Roles you WISH people would play — Page 5

It just occurred to me but Donna Murphy as Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf. OMG what I wouldn't give...

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I always thought David Hyde Pierce and John Goodman would be beyond perfect for The Odd Couple.

Meryl Streep as MAME
Kelsey Grammer and David Hyde Pierce in THE PRODUCERS

This is such a fun thread!

I have been saying for a long time that Emily Skinner needs to play the Lady of the Lake in Spamalot. She would be great!

Karmine Alers- Elphaba- Wicked
Julie Hanson- Glinda- Wicked

Jennifer Saunder/Tracey Ullman- Madame Thenardier
Tim Curry- Thnardier
Anthony Andrews- Jean Val Jean
Zach Braff- Seymour
Brittany Murphey- Audrey

Julie Andrews-Mrs. Lovett(Just SO wrong and anti-typcasting, that it kinda makes it right)

Updated On: 11/9/07 at 04:55 AM

"Some off the top of my head:

-Cheyenne Jackson as Gaston in Beauty and The Beast
-Jenn Gambatese as Janet Van Der Graff in Drowsy Chaperone
-Christian Hoff or Daniel Reichard as Corny Collins in Hairspray "

Was All Shook Up on your mind, or something?

I realized this thread has been dead for like a month, but I had to share this (totally odd) idea: Roger Bart as Lumiere in BatB. I don't know what made me think of this, it just popped into my head. I think he'd do a HILARIOUS accent though!

To whoever posted the twisted Julia Andrews casting of Mrs. Lovett--I LOVE IT! (Pun unintended.)

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Christine Ebersole as Margaret in The Light In The Piazza
Anthony Warlow in POTO
Anneliese van der Pol as Fanny Brice
Taye Diggs as Coalhouse in Ragtime (maybe? meh. i dunno.)
Kate Winslet/Toni Collett (I'm sure I spelled that wrong...) as The Bakers Wife in Into the Woods

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More to my earlier list:

Kristen chenoweth: I second her as Elizabeth in YF, that part is written for her. Also, I could see her as a very different but interesting take on momma rose. Hell, I'd love to see EVERYONE as momma rose!

megan mullaly-ursula in LM, and one of the evil sisters in Xanadu. Oh, and Momma rose (Imagine, "I had a DREAM")

ethel merman(if she hadn't died yet)- lady of the lake in MPS. I'd kill to see her in that, OR ANYTHING ELSE FOR THAT MATTER!!!! (and.. of wait, she IS rose)

julie andrews as edwin drood in... DROOD! She couldn't be momma rose, too nice. Well, maybe...(hey, angela lansbury was mrs. lovett, so why not?)

orfeh-I second her being in Spamalot, and she could really belt out Ursula in Little Mermaid. Maybe rose, but we'll see.

Harvey Fierstien-herbert in MPS. WHAT A LAUGH THAT'D BE!!!! and momma rose! (bringing new meaning to the phrase stage mother...)

I don't know if he has enough singing ability to play him, but if he did, James Roday would make an awesome Pirelli. Or maybe a Dr. Frankenstein (Young Frankenstein, not Hunterstein).

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Bernadette Peters as Tess in Woman of the Year
Debra Monk as Mama Rose in Gypsy
Pattie LuPone in Mame
Sutton Foster or Marin Mazzie in Funny Girl
Sherie Rene Scott in Evita

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Updated On: 3/29/08 at 09:26 PM

I think it would cool to see Kristin Chenoweth as Penny Pingleton in Hairspray

and Kerry Butler as Glinda in Wicked.. a little switch of the roles there lol.

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