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New Annie Revival Opens Fall 2011
mattyp4
Featured Actor Joined: 5/11/04
#25New Annie Revival Opens Fall 2011
Posted: 5/7/11 at 6:26pmI gotta say, I LOVE Wanda Sykes, but I saw that production in Media, PA earlier this year... and she should stick with her day job. Sorry, Wanda.
#26New Annie Revival Opens Fall 2011
Posted: 5/7/11 at 6:53pm
I love the idea of Mullally in this, it'd be great if she could do it without falling into Karen Walker antics, but that's doubtful.
In terms of theatre names I feel Donna Murphy, Katie Finneran, Martha Plimpton and Jan Maxwell should all be in the running. Finneran would bring the house down, she's probably my top choice.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#27New Annie Revival Opens Fall 2011
Posted: 5/7/11 at 7:07pmJackie Hoffman gets my vote for Hannigan.
#28New Annie Revival Opens Fall 2011
Posted: 5/7/11 at 7:24pm
I have a theory that a reason McArdle was so successful in the role was because she was the first. She wasn't awestruck from seeing another girl play the role. She wasn't seduced by the potential to "shine" on stage as ANNIE. She was a girl looking for a home, simple and heartfelt.
So many little girls know they can sing, know they can say the lines, know they look good in red and have a burning desire to dazzle on stage. They are so polished they come off as affected and insincere.
The best Annie I ever saw was an alternate in a community production. She wasn't the best singer, but you instantly CARED about whether she found a home or not.
ANNIE can either be an emotionally moving show with some good laughs or a boring showcase for child's developing ego.
I vote for Jackie Hoffman as Hannigan.
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. - Eleanor Roosevelt
#29New Annie Revival Opens Fall 2011
Posted: 5/7/11 at 7:27pmIf I had my way, Sherie would be Miss Hannigan.
bwayguy22089
Broadway Star Joined: 12/16/06
#30New Annie Revival Opens Fall 2011
Posted: 5/7/11 at 7:57pm
The other reason why the original was so well received was because, although McArdle was a young girl, she didn't sound like a child. She sounded like an adult trapped in a kids body. She wasn't whiny or "too cute." She was actually pretty gritty. I really like that about her performance.
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Updated On: 5/7/11 at 07:57 PM
#31New Annie Revival Opens Fall 2011
Posted: 5/7/11 at 9:08pmAbout the only thing that could get me to a revival of Annie would be Jane Lynch as Miss Hannigan.
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
#32New Annie Revival Opens Fall 2011
Posted: 5/7/11 at 9:38pmOh Jordan, the things I would do to hear Sherie sing "Little Girls".
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
Scarlett212
Understudy Joined: 7/18/07
#33New Annie Revival Opens Fall 2011
Posted: 5/7/11 at 10:41pmAndrea McArdle for Miss Hannigan. She would win a Tony
#34New Annie Revival Opens Fall 2011
Posted: 5/7/11 at 10:49pm
My first thought would be - Annie? Do we really need a revival.
My second was please not Andrea McCardle - there are too many actresses who would actually be good. Andrea did it in some regional house and apparently the only time she was good was during the curtain call when she sang Tomorrow. Great voice, limited actress, no comic timing.
bk
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/03
#35New Annie Revival Opens Fall 2011
Posted: 5/8/11 at 2:10amI saw McArdle do Miss Hannigan, and no one wants to see it, trust me. She's a nice gal, very talented, and has not ONE funny bone in her body - it was like watching a high school performance. The Annie there, Melody Hollis, was terrific, BTW - real, not pushy or flashy and along with Louanne the best I've seen. In fact, I hired her immediately and have worked with her four times now.
#36New Annie Revival Opens Fall 2011
Posted: 5/8/11 at 3:39amMy vote for Miss Hannigan would be Patti LuPone. I know she'd never really do it but I could see her tearing the ish out of that part (in a good way).
chewy5000
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/09
#37New Annie Revival Opens Fall 2011
Posted: 5/8/11 at 3:59amHarvey Fierstein for Miss Hannigan anyone?
bestfreakinshoes
Stand-by Joined: 1/5/08
#38New Annie Revival Opens Fall 2011
Posted: 5/11/11 at 12:14amAllison Janney. She has the comedic timing down. And she would tower over those little girls. Perfection.
#39New Annie Revival Opens Fall 2011
Posted: 5/11/11 at 12:37amI'd love to see Donna Murphy as Miss Hannigan.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
#40New Annie Revival Opens Fall 2011
Posted: 5/11/11 at 12:43amJust get Carol Burnett back on the stage to do it.
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