Megan Mullally in Anything Goes!!!- Page 2

[sallyann]

Posted: 2/14/12 at 8:44pm

Well if it happens I'd be over the pond to see it but I just have a feeling it ain't going to happen.

[Gaveston2]

Posted: 2/14/12 at 9:04pm

I know this may not matter and this may due to completely crazy, but wouldn't they need an older billy and hope to play opposite mullally?

Probably an older Billy anyway, random. Though I've seen productions where Reno was substantially older than Billy and it didn't matter much. I don't know that we ever take that romance very seriously.

As for whether Mullally could dance the current choreography, I've never seen a production where Reno does the heavy-duty dancing. She usually steps aside when that stuff starts. I think the "dancing Reno" is a Sutton Foster thing.

I'm wasn't singling you out personally when I mentioned my puzzlement at the Mullally-as-Sally discussion. I'm sure you explained yourself very well. But most posters I asked simply talked about Mullally's very high skill level (no argument from me), not about specific qualities that said "Sally" to them.

I assume we've all seen Mullally play brassy and funny, which is why I'm surprised at the resistance to her as Reno. Maybe it's a Merman-type v. Sutton Foster-type confusion.

(ETA come to think of it, maybe that Merman v. Foster issue speaks to your question about Billy's age. I've never taken the Billy/Reno romance seriously because Reno is played by a Merman type who bulldozes her way through the production. Maybe Sutton Foster changed the romantic equation.)

Updated On: 2/14/12 at 09:04 PM

[emilyfaye48]

Posted: 2/14/12 at 9:12pm

I would love to see Megan as Reno but I'd be really, really surprised if Roundabout ever worked with her again. I don't think so.

[nasty_khakis]

Posted: 2/14/12 at 9:13pm

When I said reconceive I didn't mean throw everything out. I just meant this production was designed and staged around a Reno who could DANCE, almost like they cast the original with Ginger Rogers instead of Merman. To me, it would be a waste if they cast a new Reno who couldn't keep up with THIS staging. As much as I'd like to see someone who would normally make a great Reno (Megan, or opening it up to someone like Reba or Donna Murphy), to me it would damage this particular production to have her sing, walk off stage, then skip back on to sing the last line of the song. People seem to diminish dancing to "oh well, she'd be great otherwise!" I think it would be like casting Patti Lupone as Cassie in "A Chorus Line" yes, she'd sing the hell out of the song, but she can't dance it. It's the same as casting someone like Allison Janney in "Gypsy" yes, she may act it well, but she can't sing it. THIS Reno is a true triple-threat and they should recast with a true triple-threat.

[Gaveston2]

Posted: 2/14/12 at 9:16pm

Well said, nasty. Speaking for myself, I didn't mean to demean dance; I'm just used to Renos who don't do the heavy lifting in that department.

[random person 112]

Posted: 2/14/12 at 10:03pm

I think we seriously underestimate the dancing ability of some women, one must remember that dance is less important than many components in a Broadway show now a days. But does that mean that none of our girls can dance or that Suttons the only dancer we have, HELL NO!!! Remember nobody thought Stephanie J. Block could dance Reno either, we were all pleasantly surprised. Sherie Rene Scott learned the choreography to kander and edds over and over, in about five days i think, a show orginally designed for Bebe Neuwirth, and she was able to blow it away. Let's give Mullally a chance to actually get her taps on before we say, she can't dance it purely on principal.

[emilyfaye48]

Posted: 2/14/12 at 10:13pm

here, here!

[jdterry]

Posted: 2/15/12 at 2:31am

It's not a question about if the Roundabout would work with Mullally again. They OFFERED her the role! They know she'll make them money.

[sallyann]

Posted: 2/15/12 at 10:16am

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So can you tell us more?

[Huss417]

Posted: 2/15/12 at 10:41am

So we are to believe this info coming from a first time poster that has two posts and both in this topic? Where have you heard this from?

Updated On: 2/15/12 at 10:41 AM

[jdterry]

Posted: 2/15/12 at 2:29pm

You don't have to take it from me. Just ask the Roundabout.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 2/15/12 at 2:32pm

I did and they said they offered they roll to Megan McCain, not Megan Mullally.

[Kalimba]

Posted: 2/15/12 at 4:10pm

This is what I think of when Megan Mullally's name is mentioned: pimping fake butter; failed tv talk show; annoying.

Poor sad, pathetic jdterry for wanting their rumor to gain traction.

[Huss417]

Posted: 2/15/12 at 4:18pm

I would probably get a better answer from the Roundabout i drive around every day.

[jdterry]

Posted: 2/15/12 at 4:36pm

No, they offered it to Megan Mullally. And I hope Megan chooses to do it! Would love to see her in Anything Goes!

[random person 112]

Posted: 2/15/12 at 4:49pm

Really when most people think of megan they think of her comedy success in will and grace, or her string of successful guest spots on popular tv shows like happy endings, 30 rock, and up all night.

[Gaveston2]

Posted: 2/15/12 at 4:59pm

Exactly, random. Hell, she was on WINGS 20 years ago and I had to see the rerun twice before I recognized her. Mullally is a fine character actress who is often happy to disappear into a role.

And of her three CDs with the band Supreme Music Program, the one I have is great. She sings everything from Weill to "Danny Boy".

http://www.amazon.com/Berry-Megan-Mullally-Supreme-Program/dp/B00006JJ1M

[Kalimba]

Posted: 2/15/12 at 4:59pm

Honey, Kalimba isn't most people, that why I said, "This is what I think when...."

[random person 112]

Posted: 2/15/12 at 5:54pm

Yes i'm just saying she's not someone to underestimate. More people are going to think of her as successful rather than a disaster and annoyance.

[Huss417]

Posted: 2/15/12 at 6:26pm

Must be something with Anything Goes. Last week a persons first post was regarding Sutton Foster and a person who answered it was also their first post.

Hmmmm,

[hollaj2]

Posted: 2/16/12 at 4:34pm

I have no doubt she'd do a fantastic job. I'm blown away that they would ask her to come aboard after they stabbed her in the back.

[Here I Am]

Posted: 2/16/12 at 6:08pm

Why not just choose Stephanie J. Block? I hear she was really fantastic when Sutton took her brief leave of absence.

That being said, I have no doubt that Mullally would be a great Reno.

[blaxx]

Posted: 2/16/12 at 6:22pm

I'm blown away that they would ask her to come aboard after they stabbed her in the back.

Wasn't it the other way around?

[sallyann]

Posted: 2/16/12 at 6:31pm

Well I know I was a doubting Thomas before but I now have it from a reliable source that Megan Mullally was offered the role of Reno. I think she could be great in it. I wonder if she'd be willing to work with the Roundabout again though - only one side of that story ever came out, I think the original rumours about that incident( concerning the behaviour of other people in that production) were maybe nearer the truth than blame on Mullally's part.

Updated On: 2/16/12 at 06:31 PM

[Lee_5]

Posted: 2/16/12 at 7:11pm

I know there were rumblings about someone behind the scene (who has a history of being hard to work with). I always found that to be a more plausible reason. Someone with a long history of being caustic versus someone who people always spoke of fondly. I think the odds would be squarely in Mullally's favor.