La Cage -revival --- Why?- Page 2
La Cage -revival --- Why?
AnothaPartofMe
Broadway Star Joined: 5/22/04
#25Presuming there is some new treatment
Posted: 6/23/04 at 3:00pmwho's playing Jean-Michel?
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#26Presuming there is some new treatment
Posted: 6/23/04 at 3:41pm
This is a revival that I just can not wait to see.I have never seen the show, but loved the original movie (in French) and just laughed myself silly w/ the Willams & Lane remake. When do previews start?
B
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localonecrew
Broadway Star Joined: 8/31/03
#27Presuming there is some new treatment
Posted: 6/23/04 at 3:47pmthis show IS going to the marquis. thepalace wont be ready from the renovations in time
mamamia sammy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/19/03
#28Presuming there is some new treatment
Posted: 6/23/04 at 3:49pmI thought that you just lurked now.
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#29Presuming there is some new treatment
Posted: 6/23/04 at 4:46pm
Can tell ya for a fact that Jean Michel has not been cast....they're still seing people as of yesterday. (I'm one of em!)
"High time we made a stand and shook up the views of the common man" - Tears for Fears
TheTruth2
Chorus Member Joined: 6/16/04
#30Presuming there is some new treatment
Posted: 6/24/04 at 1:15am
If Kelsey Grammer is cast in the show, it is in the role of Georges. Gary Beach was hired months ago to play Albin--And he is going to be fabulous! Lee Roy Reams would have been a great choice as well... I hope to see him in a tour or as a replacement (maybe even standby?) on Broadway... That would be wonderful! Anyway... Kelsey was going around claiming he would be playing Albin, though the role was already cast! I don't know who I would want to play Georges... but can someone send Gavin Creel in to play Jean-Michel?
As far as anyone thinking this show is a bad idea... don't put negative thoughts into people's heads. La Cage is a beautiful show (one of Jerry Herman's best scores) and was very well recieved in its original run)! It beat out SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE (Another beautiful show) for the big awards that year!
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#31Presuming there is some new treatment
Posted: 6/24/04 at 4:28amThe fact that "Sunday In The Park With George" lost the Tony to "La Cage" says far more about the validity of and politics surrounding the Tony Awards and the judgment of those who select them (none of it good) than the actual quality or merits of either show.
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#32Presuming there is some new treatment
Posted: 6/24/04 at 8:50am
Bravo, MargoChanning...
The fact that Jerry Herman's score and Harvey Fierstein's book for LA CAGE beat out Sondheim and Lapine's work for SUNDAY is one of the great travesties in Tony Award history.
redhotinnyc... no bubble bursting here. I just think that Douglas Sills SEEMS too young. He was born in 1960, so he could certainly have a son old enough to be married. However, I still think the role works better if the character is more seasoned and has had more life experience. Kelsey is a much better choice. Much more plausible.
I still think Kevin Kline and John Lithgow would be great choices.
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Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#33Presuming there is some new treatment
Posted: 6/24/04 at 9:00amI'd like to see someone like Terrence Mann or Jeff McCarthy as Georges.
#34Presuming there is some new treatment
Posted: 6/24/04 at 9:50am
Terrence Mann??!??!
It's a better idea to cast an actor who can sing if you're doing a musical. Kelsey Grammer's pitch problems are NOTHING compared to Mann's.
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Albin
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#35Presuming there is some new treatment
Posted: 6/25/04 at 4:01pm
New info regarding the revival...scroll down for La Cage info
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Albin
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#36Presuming there is some new treatment
Posted: 6/25/04 at 5:05pm
confirmation of "La Cage's" move to the Marquis
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#37Presuming there is some new treatment
Posted: 6/25/04 at 5:06pm
In response to the thread subject my answer is:
To attempt to make money.
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Albin
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#38Presuming there is some new treatment
Posted: 6/25/04 at 7:13pm
"In response to the thread subject my answer is:
To attempt to make money.'
Well DUH! Isn't this at least one of the reasons for every play and musical produced on Broadway?
#39Presuming there is some new treatment
Posted: 6/27/04 at 4:40pmi think David Hyde Pierce should play Albin...
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