Megan Mullally in Anything Goes!!!- Page 3

[dlish]

Posted: 2/16/12 at 7:34pm

I finally broke down and had to register. I know since I'm a first time poster people will accuse me of being a troll or a shill, but I've been reading this site for a long time and I think it's hysterical the way people react to these things. Megan Mullally would be fine as Reno Sweeney and to get a star of her calibur (and I hate to break it to you, but in the real world she is a bigger star than Sutton Foster) they would adjust the show if needed.

I think it's hysterical how people here always say "she's not right for that" when any casting is mentioned. Remember all the snark about Kelli O'Hara doing Pajama Game? People on this site don't know what they're talking about.

Okay, go ahead and call me a troll. I'll wear it with honor.

[blaxx]

Posted: 2/16/12 at 8:03pm

Megan Mullally would be fine as Reno Sweeney and to get a star of her calibur (and I hate to break it to you, but in the real world she is a bigger star than Sutton Foster)

I hate to break it to you, but calibur is not a word.

[BroadwayFan12]

Posted: 2/16/12 at 8:10pm

Am I the only one who finds Megan Mullally astronomically annoying?

Updated On: 2/16/12 at 08:10 PM

[sondheimfan2]

Posted: 2/16/12 at 8:40pm

^yes

[dlish]

Posted: 2/16/12 at 10:11pm

Blaxx, thank God I spelled a word wrong so you can continue to snark and not acknowledge how myopic the people who post on this site are. The nastiness of the regular crowd on this site is why the message boards here remain underpopulated and the people who actually work on Broadway don't take you seriously.

[blaxx]

Posted: 2/16/12 at 10:55pm

It's blaxx for you, love.

And I wouldn't get too upset, you already said "People on this site don't know what they're talking about" - we are glad you came to save the day!

[emilyfaye48]

Posted: 2/17/12 at 2:34am

one of us! one of us! one of us!

[dramamama611]

Posted: 2/17/12 at 3:12am

1. Only SOME of the people here don't see this as good casting. Most can see some merit in it. Most just don't think this is a real possibility given Mullally's past with Roundabout.

2. How can their opinion be wrong? I didn't like Curtains. HATED it in fact. Just because I'm in the minority, doesn't mean my OPINION is wrong.

3. People that work in the idustry don't take "us" seriously? I was always under the impression this was FOR "us", I don't expect for my opinion to matter to the industry. I only matter to them at the box office.

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Posted: 2/17/12 at 11:21am

I do think it's interesting to note however that when I joined this site seven years ago, there weren't anywhere NEAR as many nasty people on here. I don't care if posters sh*t on people in the industry, but I do take issue with posters being so damn mean and rude to EACH OTHER. Thank you to those who play nice.

[jayinchelsea]

Posted: 2/20/12 at 2:30pm

While I believe she might be able to sing the role, and she certainly is funny enough to hold the stage, the fact that she could never do the choreography as it now stands should be a good reason not to cast her. Otherwise it's Patti all over again (and Eileen Rodgers too, she never did the tap stuff in the earlier revival).

And yeah, there is that Roundabout "bad blood" too.

[AC126748]

Posted: 2/20/12 at 3:01pm

Chita Rivera didn't do the entire tap routine when she played Reno Sweeney, even though she certainly could have. It wasn't expected. Correct me if I'm wrong, but in the past wasn't it rather common for the star to leave during the dance portion and then re-enter (at least in the context of Reno Sweeney)?

[Gaveston2]

Posted: 2/20/12 at 3:15pm

You are absolutely right, AC. I've never seen Reno done otherwise.

Good for Sutton Foster, but I don't know how many stars are true triple threats.

[random person 112]

Posted: 2/20/12 at 8:05pm

Yes i'm sorry but has anyone here seen Mullally do any serious dancing? If so feel free to say she can't dance it.

[Gaveston2]

Posted: 2/20/12 at 9:22pm

(Deleted. I misunderstood random's post. Entirely my bad.) Updated On: 2/20/12 at 09:22 PM

[bwayfan7000]

Posted: 2/20/12 at 10:36pm

I wish PalJoey would find his way to this thread. When this revival opened, he posted a very good explanation of why a Reno who doesn't dance the entire number, even if she is able to, is more traditional and overall better idea.

[HBP]

Posted: 2/21/12 at 1:36am

The choreography is such a big part of this show, so I'd be upset if they cast a Reno who stands to the back and just moves her hips along with the choreo. Megan Mullally, like many other actresses, would have been great in the '87 revival, but she would not fit into Kathleen Marshall's production. There are true triple threats out there, but very few of them starred in huge prime-time TV shows. We'll have to settle for a lesser-known replacement.

(side note: I am not a Stephanie J. Block fan. Her phrasing annoys the poop out of me. I have my fingers crossed that she takes the tour and we get a fresh replacement on Broadway)

[adamgreer]

Posted: 2/21/12 at 2:17am

Otherwise it's Patti all over again

That would be just fine if it meant getting a Reno with as much charisma and star quality as LuPone. Mullally fits that mold a whole lot more than the dull as diswhater Sutton Foster.

[South Fl Marc]

Posted: 2/21/12 at 8:05am

"Otherwise it's Patti all over again"

Wouldn't that be Wonderful! I didn't care much for Sutton in the part. She was good but not great.

[Gaveston2]

Posted: 2/21/12 at 5:19pm

Okay, adam, you've emboldened me to ask. I only know Sutton Foster from numbers on TV and YouTube. She's obviously very talented, but to me, her voice, while good, is rather generic.

Given her fan base, I've always assumed she is absolutely electric on stage.

But given the superlative score of ANYTHING GOES (particularly after the interpolated numbers are added), I'd rather have a Reno who is a great and unique singer than one who merely sings well and does all the dances.

Mullally may not be Merman or Lupone, but based on her CDs, she's a unique singer in her own right. Am I being unfair to Foster?

[adamgreer]

Posted: 2/21/12 at 5:24pm

No, you aren't. However, I've found Sutton to be bland and completely lost at sea in everything I've ever seen her in. The woman is the luckiest chorus girl alive. Her voice, as you said, is nothing more than generic (and it's a pretty thin belt) and she doesn't command the stage the way someone like LuPone does.

[Gaveston2]

Posted: 2/21/12 at 6:13pm

adam, the first time I saw ANYTHING GOES in 1971, Reno was played by opera coloratura, Patrice Munsel (by then long past her opera heyday).

Totally wrong type of voice for the role (she was a last-minute replacement for Mimi Hines, who would have been amazing), and yet one still had the sense that Cole Porter's greatest songs were being sung by a unique instrument.

To me, that is the heart of the show.

[BroadwayFan12]

Posted: 2/21/12 at 7:26pm

adamgreer, are you blind? Sutton owns the stage more than anyone else I've seen, including legends such as Angela Lansbury, Elaine Stritch, and Bernadette Peters. It's there. You're just not seeing it.

[blaxx]

Posted: 2/21/12 at 7:45pm

adamgreer, are you blind? Sutton owns the stage more than anyone else I've seen, including legends such as Angela Lansbury, Elaine Stritch, and Bernadette Peters. It's there. You're just not seeing it.

Oh, then I am blind too! She has a LONG way to go before coming close to any of the aforementioned legends.

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 2/21/12 at 7:53pm

I must also be blind, since I find Foster to be basically unoffensive, although I will say that she has great comic timing. And I was really disappointed in her vocals in this production: I thought she affected some accents that were totally inorganic, not to mention the fact that she's been sitting on her cords way too hard lately.

[BroadwayFan12]

Posted: 2/21/12 at 7:57pm

She hasn't reached their legendary status yet, but IMO she does at least as much charisma as Lansbury, Stritch, and Peters. I say that as a fan of all three of them.