My cast for a possible NY Philharmonic production of "Sunset Boulevard"- Page 2

[CindersGolightly]

My cast for a possible NY Philharmonic production of #25

Posted: 4/7/16 at 2:54am

Gosh, I love Patti's bitterness. Especially because she really was the better Norma.

They/them. "Get up the nerve to be all you deserve to be."

[AEA AGMA SM]

My cast for a possible NY Philharmonic production of #26

Posted: 4/7/16 at 12:15pm

Valentina3 said: "My picks for Norma (in order) are -


Chita Rivera

Sutton Foster

Kristen Chenoweth

 

Can Betty be black? Because I'd like to hear Cynthia Erivo sing that track. Love the idea of Ramin as Joe, also possibly Christian Borle (Sutton and Christian as lovers... um)."

 

Can't say that I really see Sutton Foster as Norma. I think she lacks that faded grandeur that suggests why Norma was the "greatest star of all."

 

Re: Cynthia Erivo. I don't see any reason why Betty has to be white (and cue the chorus of "but a female minority would never get to be in her position in 1949" in 3..2..1...). Several minority actresses played Norma, after all (Rita Moreno, Diahann Carroll).

[lovebwy]

My cast for a possible NY Philharmonic production of #27

Posted: 4/7/16 at 12:37pm

Since they made up at the Kennedy Center Honors, I wonder if Patti sent Glenn a telegram on opening night.

I bet she did.

 

[BobBenson]

My cast for a possible NY Philharmonic production of #28

Posted: 4/7/16 at 12:52pm

NORMA DESMOND - Donna Murphy

JOE GILLIS - Chris Pine

MAX VON MAYERLING - Brian Stokes Mitchell

BETTY SCHAEFER - Laura Osnes

ARTIE - Max Crumm

CECIL B. DEMILLE - George Hearn

[CarlosAlberto]

My cast for a possible NY Philharmonic production of #29

Posted: 4/7/16 at 1:10pm

BobBenson said:  NORMA DESMOND - Donna Murphy

JOE GILLIS - Chris Pine

MAX VON MAYERLING - Brian Stokes Mitchell

BETTY SCHAEFER - Laura Osnes

ARTIE - Max Crumm

CECIL B. DEMILLE - George Hearn

 

Now THAT'S a cast. I'd pay top dollar to see that!

[Valentina3]

My cast for a possible NY Philharmonic production of #30

Posted: 4/7/16 at 4:14pm

lovebwy, a telegram? :P That's cute!

 

Okay, how about Joel Grey as Max? :)

Caption: Every so often there was a rare moment of perfect balance when I soared above him.

[Brave Sir Robin2]

My cast for a possible NY Philharmonic production of #31

Posted: 4/7/16 at 7:34pm

I'd love to hear Michael Cerveris singing "The Greatest Star of All."

"I saw Pavarotti play Rodolfo on stage and with his girth I thought he was about to eat the whole table at the Cafe Momus." - Dollypop

[Demitri2]

My cast for a possible NY Philharmonic production of #32

Posted: 4/7/16 at 8:43pm

After seeing Diahann Carroll, Petula Clark and Betty Buckley in the role, I would really love to see Donna Murphy's take on Norma. IIRC wasn't Murphy once mentioned for a Signature Theatre production?

[oncemorewithfeeling2]

My cast for a possible NY Philharmonic production of #33

Posted: 4/7/16 at 10:42pm

I'm not sure if she was attached to a Signature production, but Murphy played Norma in a Roundabout Workshop a year or two ago.

[Here_I_Go_Again]

My cast for a possible NY Philharmonic production of #34

Posted: 4/8/16 at 12:14am

What ever became of that workshop?

also would mind Karen mason or Dee hoty 

[SweetLips]

My cast for a possible NY Philharmonic production of #35

Posted: 4/8/16 at 5:42am

Meryls' done everything else---why not this?

 

I wish Nicole Kidman could sing better she would look amazing in those clothes.

Toni  Collette?

Edit--forgot to add---I am SO over Glen Close !

Updated On: 4/8/16 at 05:42 AM

[Brave Sir Robin2]

My cast for a possible NY Philharmonic production of #36

Posted: 4/8/16 at 7:07pm

Christine Baranski. She could sing it, at least in Glenn's keys. She's a great actress and has a striking look. I feel like she could balance the camp and vulnerability well. Toni Colette, Nicole Kidman, and Catherine Zeta-Jones would also be swell.

"I saw Pavarotti play Rodolfo on stage and with his girth I thought he was about to eat the whole table at the Cafe Momus." - Dollypop