Rizzo's Been Cast - Another Wontorek Blind Item

Which little woman is gonna love tomorrow when she’s sent to summer school to play one of our favorite Broadway bad girls? Clearly there are worse things she could do.

http://www.broadway.com/gen/general.aspx?ci=536203

Alright, my guess is Maureen McGovern.

Updated On: 2/9/07 at 06:30 AM

Yep, it's Jenny Powers. That actually makes me happy about Grease.

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why should she "must be good"?

Brilliant Yankee!

No wonder I've loved your posts.

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Could it be Sutton?

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It could have been orfeh

Oh true...I'm not familiar with the show so I did not get the song line.

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I'm convinced now that it's Jenny Powers, but my first instinct said Sutton Foster. Obviously, she was in "Little Women", but was also in "Annie" ("Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya, tomorrow..."), and had played in "Grease" before as Sandy, so Rizzo would be the perfect role for her to dive back into the show without repeating the experience. And plus, she's been in "Drowsy" for over a year now -- if it was the time for her to begin a new show, I'd guess that it would be now.

There is no reason for sutton to leave Drowsy to go to Grease. The big hype in grease is going to be Danny and Sandy, Sutton is too big of a star to go into a show like that.

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That is actually not true. She said, after Little Women, that she really wanted to do some more featured work (which is why she took a supporting role in Drowsy). Whether she would take the part of Rizzo in this particular production is a different question all together. Oh, and yes it is Jenny Powers.

Lest ye forget that before Sutton Foster became SUTTON FOSTER!, she was a replacement Sandy in the last revival.

Sutton also said she wants to focus on doing new musicals instead of revivals. So there's another reason why it clearly isn't her.

I do believe, and please correct me if I'm mistaken, that you're interpreting my phraseology in the wrong way. I mean "must be good" not as "she has to be good, she's in a Broadway show," but as "well, she must have some spark that made them hire her."

If you're interpreting it that way, then yes, I am telling you that if a person is in a Broadway show, they "must be good." 90% (+/- a few) of all actors are unemployed in that medium. They're waiting tables. They're dancing at Ellen's stardust. They're bartending. Etcetera, etcetera. Any actor in the 10% who has a job "must be good." Doesn't mean they actually are, but they have what casting directors wanted.

That's not to say that the people who don't have jobs aren't good. They just don't have what casting directors are looking for, for certain roles. If someone gets a job in a show that's as high-profile as the revival of GREASE, they must be good. For a show of this caliber (especially since they're hiring the 2 nobodies as chosen by the non-theatergoing American public), they're not going to take the risk of hiring someone who is unqualified for the part.

So yes, Jenny Powers must be good. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Updated On: 2/9/07 at 02:42 PM