My Dream VIRGINIA WOOLF

Looking at the pictures of Steppenwolf's WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? made me wish even more for another Broadway reial of this play. I'd love to see Patti LuPone as Martha, Boyd Gaines as George, Reichen Lehmkuhl as Nick and Kristen Chenoweth as Honey (I doubt that she's want to be involved in a play that has so much profanity, though)

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Naw, LuPone will burn up the stage as Martha

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I'm seeing this production on Saturday, and am very excited. It's long been one of my favorite plays. Tracy Letts is ideal casting for George. I was a big fan of his work as an actor before he became famous for August: Osage County. I was not a fan of Bill Irwin's interpretation (Tony Award...whatever). He was waaaaay too mousey. Letts' trademark biting cynicism is more like it.

Anyway, I hate to say it, but Kristen Chenoweth is far too old for Honey now. Patti and Boyd would probably be good (if obvious) choices for Martha and George. However, when I saw the latest revival on Broadway, it was a weekend matinee and the house was like, half-full. The show had a very short run because no one came to see it. It's a brilliant piece of work, but not the kind of thing Broadway audiences want to see nowadays unless you get Meryl Streep or someone to do it. Sad.

Well, I saw the LA production with John Lithgow (George) Glenda Jackson (Martha), Brian Kerwin (Nick) and Cynthia Nixon (Honey). Lithgow's George was not mousey. He was relatively strong - Glenda was a whirlwind.

I'd love to see David Tennant as George. If Burton could do it, then George doesn't have to be 100% american.

I cannot think of a better dream casting for me, personally, than Amy Morton as Martha. That woman is a force to be reckoned with onstage. Seeing it in DC in March. It's so far away :'(

Lupone was one who the many performers who was invited to audition for the most recent Broadway revival. I've always wondered what she would do with the role. Gaines is an inspired choice for George.

Amy Morton is pretty much perfect casting as Martha.

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