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Leachman to join YOUNG FRAKENSTEIN cast?
#25re: Leachman to join YOUNG FRAKENSTEIN cast?
Posted: 10/29/08 at 4:18pmI saw Leachman in the Vancouver mounting of Hal Prince's Show Boat and her singing was fine. It's a comic song that requires comedic timing above vocal chops.
#26re: Leachman to join YOUNG FRAKENSTEIN cast?
Posted: 10/29/08 at 4:32pm
I would love love love to see her in Young Frank. I'm one of the few people who actually enjoyed it. But she would be amazing, although I would like to see her in something better than young frankenstein as much as I enjoyed it.
"She should spit in Brook's eye!"
Heck yeah!
mc1227
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/07
#27re: Leachman to join YOUNG FRAKENSTEIN cast?
Posted: 10/29/08 at 4:41pm
I loved Cloris in the movie, but honestly, I don't think she will be better than Andrea Martin. However, it would be fantastic to see her in the show for a month or so, maybe until it closes.
I'm not sure how much difference it would have made, but I think if Mel had kept his promise with Matthew Broderick and also had Cloris Leachman in the cast, the show may have been better. Imagine Mel, at 82 not hiring Cloris because she was 81!!! The songs are the songs, so I don't know if it would have mattered, but it would have been great to see those two actors in it.
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#28re: Leachman to join YOUNG FRAKENSTEIN cast?
Posted: 10/29/08 at 4:44pmIf Estelle Parsons can run around that set in AUGUST: OC and give a spectacular performance, I don't doubt that Leachman could be a part of YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN and perform that one number. Whether she should do it or not is a different story. Brooks should just close this show and get over himself.
"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"
#29re: Leachman to join YOUNG FRAKENSTEIN cast?
Posted: 10/29/08 at 5:30pm
Leachman was a Nellie understudy in the original production of South Pacific.
YF should just close.
But someone suggested on ATC that Leachman might make a great Violet in August: Osage County. I agree. Perhaps she'd be the person to replace Parsons if the show runs long enough and then maybe take it on the road.
#30re: Leachman to join YOUNG FRAKENSTEIN cast?
Posted: 10/29/08 at 5:38pmNobodyHome, that'd be excellent. I mean, Vi is supposed to be in her 60s according to the published script, but I simply adored Parsons in the role and Leachman would be incredible too.
"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"
#31re: Leachman to join YOUNG FRAKENSTEIN cast?
Posted: 10/29/08 at 5:51pmAlso, given the way Vi's lived her life, it's not so hard to believe she might look older.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#32re: Leachman to join YOUNG FRAKENSTEIN cast?
Posted: 10/29/08 at 6:03pmDo they think this mysteriously make it a sell out. We saw it once & enjoyed it. No reason to see it again just because she is in it.
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#33re: Leachman to join YOUNG FRAKENSTEIN cast?
Posted: 10/29/08 at 6:06pmDon't forget, everyone, that Leachman initially did the workshop of YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, where she nailed the material (Frau's stuff never changed between her involvement and now) and was positively received by the creative team.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#34re: Leachman to join YOUNG FRAKENSTEIN cast?
Posted: 10/29/08 at 9:23pmWow, she could be great as Violet. I would love to see her sink her teeth into a role like that.
sally1112
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/13/04
#35re: Leachman to join YOUNG FRAKENSTEIN cast?
Posted: 10/29/08 at 9:58pmI would see it again just for her!
#36re: Leachman to join YOUNG FRAKENSTEIN cast?
Posted: 10/29/08 at 10:33pm
Advice to Cloris:
1. Make Mel pay you a fortune to do YF for 3 months and steal the show
2. Do a revival of "A Little Night Music" with Annette Bening as Desiree
3. Then do the LA premiere of "Grey Gardens" as Big Edie with Cybill Shepherd
Do you know what happens when you let Veal Prince Orloff sit in an oven too long?
#37re: Leachman to join YOUNG FRAKENSTEIN cast?
Posted: 10/29/08 at 11:31pm
Clo,
Don't do it. The show doesn't deserve you. Mel has no right to be playing age cards when he himself is hardly a spring chicken. He's had flops before "The Producers" and now he's having another one. Don't let him use you to give a show that was tired before it opened some juice.
Especially with those absurd prices that no one is paying...why bother when they can get discount tix at TKTS? It's not worth it for whatever salary they'll offer you unless it's coming from Mel personally, because it won't come any other way. Don't give him the luxury of exploiting you to save a bloated corpse.
Take any, hell take ALL of the other offers. But **** Mel. He was good, and now he's not. Tell him where he can stick his offer. You've got bigger fish to fry, and none of them are his.
"There is no problem so big that it cannot be run away from."
~ Charles M. Schulz
Updated On: 10/29/08 at 11:31 PM
#38re: Leachman to join YOUNG FRAKENSTEIN cast?
Posted: 10/30/08 at 12:05am
I hope she tells Mel to suck it.
His unceremoniously dropping her from the show following her RAVED about workshop performance was shameful. He doesn't deserve to reap the reward of having her in his flop now that he finally believes she's good and able business when everyone else knew it from the beginning.
You're amazing, Ms. Leachman. Congrats on your exciting new offers!
mc1227
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/07
#39re: Leachman to join YOUNG FRAKENSTEIN cast?
Posted: 10/30/08 at 11:43amCloris was just on the View and nodded her head yes when asked if she would appear in YF on Broadway!! She is the best!!
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#40re: Leachman to join YOUNG FRAKENSTEIN cast?
Posted: 10/30/08 at 12:20pm
"but I think if Mel had kept his promise with Matthew Broderick and also had Cloris Leachman in the cast, the show may have been better."
You must be kidding. The only nice thing I can think of to say about YF is that it didn't have Matthew Blahderick in it.
mc1227
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/07
#41re: Leachman to join YOUNG FRAKENSTEIN cast?
Posted: 10/30/08 at 1:50pmCan't agree with you there. I have seen Broderick on stage many times and he has always brought a great presence to his roles, especially in musical comedy.
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Auggie27
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/03
#42re: Leachman to join YOUNG FRAKENSTEIN cast?
Posted: 10/30/08 at 2:06pm
I would finally see the damned thing if she goes in.
And I agree strongly with Fflagg -- she could be breathtaking in GARDENS. A stunningly good idea. She sings swell, by the way, as any former Nellie F. would.
"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling
BNN
Broadway Star Joined: 12/12/05
#43re: Leachman to join YOUNG FRAKENSTEIN cast?
Posted: 10/30/08 at 2:24pmI'm going to echo everyone else, I will finally see this show if Cloris joins the cast, I absolutely am in love with her. Age ain't nothin' but a number.
Tick Tock
#44re: Leachman to join YOUNG FRAKENSTEIN cast?
Posted: 10/30/08 at 2:45pm
I've never seen the show and once the reviews came out I didn't have interest to see it, but I'd love to witness Leachman reprise her role.
Though honestly the other offers she's getting sound much better.
Tarantino's Inglorious Bastards
A one woman show (which would be insane and outstanding)
grand marshal of the Tournament of Roses even sounds better than YF
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"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
#45re: Leachman to join YOUNG FRAKENSTEIN cast?
Posted: 10/30/08 at 2:51pm
Add me to the list of people who would see it if she were cast. She shows that age doesn't mean a thing... sometimes. Mel Brooks wishes he aged half as well as her.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
Updated On: 10/30/08 at 02:51 PM
cantstandbrody
Understudy Joined: 5/28/08
#46re: Leachman to join YOUNG FRAKENSTEIN cast?
Posted: 10/30/08 at 6:45pmstagefan it sounds a little rough did mel steal money from you or what ! Why don't you do your own dirty work and spit in his eye yourslf .Hes 82 hell probably whip your butt !!
#47re: Leachman to join YOUNG FRAKENSTEIN cast?
Posted: 10/31/08 at 10:47pmNow that she's a famous dancer from TV, I hope they add some major choreography for the role!
#48re: Leachman to join YOUNG FRAKENSTEIN cast?
Posted: 11/2/08 at 12:10pm"cantstandbrody"? Hmmm...Mel, is that you?
"There is no problem so big that it cannot be run away from."
~ Charles M. Schulz
#49re: Leachman to join YOUNG FRAKENSTEIN cast?
Posted: 11/2/08 at 12:28pmI didn't like this show the first time around, but would definitely go back to see Leachman if she were cast.
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