PROMISES, PROMISES Starring Hayes and Chenoweth to Play Broadway Theatre; Previews 3/28/2010, Opens 4/25/2010 — Page 4

i would have cast eric mccormack as chuck baxter, anne hathaway as fran kubelik, marc kudisch as sheldrake and kristin chenoweth as marge mcdougall.

Am I really the only one who thinks this show sucks? Have any of you seen it recently? I have a feeling the closest most people on this board have ever come to this show is "Camp".

They should have stuck with their guts and named this show "Turkey!"

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I saw it a few years ago, Sueleen. I think it's an enjoyable relic of its era.

Kristin is too old, too shrill, and the wrong vocal type. Hayes is well. . . whatever.

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I know its slightly cliched but it was Kristin Chenoweth, Idina Menzel and Wicked who got me into the whole broadway scene?... I have seen Wicked and Idina in concert and I am absolutely thrilled Kristin is coming back to the Great White Way.

I am even more thrilled that I have actually been planning a trip to NY to arrive on April 25 and to be there for my 21st birthday and what a great present it will be to see her up there on the stage.

Oh and I have been listening to the cast recording and I can already picture and hear Kristin singing You'll think of me and I think that song is right up her alley! "Knowing when to Leave" is a little more belty and after watching her growl out her belts on Glee, it might be a bit of a stretch for her to sing haha but I think she is going to rock it!

Overall I am just thrilled Kristin is back where she belongs!

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I agree with the poster in another thread who suggested Hayes and Chenoweth for Little Me

That would be me. Thanks for the shout-out.

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I am more than excited about this and our next trip to NYC will be planned around this show.

People have been expressing concern about the theatre being too big, but is the Broadway really that much bigger than the Shubert? I saw the original production at the Shubert and thought that the theatre was the perfect size. The original production was actually quite large, from what I can remember.

I wonder if Phyllis and Sueleen saw the same production I did. It definitely made me want to stay away from any production of the show other than a full-scale Broadway revival. Yikes. Luckily, I usually just forget that I ever saw it.

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I'm dreading seeing a non Bennett "Turkey Lurkey Time" almost as much as I was dreading seeing Wayne C's take on Fosse's iconic "Rich Man's Frug".

(Of course apparantly with the original production Bennett's main ture brilliant contribution was how he used his dancers to move the sets on and off, all choreographed, or to show the busy city in the Grapes of Roth and other numbers)

Then don't see the revival. It's simple.

Yeah, lol. And the CHARITY revival was certainly staged as a cartoon. It was like the anti-Fosse production.

I love PJ's Little Me idea as well--I do think Ashford is a good choice. But like you say, I'm pretty concerned about the casting (one thing I haven't seen mentioned here but isn't Cheno too old? Wouldn't her age make her more right for Marge MacDougall, a character who's meant to kinda represent what COULD become of Fran in a few years??