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Pippin cast changes?
#150Pippin cast changes
Posted: 9/11/14 at 12:17pmShe's moved to LA. Not that this totally discounts the theory, though.
#151Pippin cast changes
Posted: 9/11/14 at 12:17pmWell then it isn't Montego Glover. Damn. Rachelle Rak would be great.
ethan231h
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/5/11
#153Pippin cast changes
Posted: 9/11/14 at 12:29pmIt's Carly Hughes from Beautiful & Ghost! Hello everyone!
#154Pippin cast changes
Posted: 9/11/14 at 12:38pm^^That would be great news if it's true! She's always been a standout to me.
#155Pippin cast changes
Posted: 9/11/14 at 1:25pmHughes' has a killer voice. Hope it's true!
dreaming
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/24/09
#156Pippin cast changes
Posted: 9/11/14 at 1:28pmIs she much of a dancer? This is very dance heavy role. (She hasn't done very dance heavy roles insofar as I can tell.)
nikkitax
Swing Joined: 7/5/14
#157Pippin cast changes
Posted: 9/11/14 at 1:55pm
Hi guys
Did Terrence leave Pippin for good ?
Also, do you know who will be replacing Andrea Martin?
Thanks !
#158Pippin cast changes
Posted: 9/11/14 at 2:05pmMann left ad was replaced by John Dossett. They still have not announced replacements officially for Ciara and no one for Martin yet. apparently Melanie Griffith is supposed to be taking on a role in the show soon, but again, no official announcement.
dreaming
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/24/09
#159Pippin cast changes
Posted: 9/11/14 at 2:15pmI see Melanie as being more of a Fastrada. She doesn't come across as a Berthe.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#160Pippin cast changes
Posted: 9/11/14 at 2:34pm
Wouldn't it make sense for Lucie Arnaz to come to broadway while Andrea Martin plays LA?
Melanie Griffith would never play Berthe (even if she is older than she ever intended to be)
#161Pippin cast changes
Posted: 9/11/14 at 2:37pmI think that's the plan for Arnaz to fill-in while Martin does the tour in LA. But the LA run doesn't start until Oct. 21, which leaves a month in between Martin's Broadway departure and when Arnaz would be able to join the Broadway company.
#162Pippin cast changes
Posted: 9/11/14 at 3:27pmI think the general consensus is that Melanie is not a Berthe. I said "a" role not that role. I see her as a Fastrada as well, she's got a good relationship with the Weisslers, I'm sure they'd alter choreography for her if necessary to bump ticket sales.
wssinsider
Stand-by Joined: 11/7/08
#164Pippin cast changes
Posted: 9/11/14 at 5:59pmLucie Arnaz has a previous commitment (she's directing a workshop) which is why she's not doing the LA engagement in the first place.
ajh
Broadway Star Joined: 5/6/11
#165Pippin cast changes
Posted: 9/11/14 at 6:09pmI really hope it's true re Carly Hughes as LP. Am due to see it again at the end of the month and would love to see her.
#166Pippin cast changes
Posted: 9/11/14 at 6:49pmI can totally see Melanie as Fastrada, obviously with some choreography altercation. Was Chicago heavily changed for her?
dreaming
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/24/09
#167Pippin cast changes
Posted: 9/11/14 at 7:03pmChrisTyler-I don't know how much was changed (never saw her in Chicago) but she got great reviews.
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#168Pippin cast changes
Posted: 9/11/14 at 7:24pm
ChrisTyler-I don't know how much was changed (never saw her in Chicago) but she got great reviews.
Are you drunk? She almost gets booed off the stage. She was awful.
ajh
Broadway Star Joined: 5/6/11
#169Pippin cast changes
Posted: 9/11/14 at 7:29pmI heard she was pretty polarising. Even her greatest admirers seemed to think that her performance worked IN SPITE of what she brought to the table as a "talent". I would imagine that, although a smaller part, Fastrada would be harder to pull off without the requisite song-&-dance skills, and she is in no way right for Berthe.
Broadwaystar2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/4/13
#170Pippin cast changes
Posted: 9/11/14 at 11:35pm
All of you are wrong. But I guarantee you are going to love her
#171Pippin cast changes
Posted: 9/12/14 at 2:09am
But I guarantee you are going to love her
Jennifer Holliday? (can you imagine?) Lillias White?
#172Pippin cast changes
Posted: 9/12/14 at 2:17am
Don't know what performance blaxx was at but Melanie never got booed when I saw her, was more the opposite.
I've seen "Chicago" in the triple digits since Encores!
Could Melanie dance? No. Could she sing? No. For some reason it didn't matter. She was Roxie.
Her Dancing was very "dumbed down" to fit her abilities. She mostly walked through it dancing wise.
I, honestly, could see her as either Fastrada or Berthe.
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#173Pippin cast changes
Posted: 9/12/14 at 2:27am
It mattered to me! She looked like she was in a family reunion performing for the uncomfortable guests after having one too many. She was no bueno.
You're right, she couldn't sing, dance, act or anything.
dreaming
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/24/09
#174Pippin cast changes
Posted: 9/12/14 at 10:08amMelanie is completely wrong in every way for Berthe. As Fastrada, I could see it. She's just not quite right for Berthe.
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