MY FAIR LADY revival for 2014?- Page 3
MY FAIR LADY revival for 2014?
#50MY FAIR LADY revival for 2014?
Posted: 7/3/13 at 3:11pm
As for Higgins, whoever suggested Seth McFarlane is on to something - he's too busy with Family Guy, but he could for sure sing it and would be an interesting choice. I also am fine with Ralph Fiennes. What about Ewan MacGregor - too young?
Ewan MacGregor is two years older than Seth MacFarlane!
But any of them could probably do the role well.
#51MY FAIR LADY revival for 2014?
Posted: 7/3/13 at 3:11pmSeth MacFarlane reads much more like a Harold Hill to me than a Henry Higgins. Hill is a snakeoil salesman, slick and shameless, who grows into a conventional romantic. That fits MacFarlane (in his secondary crooner career persona) much more than Higgins, who to me is an elitist self-righteous and charmingly conceited professional intelligence. That's why I was instantly sold on Colin Firth when he was rumored, regardless of his vocal aptitude, because I think the role is ably within his wheelhouse. Fiennes has more of a dark, brooding energy in most of his roles, but he has also done his share of charming, introspective and romantic, not to mention just possessing a tremendous emotional range and having made all sorts of intelligent acting choices, so I expect he'd be able to do it if cast.
Words don't deserve that kind of malarkey. They're innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they're no good anymore…I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.
#52MY FAIR LADY revival for 2014?
Posted: 7/3/13 at 3:34pmMe thinks this will head for the Marquis, but I have been wrong before (edit: many times), have a good hunch this time.
PatrickDennis92
Stand-by Joined: 9/25/12
#53MY FAIR LADY revival for 2014?
Posted: 7/3/13 at 3:34pmI don't know why, but I've always thought Jill Paice would be good in this role. They would never consider her of course, but I think she'd bring a different quality.
#54MY FAIR LADY revival for 2014?
Posted: 7/3/13 at 3:36pm
Somebody tell me what I'm missing about Laura Benanti. I'm serious. I saw her in the Into the Woods revival and thought she was HORRIBLE...deadly boring and ruined (well, contributed to ruining) the revival.
Yet she seems to be universally loved by people here. I never hear a word against her. What am I missing? Can someone recommend something in particular that I could listen to that can illuminate me as to her comedic chops, great voice, etc.? What show is a good representation of her at her best that maybe I missed? I'm serious. Not being a hater. Want to see what I'm missing.
Art has a double face, of expression and illusion.
#55MY FAIR LADY revival for 2014?
Posted: 7/3/13 at 4:30pm^ Model Behavior from Women on the Verge.
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
#56MY FAIR LADY revival for 2014?
Posted: 7/3/13 at 4:40pmthanks, bway! I'll check it out.
Art has a double face, of expression and illusion.
#57MY FAIR LADY revival for 2014?
Posted: 7/3/13 at 5:18pmArtscallion, I didn't see Benanti in INTO THE WOODS, but she does absolutely nothing for me in the cast recording. She sings pretty, and from what I hear and from stuff she has admitted to in the past, she was a bit of a pain in the ass at the moment. I think she just matured into a wonderful actress who just commands every scene she is in. Her performance in GYPSY was something I will never forget, that last scene between her and LuPone is the reason I go to the theatre. Then you get something like her "Model Behavior" from WotV (which I didn't even see live) and it's impossible for me not to be in awe of her talents, she has worked hard and it's paid off, she has the voice but she also has something to her that's just masterful. Her performance at the Tonys this year just confirms that.
"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"
#58MY FAIR LADY revival for 2014?
Posted: 7/3/13 at 6:03pm
Higgins can be completely spoken, but it works well with someone who falls from speaking into singing, back and forth, with relative ease. Jeremy Irons handled it well in that mode.
Earl Boen would have been fantastic back in the day- he just has THAT VOICE when he wanted to.
AnythingGoes23
Broadway Star Joined: 11/21/11
#59MY FAIR LADY revival for 2014?
Posted: 7/3/13 at 6:04pm
Bodyguard still has plans for The Marquis but delayed until Summer 2014.
#61MY FAIR LADY revival for 2014?
Posted: 7/3/13 at 6:14pm
Thanks, ray. That's what I felt about her in ITW. Pretty voice with no personality. As a follow-up to Kim Crosby, I thought it was a disaster. But I'll admit the only thing I've seen her in since was Nine, and that did nothing to change my mind.
I actually have that Gypsy recording. But, for some reason, never listened to it...maybe Gypsy burnout? I'll have to pull it out and give it a listen. Watch me end up being her biggest fan.
Art has a double face, of expression and illusion.
#62MY FAIR LADY revival for 2014?
Posted: 7/3/13 at 6:16pm
Nathan Lane is too good of a singer.
Honestly, you should be able to carry a tune, but I think Higgins needs to be played by a very fine actor first and foremost.
#63MY FAIR LADY revival for 2014?
Posted: 7/3/13 at 7:04pmI would look up the dressing room scene in Gypsy with Benanti and if that doesn't convince you that she has some serious chops I'm not sure what will.
lemiz3001
Understudy Joined: 9/29/09
#64MY FAIR LADY revival for 2014?
Posted: 7/3/13 at 7:22pm
Kelli could still do this, not sure how long she would stay in Bridges, but this will start previews in late Sept. '14, still quite a while a way.
The producers still in talks with Colin Firth for Higgins, and they are hoping for a second A-Lister for Eliza.
#65MY FAIR LADY revival for 2014?
Posted: 7/3/13 at 9:40pmThis would be a nice fit in the Palace, but the Marquis could be nice too.
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
Owen22
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/24/11
Wilmingtom
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/11
#67MY FAIR LADY revival for 2014?
Posted: 7/4/13 at 1:55pmDevoted as I am to Benanti, I think a woman in her mid-30s is too old to play Eliza.
#69MY FAIR LADY revival for 2014?
Posted: 7/4/13 at 2:18pm
Do you really need "movie stars" to play these parts in order to sell tickets? Isn't MY FAIR LADY, like, I dunno, a classic musical that most people really love and will go to even if Anne Hathaway isn't Eliza? Why not look for stage actors who actually have the chops?
Wilmingtom
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/11
#70MY FAIR LADY revival for 2014?
Posted: 7/4/13 at 2:25pm
"Tell that to Audrey Hepburn."
I thought she was too old as well, but when you're a big movie star... A lesser star than Mary Martin could never have gotten away with playing Maria in her mid-40s.
#71MY FAIR LADY revival for 2014?
Posted: 7/4/13 at 2:38pmBe great if you got the London version from a few years back, it was stunning
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#72MY FAIR LADY revival for 2014?
Posted: 7/4/13 at 2:40pmVery true. I still see no problem with someone like Benanti playing it. Especially when I can't think of any younger actresses that are as well suited for it in my opinion.
#73MY FAIR LADY revival for 2014?
Posted: 7/4/13 at 2:42pm
I really wish Lincoln Center Theater was doing this. Maybe because it was the first musical I became familiar with as a child, but I don't want to see MY FAIR LADY destroyed. Particularly the score. If LCT had this lined up, we might have gotten the original orchestrations.
#74MY FAIR LADY revival for 2014?
Posted: 7/4/13 at 2:53pmYeah, it's unfortunate it's not LCT but it is Bartlett Sher so I definitely trust him. I really hope they don't go for an A-lister, it's just not the kind of role that's well suited for a young actress making her Broadway debut. It's too vocally demanding. Get A-listers for Higgins and the supporting males, and hire Benanti as Eliza. I bet her performance would be so tremendous that she'd be the talk of the town. I feel if they wanna do the same story with two A-listers, they should just do PYGMALION again.
"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"
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