#26
Posted: 9/7/10 at 7:31pm
Christine Ebersole and Mary Louise Wilson
OK let's recast Night Music again — Page 2
#27
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.
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
#28
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
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
#29
Posted: 9/7/10 at 8:16pm
LOVING the Cate Blanchett idea!
Tonya Pinkins - Madame Armfeldt
Tonya Pinkins - Madame Armfeldt
Witty signature to come.
#30
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?
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?
#31
Posted: 9/7/10 at 9:00pm
I'm thinking Holland Taylor or Dana Ivy as Armfeldt.
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#32
Posted: 9/7/10 at 9:13pm
Call 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.
#33
Posted: 9/7/10 at 9:15pm
48-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
#34
Posted: 9/7/10 at 10:06pm
Does 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
#35
Posted: 9/7/10 at 10:26pm
I meant a couple years down the road, I'm sure Ms. Pinkins would do great things with the role.
Witty signature to come.
#36
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.
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
#37
Posted: 9/7/10 at 10:40pm
I 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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#38
Posted: 9/7/10 at 11:01pm
I wonder if we'll ever see a black Desiree and/or Madame Armfeldt on Broadway.
#39
Posted: 9/7/10 at 11:08pm
I 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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#40
Posted: 9/7/10 at 11:10pm
Benanti 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
#41
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.
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.
#42
Posted: 9/8/10 at 12:21am
Piggy would pick Ann up by the hair and throw her off the stage for messing with Kermie.
#43
Posted: 9/8/10 at 12:37am
Lily Tomlin as Madame Armfeldt.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#44
Posted: 9/8/10 at 12:51am
I think a Muppets version of A Little Night Music would be hilarious.
#45
Posted: 9/8/10 at 5:09am
If Toni Collette did this (or anything else on Broadway for that matter), I'd die from happiness!
#46
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).
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).
#47
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.
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.
#48
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.
Audra McDonald would be heavenly and I think any number of Madame Armfeldts - Leslie Uggums, Phylicia Rashad, Diahann Carroll would be wonderful opposite her.
#49
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.
A lot.
I'll take either pairing.
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