RAGS: Concert cast!

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 10/11/06 at 3:24pm

Looks like Jamie is pulling in the best as usual.
Eden will be perfect as Bella and very happy about Stacia, she is terrific.
Who can they get for Avram and Rebecca?

[bobby_luvs_bway]

Posted: 10/11/06 at 3:57pm

I'm not happy with the incredibly over-rated Eden Espinoza but I'm pleased with the choice of material. Eden's shreiking will never erase Judy Kuhn's beautifully nuanced performance.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 10/11/06 at 4:10pm

Eden also has a lovley softer sound, she used it in BKLYN, but the belting overshadowed it.

[bobby_luvs_bway]

Posted: 10/11/06 at 4:19pm

Still...I'm not a fan. But I'm happy that musical is being brought back into the spotlight.

[Joshua488]

Posted: 10/11/06 at 4:23pm

I'm not excited about Eden Espinosa being cast as Bella, but I'll give her a shot.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 10/11/06 at 4:34pm

I've said it three-thousand times, but I'll say it again: Marin Mazzie would be perfect as Rebecca.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 10/11/06 at 4:41pm

She's not very Jewish...

[bobby_luvs_bway]

Posted: 10/11/06 at 4:43pm

Does an actor have to be Jewish to be cast in Rags?

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 10/11/06 at 4:45pm

She's not very Jewish...

Nor is Eden, or Max Von Essen.

Julia Migenes, who did the CD, was born Irish Catholic.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 10/11/06 at 4:45pm

Well would you want to see Rebecca Luker in FUNNY GIRL?

[bobby_luvs_bway]

Posted: 10/11/06 at 4:50pm

Of course not...however, Fanny Brice was a real person. Rags is hardly the same case.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 10/11/06 at 4:51pm

But the Jewisness of the characters is essential to both storylines.

Marin Mazzie could sing and act the role. In a concert version she would probably be fine. But she's really not ideal casting. She's a total WASP.

[Kitzarina]

Posted: 10/11/06 at 4:53pm

Vicky Clark would be a fantastic Rebecca as well.

[bobby_luvs_bway]

Posted: 10/11/06 at 4:54pm

I agree with the Jewisness of the characters, but not all Jews look like Judy Kuhn. Lest we forget Goldie Hawn is also Jewish.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 10/11/06 at 4:56pm

Julia Migenes made a Broadway career out of playing Jewish women though. She also never played the role on stage.

Well, we don't know what Goldie Hawn would look like if she hadn't had so much plastic surgery, so she's not really a good example though I understand what you are saying.

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[bobby_luvs_bway]

Posted: 10/11/06 at 4:57pm

Hilarious...it's so sad what she did to her face. She used to be so cute.

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 10/11/06 at 5:05pm

I've never heard the score to this musical. Is it any good?

[Kitzarina]

Posted: 10/11/06 at 5:07pm

Gorgeous; probably my favorite of Schwartz's. Get it purely for the songs "Blame it on the Summer Night," "Rags," and "Wanting." Plus Judy Kuhn and Terrence Mann are in top form

Updated On: 10/11/06 at 05:07 PM

[broadway_show_fan]

Posted: 10/11/06 at 5:18pm

I want to see the concert actually because of Eden. I love her dearly.

Does anyone know what the range of ticket prices are? I checked the concert site and ticketmaster, and both no luck.

[ShuQ]

Posted: 10/11/06 at 5:40pm

Vicki Clark DEFINITELY needs to play this role. Her "Children of the Wind" is stellar. Marin Mazzie is a good choice, too.

What about Saul?

[Kitzarina]

Posted: 10/11/06 at 5:41pm

All Saul really needs to do is stand there and look/sound pretty. It's not the best part in the world; any of a handful of actors could do a decent job. Same with Nathan.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 10/11/06 at 5:57pm

If the Saul character was better written, I'd say Raul Esparza.

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 10/11/06 at 6:34pm

How long did "Rags" play on Broadway, remember seeing Judy sing the title song on the "Tonys".

She was amazing, can still remember the power of that song.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 10/11/06 at 6:43pm

"How long did "Rags" play on Broadway, remember seeing Judy sing the title song on the "Tonys".

I think it was only 4 performances. We are lucky we got a cast recording out of it. That was a bad year for musicals. The show had already closed by the time of the Tonys.

[newsieboy23]

Posted: 10/11/06 at 6:45pm

YAAAY David Austin.