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Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
#25Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/14/15 at 11:35am
I think Patti actually could have been a great Cinderella. In the late 70's she had that ingenue look (and was beautiful in The Baker's Wife). By the time Into the Woods happened she probably was already well-known for belting all her leading men, and she would have been thrilling as the Witch (or possibly even the Baker's Wife). Hell, Patti LuPone could have played most parts on Broadway and probably would have been wonderful.
Tony2600
Understudy Joined: 12/5/09
#27Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/14/15 at 12:44pm
Toni Colette as Diana in "Next to Normal".
TerrenceIsTheMann
Broadway Star Joined: 9/28/15
#28Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/14/15 at 1:35pm
"I don't think she's yet the right age for it but I recently saw a college production of THE DROWSY CHAPERONE and thought gosh Lesli Margherita would be perfect as the chaperone."
THIS.
I thought the same watching Dames At Sea a little while ago.
TerrenceIsTheMann
Broadway Star Joined: 9/28/15
#29Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/14/15 at 1:35pm
I don't see Patti as Cinderella at all. The gentle tenderness that Kim Crosby brought to the role was essential, especially in No One Is Alone, in my opinion. Patti would've suited much better belting out "Last Midnight". She still should in a new revival.
Updated On: 12/14/15 at 01:35 PM
musicaltheatreman2
Leading Actor Joined: 3/3/08
#30Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/14/15 at 2:49pm
A young Betty Buckly as Elphba in Wicked would have been amazing!!! Can you imagine her high belting the crap out of those song!!!
#31Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/14/15 at 11:16pm
Sally Durant Plummer, I don't see Patti Lupone as Carlotta. I don't really think of Patti as having the operatic soprano voice necessary to play Carlotta. Audra McDonald is more of a mezzo, but I think she'd be terrific as Carlotta. So would Sarah Brightman -- perhaps for the 30th anniversary. 
I would love to see Brian d'Arcy James and Christian Borle team up in "The Odd Couple" or "La Cage Aux Folles."
I would love to see James Barbour as Javert, but he may have played it. He'd also be a superb Emile DeBecque, to Mary Michael Patterson's Nellie Forbush.
I'd like to see Tam Mutu get a shot at the Phantom in POTO, and not just in LND.
Finally, I'd like to see ANYBODY as ANYTHING in Rebecca.
#32Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/14/15 at 11:19pm
Back when I first saw Emma Hunton as Young Cosette, I was hoping she would play Mary Lennox somewhere -- I probably would've traveled to see it.
Cupid Boy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/5/13
#33Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/14/15 at 11:22pm
AHLiebross said: "Sally Durant Plummer, I don't see Patti Lupone as Carlotta. I don't really think of Patti as having the operatic soprano voice necessary to play Carlotta. Audra McDonald is more of a mezzo, but I think she'd be terrific as Carlotta. So would Sarah Brightman -- perhaps for the 30th anniversary. "
That post was referring to Follies, not Phantom. Speaking to the part of Carlotta in Phantom, however, I believe ALW actually suggested Patti for the movie before being reminded she despises him.
Updated On: 12/14/15 at 11:22 PM
Hamilton22
Broadway Star Joined: 7/18/15
#34Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/14/15 at 11:23pm
"Mandy Patinkin - Tevye"
How has this not happened?
.
Hamilton22
Broadway Star Joined: 7/18/15
#35Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/14/15 at 11:23pm
"Mandy Patinkin - Tevye"
How has this not happened?
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#36Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/15/15 at 12:30am
Robin Williams as Tevye. Damn sad that we'll never get to see it.
#37Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/15/15 at 12:30am
Mandy Patinkin as Tevye -- I thought he played the role in the extremely forgettable movie. However, I may be mixing Fiddler up with Yentl.
#38Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/15/15 at 6:05am
Kate Winslet as Diana in a film version of next to normal.
Bernadette Peters as Mrs Lovett.
Pls, if there is a good he will make this happen.
#39Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/15/15 at 7:53am
^ YES, Kate Winslet as Diana in a Next to Normal movie!
Pasdechat
Understudy Joined: 4/17/14
#40Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/15/15 at 1:45pm
I have wondered if Michael Cerveris could do a good Phantom. His singing is kind of inconsistent to me, but he shaped up a lot over the years. Actingwise I think he could do a super job.
Judy Kuhn in Elisabeth. Well, Judy Kuhn in anything, really.
rattleNwoolypenguin
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/11/11
#41Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/15/15 at 1:49pm
Toni Colette as the Chaperone
#42Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/15/15 at 2:37pm
Tonya Pinkins as Mama Rose (the only reason for another Gypsy revival in the next 20 years)
Kate Winslet as Desiree Armfeldt (I may be remembering incorrectly, but wasn't she actually offered this for the last revival?)
AEA AGMA SM
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/13/09
#43Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/15/15 at 5:28pm
I don't remember if an offer was officially made or if she withdrew herself from consideration before an offer could be put forth, but Winslet was definitely on the short list for the Night Music revival.
#44Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/15/15 at 5:41pm
Queen Lesli as Eva peron.
VintageSnarker
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/30/15
#45Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/15/15 at 5:59pm
"Tracey Ullman as Mrs. Lovett"
Yes!
"Hell, Patti LuPone could have played most parts on Broadway and probably would have been wonderful."
Also, this.
I would kind of like to see Laura Benanti do Bridges of Madison County. And I wish I could have seen Lesli Margherita in Kiss Me, Kate.
Dave19
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/11
#46Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/15/15 at 8:18pm
A young Julie Andrews would have made a very interesting Christine in Phantom.
Here she sings "I have a love" from West side story:
https://youtu.be/Y9P9dtd7w_A?t=8m59s
Updated On: 12/15/15 at 08:18 PM
AEA AGMA SM
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/13/09
#47Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/15/15 at 8:29pm
TerrenceIsTheMann said: "I don't see Patti as Cinderella at all. The gentle tenderness that Kim Crosby brought to the role was essential, especially in No One Is Alone, in my opinion. Patti would've suited much better belting out "Last Midnight". She still should in a new revival. "
She certainly would not have been right for the Cinderella that ended up in the show as we know it, but I have to believe that if she had been cast the role would have evolved into something much different from what we know it, for better or worse.
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
theleadingplyr
Chorus Member Joined: 1/4/05
#49Roles they were born to play...but haven't!
Posted: 12/15/15 at 11:27pm
Carolee Carmello - The Baker's Wife
Orfeh - Amneris in Aida
Emily Skinner should have done Ursula in Little Mermaid. Was she in the running at some point, I don't remember?
Eden Espinosa - Lucy in Jekyll & Hyde
I always thought a younger Adam Pascal would have been great as Tommy.
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