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I wonder of they have the rights to that Miramax draft, g.d.e.l.g.i. With the Weinstein Company's involvement, it's possible they do, and they could draw from it. I'm not sure how the deal went down when Weinstein parted ways with Mirimax. I also wonder if they could draw conceptually from the latest revival. It might be interesting to mix a circus setting with a "realistic" setting.

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Shirley MacLaine for Berthe!

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Methuselah for Berthe

Susan Boyle for Berthe (can't get that EGOT sitting around on your derrierre)

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Sharon Osbourne is 61, leaving her only five years shy of Berthe's 66 and the same age as Annie Potts and a year older then Tovah Feldshuh. I think she'd be a delightful Berthe on stage or screen.

It also depends on what concept of Berthe they intend to pursue. The original production's Berthe was heartwarming but bittersweet, since she was visibly elderly and a little bit tottering, obviously on her last legs, but still vivacious. Her performances of "No Time At All," with the implication that one foot is already in the grave, imply a message of making the most of the life you have, no matter what it is or how long you have left.

The revival's Berthe, reflecting the change in lifestyle over forty years since the Seventies, is energetic, athletic and "still attractive," so her "No Time At All" becomes a reminder that you are only as old as you feel, and that no age is too old to give up trying to live the good life. Sixty-six isn't necessarily close to the end anymore, and why should you let it be?

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Updated On: 12/10/13 at 01:57 PM

FYC: Angela Lansbury for Berthe

Think outside the box: Guillermo del Toro or Alfonso Cuarón