Performances You Wish Could've Been Recreated For The Film Version..

[ljay889]

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

[Horton]

Posted: 3/25/06 at 7:00pm

Brian Stokes Mitchell: Man of La Mancha
I mean come on, he was ****ing amazing!

[Thesbijean]

Posted: 3/25/06 at 7:26pm

Anyone from A Chorus Line, maybe the film would have had a chance...

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 3/25/06 at 7:36pm

Okay...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?

[dirty rotten guy]

Posted: 3/25/06 at 7:51pm

Carol Channing in Hello, Dolly! Who the hell passes over a talent like Channing for that moron Streisand.

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.

[jonartdesigns]

Posted: 3/25/06 at 8:53pm

brent barrett in chicago

[Dollypop]

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.

[rosekwbp]

Posted: 3/25/06 at 9:56pm

Bernadette Peters in Sunday In The Park With George and Into The Woods and the last performance of Gypsy.

[TonyaFanatic]

Posted: 3/25/06 at 9:59pm

but you can buy into the woods

[FosseBoi]

Posted: 3/25/06 at 10:20pm

I second the A CHORUS LINE and Peter's last performance of GYPSY.

Updated On: 3/25/06 at 10:20 PM

[jasobres]

Posted: 3/25/06 at 10:28pm

Bob Fosse should've directed and choregraphed the movie version of Chicago, if he had not died.

[dirty rotten guy]

Posted: 3/25/06 at 10:34pm

When 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.

[rosekwbp]

Posted: 3/25/06 at 10:36pm

I 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.

[FoscasBohemianDream]

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.

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.)

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 3/26/06 at 1:22am

Ethel In Gypsy just to see the whole package
Though She didn't transfer well on Film

[cturtle]

Posted: 3/26/06 at 2:51am

a big SECOND for JULIE ANDREWS in MY FAIR LADY.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 3/26/06 at 3:03am

Georgia Brown in OLIVER!

[blaxx]

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.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 3/26/06 at 8:01am

You 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.

[ljay889]

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.

[Mr Roxy]

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

[nealb1]

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.

[Katurian2]

Posted: 3/26/06 at 11:36am

Liza Minelli- Chicago