Movie Cast Members that See the Musical

[FOAnatic]

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?

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

[GreatWhiteWay]

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

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

[Parks]

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

Can't forget Rosie O'Donnell and Tarzan!

[Yankeefan007]

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]

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

ricki lake was at opening night of hairspray and loved it

[I<3bway]

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]

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

I always forget he played Big Simba.

[wickedrentq]

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

[Parks]

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

I had no idea about Lion King! Interesting.

[worrell4077]

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]

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]

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.

[iLiVeOnAvEnUeQ]

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?

[emo_geek]

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

I too had no idea about the Lion King

[orangeskittles]

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.

[BrodyFosse123]

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]

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

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