Lindsay Lohan - Broadway?

This could be the edible I ate while watching Lindsay Lohan’s latest holiday movie last night, but as I was watching I had a thought: is there a place for her on Broadway?

I just love her & would literally pay all my money to see her as Sally Bowles in Cabaret or Lola in Damn Yankees.

Drop your dream casting for Lindsay below.

Updated On: 11/20/22 at 09:17 AM

Talent wise- she'd be amazing.

Everything else? I think she'd be too big a risk. (Reliability, stamina, etc.)

Lindsay burned so many bridges in the industry, I just don't see it happening.

quizking101 said: "I could see a brief stint in Chicago (a la Pamela Anderson) as a starting point. Even if she sucks, people will still go see her"



Disagree 100%. There's no comparing the two of them. Pamela is beloved to many and people went to see Chicago WANTING to see her succeed. Lindsay has no comparable fan base --- and the audience would be full of people rubbernecking and waiting to see her fail.

JSquared2 said: "quizking101 said: "I could see a brief stint in Chicago (a la Pamela Anderson) as a starting point. Even if she sucks, people will still go see her"



Disagree 100%. There's no comparing the two of them. Pamela is beloved to many and people went to seeChicagoWANTING to see her succeed. Lindsay has no comparable fan base --- and the audience would be full of people rubbernecking and waiting to see her fail.

I completely agree with you. And no one is gonna pay top dollar to rubberneck. Pam has fans and supporters. Lindsay really doesn’t anymore. I think Lindsay’s best bet is to slowly rebuild her rep with time and consistency taking indie projects, TV guest spots and more Lifetime Hallmarky movies. She needs to regain a positive regard for her work ethic and show some consistency. Broadway is not the place to start. She’ll relapse.

Pam went into Broadway with a strong work ethic.

I am very sympathetic to the need to sell tickets, so in that universe, sure, throw the poor thing onto a stage to watch her crash n burn. this is america after all.

but in a perfect universe, why would we ever want to deprive a truly talented stage actor of a role so a D-list reality star can try and redeem her career?

JSquared2 said: "quizking101 said: "I could see a brief stint in Chicago (a la Pamela Anderson) as a starting point. Even if she sucks, people will still go see her"



Disagree 100%. There's no comparing the two of them. Pamela is beloved to many and people went to seeChicagoWANTING to see her succeed. Lindsay has no comparable fan base --- and the audience would be full of people rubbernecking and waiting to see her fail.

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There’s a whole generation of millennials that would beg to differ.

The public loves a comeback, especially for women who were treated horrifically in the media.

quizking101 said: "

Considering how Charlotte D'Amboise, Bianca Marroquin, Amra-Faye Wright, Brenda Braxton and Dylis Croman continued to cycle and recycle themselves back into the show multiple times over the last few years, I don't necessarily think veteran stage actors are being "deprived" of a role in a 25 year old revival."

I'm acknowledging that Lindsay Lohan would sell tickets that Charlotte D'Amboise and Bianca Marroquin cannot. I'm also saying--and feel free to disagree, if you can possibly-- that while YOU and many other repeat visitors to Chicago may tire of seeing these actresses again and again, they all have more talent (as actors, dancers, singers) than Lindsay Lohan could ever muster.

Use her to sell tickets, sure, by all means, but in terms of performance quality, yeah, all the women you mentioned strike me a so objectively more talented and would be giving objectively better performances. Seems odd to me that people would WANT the reality-star stunt, rather than tolerate it as financial necessity.

Bettyboy72 said: "JSquared2 said: "quizking101 said: "Pam has fans and supporters. Lindsay really doesn’t anymore.

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If you're looking at fan retention/growth from the perspective of an artist's output, I'd agree with you. But the chronically online (particularly Gen. Z) play by different rules. Interesting personalities trump talent and it's not hard for me to see a Lindsay Lohan casting announcement (good or bad) having a "Lea Michele going into Funny Girl" like buzz to it. You can't buy that word of mouth and I do believe it'd guarantee her at least a respectable run (should her talent back it up).

Speaking of a breakdown to Broadway pipeline... Britney in ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIME, anyone?

Updated On: 11/21/22 at 03:29 PM

JSquared2 said:

"Disagree 100%. There's no comparing the two of them. Pamela is beloved to many and people went to seeChicagoWANTING to see her succeed. Lindsay has no comparable fan base --- and the audience would be full of people rubbernecking and waiting to see her fail."



Super out of touch take lol

Lindsay Lohan's career trajectory is completely tied to her personal struggles. No disrespect to the fine lifers over at Chicago but Lohan was out acting many of them before she was finished puberty. That early 2000s moment was a golden age for teen stars overall. I can't think of another era that had as many children who weren't just popular, they were good. Sadly that talent led many of them into situations that left them with scars. Scars we should not be mocking them for. This place is not somewhere I necessarily expect empathy or good taste but it's always great (read: sad) to see just how low some of you can stoop.

Anyway, Lindsay is not a great singer so it'd have to be a play. Something funny. I'd say Neil Simon but the reviews for those revivals get worse every time. Perhaps Noel Coward instead? I'd go see Lindsay Lohan in Design For Living.