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Riedel: Dame Edna makes Bway return; Schreiber to star in BRIDGE revival

Yankeefan007

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#1Riedel: Dame Edna makes Bway return; Schreiber to star in BRIDGE revival
Posted: 7/24/09 at 7:31am

Dame Edna and Michael Feinstein are shopping around a show for the spring.

Liev Schreiber will play Eddie Carbone (isn't he a bit young?) in a Gregory Mosher-directed revival of A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/07242009/entertainment/theater/edna_and_feinstein_to_marry_for_bway_181017.htm

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#2re: Riedel: Dame Edna makes Bway return; Schreiber to star in BRIDGE revival
Posted: 7/24/09 at 9:00am

Anything that gets Dame Edna back on Broadway is fine with me!

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#2re: Riedel: Dame Edna makes Bway return; Schreiber to star in BRIDGE revival
Posted: 7/24/09 at 9:08am

Both Riedel's announcements were a cause of joy to me. Dame Edna alone makes any season brighter. And A View from the Bridge with Liev Schreiber -- sounds like theatrical heaven to me. Great play, great part, great actor. Spring is already looking good!

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#3re: Riedel: Dame Edna makes Bway return; Schreiber to star in BRIDGE revival
Posted: 7/24/09 at 9:15am

Dame Edna's "Send In The Clowns" is a masterpiece.

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#4re: Riedel: Dame Edna makes Bway return; Schreiber to star in BRIDGE reviva
Posted: 7/24/09 at 9:20am

Oh awesome!!!!!!

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#5re: Riedel: Dame Edna makes Bway return; Schreiber to star in BRIDGE reviva
Posted: 7/24/09 at 10:45am

Liev is 42. Anthony LaPaglia was 40 when he played it.

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#6re: Riedel: Dame Edna makes Bway return; Schreiber to star in BRIDGE reviva
Posted: 7/24/09 at 10:53am

LaPaglia was beyond brilliant in that show. That's one of those productions I'll never forget, I thought it was so perfect.

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#7re: Riedel: Dame Edna makes Bway return; Schreiber to star in BRIDGE reviva
Posted: 7/24/09 at 12:02pm

I think Dame Edna's "Losing My Mind" is better than her "Send in the Clowns," personally.

But yay!

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#8re: Riedel: Dame Edna makes Bway return; Schreiber to star in BRIDGE reviva
Posted: 7/24/09 at 12:08pm

I agree re: LaPaglia -- he was magnificent. I also remember a production done in the early 80's with Tony LoBianco that was awesome. Those are both two mighty pairs of shoes to fill, but I have total faith in Schrieber. Can't wait!!

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#9re: Riedel: Dame Edna makes Bway return; Schreiber to star in BRIDGE reviva
Posted: 7/24/09 at 12:17pm

Didn't they do VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE like, not that long ago?

Love the Schreiber, but I would rather you-know-who to reprise the performance he got raves for in Dublin.

Hint: Look left.

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#10re: Riedel: Dame Edna makes Bway return; Schreiber to star in BRIDGE reviva
Posted: 7/24/09 at 12:22pm

Borstal, I believe the LaPaglia was somewhere between '96 and '99.

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Yankeefan007

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#11re: Riedel: Dame Edna makes Bway return; Schreiber to star in BRIDGE reviva
Posted: 7/24/09 at 12:22pm

And not to mention the (wonderful) production that was just in London, with Ken Stott, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Hayley Atwell, directed by Lindsay Posner. That was unforgettable.

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#12re: Riedel: Dame Edna makes Bway return; Schreiber to star in BRIDGE reviva
Posted: 7/24/09 at 1:10pm

"Back With a Vengeance" was by far the funniest night I have ever spent in my life. I love comedy but never laugh out loud, and I was so bad, especially during the first 20 minutes, that I almost had to remove myself from the theatre.

Needless to say, this is wonderful news.

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#13re: Riedel: Dame Edna makes Bway return; Schreiber to star in BRIDGE reviva
Posted: 7/24/09 at 2:42pm

"And not to mention the (wonderful) production that was just in London, with Ken Stott, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Hayley Atwell, directed by Lindsay Posner. That was unforgettable."

Absolutely.

And if the theatre was full of teenagers that is because this work is on the English national curriculum.

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#14re: Riedel: Dame Edna makes Bway return; Schreiber to star in BRIDGE reviva
Posted: 7/24/09 at 2:50pm

Didn't notice any kids when I saw it. Then again, I saw the second or third preview.

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