Maria Friedman cast in Broadway WOMAN IN WHITE

[FOAnatic]

Maria Friedman cast in Broadway WOMAN IN WHITE#0

Posted: 7/15/05 at 10:56am

From Playbill.com:

"The Daily Mail newspaper reports that the English musical theatre star Maria Friedman has cancelled plans to do Gypsy in Dallas.

The run was seen by many industry-watchers as a way of boosting her U.S. reputation ahead the Broadway run of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Woman In White, for which she starts rehearsals mid-September. However, says the Mail, Friedman’s representatives didn’t like things they were hearing about the Gypsy producer Tony Georges."

Congrats to Maria. She is an excellent performer and I'm glad she'll finally be coming to Broadway.


http://www.playbill.com/news/article/94035.html

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Updated On: 7/15/05 at 10:56 AM

[kec]

re: Maria Friedman cast in Broadway WOMAN IN WHITE#1

Posted: 7/15/05 at 11:00am

A shame about Gypsy, but I'm glad to see the news is official about her going into WiW in New York. I saw her final matinee last weekend, and she was excellent. I'm looking forward to seeing her reprise the role in New York.

Now, if we could only get more definitive word about the REST of the cast!!!

[BobbyBubby]

re: Maria Friedman cast in Broadway WOMAN IN WHITE#2

Posted: 7/15/05 at 11:01am

This company isn't having much luck, are they? First Sweeney not Gypsy.

[wildcat]

re: Maria Friedman cast in Broadway WOMAN IN WHITE#3

Posted: 7/15/05 at 11:01am

I quite like Tony Georges' take on SWEENEY TODD:

"It's a show about a barber....Say, THERE'S a role for my hairdresser! And my mother can play the Beggar Woman because she's always broke!"

[Anastasia_Beaverhausen]

re: Maria Friedman cast in Broadway WOMAN IN WHITE#4

Posted: 7/15/05 at 11:05am

Is this old news? Here leading man is rumored to be Mandy Patinkin. :)

[FOAnatic]

re: Maria Friedman cast in Broadway WOMAN IN WHITE#5

Posted: 7/15/05 at 11:06am

No this isn't old news. Everything up until now was rumor.

"I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about." - Oscar Wilde

[Anastasia_Beaverhausen]

re: Maria Friedman cast in Broadway WOMAN IN WHITE#6

Posted: 7/15/05 at 11:09am

I just meant is the Mandy part old news...I don't know if it's been discussed before. :)

[BobbyBubby]

re: Maria Friedman cast in Broadway WOMAN IN WHITE#7

Posted: 7/15/05 at 11:13am

Patinkin has a series coming out in the Fall, right? He couldn't do both.

[Anastasia_Beaverhausen]

re: Maria Friedman cast in Broadway WOMAN IN WHITE#8

Posted: 7/15/05 at 11:17am

I am not sure what else he is doing (not really a fan). I just heard that from someone cast in the ensemble.

[kec]

re: Maria Friedman cast in Broadway WOMAN IN WHITE#9

Posted: 7/15/05 at 11:17am

Mandy Patinkin's name has come up before, but it was, and still is, speculation. Considering he has a new tv series coming out in the fall, one has to wonder if he's still being considered.

[BobbyBubby]

re: Maria Friedman cast in Broadway WOMAN IN WHITE#10

Posted: 7/15/05 at 11:19am

It's on CBS I think. Previews for it are on all the time. I'm pretty sure it is a rumor.

[Lori]

re: Maria Friedman cast in Broadway WOMAN IN WHITE#11

Posted: 7/15/05 at 11:28am

It is on CBS and I believe (according to his website) it's scheduled to debut on October 8th. Doesn't seem likely that he'd be rehearsing WIW in New York in mid-September.

"Take Care! When I am thwarted I am very terrible!"

[Michael Bennett]

re: Maria Friedman cast in Broadway WOMAN IN WHITE#12

Posted: 7/15/05 at 11:28am

Well Dallas is pretty far away from Odessa, but I digress. Glad to hear Friedman's name in the press and I can't wait to see her in Woman in White again. She is extraordinary. Did anyone else see the televised British concert of RAGTIME? She is superb on it.

[LittleRed00]

re: Maria Friedman cast in Broadway WOMAN IN WHITE#13

Posted: 7/15/05 at 11:32am

I was able to talk to Angela Christian after seeing the last matinee on the 9th, and she said she IS going with the show to Broadway! The only other person I talked to (about going to Broadway),was Maria Friedman who said she was and she was very excited about it!

"Isn't it nice to know a lot...and a little bit...not."

[melissa errico fan]

re: Maria Friedman cast in Broadway WOMAN IN WHITE#14

Posted: 7/15/05 at 12:11pm

Brava! I can't wait to see her mesmerizing performance again.

[jo]

re: Maria Friedman cast in Broadway WOMAN IN WHITE#15

Posted: 7/15/05 at 7:45pm

The last news update from the official site of RUG said the show could open either late this year or early next year, due to casting issues. If it is going to be a November opening ( and October previews), shouldn't they be announcing the cast soon ( and start selling tickets) and getting ready for rehearsals ?

[WickedGeek28]

re: Maria Friedman cast in Broadway WOMAN IN WHITE#16

Posted: 7/15/05 at 7:46pm

YESSS!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG IM SO EXCITED IM GONNA GO SCREAM!!!!!!

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird

[muscle23ftl]

re: Maria Friedman cast in Broadway WOMAN IN WHITE#17

Posted: 7/15/05 at 8:38pm

maria is outstanding...she was the narrator in the film version of "joseph.."

"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one". -Felicia Finley-

[JoMarch]

re: Maria Friedman cast in Broadway WOMAN IN WHITE#18

Posted: 7/15/05 at 9:00pm

Never liked Maria in the film version of Joseph (too many "cute" faces), but I've liked her on all the cast recordings I've heard. I'm happy for her!