Performances You Wish Could've Been Recreated For The Film Version..
Performances You Wish Could've Been Recreated For The Film Version..
Performances You Wish Could've Been Recreated For The Film Version..#0
Posted: 3/25/06 at 6:51pm
Mine are..
Gwen Verdon in Sweet Charity
Chita Rivera in West Side Story
Chita Rivera in Bye Bye Birdie
Ethel Merman in Gypsy (Though I love Roz Russell.)
Angela Lansbury in Mame
Carol Channing in Hello, Dolly
Will add more later..
What are yours?
Updated On: 3/25/06 at 06:51 PM
re: Performances You Wish Could've Been Recreated For The Film Version..#1
Posted: 3/25/06 at 7:00pm
Brian Stokes Mitchell: Man of La Mancha
I mean come on, he was ****ing amazing!
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/9/04
re: Performances You Wish Could've Been Recreated For The Film Version..#2
Posted: 3/25/06 at 7:26pmAnyone from A Chorus Line, maybe the film would have had a chance...
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
re: Performances You Wish Could've Been Recreated For The Film Version..#3
Posted: 3/25/06 at 7:36pmOkay...I know that the film has not been made yet, and it is unfair that I am not giving Travolta a chance by saying this, but Harvey Fierstein as Edna in Hairspray. Anyone think he'll have a cameo in the film?
re: Performances You Wish Could've Been Recreated For The Film Version..#4
Posted: 3/25/06 at 7:51pmCarol Channing in Hello, Dolly! Who the hell passes over a talent like Channing for that moron Streisand.
Joined: 12/31/69
re: Performances You Wish Could've Been Recreated For The Film Version..#5
Posted: 3/25/06 at 8:05pm
I know Streisand wasn't the best choice for the role, but I would HARDLY call her a moron.
The woman's accomplished more in her life than any of us here, including YOU.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
re: Performances You Wish Could've Been Recreated For The Film Version..#6
Posted: 3/25/06 at 8:53pmbrent barrett in chicago
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
re: Performances You Wish Could've Been Recreated For The Film Version..#7
Posted: 3/25/06 at 9:50pm
Carol Channing in HELLO, DOLLY!
I work with Barbra Streisand's cousin. From the stories I've heard about That Streisand Woman down through the years, she's not a moron--she's a calculating bitch.
re: Performances You Wish Could've Been Recreated For The Film Version..#8
Posted: 3/25/06 at 9:56pmBernadette Peters in Sunday In The Park With George and Into The Woods and the last performance of Gypsy.
Broadway Star Joined: 12/29/04
re: Performances You Wish Could've Been Recreated For The Film Version..#9
Posted: 3/25/06 at 9:59pmbut you can buy into the woods
re: Performances You Wish Could've Been Recreated For The Film Version..#10
Posted: 3/25/06 at 10:20pm
I second the A CHORUS LINE and Peter's last performance of GYPSY.
re: Performances You Wish Could've Been Recreated For The Film Version..#11
Posted: 3/25/06 at 10:28pmBob Fosse should've directed and choregraphed the movie version of Chicago, if he had not died.
re: Performances You Wish Could've Been Recreated For The Film Version..#12
Posted: 3/25/06 at 10:34pmWhen Streisand goes on talk shows she has them move around the set because she wants the camera to capture her "good side". I never said that she wasnt accomplished or a cultural idol but it still doesnt change the fact. The woman is a moron.
re: Performances You Wish Could've Been Recreated For The Film Version..#13
Posted: 3/25/06 at 10:36pmI know that I can buy and have bought Into The Woods and Sunday in the Park With George but I enjoy them so much on TV I think seeing them live would be absolutely magical.
re: Performances You Wish Could've Been Recreated For The Film Version..#14
Posted: 3/25/06 at 10:39pm
Fosse was slated to direct the film indeed, actually I believe he was supposed to meet Marty Richard the day after he (Fosse) died because Fosse had finally figured out a concept for the movie. I believe he told either Fred Ebb or John Kander that he'd win Madonna her first Oscar (it is rumored he wanted her to play Velma Kelly opposite Liza's Roxie). One can only wonder what genius movie musical Fosse would have created with Chicago. Although I believe Rob Marshall's movie is brilliant, no one can beat Mr.Fosse.
Staying more with the topic of this thread, I wish Michael Bennett had directed the A Chorus Line film and that at least Carole Bishop, Priscilla Lopez, and Donna McKechnie had recreated their respective roles.
Ethel Merman in Gypsy of course.
And while Carol Burnett is one of the few reasons one can get through the Annie film, I wish I had been able to see Dorothy Loudon's performance of Miss Hanigan. She was such a legend.
Joined: 12/31/69
re: Performances You Wish Could've Been Recreated For The Film Version..#15
Posted: 3/26/06 at 12:35am
Julie Andrews in MY FAIR LADY
Jessica Tandy in A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
Jack Gilford (as Mr. Dussel) in THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
Zero Mostel in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (Topol is unappealing and totally devoid of warmth.)
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
re: Performances You Wish Could've Been Recreated For The Film Version..#16
Posted: 3/26/06 at 1:22am
Ethel In Gypsy just to see the whole package
Though She didn't transfer well on Film
re: Performances You Wish Could've Been Recreated For The Film Version..#17
Posted: 3/26/06 at 2:51ama big SECOND for JULIE ANDREWS in MY FAIR LADY.
re: Performances You Wish Could've Been Recreated For The Film Version..#18
Posted: 3/26/06 at 3:03amGeorgia Brown in OLIVER!
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re: Performances You Wish Could've Been Recreated For The Film Version..#19
Posted: 3/26/06 at 3:18am
Bernadette Peters in Sunday In The Park With George and Into The Woods and the last performance of Gypsy.
What? Those movies haven't been made yet, except for Gypsy.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
re: Performances You Wish Could've Been Recreated For The Film Version..#20
Posted: 3/26/06 at 8:01amYou can't say that Merman didn't transfer well to film. One of the few movies I've seen in my lifetime was IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD and Merman is hilarious as Dick Shawn's mother.
re: Performances You Wish Could've Been Recreated For The Film Version..#21
Posted: 3/26/06 at 10:58am
Some of you are misinterpreting this thread. I am not asking which shows you think should've have been filmed. I am asking which performances you wish were created by a performer in a film version of their musical.
Oh, and if Fosee did Chicago. It would've been incredible. Even better than the movie we have now. I can only dream how amazing his film version would've been.
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re: Performances You Wish Could've Been Recreated For The Film Version..#22
Posted: 3/26/06 at 11:01am
Hate to agree with Dollypop but I do re Merman in Mad World
I would like, in no particular order, the follwoing:
1.Original Follies
2.Superman
3.Boy From Oz
re: Performances You Wish Could've Been Recreated For The Film Version..#23
Posted: 3/26/06 at 11:35am
Regarding the person who called Barbra Streisand a moron, come on, please........That's great that you work with her cousin. Good for you. I have worked and sang with Barbra throughout the years.
I sang in her choir for her "Timeless" concerts in Los Angeles and in NYC as well as her concert that she gave Al Gore in August of 2000, the night he won the Democratic Presidential Nomination. And, also on her "Christmas Memories" cd.
Not once during all of our rehearsals, run throughs or performances was she "difficult." And, even if she was, that's ok. People are allowed to do things the very best that they can and expect that of their co-workers. If Barbra were a man, we wouldn't even be talking about this and you certainly wouldn't have referred to her as a moron. When a man is assertive that's great. But, if a woman is assertive, she's called aggressive or a B**CH. See where I'm going. How is that fair???
Yes, when Barbra does the talk show circuit, Rosie, Oprah, Inside The Actor's Studio, she does prefer to be photographed on her right side. Is there something wrong with that? Many celebs, politicians included have a large entourage of make-up, hair, and lighting people. Why can't Barbra?
So, person who called Barbra a moron, there's something else that's bothering you. I don't know what it is, but, it's not Barbra's fault that she's a huge success.
re: Performances You Wish Could've Been Recreated For The Film Version..#24
Posted: 3/26/06 at 11:36amLiza Minelli- Chicago
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