Riedel: Messing, Hathaway for Guys and Dolls, Nero on Broadway?- Page 2

[purpleprince101]

Posted: 8/17/07 at 11:31am

Great Casting (If True). I could see Megan Mullally as Adelaide but obviously that isn't going to to happen.

[beacon1]

Posted: 8/17/07 at 11:41am

Please let this happen...

[me2]

Posted: 8/17/07 at 12:01pm

I really like the idea of Anne Hathaway. Not so sure of the other choices, but then, I'm not very familiar with Messing, and I still think of John C. Reilly as the thug characters he plays in movies.

[gypsy4]

Posted: 8/17/07 at 12:08pm

anne would be great as sara brown perhaps a tv remake

[BustopherPhantom]

Posted: 8/17/07 at 12:13pm

Well, after SPRING AWAKENING, I'm really looking forward to seeing what they can do with NERO.

Hopefully, Sater can do a better job of character development, though.

[lovesclassics]

Posted: 8/17/07 at 12:49pm

I don't know. The whole notion of reviving Guys and Dolls again, especially with this proposed cast, just sort of bores me. The '92 revival was so great. I can't imagine this production having the same kind of spark. And it's just too soon.

Of course, I love to be proved wrong.

lc

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 8/17/07 at 12:56pm

That cast leaves me ice cold for Guys and Dolls.

[Producer2]

Posted: 8/17/07 at 1:09pm

Just get the Will and Grace cast!

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/17/07 at 1:12pm

I love Eric McCormack, but he doesn't sing nearly as well as Patrick Wilson. (Did I just type the names of my two hearthrobs in one sentence? Swoon!)

[sparrman]

Posted: 8/17/07 at 1:29pm

Seriously, I'd rather see Sean Hayes as Nathan than John C. Reilly.

[jewishboy]

Posted: 8/17/07 at 1:37pm

Robert Alda, Malon Brando, Peter Gallager..... Patrick Wilson? I love Patrick Wilson, but I really think that he is not slick/manly enough to play Sky. I think his voice is way too high and I really don't want to be dissapointed by him again like I was in the Oklahoma revival.

I love the rest of the casting choices!

[BroadwayBen]

Posted: 8/17/07 at 1:39pm

This is like fantasy Broadway, a dream, dream cast. I'd be there in a second!

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 8/17/07 at 2:27pm

Smaxie, I didn't mean to say that Wilson is a "geezer" by any means. I just see Anne Hathaway as a very young actress (probably because I still associate her to the young naive girl parts like PRINCESS DIARIES, DEVIL WEARS PRADA, and even Encores! CARNIVAL).
Foster, you're right, Krakowski was definitely out-of-the-box casting, she must have made a very unique divine Miss Adelaide. I trust Messing though.

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 8/17/07 at 2:32pm

Wilson seems like a prefect fit for Sky. How about we cast Kate Winslet as Adelaide and we change the show so Sky and Adelaide runs off together after "Take Back Your Mink". And then we watch them hump like rabits for the rest of the show.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 8/17/07 at 2:36pm

I wonder why they didn't ask Krakowski back.

Perhaps her 30 Rock schedule.

[Producer2]

Posted: 8/17/07 at 2:40pm

Maybe she'll replace Kerry Butler in Xanadu!

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 8/17/07 at 3:34pm

"Perhaps her 30 Rock schedule."

Bingo.

[Dirty_Rotten_Guy]

Posted: 8/17/07 at 4:19pm

This would certainly be a great cast, but I seem to doubt that all 4 of these people would do the show
They might not be huge stars, but they all seem very busy with film/television careers, so I dont know, I just dont see all 4 doing the show. Maybe 1 or 2 of them though, but it just seems like almost too good to be true, haha

And that musical NERO sounds interesting. Is it more rock music, or a more traditional Broadway score?

[Kevo711]

Posted: 8/17/07 at 4:34pm

Lovely casting ideas! I've been waiting for Anne Hathaway to come to Broadway and for Patrick to come back!

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 8/17/07 at 4:45pm

If this is true, I hope Anne Hathaway learns to control that vibrato of hers before going on Broadway. And that Patrick Wilson learns to become more interesting.

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 8/17/07 at 4:47pm

For all those who would like to hear Ann Hathaway sing

[bjh2114]

Posted: 8/17/07 at 4:54pm

Hathaway's vibrato isn't that bad. There are way worse ones on Broadway. And the girl can definitely sing!

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 8/17/07 at 5:07pm

Yes, there are worse, but that doesn't make it good.

Also, in "I Wonder What Became of Me," she sort of forced that B5. Hopefully she'll have stopped that habit by the time she plays Sarah, because that 8 beat A5 is NOT easy.

[little_sally]

Posted: 8/17/07 at 5:23pm

I love this cast, and I hope it really does happen! I was already looking forward to this revival but if these four are going to be a part of it, I'm even more excited1

[me2]

Posted: 8/17/07 at 5:34pm

Thanks for the link! I've always wanted to hear her sing. She has a very pretty voice. It reminds me a little of Jenn Gambatese's.
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