Lister-Jones to Replace Graynor During Little Dog's Final Weeks

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Lister-Jones to Replace Graynor During Little Dog's Final Weeks

Posted: 1/18/07 at 1:45pm

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/104995.html

Zoe Lister-Jones, the original Ellen in the off-Broadway production of Little Dog Laughed, will replace Ari Graynor, who leaves the company February 4th for previous commitments. Lister-Jones will begin on the 6th.

Full circle, no?

re: Lister-Jones to Replace Graynor During Little Dog's Final Weeks

Posted: 1/18/07 at 1:49pm

Interesting! I might go to the final (Actor's Fund) performance.

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

re: Lister-Jones to Replace Graynor During Little Dog's Final Weeks

Posted: 1/18/07 at 1:51pm

I'll definitely be back a few times to see Zoe. I saw her off-Broadway and she is leaps and bounds better than Graynor. I was surprised that she wasn't just asked back in the first place. Good for her!

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

re: Lister-Jones to Replace Graynor During Little Dog's Final Weeks

Posted: 1/18/07 at 2:01pm

How is she different than Ari? I only saw the latter and wasn't very impressed.

re: Lister-Jones to Replace Graynor During Little Dog's Final Weeks

Posted: 1/18/07 at 2:08pm

Ari plays Ellen as a shallow party girl and nothing more. Zoe really added depth to an underwritten role.

re: Lister-Jones to Replace Graynor During Little Dog's Final Weeks

Posted: 1/18/07 at 2:10pm

Now I want to go back even more!

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

re: Lister-Jones to Replace Graynor During Little Dog's Final Weeks

Posted: 1/18/07 at 3:01pm

I disagree. I found Lister-Jones completely lackluster (in an admittedly underwritten role) and thought Graynor was an improvement (though still not great). When I saw the show first at Second Stage I can remember thinking that they would HAVE to recast her role (and Huff's) if the play was going to move to Broadway.

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re: Lister-Jones to Replace Graynor During Little Dog's Final Weeks

Posted: 1/19/07 at 11:22am

Slightly off topic, but does anyone know if either of the male leads will be out before closing? I'd love to catch Brian Henderson

re: Lister-Jones to Replace Graynor During Little Dog's Final Weeks

Posted: 1/19/07 at 11:56am

I thought this was about Janet Gaynor at first glance...

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re: Lister-Jones to Replace Graynor During Little Dog's Final Weeks

Posted: 1/19/07 at 11:57am

No, Janet Gaynor is out for the remainder of the run.

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

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re: Lister-Jones to Replace Graynor During Little Dog's Final Weeks

Posted: 1/19/07 at 1:32pm

Is there any precedent for this move, where an actor who was essentially fired (okay, technically she wasn't asked to return) ends up playing the role as a replacement?

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re: Lister-Jones to Replace Graynor During Little Dog's Final Weeks

Posted: 1/19/07 at 2:45pm

MikeM-

The only similar instance I can think of off the top of my head is Kirk McDonald. He played Boq in the San Francisco tryout of WICKED and was let go pre-Broadway, then went into the tour as a Boq replacement.

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re: Lister-Jones to Replace Graynor During Little Dog's Final Weeks

Posted: 1/19/07 at 2:59pm

MikeM

Diane McAfee was replaced by Penny Fuller during the out of town tryout of APPLAUSE, and then rehired for one of the show's tours.

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