Manoel Feliciano cast as George in Reprise Sunday- Page 2

Posted: 12/3/06 at 1:01am

...& Raven Symone as Dot!

[sweetestsiren]

Posted: 12/3/06 at 2:20am

If this turns out to be true, good for him! I know that a fair amount of people are skeptical of the idea of him in this show, but I suspect that it would work really well.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 12/3/06 at 3:03am

I don't get the "fangirl" whoo-haw over Manoel. I mean, sure, he's good, but what else has he done to merit such "fangirl"-ness? Raul, I understand. Menzel, I get. But him, not so much. I know he was in BKYLN, but I hope - I hope! - that people aren't obsessed with him over that horrible show.

But anyways, I'm sure it will be great. This is one of my favorite scores, if not my favorite. I wish it would get recorded, but alas...it won't.

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 12/3/06 at 11:19am

"Some of the comments/messages left on Mano's myspace while he was in Sweeney, were from some of the scariest most over obsessive comments made by teen girls."

I agree. Those comments disturbed me...

[aspiringactress]

Posted: 12/3/06 at 11:26am

...wha were the scary comments?

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 12/3/06 at 1:08pm

"...wha were the scary comments?"

Just look on his myspace comments and you'll see.

[Revolutionary]

Posted: 12/3/06 at 1:10pm

Mano's scariest myspacer...Erm, I'm just going to say it. It's someone who's name starts with an SK. She leaves the weirdest craziest longest comments on a lot of the Sweeney guys' pages.

I had to sit next to her once at Sweeney. I wanted to kick her in the head after two minutes of hearing her chatter with everyone sitting within a 5 seat radius of her. Such a weirdo.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 12/3/06 at 1:11pm

Well, I certainly hope that the comments left by people who have some level of personal rapport with Mano aren't misconstrued as fangirly out of context. =P

Updated On: 12/3/06 at 01:11 PM

[gavrochegirl]

Posted: 12/3/06 at 1:16pm

*cough*

[gavrochegirl]

Posted: 12/3/06 at 1:17pm

In the meantime, I really do hope this news is true.

[Raviolisun]

Posted: 12/3/06 at 1:20pm

I'll definitely try to get down to LA to see this if it's true.

[MOXIEINTHECITY]

Posted: 12/3/06 at 6:40pm

Updated On: 1/17/14 at 06:40 PM

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 12/3/06 at 6:43pm

Man, I was hoping that it would be Neil Patrick Harris (I heard that he wanted the role, anyway.) :/

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 12/3/06 at 7:05pm

I was also hoping for Neil Patrick Harris, that would've made me head to LA.
tobiasragg, I know it sounds like a different type of casting, but his "Finishing the Hat" in the Wall to Wall Sondheim recording is priceless, very well-sung and nuanced. I don't doubt he'd have made a sublime George.

[BroadwayBaby6]

Posted: 12/4/06 at 12:59am

As a charter Reprise subscriber I can assure you there will be no screaming girls at "Sunday". The average age of the Reprise theatregoer is 70...a vast majority of patrons are senior citizens and the rest are middle-aged jewish couples. There is a sizeable minority of middle-aged gay men but it's definitely not a young crowd.

As for this being a trial for O'Hara and Felciano....The Sunday production that is going to NYC is a London production which I happenned to catch in London. I'm not sure how much say the producers (which i believe will be the Roundabout in conjunction with Menier) will have in pushing Sam Buntrock, the director, to hire THEIR choice.

As much as I love Kelli O'Hara, her interpretation of Dot would be much different than that of Jenna Russell- their vocal qualities are different and Jenna is very earthy in a way that Kelli just isn't. As for Manoel, he would probably get closer to Daniel Evans' interpretation of George because he has that intellectual but immature quality that George had in the London revival.

I think that Kelli will do an amazing job in the role in LA- and I'm sure she could get a Tony if she did the role on Broadway. I just don't see her fitting Sam Buntrock's idea of Dot. I absolutely loved the London revival but I am sure Jason Alexander will bring his own vision to the work which will be enjoyable and thought provoking as well.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 12/4/06 at 3:07am

I'm with Spork and ray, Neil Patrick Harris's Finishing the Hat is beautiful and one of the best I've heard. I'd love to see him do the full role, but unfortunately I don't think he'll doing theatre for awhile. :-/

[samwisefan]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 1:33pm

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/104045.html

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 1:37pm

Aww.

(Officially) congrats, Mano!

[luvliza89]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 1:45pm

Oh wow, totally loving this casting. Too bad I won't be able to see it.

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 1:47pm

Yay Yay Yay! I already have tickets!

[BroadwayChica]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 2:08pm

One of my favorite people in the world in my favorite show. Doesn't get better than that! Official congrats. And those who get to see this production are in for a real treat.

[B3TA07]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 5:22pm

luvliza89 - Your dog is adorable <3

[lite2shine]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 6:23pm

I might need to plan a business trip to L.A. :) I'm sure trusty Goldstar will have a half price offer too.

[Isabella2]

Posted: 12/6/06 at 9:26pm

i would love to see kelli'o hara live. she's amazing. i hope this transfers SOMEWHERE so i could see it.

[Revolutionary]

Posted: 12/7/06 at 1:21am

Yay Mano. This may be the only thing in the world that will tempt me into driving down to LA. I see some long roadtrips in my near future, lol.