 at 12:46am

Don't worry, she's playing Sandy.

[IdinaBellFoster]

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.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 5/28/11 at 12:53am

Maybe she'll be Peter Pan.

[CapnHook]

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

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

[Anakela]

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

I don't doubt this is happening, but is there a link?

This is the source for the BWW article:

Kirstie Alley's twitter

[MadonnaMusical]

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...

[dramamama611]

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.

[PiraguaGuy2]

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

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

[bjh2114]

Posted: 5/28/11 at 7:22am

Burn the Floor is coming back, and she is going to be the guest artist.

[PiraguaGuy2]

Posted: 5/28/11 at 8:08am

More like Break the Floor.

[ghostlight2]

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

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

[PiraguaGuy2]

Posted: 5/28/11 at 8:22am

I have some Scientology jokes. Would you prefer those?

[AC126748]

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.

[AEA AGMA SM]

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.

[givesmevoice]

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.

[Anakela]

Posted: 5/28/11 at 10:13am

I was just about to ask is there/why isn't there a Drop Dead Gorgeous: The Musical.

[ghostlight2]

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.

[castlestreet]

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?

[BrodyFosse123]

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.

[AEA AGMA SM]

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.

[CapnHook]

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.

[madbrian]

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

Maybe a revivcal of A Delicate Balance???

[BroadwayBound115]

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.

[chatter]

Posted: 5/28/11 at 2:34pm

I would imagine it's Momma Morton in Chicago.