MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?- Page 5

[Jordan Catalano]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#100

Posted: 2/8/13 at 8:00pm

Benanti is the only person I really want to see do this. Maybe Patti can be Higgins!

[givesmevoice]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#101

Posted: 2/8/13 at 8:10pm

If someone could teach Patti to do the accent well, she could be hilarious as Mrs. Higgins.

When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain. -Kad

[Brave Sir Robin2]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#102

Posted: 2/8/13 at 9:56pm

If they get someone big like Kenneth Brannagh, Ewan McGregor, or Hugh Laurie as Higgins, I think Samantha Barks would be a great Eliza.

"I saw Pavarotti play Rodolfo on stage and with his girth I thought he was about to eat the whole table at the Cafe Momus." - Dollypop

[Jordan Catalano]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#103

Posted: 2/8/13 at 9:59pm

No offense (honestly), but I really don't think you guys understand just what kind of star power is needed for this to be a successful production. Like I said before the show is massive and costs an absolute fortune so they need not one but TWO big names in both of these roles and possibly one or two B+/A- list stars for a couple of the supporting roles.

[DAME]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#104

Posted: 2/8/13 at 10:05pm

KELLY PICKLER

HUSSY POWER! ------ HUSSY POWER!

[Jordan Catalano]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#105

Posted: 2/8/13 at 10:06pm

See, Dame understands!!!

[DAME]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#106

Posted: 2/8/13 at 10:07pm

I got you honey. I got you.

HUSSY POWER! ------ HUSSY POWER!

[Jordan Catalano]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#107

Posted: 2/8/13 at 10:09pm

But you need someone like Barry Manilow or Rosie O'Donnell as Higgins, then.

[DAME]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#108

Posted: 2/8/13 at 10:12pm

REGIS

HUSSY POWER! ------ HUSSY POWER!

[Jordan Catalano]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#109

Posted: 2/8/13 at 10:12pm

....AND KELLY!!!!!!!!

[DAME]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#110

Posted: 2/8/13 at 10:13pm

With Kathy Lee as the mother.

HUSSY POWER! ------ HUSSY POWER!

[Jordan Catalano]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#111

Posted: 2/8/13 at 10:15pm

and Gelman as Freddy!

[Dollypop]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#112

Posted: 2/8/13 at 10:49pm

Maxwell Caulfield as Higgins, please!

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[Gothampc]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#113

Posted: 2/8/13 at 10:53pm

"Maxwell Caulfield as Higgins, please!"

And his wife can play his mother.

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.

[DEClarke]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#114

Posted: 2/8/13 at 11:02pm

I know, let's cast Lea Michele.... ::rolls eyes::

I love this movie and would love to see it on stage. I just hope they find talent in addition to names. I know it's expensive to mount and will need name recognition to help it sell...

[Wynbish]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#115

Posted: 2/8/13 at 11:05pm

Geoffrey Rush for Higgins

[givesmevoice]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#116

Posted: 2/8/13 at 11:15pm

^ Best thing I've read all night.

When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain. -Kad

[nasty_khakis]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#117

Posted: 2/8/13 at 11:24pm

I know Rex Harrison played this role well into his life, but there is something VERY creepy about someone like Geoffrey Rush (who is 61) ending up with Anne Hathaway (who is 31). It very well may be it's the same age difference between Julie and Rex, but it seems odd to me.

[Princeton Returns]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#118

Posted: 2/9/13 at 2:24am

i dont think sam barks could sing it, as much as i love her shes more belt than soprano. shed act it well though

[all that jazz]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#119

Posted: 2/9/13 at 7:38am

If they were to cast a broadway star for Eliza, which is very unlikely, the best option is Sierra. Also with Clive Davis producing I can picture a huge flashy talent search which could be quite lovely. It would be nice to see a reality competition looking for actual vocal power and ability.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#120

Posted: 2/9/13 at 12:42pm

I think Anne Hathaway would give a very predictable performance. Others could sing it beautifully, Benanti and Audra would be the ones I believe could give very unexpected layered performances while giving a flawless rendition of the songs. The age factor doesn't bother me really.
Love the idea of Damien Lewis as Higgins.

"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"

[booth0882]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#121

Posted: 2/9/13 at 6:46pm

My dream casting for this revival:

Cast Kelli O'Hara as Eliza.

Either John Laroquette, Michael Park, kevin Spacey, or Harry Groener as Henry Higgens.

Colin Donnell as Freddy.

Joel Grey as Alfred P. Doolittle.

[Greatwhiteway3]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#122

Posted: 2/9/13 at 8:48pm

Audra??? Was that serious or is this turning into a color blind casting post? Lets check the stats..

#1 - She's about 43

#2 - She's built like a linebacker

#3 - She's black. I am VERY certain there were no black cockney women in Edwardian London. Maybe Eastenders 2012.

Concert version, sure, lets hear Audra. Stage version. Hell no.

[Brave Sir Robin2]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#123

Posted: 2/9/13 at 8:54pm

I think Audra in 2005 could have done this, but I think she is a little old for a revival. No problem with the racial aspect, though.

I'm also gonna throw out a possibility: Anna Kendrick.

"I saw Pavarotti play Rodolfo on stage and with his girth I thought he was about to eat the whole table at the Cafe Momus." - Dollypop

[henrikegerman]

MY FAIR LADY coming back to Broadway in 2014?#124

Posted: 2/9/13 at 11:01pm

"She's black. I am VERY certain there were no black cockney women in Edwardian London. Maybe Eastenders 2012."

I would think you would be very wrong about there being no black cockneys in Edwardian England. Black people have lived in England for

However, there are very good reasons to have Eliza cast as a white woman. The issue of verbal class distinctions is paramount in My Fair Lady without adding another obvious distinction which would obviously be a social issue and which, if went unspoken of, would seem preposterous.

Not to mention that Zoltan would never assume Audra was a Hungarian princess.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_British