NY NY casting — Page 2

muscle23ftl said: "I disagree, this musical is famous, the name of the show is the name of the city, the legendary film had LIZA in it, with Deniro and a famous director. The songs NY NY, The world goes round, The man I love, Happy Endings, are absolutely iconic. It would be nice to have a star in it, Anne Hathaway would sell the s*** out of it, but it will sell well without stars. It's like Funny Girl or Moulin Rouge, they sold ok without stars (I didn't know Benie, so she wasn't a star for me, of course a real star like Lea with talent, sells much better) and Karen Olivo although a talented and known Tony Award winning Broadway star, not sure if she was selling the show, the movie and Lady Marmalade were selling the show, and they are still selling it even though the show is terrible."

The movie "New York, New York" is famous but for all the wrong reasons.

Let's face it, the film is not considered a classic by any means by the general public on the level of say, "The Sound of Music" or "West Side Story". The only song that is known to the general public outside of the film is "New York, New York" - and they know it not from the film, but from a cover version recorded by Frank Sinatra.

The general public knows zilch about the original film let alone any of the other musical numbers from it.

Do investors typically put up their money before or after the casting is announced? They may want to wait until after casting is announced.

Updated On: 12/29/22 at 10:12 AM

David10086 said: "So what NYNY needs is Beyonce and Will Smith in the title roles to sell tickets. Well, maybe not Smith..."

With Beyonce as New York and Smith as the other New York?

I doubt she'd be interested, but it feels like Alicia Keys would be the most logical stuntcasting.

edited to add, because evidently this came across as a serious suggestion (!), I was kidding. Alicia Keys...singer of another famous song with a "New York" refrain... Obviously not going to happen, nor should it.

Updated On: 12/29/22 at 12:16 PM

...We are aware. None of the big stars whose names are being thrown around are plausible. Just having some fun. I apologize if that's not allowed on a message board.

I thought Anne Hathaway was the reason this is happening? Is she not attached anymore?
Yes, I know she wasn’t publicly announced, but it’s a poorly kept rumor on these streets.

Imagine trying to sell "New York, New York" while NYC itself continues to face a crumbling reputation with one lackluster administration after another. Risk your life to see the NYC as it was decades ago!

No. Read my post before about the films availability and “popularity”.

Jordan Catalano said: "No. Read my post before about the films availability and “popularity”."

Gotcha, JC. So this is a *insert expletive" crap shoot! I hope the powers that be have thought this through and figured it out but I do imagine that they are all sweating right about now about taking this on.

BCfitasafiddle said: "Anna Uzele and Jeremy Jordan are great talents and no doubt be fabulous together. If its them, I'll be excited."

I would be too, but our excitement won’t create a 1.5-2 million weekly box office.

Bill Snibson said: "Once again I will say...you won't get a big name to star in a new musical. There are too many unknown variables to contend with and you are setting yourself up for major criticism."

Well this is a depressing statement. But apparently a true one, based on other responses to it. Stars only do revivals now? I will say, this is probably not true if a big composer is involved. Sondheim never had trouble getting stars to be in new shows, and Lloyd Webber doesn't. Miranda hasn't used stars, but that may be more about the kind of shows he does (which require younger, more popular music-oriented signing styles).

Lola Getz2 said: "joevitus said: "Sondheim never had trouble getting stars to be in new shows, and Lloyd Webber doesn't. Miranda hasn't used stars, but that may be more about the kind of shows he does (which require younger, more popular music-oriented signing styles)."

What were the last original shows Sondheim or Webber produced that had "stars"? I can't think of one, with the possible exception of Sunset Blvd 30 years ago. And as for LMM, what has he produced since his skyrocket to superstardom with Hamilton?"

And Sunset Boulevard already had a full production on the West End before Glenn Close decided to do it, so there was already evidence of potential success. She didn’t go in blind.