Other stage roles for CZJ

#1

Other stage roles for CZJ

Posted: 5/18/10 at 9:17pm

Now that Night Music is set to shutter, I have a hunch Miss Zeta-Jones will be back.

I'm sure she will be busy balancing family life and a successful film career, but I also think her experience (regardless of the Tony outcome) will be viewed as a very positive one.

Assuming she's back in the next few years, what would you like to see her in?

My list:


Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Agnes of God (the psychiatrist)
Mame
The Little Foxes

... and if they ever film The Drowsy Chaperone, I'd love to see her in the title role

... and in ten years (God, help me) ... Gypsy

As she gets older, I would also like to see her tackle:

Sweet Bird of Youth
Follies (as Phyllis)
Hello, Dolly!



Oh! And here's a crazy thought. A NEW musical.

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#2

Other stage roles for CZJ

Posted: 5/18/10 at 9:19pm

Even though I still pine for a Vanessa Williams Phyllis, I agree that it would be a good role for Cathy.

#3

Other stage roles for CZJ

Posted: 5/18/10 at 9:33pm

* likes "Cathy" *

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#4

Other stage roles for CZJ

Posted: 5/18/10 at 9:40pm

My friend Joe can't stand her and always sneers, "Cathy Jones." I just say it cause it's funny.

Maybe Cathy Jones could do Cathy the musical, based on the long running comic by Cathy Guisewite!

#5

Other stage roles for CZJ

Posted: 5/18/10 at 9:40pm

She'd be great as MAME and would have been wonderful in WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN. Even though it opened the door for her eventual casting in NIGHT MUSIC, its too bad she turned down the chance to audition for it (Bartlett Sher insisted she do so instead of a straight forward offer).

#6

Other stage roles for CZJ

Posted: 5/18/10 at 9:57pm

Why does she have to be so young? I wish she could do Follies at the Kennedy Center. I almost guarantee Sondheim would approve the casting regardless of her age, he seems to REALLY love Catherine.

Here's to hoping she wins the Tony next month.

Updated On: 5/18/10 at 09:57 PM

#7

Other stage roles for CZJ

Posted: 5/18/10 at 10:27pm

I'm not her biggest fan by a long shot, but I would LOVE to see her in The Little Foxes.

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#8

Other stage roles for CZJ

Posted: 5/18/10 at 10:27pm

I think she'd be a great Velma Kelly.

Seriously though, I would LOVE to see her do a star turn as Lily Garland in On The Twentieth Century.
And Andrea Martin as Letita Primrose.

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#9

Other stage roles for CZJ

Posted: 5/18/10 at 11:11pm

Addams Family maybe replace Krysta or Bebe

#10

Other stage roles for CZJ

Posted: 5/18/10 at 11:23pm

She can do "Hello, Dolly!" whenever she wants... I don't think she's too young, and lord knows Channing was playing Dolly well into her 80s.
I would also love to see her in any of the three lead female roles in "City of Angels," but I don't think any of them are big enough for her. Maybe in a movie version, though. Actually, in a movie version, she can play all of them

#11

Other stage roles for CZJ

Posted: 5/18/10 at 11:24pm

RENO. SWEENEY.

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#12

Other stage roles for CZJ

Posted: 5/18/10 at 11:26pm

She apparently passed on revivals of Anything Goes and Bye Bye Birdie. Sounds like a smart decision.

Updated On: 5/18/10 at 11:26 PM

#13

Other stage roles for CZJ

Posted: 5/18/10 at 11:27pm

Yeah, Roundabout actively courted her for a revival of Anything Goes, but she wanted to play a different character.

#14

Other stage roles for CZJ

Posted: 5/18/10 at 11:29pm

The only show I can really see her in is "Kiss of the Spider Woman". I like her playing that type of character for some reason.

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#15

Other stage roles for CZJ

Posted: 5/18/10 at 11:33pm

She'd be an excellent Mamma Rose some years down the line.

#16

Other stage roles for CZJ

Posted: 5/18/10 at 11:51pm

Even thought the substance of the show is not excellent, she would be an excellent Morticia. But put me on the Gypsy, Mame, Kiss of the Spiderwoman bandwagon!!

#17

Other stage roles for CZJ

Posted: 5/19/10 at 1:35am

Mrs. Lovett

#18

Other stage roles for CZJ

Posted: 5/19/10 at 2:15am

Norma Desmond

#19

Other stage roles for CZJ

Posted: 5/19/10 at 5:29am

It's too soon... (from her last outing)

And I'm not sure if she could suitably act (perhaps too over the top?)

But she is the kind of star power a PASSION revival needs!

The novelty of her being (hopefully) extremely sickly and ugly looking in the show seems interesting (I mean it does in me, but I don't know if it will in others, create interest/talk etc..)

Since she is 'in' with Sondheim, it seems intuitive she would want to work with him again.

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Updated On: 5/19/10 at 05:29 AM

#20

Other stage roles for CZJ

Posted: 5/19/10 at 8:16am

I'd rather see her create a NEW role in a NEW musical than become another fantasy casting go-to-girl for all the same tired shows that get endlessly revived and cast here.

That being said...

GYPSY in ten years?

She'd be a great Rose now. She's actually the exact right age - she looks young enough for the early scenes, and at 40 she's the age Rose should be at the end of the show.

What a unique concept. A Rose who isn't superannuated.

And before the "it's too soon for another GYPSY revival" arguments begin, I AGREE. I'm just saying she's the right age to play the role. Now.

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#21

Other stage roles for CZJ

Posted: 5/19/10 at 9:43am

I'd rather see her create a NEW role in a NEW musical than become another fantasy casting go-to-girl for all the same tired shows that get endlessly revived and cast here.

I'm telling you, it should be the stage version of the Cathy Comic. Ack!!!!!

#22

Other stage roles for CZJ

Posted: 5/19/10 at 9:51am

First thing that came to mind was the aforementioned Mame, but I'll also add Applause.

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#23

Other stage roles for CZJ

Posted: 5/19/10 at 9:52am

Applause is a really good suggestion.

#24

Other stage roles for CZJ

Posted: 5/19/10 at 10:01am

Since Dixie Carter has passed away, CZJ is now my choice for a concert production of Coco.

I'll also add Vera in Pal Joey to the list. And maybe Lola in Damn Yankees.

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#25

Other stage roles for CZJ

Posted: 5/19/10 at 10:35am

Kiss of the Spider Woman is a perfect fit for CZJ. I can't picture her in Gypsy, and why would anyone want to see yet another revival of that show anyways?

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