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[singtopher]

Riedel: The Public already wants to bring WOODS to Broadway... #125

Posted: 2/27/12 at 4:49pm

I recently listened to an interview with Nina Arianda, who says that she does sing, she just hasn't in awhile. Doesn't say if she has a good voice or not, but she seemed pretty confident.

"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it." -Stephen Colbert

[givesmevoice]

Riedel: The Public already wants to bring WOODS to Broadway... #126

Posted: 2/27/12 at 4:56pm

She said she wouldn't call herself a singer, but she can sing, which makes me imagine she'd be somewhere along the lines of a Joanna Gleason.

When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain. -Kad

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Riedel: The Public already wants to bring WOODS to Broadway... #127

Posted: 2/27/12 at 6:44pm

She said she wouldn't call herself a singer, but she can sing, which makes me imagine she'd be somewhere along the lines of a Joanna Gleason.

That's what I was thinking, givesmevoice. I'd love for Lauren Ambrose to get the chance to play the role, but Arianda would be equally wonderful, IMO. Arianda and Murphy on stage together would be simply electric!

"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"

[broadwaybabytn]

Riedel: The Public already wants to bring WOODS to Broadway... #128

Posted: 2/27/12 at 7:26pm

On a somewhat related note, does anyone else think Arianda and Murphy look similar?

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Riedel: The Public already wants to bring WOODS to Broadway... #129

Posted: 2/27/12 at 8:03pm

I've always thought so, broadwaybaby, maybe that's why I like Arianda so much (well, that and the fact she's hugely talented).

"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"

[random person 112]

Riedel: The Public already wants to bring WOODS to Broadway... #130

Posted: 2/27/12 at 8:32pm

Mmm a little.

[BwayLover]

Riedel: The Public already wants to bring WOODS to Broadway... #131

Posted: 2/27/12 at 10:17pm

They've both acknowledged their resemblance - and even played mother and daughter in Vera Farmiga's film "Higher Ground"! They do look a lot alike.

and just my two cents...I would KILL to have Donna Murphy as the Witch. Will be at that theater every single day.

"Years from now, when you talk about this - And you will - Be kind. "

[Kad]

Riedel: The Public already wants to bring WOODS to Broadway... #132

Posted: 2/27/12 at 10:22pm

Arianda went to Tisch for graduate school, the program trains actors to be competent singers.

I see her as making a wonderful Baker's Wife.

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

[givesmevoice]

Riedel: The Public already wants to bring WOODS to Broadway... #133

Posted: 2/27/12 at 10:55pm

I had never even thought of Arianda for The Baker's Wife (my heart is set on Kate Baldwin), but she would be fantastic.

When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain. -Kad

[dreaming]

Riedel: The Public already wants to bring WOODS to Broadway... #134

Posted: 2/28/12 at 8:00am

I adore both ladies, but isn't Arianda a bit young for the role? I always see the Baker's Wife as being older (mid to late 30s).

[ljay889]

Riedel: The Public already wants to bring WOODS to Broadway... #135

Posted: 2/29/12 at 11:41pm

Sondheim says that Streep would make a great Witch. He also doesn't deny that she's being considered/in talks.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-24039487-in-new-york-were-starved-of-plays.do

[HBP]

Riedel: The Public already wants to bring WOODS to Broadway... #136

Posted: 3/1/12 at 12:20am

having seen the video of this production in regent's park, i can easily picture meryl as the witch. she would be fantastic. she may be a little old, but with a great costume and wig, she'll look wonderful. think patti lupone's boobage in women on the verge.

[random person 112]

Riedel: The Public already wants to bring WOODS to Broadway... #137

Posted: 3/1/12 at 6:41am

I don't know if people around here think Fergie isn't 'beautiful' enough to potray youth and beauty, i'm afraid the audience would be howling at Streep. Twenty years ago YES YES YES. Now though.... let's give it to someone else.

Updated On: 3/1/12 at 06:41 AM

[dreaming]

Riedel: The Public already wants to bring WOODS to Broadway... #138

Posted: 3/1/12 at 7:59am

When is Streep going to have time to do this? She has about twenty films in her schedule. If they in fact want to move it to Broadway, she likely won't be available for the transfer. Just thinking in terms of practicality here.

I would personally prefer the show be an ensemble piece as it was meant to be.