Neil Patrick Harris to Replace Carpinello in Xanadu?- Page 2
Neil Patrick Harris to Replace Carpinello in Xanadu?
re: Neil Patrick Harris to Replace Carpinello in Xanadu?#25
Posted: 6/14/07 at 11:28amWhy does it have to come down to insulting ones physicality? Do you have nothing constructive to contribute?
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
re: Neil Patrick Harris to Replace Carpinello in Xanadu?#26
Posted: 6/14/07 at 11:28am
Can you imagine NPH's skinny legs in those shorts?
I can! I have one word for you all. Lollerskates.
ETA helpful illustration:
Updated On: 6/14/07 at 11:28 AM
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/3/05
re: Neil Patrick Harris to Replace Carpinello in Xanadu?#27
Posted: 6/14/07 at 11:45am
I would love it if Cheyenne or Neil were to fill in for Carpinello. The understudies do a great job, but I would like it if they just had a temporary replacement.
Or take Matt Morrison out of TEN MILLION MILES and let him do it. Would kill to see that.
re: Neil Patrick Harris to Replace Carpinello in Xanadu?#28
Posted: 6/14/07 at 11:56amI'd LOVE to see NPH in those shorts. De-Lish!
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/30/07
re: Neil Patrick Harris to Replace Carpinello in Xanadu?#29
Posted: 6/14/07 at 12:00pmI LOVEEEEEEE Neil Patrick Harris! He is great!
re: Neil Patrick Harris to Replace Carpinello in Xanadu?#30
Posted: 6/14/07 at 12:02pmWith Neil Patrick Harris that could miraculously bump Xanadu from the bottom to the top of my "things I'll see if I lose Rent lotto" list.
Joined: 12/31/69
re: Neil Patrick Harris to Replace Carpinello in Xanadu?#31
Posted: 6/14/07 at 12:08pmOh, Foster calm down.
re: Neil Patrick Harris to Replace Carpinello in Xanadu?#32
Posted: 6/14/07 at 12:23pmI'd see it with him. In a second. Perez Hilton would have a field day with it though.
Broadway Star Joined: 10/13/04
re: Neil Patrick Harris to Replace Carpinello in Xanadu?#33
Posted: 6/14/07 at 12:32pm
I just want NPH to come back to Broadway! Be it in this...or something else.
Meanwhile..I have tickets for Xanadu on Sat night...should be interesting.
re: Neil Patrick Harris to Replace Carpinello in Xanadu?#34
Posted: 6/14/07 at 12:40pmNeil is perfection, even if he has skinny legs...
re: Neil Patrick Harris to Replace Carpinello in Xanadu?#35
Posted: 6/14/07 at 12:41pmThat would be amazing if he did.
re: Neil Patrick Harris to Replace Carpinello in Xanadu?#36
Posted: 6/14/07 at 12:46pmThey should cut their losses and close in previews...let's face it: Xanadu the musical on Broadway was a horrible idea to begin with.
re: Neil Patrick Harris to Replace Carpinello in Xanadu?#37
Posted: 6/14/07 at 12:57pmWell it looks like only you, WithoutATrace, and munk think it's a horrible idea. Most people seem to enjoy it, or at least the 400+ crowd that vists the HH theatre every night.
re: Neil Patrick Harris to Replace Carpinello in Xanadu?#38
Posted: 6/14/07 at 1:01pm
There are mostly positive reviews on Broadway Box.
Broadway Box Reviews
re: Neil Patrick Harris to Replace Carpinello in Xanadu?#39
Posted: 6/14/07 at 1:08pmWe'll see what the critics have to say (assuming they ever get the chance to review it).
re: Neil Patrick Harris to Replace Carpinello in Xanadu?#40
Posted: 6/14/07 at 1:15pm
I didn't talk about critics, just normal people.
It looks like many like it (40+ positive reviews at BB, most of them not "theater-people").
I think reviews will be Mixed to Positive, but who knows, they're still in rehearsals! I think it's unfair to judge a show based on an early rehearsal.
re: Neil Patrick Harris to Replace Carpinello in Xanadu?#41
Posted: 6/14/07 at 1:22pm
I am actually a fan of Neil Patrick Harris, but I just dont see him as Sonny Malloy. I always have this mental image that Sonny Malloy looks like Cheyenne Jackson or at least ..James Carpinello...dark haired , attractive guy...
But on second thought--- NPH looks more like Michael Beck (the guy in the movie Xanadu ), if he will wear a long hair wig , like in the movie. Though I find Michael Beck kinda unattractive in the movie, ( I am not insinuating that NPH is ugly) but I guess .. if you think it ,,probably NPH is a good choice as Sonny Malloy (patterned after Michael Beck's character in the movie) as a spoof of MB character in the movie...
BTW - Is Michael Beck kinda skinny and flimsy in the XANADU movie too ?
What do you guys think .. is this guy kinda looks like Neil Patrick Harris ? might work, huh?
J*
Updated On: 6/14/07 at 01:22 PM
re: Neil Patrick Harris to Replace Carpinello in Xanadu?#42
Posted: 6/14/07 at 1:50pmhe is so hot, he should do it, he would be great! I LOVE HIM
re: Neil Patrick Harris to Replace Carpinello in Xanadu?#43
Posted: 6/14/07 at 1:52pmJay, he looks more like Heath Ledger in that picture.
re: Neil Patrick Harris to Replace Carpinello in Xanadu?#44
Posted: 6/14/07 at 1:55pm
No, there are more of us that think this is a stupid idea. And I'll bet half of them are the agents of every other young male actor imagining the horror of a client out for months of rehab after breaking an ankle. Or much worse.
Didn't any of you people see "Applause?"
re: Neil Patrick Harris to Replace Carpinello in Xanadu?#45
Posted: 6/14/07 at 1:55pmJust hearsay, but I just heard that Neil Patrick Harris has turned it down.
re: Neil Patrick Harris to Replace Carpinello in Xanadu?#46
Posted: 6/14/07 at 2:29pm
How about these pics:
to these ? any resemblance? - J*
Updated On: 6/14/07 at 02:29 PM
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/3/05
re: Neil Patrick Harris to Replace Carpinello in Xanadu?#47
Posted: 6/14/07 at 3:02pmThey're not going to REPLACE James. They need a cover for the months he'll be out.
re: Neil Patrick Harris to Replace Carpinello in Xanadu?#48
Posted: 6/14/07 at 3:12pmYou would have to be a pretty stupid network exec to let him take over that role.
Stand-by Joined: 9/30/06
re: Neil Patrick Harris to Replace Carpinello in Xanadu?#49
Posted: 6/14/07 at 3:14pm
"I'd see it with him. In a second. Perez Hilton would have a field day with it though."
I'd pay to see Perez as one of the muses. Well, I'd probably try to get a discount off the $19.80 I paid at the box office for wearing my leg warmers.
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