Roles you WISH people would play — Page 9

#201

re: Roles you WISH people would play

Posted: 2/14/10 at 11:23pm

Gypsy Film:
Meryl Streep as Mama Rose
Anne Hathaway as Louise
Dustin Hoffman as Herbie
John Krasinski as Tulsa
Brittany Snow as June
DONE.

And while a remake of West Side Story should never happen, if it were to, I'm all over Ana Ortiz as Anita.

Also, Megan Mullaly as Drowsy Chaperone
Christine Ebersole as Margaret Johnson
Hugh Jackman as Harold Hill
Audra McDonald as Dolly Levi
Madonna as Mamma Ros
Jennifer Hudson as Joanne in Rent
Beyonce as Velma Kelly
Britney Spears as Maureen in Rent. Or Charity.

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#202

re: Roles you WISH people would play

Posted: 2/15/10 at 7:37am

Haven Burton as Sheila in Hair
Karen Olivo as Sheila in Hair (Again on Broadway, I didn't see the concert)
Mandy Gonzalez as Elphaba in Wicked (I don't like Wicked but this would get me back there and I know this is going to happen.)

#203

re: Roles you WISH people would play

Posted: 2/15/10 at 10:20am

Singtopher, when I saw N2N, it was the first thing that came to mind upon leaving. Leah would be perfect. She's the right age, a great look, and right in her range. I wish she could go into it... she'd knock it out of the park!


And isn't Mandy going into Wicked? Between her, Katie Rose Clarke, and Andy Karl, I am SO there.

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Updated On: 2/15/10 at 10:20 AM

#204

re: Roles you WISH people would play

Posted: 2/15/10 at 3:51pm

Rachel York as either Glinda or Elphaba in Wicked
Brian Stokes Mitchell as Billy Flynn
Patti LuPone as Mama Morton
Christine Ebersole as Mame with Christine Baranski as Vera Charles

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#205

re: Roles you WISH people would play

Posted: 2/15/10 at 4:31pm

Patti Murin (from Xanadu)as Maggie in A Chorus LIne
Beth Leavel as Mama Rose
Kevin Worley as Fabrizio in Light in the Piazza (I'm pretty sure this is happening somewhere, but it needs to happen in NYC)Mara Davi as Kathy in L5Y
with Hadley Fraser as Jamie
Kelli O'Hara as Eliza Doolittle
If he could dance, Aaron Lazar would make a good Al in ACL.
Natalie Cortez as Anita in WSS.

Reading through the thread, I found my list that I posted. One of them actually came true (and is amazing!).


Some new ones:
Katie Rose Clarke as Ariel in The Little Mermaid
Andy Karl as Billy Flynn
Julia Murney as Diana in Next to Normal

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Updated On: 2/15/10 at 04:31 PM

#206

re: Roles you WISH people would play

Posted: 2/15/10 at 4:35pm

Sierra Boggess as Clara in The Light in the Piazza

Hugh Jackman as Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls
Anne Hathaway as Sarah Brown
Harry Connick Jr. as Nathan
Kristin Chenoweth as Adelaide
I actually cast that as a movie version in college...

#207

re: Roles you WISH people would play

Posted: 2/15/10 at 9:03pm

Loretta Swit as Nanette in NO NO NANETTE.

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#208

re: Roles you WISH people would play

Posted: 2/16/10 at 3:01am

Britney Spears as Charity

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#209

re: Roles you WISH people would play

Posted: 2/16/10 at 5:16am

Elaine Paige - Mama Rose in GYPSY
Judi Dench in any musical role
Kristen Bell - Glinda in WICKED
Stephanie J. Block - Fanny Brice in FUNNY GIRL (I know she played the role before but she'd be perfect for a full-scale revival of the show)

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#210

re: Roles you WISH people would play

Posted: 2/27/10 at 6:26pm

Amy Adams as Ariel
Sierra Boggess as Marian Paroo or Eliza Doolittle
Kristin Chenoweth as Nellie Forbush
Karen Olivo as Rose Alvarez
Lea Michelle as Elphaba

Steve Carell as Harry MacAfee
Matthew Morrison as Prince Eric

#211

re: Roles you WISH people would play

Posted: 2/27/10 at 9:05pm

Audra McDonald- Angel in Angels in America

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#212

re: Roles you WISH people would play

Posted: 2/27/10 at 9:17pm

Vanessa Williams - Desiree in ALNM
Catherine Zeta-Jones - title role in Kiss of the Spiderwoman
Christine Ebersole - Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard
Lady GaGa - Evita
Leslie Kritzer - Fanny in Funny Girl (I hear she was astonishing)
Donna Murphy - Mama Rose in Gypsy
Audra McDonald - whatever she pleases
Raul Esparza - whatever he pleases
Euan Morton - Hedwig
me - Seymour in LSOH

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#213

re: Roles you WISH people would play

Posted: 2/27/10 at 9:30pm

I would really like to see Dee Roscioli as Judy Bernley in 9 to 5. I think she would be amazing...she has that innocence hat Judy needs at the beginning but she can really come out, belt, and really show another side of the character for the second act. I also think (if someone didn't say this already) Matthew Morrison would make an amazing Fiyero. Unfortunately, he's a little busy at the moment:)

#214

re: Roles you WISH people would play

Posted: 2/28/10 at 3:13pm

Rebecca Naomi Jones : Sarah in Ragtime
Laura Linney : Barbara in August: Osage County
Christine Ebersole: Amanda in The Glass Menagerie
Betty White: Violet in A:OC
Megan Hilty: Stella in Streetcar

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#215

re: Roles you WISH people would play

Posted: 2/28/10 at 9:37pm

Julia Murney as Diana in Next to Normal.

Anne Hathaway as Christine in Phantom (she was thiiis close to doing the movie, but had to back out at the last second because of her contract for Princess Diaries 2). Also, whoever said Sarah in G&D, and Belle in B&B, A++!!!

Call me crazy, but...Cheyenne Jackson as the Phantom.

Stephanie Block as Irene Malloy in Hello, Dolly!

#216

re: Roles you WISH people would play

Posted: 3/1/10 at 3:10pm

James Barbour as Javert
Norm Lewis as Coalhouse Walker Jr.

#217

re: Roles you WISH people would play

Posted: 3/1/10 at 3:22pm

Lea Michele as Elphaba
Julia Murney and/or Amy Spanger Diana in N2N

#218

re: Roles you WISH people would play

Posted: 3/1/10 at 7:57pm

Norm Lewis played Coalhouse in a regional production in North Carolina years ago. Julia Murney played Mother.

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#219

re: Roles you WISH people would play

Posted: 3/2/10 at 11:13am

Julia Murney as Diana. PLEASE GOD (or whoever.)

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#220

re: Roles you WISH people would play

Posted: 3/23/10 at 5:33pm

Whatever good role Melody Thornton can play is fine with me. She has such an amazing voice.

#221

re: Roles you WISH people would play

Posted: 3/23/10 at 6:12pm

9 to 5 Tour (I wish):
Laura Osnes as Judy Bernley
Laura Bell Bundy as Doralee Rhodes
Violet? Allison Janney is irreplaceable

#222

re: Roles you WISH people would play

Posted: 3/24/10 at 1:15pm

Hugh Jackman as Sky Masterson
Hugh Jackman as Billy Flynn
Hugh Jackman as the Phantom

#223

re: Roles you WISH people would play

Posted: 3/24/10 at 1:24pm

Alice Ripley as Margaret White.

#224

re: Roles you WISH people would play

Posted: 3/24/10 at 7:18pm

Mitzi Gaynor--Dolly Gallagher Levi

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#225

re: Roles you WISH people would play

Posted: 4/6/10 at 11:16pm

annaleigh ashford: nellie collins in floyd collins

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