Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon alternating in LITTLE FOXES
Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon alternating in LITTLE FOXES
#1Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon alternating in LITTLE FOXES
Posted: 6/7/16 at 1:22pm
"When the audience comes in, it changes the temperature of what you've written." -Stephen Sondheim
#2Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon alternating in LITTLE FOXES
Posted: 6/7/16 at 1:25pm
I must be honest and say I don't see either being well-cast as Regina, but the premise of two actresses switching roles is exciting.
“I knew who I was this morning, but I've changed a few times since then.”
#3Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon alternating in LITTLE FOXES
Posted: 6/7/16 at 1:30pm
please let someone convince Patti and Bernadette to do this in a revival of Mame.
"Contentment, it seems, simply happens. It appears accompanied by no bravos and no tears."
#4Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon alternating in LITTLE FOXES
Posted: 6/7/16 at 1:40pm
This is very, very exciting.
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
10086sunset
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/8/16
#5Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon alternating in LITTLE FOXES
Posted: 6/7/16 at 1:44pm
Love this..
Love the fact this play is finally getting revived again. Believe the last time was 1997.
VintageSnarker
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/30/15
#6Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon alternating in LITTLE FOXES
Posted: 6/7/16 at 1:45pm
Ooh, I agree with QueenAlice about the casting but still, very intrigued. I'm only familiar with the Bette Davis movie.
#7Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon alternating in LITTLE FOXES
Posted: 6/7/16 at 1:51pm
So here for this. I do wonder if it'll be able to top the NYTW production with Elizabeth Marvel, which to this day is one of the best performances I've ever seen. But I love this play and the casting is really intriguing.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
#8Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon alternating in LITTLE FOXES
Posted: 6/7/16 at 2:31pm
They're both miscast.
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#9Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon alternating in LITTLE FOXES
Posted: 6/7/16 at 5:08pm
This will be a headache for the tony awards committee
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#10Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon alternating in LITTLE FOXES
Posted: 6/7/16 at 5:17pm
Call_me_jorge said: "This will be a headache for the tony awards committee "
Not really- they'll probably do what they did with John C. Reilly and Phillip Seymour Hoffman in True West and consider them separately. Though I suppose this situation is slightly different since Regina is the lead and Birdie is definitely featured.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
#11Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon alternating in LITTLE FOXES
Posted: 6/7/16 at 5:21pm
Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon as Regina?!?!?!?
I don't see it AT ALL.
But I've got to see if they are able to pull it off.
#12Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon alternating in LITTLE FOXES
Posted: 6/7/16 at 5:38pm
I imagine most likely they'll both be billed above the title and hence be considered in the Lead Actress in a Play category.
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#13Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon alternating in LITTLE FOXES
Posted: 6/7/16 at 5:42pm
probably something like: LAURA LINNEY as REGINA/BIRDIE in LITTLE FOXES
CYNTHIA NIXON as REGINA/BIRDIE in LITTLE FOXES
(both for leading actress)
"Contentment, it seems, simply happens. It appears accompanied by no bravos and no tears."
Updated On: 6/7/16 at 05:42 PM
#14Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon alternating in LITTLE FOXES
Posted: 6/7/16 at 5:59pm
Call_me_jorge said: "This will be a headache for the tony awards committee "
No it won't.
They will have two options:
Consider *four* performances separately, or consider both of the women Leading Actresses for both their roles.
The latter is the most obvious and easiest solution.
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#15Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon alternating in LITTLE FOXES
Posted: 6/7/16 at 7:13pm
If they are using the logic of something like Billy Elliot, could each role be considered jointly eligible? I.e Linney and Nixon share a nomination in Featured actress for Birdie, and share another nomination for Leading as Regina?
I'm more excited by Linney than Nixon. She seems right for Birdie IMO, and though I wouldn't have thought of her as Regina, I think she could be good. Not sure about Nixon, to be honest. I only saw her in The Real Thing, which I'm assuming was not a great showcase of her talent. Wish I could have seen her in Wit.
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#16Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon alternating in LITTLE FOXES
Posted: 6/7/16 at 8:44pm
JBroadway said: "If they are using the logic of something like Billy Elliot, could each role be considered jointly eligible? I.e Linney and Nixon share a nomination in Featured actress for Birdie, and share another nomination for Leading as Regina? "
Like Billy Elliot, such a choice would be recognizing the role within the context of this particular production more than the actors themselves if they were to receive a nomination in that way.
#17Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon alternating in LITTLE FOXES
Posted: 6/7/16 at 9:05pm
Isn't the traditional Tony rule that whoever plays the role on opening night is eligible (for that role)?
I don't think you can jointly nominate the actress for each role because presumably Tony voters will be seeing each play one - not both- parts.
“I knew who I was this morning, but I've changed a few times since then.”
#18Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon alternating in LITTLE FOXES
Posted: 6/7/16 at 9:08pm
maybe this production will receive special consideration under the special circumstance
"Contentment, it seems, simply happens. It appears accompanied by no bravos and no tears."
#19Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon alternating in LITTLE FOXES
Posted: 6/7/16 at 10:03pm
There is a steely , controlled tightly wound persona to Regina I find hard to imagine either actress conveying, Laura Linney did do the movie version of the "House of Mirth" years ago evoking that same era , so I'll wait and see, she would be my gut reaction preference as to who I would buy a ticket to see.
"when I’m on stage I see the abyss and have to overcome it by telling myself it’s only a play." - Helen Mirren
#20Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon alternating in LITTLE FOXES
Posted: 6/7/16 at 11:02pm
When True West was on Broadway with Philip Seymour Hoffman and John C. Reilly alternating in the two leads, the Tony committee did go by their opening night roles - Hoffman as Austin and Reilly as Lee.
But let's get through the 2016 Tonys first!
carnzee
Broadway Star Joined: 9/2/11
#21Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon alternating in LITTLE FOXES
Posted: 6/7/16 at 11:57pm
I was thinking maybe two days ago how much I would like to see this revived on Broadway. Love the alternating roles idea, but I too am skeptical about the cast. I feel like Regina needs a 'voluptuous' quality (and I don't mean physically, if that makes sense). I could see Vanessa Williams, Marcia Gay Harden. Has anyone seen Linney or Nixon in a role that would lead them to believe they could be a Regina?
#22Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon alternating in LITTLE FOXES
Posted: 6/8/16 at 12:18am
Laura Linney attempted Marquise de Merteuil in LES LIAISONS.... a few years ago - a role with the steely resolve of Regina- and most thought she was rather miscast in that production. Linney just doesn't project regal aristocracy (Regina you could say is Southern aristocracy). Come to think of it - you know who would be a great Regina is Janet McTeer who is of course coming to Broadway as Marquise de Merteuil next season...
“I knew who I was this morning, but I've changed a few times since then.”
Updated On: 6/8/16 at 12:18 AM
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#23Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon alternating in LITTLE FOXES
Posted: 6/8/16 at 1:25pm
It would have been interesting if they had gone outside the box with casting for this one. I think Donna Murphy or Kelli O'Hara could have really stretched themselves with these roles.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 3/15/07
#24Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon alternating in LITTLE FOXES
Posted: 6/8/16 at 1:32pm
QueenAlice said: "Laura Linney attempted Marquise de Merteuil in LES LIAISONS.... a few years ago - a role with the steely resolve of Regina- and most thought she was rather miscast in that production. Linney just doesn't project regal aristocracy (Regina you could say is Southern aristocracy). Come to think of it - you know who would be a great Regina is Janet McTeer who is of course coming to Broadway as Marquise de Merteuil next season..."
Is the Donmar production officially transferring? I thought McTeer was just as miscast as Linney in the role.I know she's a tad too old but I'd love to see Annette Bening take a stab at the role now.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#25Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon alternating in LITTLE FOXES
Posted: 6/8/16 at 2:10pm
If Linney can bring something of what she brought to her unforgettably stylish, venal, scheming two-faced Bertha Dorset to Regina, she might just surprise us. These are two steely women. Nixon I'm having trouble imagining in the role, but I'm willing to keep an open mind.
I do think both of them might succeed brilliantly with Regina's particular style and brand of motherhood, which is what's most needed to make the final curtain of Foxes so tragic and chilling.
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