Lauper Headed Back to Studio 54?
#2
Posted: 3/8/08 at 8:43pm
I think she's a great choice, and I'd love to see it happen!
"Light the candles! Get the ice out! Roll the rug up, it's today!"
#4
Posted: 3/8/08 at 8:44pm
I must say, she was one of my favorite parts of the train wreck that was Thr'penny
#5
Posted: 3/8/08 at 8:53pm
Aww, I wanted to bewildered, but I'm just bothered...hope she'll bewitch me, but I doubt it.
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
#6
Posted: 3/8/08 at 9:21pm
I remember her opening "Broadway's Best" on Bravo back in 2002 dressed as an usherette singing "Give My Regards to Broadway" (I believe) and sounded amazing, and very "period."
#8
Posted: 3/8/08 at 9:51pm
Unusual casting, yes, but I am all over it.
She could do Gladys with her hands tied behind her back, but Vera would be a real test of her acting skills.
She could do Gladys with her hands tied behind her back, but Vera would be a real test of her acting skills.
#9
Posted: 3/9/08 at 11:26am
I love her and hope she does something on Broadway really soon.
Live long and prosper.
Marriage equity now!
#10
Posted: 3/9/08 at 1:11pm
Remember when Sting did 3 penny
Review/Theater; 'Threepenny Opera,' With Sting
By FRANK RICH
Published: November 6, 1989
After emerging from the inert gray mass that is Broadway's 'Threepenny Opera,' the first thing you want to do - assuming you don't drink - is run home and listen to any available recording of its score. The reason is not to revisit the evening's high points - there are none - but to make sure you are still among the living. How could these scathing songs, forged in the crucible of the century's apocalypse, sound as numbing as they do from the stage? One would have to be lobotomized not to respond to the blasted fusion of jazz, classicism and political rage with which Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht first rocked Berlin in 1928.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DEFDF103AF935A35752C1A96F948260
Review/Theater; 'Threepenny Opera,' With Sting
By FRANK RICH
Published: November 6, 1989
After emerging from the inert gray mass that is Broadway's 'Threepenny Opera,' the first thing you want to do - assuming you don't drink - is run home and listen to any available recording of its score. The reason is not to revisit the evening's high points - there are none - but to make sure you are still among the living. How could these scathing songs, forged in the crucible of the century's apocalypse, sound as numbing as they do from the stage? One would have to be lobotomized not to respond to the blasted fusion of jazz, classicism and political rage with which Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht first rocked Berlin in 1928.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DEFDF103AF935A35752C1A96F948260
#11
Posted: 3/9/08 at 1:25pm
So she gets to sing "Zip" now, I'm sure she'll do a great job with the song. I always liked the idea of the actress playing Melba having her one scene, stealing the show with the song, and leaving the stage, but oh well.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#12
Posted: 3/9/08 at 1:29pm
I would love to see Cyndi back on Broadway.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#13
Posted: 3/9/08 at 3:32pm
I had no idea she was attached to play Mrs. Lovett!
"The nice thing about the rain is that it always stops... eventually."
- Eeyore
- Eeyore
#14
Posted: 3/9/08 at 6:37pm
wBAF - we agree on something! I am marking this day down on my calendar!
She is a wonderful performer.
She is a wonderful performer.
Live long and prosper.
Marriage equity now!
#15
Posted: 3/9/08 at 6:40pm
she was attached to play Mrs. Lovett? i remember hearing that before on this board, but i never heard the full story about what happened. can someone please enlighten me?
#16
Posted: 3/9/08 at 9:17pm
Cyndi auditioned for Mrs. Lovett in the recent revival of Sweeney Todd, but unfortunately it was AFTER Sondheim promised it to Lupone on her birthday after she told him doing the concert was the best night of her professional career.
Just what I've heard, I could be wrong.
Obviously she had to suck up since she couldn't throw up her legs to get cast like she did Gypsy, since Sondheim's a 'mo.
Just what I've heard, I could be wrong.
Obviously she had to suck up since she couldn't throw up her legs to get cast like she did Gypsy, since Sondheim's a 'mo.
I don't WANT to live in what they call "a certain way." In the first place I'd be no good at it and besides that I don't want to be identified with any one class of people. I want to live every whichway, among all kinds---and know them---and understand them---and love them---THAT's what I want! - Philip Barry (Holiday)
#17
Posted: 3/9/08 at 9:32pm
How I wish Lauper had played Mrs.Lovett, from what I've read Sondheim really liked her but as it has been said, LuPone was a done deal.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#18
Posted: 3/9/08 at 9:50pm
"How I wish Lauper had played Mrs.Lovett, from what I've read Sondheim really liked her but as it has been said, LuPone was a done deal."
I've also heard he wasn't sure if she could sustain 8 shows a week.
I've also heard he wasn't sure if she could sustain 8 shows a week.
#19
Posted: 3/9/08 at 9:52pm
Did she miss any performance in THREEPENNY? (I do realize this has nothing to do with Sondheim's doubts since THREEPENNY came after SWEENEY)
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#20
Posted: 3/12/08 at 8:33pm
That would be really great if Cyndi Lauper does this show. She could become the toast of Braodway with this part. Let us all hope it all pans out.
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