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OK let's recast Night Music again
#25OK let's recast Night Music again
Posted: 9/7/10 at 7:31pmChristine Ebersole and Mary Louise Wilson
#26OK let's recast Night Music again
Posted: 9/7/10 at 7:34pm
I love the idea of Pfeiffer as Desiree, but I'd choose Maggie Smith as Armfeldt. As long, as I'm dreaming, I'd also like to see Sting as Frederik.
Edited to add: hell, as long as I'm at it, I'll in bring Scarlett Johansson to play Petra.
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Updated On: 9/7/10 at 07:34 PM
#27OK let's recast Night Music again
Posted: 9/7/10 at 7:43pm
Desiree: Toni Collette
Madame Armfeldt: Joan Plowright
Fredrik Egerman: Liam Neeson (I don't care if he can sing or not--he'd be beyond dashing in the role)
Carl-Magnus: Steven Pasquale
Charlotte: Emily Skinner
Henrik Egerman: Bobby Steggert
Anne Egerman: Alexandra Socha
Petra: Megan Lawrence
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#28OK let's recast Night Music again
Posted: 9/7/10 at 8:16pm
LOVING the Cate Blanchett idea!
Tonya Pinkins - Madame Armfeldt
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jagfkb
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/29/07
#29OK let's recast Night Music again
Posted: 9/7/10 at 8:23pm
^OMG, someone get Julie into this, she'd be PERFECT for Armfeldt.
Also, does anyone else love Stritch in the role of Madame Armfeldt just because she's so different in terms of acting style from everyone else?
While we're at it: Betty White was rumored for the Storyteller in BBAJ, why not Armfeldt?
#30OK let's recast Night Music again
Posted: 9/7/10 at 9:00pmI'm thinking Holland Taylor or Dana Ivy as Armfeldt.
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#31OK let's recast Night Music again
Posted: 9/7/10 at 9:13pmCall me crazy, but I would really love to see what Charles Busch could do with the role of Desiree...I just don't know who could play Madame Armfeldt.
#32OK let's recast Night Music again
Posted: 9/7/10 at 9:15pm48-year-old Tonya Pinkins as Madame Armfeldt?!?! She'd kill you if she heard that.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#33OK let's recast Night Music again
Posted: 9/7/10 at 10:06pmDoes Patricia Routledge still act? I'd love to see her as Madame.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#34OK let's recast Night Music again
Posted: 9/7/10 at 10:26pmI meant a couple years down the road, I'm sure Ms. Pinkins would do great things with the role.
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#35OK let's recast Night Music again
Posted: 9/7/10 at 10:34pm
Maybe a few decades down the road...
Right now, I could actually see her as a compelling Desiree.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#36OK let's recast Night Music again
Posted: 9/7/10 at 10:40pmI so agree, she would be marvelous as Armfeldt two revivals from now, but currently would make a very human, heartfelt Desiree
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#37OK let's recast Night Music again
Posted: 9/7/10 at 11:01pmI wonder if we'll ever see a black Desiree and/or Madame Armfeldt on Broadway.
#38OK let's recast Night Music again
Posted: 9/7/10 at 11:08pmI saw the show on Sunday and I was dazzled by most of the cast but very annoyed by Ramona Mallory and couldn't help thinking that Laura Benanti would be a stunning Anne.
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#39OK let's recast Night Music again
Posted: 9/7/10 at 11:10pmBenanti played it regionally. She also WAY too old for the role now. She's in her 30s. She was approached for Charlotte but turned it down to originate a lead role in a new play (Vibrator Play). Updated On: 9/7/10 at 11:10 PM
#40OK let's recast Night Music again
Posted: 9/8/10 at 12:13am
Madame IS Madame, and her "Liaisons" would be anything but cute.
And that casting would inevitably lead someone to offer Desiree to:
Miss Piggy...whose "You Must Meet My Wife" (with Kermit as Frederik) would be flawless.
#41OK let's recast Night Music again
Posted: 9/8/10 at 12:21amPiggy would pick Ann up by the hair and throw her off the stage for messing with Kermie.
#42OK let's recast Night Music again
Posted: 9/8/10 at 12:37amLily Tomlin as Madame Armfeldt.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#43OK let's recast Night Music again
Posted: 9/8/10 at 12:51amI think a Muppets version of A Little Night Music would be hilarious.
#44OK let's recast Night Music again
Posted: 9/8/10 at 5:09amIf Toni Collette did this (or anything else on Broadway for that matter), I'd die from happiness!
#45OK let's recast Night Music again
Posted: 9/8/10 at 6:21am
"Paulo Szot- Fredrik"
Fredrik will be too much a thankless role for Paulo, and even though I know he will rock this role like hell, he is too bulky and handsome for it. It's more suitable for him to be the Count, but again, another thankless role for such a lovely singer (same as what happened to Aaron).
#46OK let's recast Night Music again
Posted: 9/8/10 at 8:00am
I'm in LOVE with the Audra idea and what about Phylicia Rashad opposite her as Madame Armfeldt? Ive heard she was great as the witch in Into the Woods,
And Broadway needs to see Kate Baldwin (Finian's Rainbow)'s Charlotte...She was perfect in the role at Center Stage in Baltimore.
Yes that's me. No, it's not a Rent homage.
#47OK let's recast Night Music again
Posted: 9/8/10 at 9:07am
Frederick is actually a wonderful role; and Szot is definitely not too bulky or handsome for the part -- actually, Hanson's replacement, Stephen Buntrock is very much in the Paulo Szot mold phsycially....
Audra McDonald would be heavenly and I think any number of Madame Armfeldts - Leslie Uggums, Phylicia Rashad, Diahann Carroll would be wonderful opposite her.
broadwayjim42
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/19/03
#48OK let's recast Night Music again
Posted: 9/8/10 at 9:27am
I really like the Vanessa Williams/Audra McDonald/Diahann Carroll/Leslie Uggams idea.
A lot.
I'll take either pairing.
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