Raul Esparza Joins Encores! ANYONE CAN WHISTLE with Donna Murphy & Sutton Foster

[Rob]

Posted: 3/17/10 at 12:45pm

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[Kad]

Posted: 3/17/10 at 12:48pm

Glad to see it at last confirmed... what a great cast.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 3/17/10 at 12:48pm

I thought they were going to gt a real Hollywood star to play the part.

[jewishboy]

Posted: 3/17/10 at 12:52pm

Wow, I can't believe the cast!!

[Michelle616]

Posted: 3/17/10 at 12:55pm

Yeah, okay...officially buying tickets ASAP. Can't wait!

[Hest882]

Posted: 3/17/10 at 12:55pm

I don't think this is the type of show (or series) that needs a big Hollywood star to attract attention. I suspect many tickets go to subscribers, and decent single tickets have been unavailable for months.

The cast is quite exciting.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 3/17/10 at 12:57pm

Told ya so.

[ObiHave]

Posted: 3/17/10 at 1:11pm

Please God, let there be a recording from this.

[Ed_Mottershead]

Posted: 3/17/10 at 1:36pm

For a variety of reasons, I'd more or less crossed this one off my list. But Raul's presence is enough to make me go to anything. Welcome back to musicals, Raul -- you've been sorely missed!!!!

[ljay889]

Posted: 3/17/10 at 1:37pm

Yay!!! Perfect. His voice sounds like it was made to sing "Everybody Says Don't."

So excited for this.

[ljay889]

Posted: 3/17/10 at 2:30pm

On a non-Raul related note. I really hope they include "There's Always A Woman" for Donna and Sutton!

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 3/17/10 at 2:38pm

Sutton is now officially the star I'm least interested in seeing in this show. (although am still very excited for her, especially since Casey Nicholaw is directing.)

[BroadwayGuy12]

Posted: 3/17/10 at 3:10pm

I'm so excited. This is going to be my first Encores! show, and I can't wait!

[taylorPHENOMENON2]

Posted: 3/17/10 at 3:17pm

SO happy this was confirmed. CANT WAIT.

[Theatreboy49]

Posted: 3/17/10 at 3:39pm

I second that, dear god please record this!

[B3TA07]

Posted: 3/17/10 at 4:02pm

How disappointing. (Sorry, luvtheemcee)

[binau]

Posted: 3/17/10 at 4:10pm

I LOVE this. ACW is at the moment the show I'm looking forward to most! *Hyperventilates*

[jewishboy]

Posted: 3/17/10 at 4:43pm

"With So Little To Be Sure Of" is the number I'm most interested in seeing. I wonder if Raul and Sutton will have great chemistry, or if their voices will go nicely together? I hope so!

[once a month]

Posted: 3/17/10 at 6:19pm

At first I wasn't interested. I thought it too soon to erase memories of Bernadette, Madeline Kahn, Angela Landsbury and Scott Bakula. Now, I can't resist, and I took advantage of the discount code so I am stoked!!

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 3/17/10 at 6:30pm

Very happy. I knew about this already but nice to see it official. And I don't need a personal apology if you don't feel the same way, haha.

Raul and Sutton sound nice together. I'll be curious to see what their chemistry is like in a different kind of show than Leap of Faith.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 3/17/10 at 6:38pm

When Sutton was first announced for this show, I felt kind of blah about it.

Then when the rumors about Harriet Harris joining her were circling, I was thinking that this was going to be dreadful.

Then Donna Murphy joined instead and I was elated.

Now that Raul has been added to the cast, I think this could stack up to be one of the best Encore! ever.

Totally looking forward to this - I may see it more than once...and yes, I too hope that it is recorded.

[ljay889]

Posted: 3/17/10 at 6:41pm

Man, those Harriet Harris rumors were SCARY!

[mormonophobic]

Posted: 3/17/10 at 7:37pm

Since I already have a ticket to this (and pretty much planned most of my upcoming trip around it), I couldn't be happier about the casting. I literally just did a happy dance around the room. Yes, literally. So far speed-the-plow is the only time I've seen Esparza. Finally, I get to see him in a musical! The fact that it's another Sondheim musical just makes me even giddier.

[rmusic11322]

Posted: 3/17/10 at 7:45pm

Would it be wise to send to the City Center while Anyone Can Whistle is playing to get my Rocky Horror Show Playbill signed by Esparza? I don't want to my Playbill get lost in the mail. :/

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 3/17/10 at 8:12pm

I feel like the bigger problem with that is that it's a very short run. You'd have to be sure it got there in time, and with enough time for him to send it back. I think you'd be better off waiting until he's in a show with a longer run.

I need to get a ticket still. I was putting it off until I was sure about this -- hopefully I haven't waited too long. I'm trying to decide if I want to see it more than once, which I'm sure I'd like to do, but it might be overkill with such a short run. I'm BEYOND ready to see him do a Sondheim show again.