Patti LuPone in HOH *UPDATE: It’s Patti LaBelle. NOT LuPone!

[Between 7th and 8th]

Posted: 7/28/18 at 6:55pm

Someone mentioned that Patti LaBelle participated in a reading of HEAD OVER HEELS as the Oracle, Pythio.

Do you think she’d do the part on Broadway?

 

EDIT: Patti LaBelle, NOT LuPone. 

Updated On: 7/29/18 at 06:55 PM

[ahhrealmonsters]

Posted: 7/28/18 at 7:40pm

I wouldn't bet on it. She also shouldn't, as non-binary and trans characters should not be played by cisgender actors. :)

[robskynyc]

Posted: 7/28/18 at 7:48pm

ahhrealmonsters said: "I wouldn't bet on it. She also shouldn't, as non-binary and trans characters should not be played by cisgender actors. :)"

im honestly not trying to stir the pot, but i've always wondered: if you feel that way about trans not being played by cis actors... does that mean that trans actors shouldn't play the role, if its written as a cis character?

 

 

[ahhrealmonsters]

Posted: 7/28/18 at 8:15pm

robskynyc said: "ahhrealmonsters said: "I wouldn't bet on it. She also shouldn't, as non-binary and trans characters should not be played by cisgender actors. :)"

im honestly not trying to stir the pot, but i've always wondered:if you feel that way about trans not being played by cis actors... does that mean that trans actors shouldn't play the role, if its written as a cis character?


"

Glad you asked! I think trans actors should absolutely play cis characters. I’ll use Roger in Rent as an example. Roger is a man, but so is a trans man. Trans men are men, and trans women are women, so why can’t a trans man play Roger? Does it really matter if Roger was assigned male at birth? Even so, I don’t see that as an issue, but I’ll stick to the 101 version of this conversation.

I compare it to race. You wouldn’t have a white actress play Nabulungi in Book of Mormon because that’s blackface, but Nikki M. James played Eponine in Les Mis, which is traditionally played by a white actress. It’s kind of like affirmative action casting.

[Sally Durant Plummer]

Posted: 7/28/18 at 8:20pm

Well, she could make it a (moderate) success for two months... but why would she do it? She’s about to play one of the great roles of musical theatre in a high-profile reimagining of a fantastic musical. By the time that revival closes in London, the mess that is HOH will be long dead.

[UncleCharlie]

Posted: 7/28/18 at 9:06pm

I think there's a higher likelihood of Patti LuPone playing the Jessica Chastain character in your other Inspired thread, Zero Dark Thirty, The Musical.

[ScottyDoesn'tKnow2]

Posted: 7/28/18 at 9:53pm

Patti would make a killer Maya.

[BroadwayRox3588]

Posted: 7/28/18 at 11:13pm

ahhrealmonsters said: "Glad you asked! I think trans actors should absolutely play cis characters. I’ll use Roger in Rent as an example. Roger is a man, but so is a trans man. Trans men are men, and trans women are women, so why can’t a trans man play Roger? Does it really matter if Roger was assigned male at birth? Even so, I don’t see that as an issue, but I’ll stick to the 101 version of this conversation.

I compare it to race. You wouldn’t have a white actress play Nabulungi in Book of Mormon because that’s blackface, but Nikki M. James played Eponine in Les Mis, which is traditionally played by a white actress. It’s kind of like affirmative action casting."

I think I just heard Dave's head explode LOL

[Between 7th and 8th]

Posted: 7/29/18 at 12:41am

Excuse my illiteracy.
The person in the original post should be Patti LaBelle, NOT LuPone.

Do we think she will play the Oracle, Pythio?

[Between 7th and 8th]

Posted: 7/29/18 at 12:41am

Excuse my illiteracy.
The person in the original post should be Patti LaBelle, NOT LuPone.

Do we think she will play the Oracle, Pythio?