Movie Cast Members that See the Musical

[FOAnatic]

Movie Cast Members that See the Musical#0

Posted: 6/18/06 at 7:49pm

I've always been wondering one thing about these movie musicals...and it's: What movie cast members have seen the musical incarnations of their movies?

We all know what Oprah thinks of THE COLOR PURPLE.

But I'd love to know if Steve Martin or Michael Caine have seen DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS and what their opinions of it was.

What did Ricki Lake say about HAIRSPRAY if she saw it?

I believe I heard Adam Sandler was at the Seattle premier of THE WEDDING SINGER but I don't know if anyone asked his opinion of it. Has Drew Barrymore been spotted around the Al Hirschfeld?

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Updated On: 6/18/06 at 07:49 PM

[GreatWhiteWay]

re: Movie Cast Members that See the Musical#1

Posted: 6/18/06 at 9:06pm

I'd actually love to know what they think, too. Has anyone heard anything?

[Parks]

re: Movie Cast Members that See the Musical#2

Posted: 6/18/06 at 9:10pm

Can't forget Rosie O'Donnell and Tarzan!

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[Yankeefan007]

re: Movie Cast Members that See the Musical#3

Posted: 6/18/06 at 9:18pm

Adam Sandler reportedly loved Wedding Singer, much to the delight of Stephen Lynch.

Daphne Ruben Vega and Patti LuPone did not see Rent and Evita, respectively.

[harris007]

re: Movie Cast Members that See the Musical#4

Posted: 6/18/06 at 9:19pm

ricki lake was at opening night of hairspray and loved it

Attend the tale of Bovine Boy His party threads we all enjoy But does he have Mad Cow Disease? He doesn't eat beef - but cows skating? - oh please!!! With cocoa!?! And lemonade!?! The heifer-mad poster of Broadway (World)

[I<3bway]

re: Movie Cast Members that See the Musical#5

Posted: 6/18/06 at 9:26pm

It would also be interesting to know the other way around too. I wonder what Matthew Broderick thinks about the Lion King.

[Fiction Writer]

re: Movie Cast Members that See the Musical#6

Posted: 6/18/06 at 9:32pm

I always forget he played Big Simba.

[wickedrentq]

re: Movie Cast Members that See the Musical#7

Posted: 6/18/06 at 11:04pm

The Lion King was(to my knowledge, they could have done something earlier) the birth of the Lane-Broderick partnership. Matthew was Adult Simba and Nathan was Timon

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[Parks]

re: Movie Cast Members that See the Musical#8

Posted: 6/18/06 at 11:07pm

I had no idea about Lion King! Interesting.

"If it walks like a Parks, if it wobbles like a Parks, then it's definitely fat and nobody loves it." --MA

[worrell4077]

re: Movie Cast Members that See the Musical#9

Posted: 6/19/06 at 1:06pm

The 5 living Pythons(Cleese, Idle, Palin, Jones, and Gilliam)were at the opening of SpamAlot.

What I would like to know and if anyone knows please posted it, I wonder if Gene Wilder ever got around to seeing the musical version of The Producers. I'd really like to know what he thought of it.
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[Jon]

re: Movie Cast Members that See the Musical#10

Posted: 6/19/06 at 1:30pm

I know Nathan Lane didn't care for TLK - he felt that Max Casella was doing an imitation of him.

Of course Adam Sandler wants Wedding Singer to be a hit - he was one of the producers of the movie and gets a share of the profits (if any) for the show.

[FOAnatic]

re: Movie Cast Members that See the Musical#11

Posted: 10/22/06 at 8:14pm

Interesting. I didn't know Sandler got any more money from the musical than royalties to use his songs.

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

[iLiVeOnAvEnUeQ]

re: Movie Cast Members that See the Musical#12

Posted: 10/22/06 at 11:18pm

didn't Oprah help make the color purple the musical? Like help produce it or give them money or something?

I'm a Thespian, wanna watch?

[emo_geek]

re: Movie Cast Members that See the Musical#13

Posted: 10/22/06 at 11:36pm

I too had no idea about the Lion King

"I never had theatre producers run after me. Some people want to make more Broadway shows out of movies. But Elliot and I aren't going to do Batman: The Musical." - Julie Taymor 1999

[orangeskittles]

re: Movie Cast Members that See the Musical#14

Posted: 10/22/06 at 11:37pm

The Lion King was(to my knowledge, they could have done something earlier) the birth of the Lane-Broderick partnership. Matthew was Adult Simba and Nathan was Timon

Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane did the voiceovers for the movie in separate studios at separate times. They never met until the premiere. Technically they both worked on the same project, but I wouldn't call it a partnership if they never actually interacted.

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[BrodyFosse123]

re: Movie Cast Members that See the Musical#15

Posted: 10/23/06 at 12:25am

Ricki Lake LOVED "Hairspray" (even featured Marissa and the cast performing "Good Morning, Baltimore" on her show).

Chita Rivera could not say enough great things about Catherine Zeta-Jones and Renee Zellweger in the film-version of CHICAGO.

[goldenstate5]

re: Movie Cast Members that See the Musical#16

Posted: 10/23/06 at 1:26am

My grandparents knew Dennis Palumbo, who wrote "My Favorite Year" and he supposedly hated the musical version...