Cyndi Lauper on the Great White Way? Please, God, yes!
The '80s pop pixie is angling to make her Broadway debut as Mrs. Lovett, the cannibal cook in Stephen Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd."
"Cyndi came in to audition and just blew the producers away," says a source close to the production. "She was incredibly prepared, knew the music and knocked their socks off.
The only trouble is, she's never done musical theater before. But they're seriously considering taking the risk."
This could either be really brilliant or really really bad. I love Cyndi Lauper and she actually has a freakish vocal range, AND has enough screws loose to be believable as Lovett...still not sure about it, but very intrigued.
Are you sure your not thinking of Faith Prince? Who was Audrey in a workshop or something, but didn't get the original role, who also would like to play Mrs. Lovett?
Does she realize the amount of time and energy it takes to do this show 8 times a week? I hope she has the stamina for it.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
Jeez...she's not 80 years old. And she has toured before. I'm sure she's not stupid and wouldn't go out for this unless she understood the commitment and the work it involves.
"I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about." - Oscar Wilde
"This is what I trained to do, and this is what I love about theater. What I love about being an actress is being able to really look into myself and understand another human being. And out my own self, to shape and form and fashion a real human being--and to present that in such a way that people see something of themselves or their own understanding in that human being."
--Phylicia Rashad
Rath, many would have said the same about Landsbury back in 1964, so your Streep comment is moot! Besides, Meryl has a better singing voice than most people know.
I've heard her sing a couple of times. I don't hear much strength/power. Lansbury doesn't have a pretty voice, but she has power. I suppose that doesn't matter these days.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
I'm saying Streep has the weaker voice, which should be clear from my other posts.
And yes, Tonya, she has a pretty tone, but not a voice that would fill a theater by any means. Unless, like I said earlier, she's been working very hard.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
I am not comparing Streep's voice to Laupers. But have you heard her sing in Postcards From the Edge? She could certainly handle Lovett if Landsbury could. I would love to see either or both play this role.