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Replacements / Stunt Casting we’ll sadly never see.
Lunalaaaaaaaa
Broadway Star Joined: 7/16/21
#50Replacements / Stunt Casting we’ll sadly never see.
Posted: 10/26/21 at 9:15pm
gibsons2 said: "Jessica Vosk as Fanny Brice in the 2022 revival"
If only.
The Rural Juror
Understudy Joined: 6/2/15
#51Replacements / Stunt Casting we’ll sadly never see.
Posted: 10/27/21 at 8:13am
Carrie Fisher as Joanne in Company.
#52Replacements / Stunt Casting we’ll sadly never see.
Posted: 10/27/21 at 8:51am
Colonel Parker didn't turn down Tony in WSS for Elvis because the part was too highbrow. It was the opposite. The Colonel regarded Tony as a "juvenile delinquent" and didn't want Elvis to sully his image playing urban trash. Elvis didn't find out about the offer until the film opened and was furious with The Colonel.
Off topic, but when the film opened my mother wouldn't let me see it. The ladies at her beauty parlor told her the film was about juvenile delinquents in New York who had sex and smoked marijuana. That's what I had been hoping.
Updated On: 10/27/21 at 08:51 AM
#53Replacements / Stunt Casting we’ll sadly never see.
Posted: 10/27/21 at 5:31pm
Was LaChanze ever actually about to take over as Eponine sometime in the '90s, or was that a rumor? I remember it being published in The Barricade (along with a rumor about Michael W. Smith as Enjolras), and neither came to fruition. The editor in chief was great and I didn't see her as the type to share stuff like that unless she was pretty confident it was happening.
Tag
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
#54Replacements / Stunt Casting we’ll sadly never see.
Posted: 10/27/21 at 5:39pm
At one point in the Taboo fiasco, Rosie was going to join the cast as Big Sue.
#55Replacements / Stunt Casting we’ll sadly never see.
Posted: 11/9/21 at 8:53pm
Alice Ripley as Sally in Follies
Julia Murney as Bobbie in Company
Laura Benanti as Phyllis in Follies
Kelli O'Hara as Marian in The Music Man
#56Replacements / Stunt Casting we’ll sadly never see.
Posted: 11/10/21 at 1:37am
Skip23 said: "Alice Ripley as Sally in Follies
Julia Murney as Bobbie in Company
Laura Benanti as Phyllis in Follies
Kelli O'Hara as Marian in The Music Man"
Wait, why couldn’t Laura Benanti do Phyllis in Follies?
Also, if Music Man were to run long enough, there’s no reason Kelli couldn’t take over for Sutton. Or play the role elsewhere still.
#57Replacements / Stunt Casting we’ll sadly never see.
Posted: 11/10/21 at 1:39am
Going by the original post concerning deceased actors and actresses, I would have loved to see Madeline Kahn in “ Hello Dolly”. Dixie Carter in “ Sunset Blvd”. Diahann Carroll in “ Mame” or “ Master Class”.
#58Replacements / Stunt Casting we’ll sadly never see.
Posted: 11/10/21 at 3:15am
David10086 said: "Going by the original post concerning deceased actors and actresses, I would have loved to see Madeline Kahn in “ Hello Dolly”. Dixie Carter in “ Sunset Blvd”. Diahann Carroll in “ Mame” or “ Master Class”."
Kahn actually did get to do Dolly in a regional tour in the early 90s. You can hear her doing the title number (partially up the octave!) on YouTube
#59Replacements / Stunt Casting we’ll sadly never see.
Posted: 11/10/21 at 7:13am
Liza Minelli as "The Drowsy Chaperone"
#60Replacements / Stunt Casting we’ll sadly never see.
Posted: 11/10/21 at 7:39am
NOWaWarning said: "David10086 said: "Going by the original post concerning deceased actors and actresses, I would have loved to see Madeline Kahn in “ Hello Dolly”. Dixie Carter in “ Sunset Blvd”. Diahann Carroll in “ Mame” or “ Master Class”."
Kahn actually did get to do Dolly in a regional tour in the early 90s. You can hear her doing the title number (partially up the octave!) on YouTube"
And here's "So Long Dearie"
https://through-my-memoirs.tumblr.com/post/150274087074/madeline-kahn-sings-so-long-dearie-from-hello
JSquared2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/23/17
#61Replacements / Stunt Casting we’ll sadly never see.
Posted: 11/10/21 at 2:55pm
Skip23 said: "Alice Ripley as Sally in Follies
Julia Murney as Bobbie in Company
Laura Benanti as Phyllis in Follies
Kelli O'Hara as Marian in The Music Man
Why are any of those "impossible"? Ripley may not have all the notes for Sally...but other than that, all of those are feasible casting. O'Hara could certainly replace Foster if the show ends up recasting in a year?
kaykordeath
Stand-by Joined: 4/14/17
#62Replacements / Stunt Casting we’ll sadly never see.
Posted: 11/11/21 at 8:31am
Martin Short as Buddy in City of Angels. (With John Hamm as Stone. Though his singing abilities appear unknown, I've always suspected he could pull it off).
#63Replacements / Stunt Casting we’ll sadly never see.
Posted: 11/11/21 at 8:42am
Reba as Jenna in WAITRESS
#64Replacements / Stunt Casting we’ll sadly never see.
Posted: 11/11/21 at 9:47am
Ones where the parties are dead or too old to play these roles:
- Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon in The Matchmaker as Dolly and Horace
- Deborah Kerr as Sally and Anne Bancroft as Phyllis in Follies
- Jack Lemmon as Georg in She Loves Me
- Maureen O'Hara as Lilli in Kiss Me Kate
- James Dean as Prior Walter in Angels in America (yes I know this physically couldn't have happened because of when AIA came out even if Dean was alive. Let me dream.)
- Michelle Pfeiffer as Jenna in Waitress
- Amy Adams as Sarah in Guys and Dolls
One that COULD technically happen but probably never will:
- Harry Styles as the titular role in Pal Joey
#65Replacements / Stunt Casting we’ll sadly never see.
Posted: 11/11/21 at 9:01pm
UrNotAMachine said: "Mandy Patinkin as Pierre in Great Comet. I'm still bummed we never got to hear his "Dust and Ashes.""
I'm with you on that. Even had a ticket for his first never-happened show.
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#66Replacements / Stunt Casting we’ll sadly never see.
Posted: 11/12/21 at 2:53pm
In the stunt casting category:
CHICAGO
Billy Flynn - John Ritter
Velma Kelly - Joyce Dewitt
Roxie Hart - Suzanne Somers
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