Rosie/Gaga lead Funny Girl to reopen the Palace! — Page 5

Tag said: "Can they please get Barbra to record the pre-show announcement."

PERFECT!!!...hahaha

Love Mayer, love Rosie, hope this happens.

Not even a Gaga fan but think that's incredible casting. Crazier things have happened.

NOWaWarning said: "To the people who want Gaga, has she ever done anything that would lead us to believe she’s (intentionally) funny? I’m really asking."

SNL, but she’s always had a good sense of humor. She is a fantastic character actress.

nealb1 said: "This rumor has been around for almost 2 years. It first started right before "A Star Is Born" was released. Very strange mindset that because Lady Gaga did the same role that Barbra did in STAR, that's she's somehow, "supposed" to do other Barbra roles. Makes no sense at all."

You do realize A Star Is Born has a long history that started way before Barbra ever did it? People are suggesting Gaga for Funny Girl because of her look, amazing vocal ability, and star quality. It has nothing to do with Barbra or “Barbra roles.”

As much as I would love it, Gaga has stated that she wants to do Broadway but something original.

She has already had ideas for musicals in which she would write and wrote one when she was younger.

brian1973 said: "fosterfan2 said: "Brave Sir Robin2 said: "Idina is very talented, but her age and her voice aren't right for this role. 15 years ago, sure. I'd rather see her in a revival of "Gypsy," where I think she has the allure and spirit for Rose. Honestly, it would be just as big as her doing "Funny Girl," and a better fit.(Realistically, she's one of four Broadway names who would do the next production. Her, Donna, Audra, or Sutton.)

Lots of great ideas in this thread: Shoshana Bean, Lindsay Mendez, Jessie Mueller. I'll also throw in Annaleigh Ashford and Christina Bianco to the mix. Ariel Sta'chel or Santino Fontana as Arnstein. Unless you get someone like Gaga, I think you'd need to set this up at a nonprofit or really stack the cast with Broadway names. The recent revivals of "Fiddler" and "Carousel" weren't huge financial wins."

Christina Bianco--yes! I saw a video of her playing Fanny in London before the pandemic,or maybe it was a concert,but she was great. She could sing the score."

She played the role in Paris, not London."

Oops. Right continent,wrong country.

fosterfan2 said: "brian1973 said: "fosterfan2 said: "Brave Sir Robin2 said: "Idina is very talented, but her age and her voice aren't right for this role. 15 years ago, sure. I'd rather see her in a revival of "Gypsy," where I think she has the allure and spirit for Rose. Honestly, it would be just as big as her doing "Funny Girl," and a better fit.(Realistically, she's one of four Broadway names who would do the next production. Her, Donna, Audra, or Sutton.)

Lots of great ideas in this thread: Shoshana Bean, Lindsay Mendez, Jessie Mueller. I'll also throw in Annaleigh Ashford and Christina Bianco to the mix. Ariel Sta'chel or Santino Fontana as Arnstein. Unless you get someone like Gaga, I think you'd need to set this up at a nonprofit or really stack the cast with Broadway names. The recent revivals of "Fiddler" and "Carousel" weren't huge financial wins."

Christina Bianco--yes! I saw a video of her playing Fanny in London before the pandemic,or maybe it was a concert,but she was great. She could sing the score."

She played the role in Paris, not London."

Oops. Right continent,wrong country."



England isn't on "The Continent". It's an Island.

Someone earlier asked if there’s evidence that Gaga can do funny. Is there evidence that Idina can do it? I only see her as intense or a diva. Rent? Wicked? Aida? If/Then? Frozen? Enchanted? Glee? Can’t think of anything that she’s made me laugh in. I think Skintight was supposed to be funny, but I didn’t laugh.

Barbra had to work on her humor for the role, but I do like someone’s previous suggestion of Annaleigh Ashford. Let’s go with someone who has some natural goofiness.

I raised the query about Gaga’s humor. I agree with you about Idina. I’ve never really found her funny either. Not in the goofy comedienne way, anyway. I don’t think people are really calling for her to play the role, though. Her name is just the rumored.

Ledaero said: "Is there any sort of source for this?"

There are many articles discussing it. This revival rumor was big news a couple years back, however before a couple weeks ago or so, the news about this revival was from like mid-late 2018 (I may be wrong but it’d what I remember). I had noticed this late last year and had assumed that it fell through given that there were no recent articles about it, however I think that if it is gaining some traction again, it may be possible.

Joshua Rosenthal said: "While I’d love to see Gaga as Fanny, I honestly really wanna know how a colorblind casting of Jennifer Hudson as Fanny would go down. I’d love to see it. "

As was seen with the revival of THE COLOR PURPLE, Hudson isn’t a good enough actress even for a featured role. No way in hell could she carry an entire show. She’s a film actress. That’s where she learned her acting technique: in fragments. It’s an industry known secret her film acting performances are created in editing. She never learned acting technique to sustain a character for a full 2 plus hours. Even her few moments in HAIRSPRAY: Live!, whenever she wasn’t singing, her acting and line readings were disconnected from the rest of the cast. Vocally she’s one powerhouse and can tear the roof off with the songs. FUNNY GIRL is a heavy book show with a few songs. Not the other way around.