Melanie Griffith to replace Christina Applegate in CHARITY

[Dollypop]

Melanie Griffith to replace Christina Applegate in CHARITY#0

Posted: 10/19/05 at 5:00pm

I heard it on 1010 WINS on the drive home. Could anything be worse?

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[Ebonic_Singer]

re: Melanie Griffith to replace Christina Applegate in CHARITY#1

Posted: 10/19/05 at 5:05pm

Oy. Vey.

[ljay889]

re: Melanie Griffith to replace Christina Applegate in CHARITY#2

Posted: 10/19/05 at 5:06pm

I thought it's just a rumor?

There's already a thread on this. Riedel announced it earlier.

[Dollypop]

re: Melanie Griffith to replace Christina Applegate in CHARITY#3

Posted: 10/19/05 at 5:07pm

Sandy Kenyon reported it and he's usually quite responsible about these things.

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[iluvtheatertrash]

re: Melanie Griffith to replace Christina Applegate in CHARITY#4

Posted: 10/19/05 at 5:13pm

This should be interesting. Bad. But interesting.

"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

re: Melanie Griffith to replace Christina Applegate in CHARITY#5

Posted: 10/19/05 at 5:15pm

OK, I've said on this thread and the other related threads that I didn't want "Charity" to close...they say you gotta be careful of what you wish for, don't they? There are 1000000 million great actresses on Broadway, and they are going to put Melanie Griffith to star in one of the best triple-threat roles in musical theater, that's just fascinating.

"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"

[pab]

re: Melanie Griffith to replace Christina Applegate in CHARITY#6

Posted: 10/19/05 at 5:19pm

ray, the only reason for this casing is represented in the song in your Avatar.

"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

re: Melanie Griffith to replace Christina Applegate in CHARITY#7

Posted: 10/19/05 at 5:47pm

Oh, dear lord, no.

Make no mistake, I'm going to see her in the role for sure, but for all the wrong reasons.

[442namffug]

re: Melanie Griffith to replace Christina Applegate in CHARITY#8

Posted: 10/19/05 at 5:48pm

I don't understand why they would pick somebody so old to play a part that like this, especially when they are succeeding someone who is much younger than they are.

[Yankeefan007]

re: Melanie Griffith to replace Christina Applegate in CHARITY#9

Posted: 10/19/05 at 5:49pm

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?thread=871960&dt=101905040126

[ljay889]

re: Melanie Griffith to replace Christina Applegate in CHARITY#10

Posted: 10/19/05 at 5:51pm

There have been many Charitys in their 40's. I don't think it's a big deal.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

re: Melanie Griffith to replace Christina Applegate in CHARITY#11

Posted: 10/19/05 at 5:53pm

The age is not an issue, I'm just disappointed at the actress choice.

"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"

[Diva Doll]

re: Melanie Griffith to replace Christina Applegate in CHARITY#12

Posted: 10/19/05 at 5:57pm

NOOOOOO!!!!! This may sound harsh, but Griffith has NO BUSINESS in Broadway show business!!!

[ljay889]

re: Melanie Griffith to replace Christina Applegate in CHARITY#13

Posted: 10/19/05 at 6:02pm

I'm starting to think of it this way.

When Brooke Shields was announced for Ruth. The HATE was everywhere. people were so pissed - everyone was expecting her to fail because her previous 2 Broadway ventures weren't so hot. And look she proved everyone wrong - giving a stunning performance.

I'm not so sure Griffith could do that, but it IS possible.
But this hasn't even been officially announced, so who knows what may happen. Updated On: 10/19/05 at 06:02 PM

[muscle23ftl]

re: Melanie Griffith to replace Christina Applegate in CHARITY#14

Posted: 10/19/05 at 6:03pm

Melanie is a terrible performer...i saw her in Chicago....but she sell tickets and even though there are about a million actresses who actually have talent. Melanie is a big Hollywood star. I think it's gonna be hilarious to go see her...she was so funny trying to dance and sing when she did her Broadway debut.

"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-

[muscle23ftl]

re: Melanie Griffith to replace Christina Applegate in CHARITY#15

Posted: 10/19/05 at 6:03pm

Is this official anyways??? hopefully just a rumor.

"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-

Updated On: 10/19/05 at 06:03 PM

[aslarson05]

re: Melanie Griffith to replace Christina Applegate in CHARITY#16

Posted: 10/19/05 at 6:06pm

Just no. No.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

re: Melanie Griffith to replace Christina Applegate in CHARITY#17

Posted: 10/19/05 at 6:17pm

I think it's somewhere between a rumor and an offical announcement. But still, please, it's Melannie Griffith! Does she even know how to read let alone read music?

"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"

[Dollypop]

re: Melanie Griffith to replace Christina Applegate in CHARITY#18

Posted: 10/19/05 at 6:25pm

And she has all the grace of a log.

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[dancingthrulife04]

re: Melanie Griffith to replace Christina Applegate in CHARITY#19

Posted: 10/19/05 at 6:37pm

Please be a rumor, please be a rumor, please be a rumor...

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The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda "And when Idina Menzel is singing, I'm always slightly worried that her teeth are going to jump out of her mouth and chase me." - Schmerg_the_Impaler

[jonartdesigns]

re: Melanie Griffith to replace Christina Applegate in CHARITY#20

Posted: 10/19/05 at 6:38pm

well when she was on martha the other day she seemed a touch more lucid than her interviews around the time of her being in chicago (the nine opening night video comes to mind) so heres to hoping she can pull it off this time

"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel

[Smaxie]

re: Melanie Griffith to replace Christina Applegate in CHARITY#21

Posted: 10/19/05 at 6:39pm

Kenyon is a moron, and jumped the gun. As in Riedel's piece in today's Post, it's just a rumor at this point.

Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.

[Type_A_Tiff]

re: Melanie Griffith to replace Christina Applegate in CHARITY#22

Posted: 10/19/05 at 6:43pm

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. This ISN'T a joke? No, seriously. Seriously??

"It's not always about you!!!" (But if you think I'm referring to you anyway, then I probably am.)

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[iRuvPrinceton]

re: Melanie Griffith to replace Christina Applegate in CHARITY#23

Posted: 10/19/05 at 7:35pm

NO! For Pete's sake, NO. Ah! NOOO!

I get lost, unless, of course, I'm getting found.

[WickedOne2]

re: Melanie Griffith to replace Christina Applegate in CHARITY#24

Posted: 10/19/05 at 7:41pm

I saw this too.. This would be awful.

"I wish the stage were as narrow as the wire of a tightrope dancer, so that no incompetent would dare step upon it." Goethe