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#51

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Posted: 8/1/06 at 12:47pm

Nathan Lane sound so funny as both Edna and Wilbur, he's like the biggest talent in the world! I had the chance to meet him once as he was walking on West 44th St. He was actually very sweet to my Mom and I, I hope he plays Edna someday soon!!!!

Tina Maddigan, who plays Sophie in the biggest role of her young career, remembers "bouncing on the sofa as a child at home in Newfoundland, listening to ABBA records." GO TINA!!

#52

re: NATHAN LANE IN HAIRSPRAY AS EDNA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: 8/1/06 at 1:12pm

Me too!

"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey

#53

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Posted: 8/1/06 at 2:54pm

I'm not sure he would work as Edna. Although played by a man, Edna is a woman, and only John Pinette and Harvey Fierstein have played it properly. Lane would turn it campy.

#54

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Posted: 8/1/06 at 3:00pm

Well, who knows? I mean...John Travolta!?? lol

how was Bruce Valanch (sp?) in the role?

My friend saw John Pinette on tour in Hairspray and he said you can actually believe he's a woman! (Same with Harvey)

"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey

#55

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Posted: 8/1/06 at 3:06pm

Bruce Vilance thought played it campy. I shudder to how Travolta will play it. He'll be winking after every reference to being a woman.

#56

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Posted: 8/1/06 at 3:09pm

Haha! What a horrible thought!

"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey

#57

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Posted: 8/1/06 at 3:44pm

Okay...I am i the onyl one who'd actually like to see Nathan Lane as Edna or Wilbur?

BTW, Bruce Villanch was GENIUS as Edna.

#58

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Posted: 8/1/06 at 5:39pm

Fosse, interesting that you would say that Lane would turn Edna to camp when he did the Birdcage and gave a very layered and subdued performance that was anything BUT camp.

Then again I am never sure how anyone can authoritatively say they KNOW how an actor will perform a role. Even the actor doesn't know until they start rehearsal and work with the director.

The demo disc Lane did was just that: a demo for the score. Not a final performance with direction.

Personally, I don't see Travolta in the role but here we go again with Hollywood casting of a movie musical to get the box office. It never works (people don't go see a movie musicals unless they like musicals and then they want to see someone who knows how to sing and dance inf a show). Yes, he did Grease but geez!

It's all about the marketing.

"Life is a lesson in humility"

#59

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Posted: 8/1/06 at 6:58pm

Well, he was supposed to play Billy Flin in the Chicago movie and turned it down......just a fun fact! And he dances in almost every movie he's been in! Think about it Be Cool, Urban Cowboy, Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Look who's talking 1-3 so we know he's a good dancer and he's a decent singer but as a woman?...

I'd like to see Nathan as either Wilbur or Edna but I don't think he'd be a replacement in a show. I looked at his resume and he has only replaced a role twice ...once in The Producers and once in an off-broadway show that I forget the name of. That's it. I highly doubt we would see him as Wilbur or Edna on Broadway. =(

"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey

#60

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Posted: 8/1/06 at 7:29pm

Til' this day I will NEVER forgive Travolta for not taking the Billy Flynn role.

, *shudders at the thought of Richard's high note at the end of Razzle Dazzle*

I have NEVER met Cheyenne Jackson. I have never hung out with him in his dressing room, he did not tweet me, he never bought me a beverage, and he mostly certainly didn't tickle me. . .that is all.

Updated On: 8/1/06 at 07:29 PM

#61

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Posted: 8/1/06 at 7:31pm

I also think he would've made a great Billy! Though I did like Richard in the role!

"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey

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