Rumored SIDE SHOW revival for next season — Page 3

"They should just tie a rope around Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan, and let them play the girls.

That'll sell tickets! And the promo with "Come Look at the Freaks" would NEVER have more resonance."

best12bars - that was the best birthday present anyone could have ever given me! I just laughed for 5 minutes!

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I know the Kenny Ortega dance show is for sure happening.

However, compared to the news of a side show revival....I DON'T CARE!!! I LOVE side show! It is by far one of my favorite shows and I am so excited to hear this news. In regards to casting...no, I don't think Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner would work as twins anymore, nor do I think that they would choose to involve themselves in the project. I think they would cast very young, as the girls are supposed to be in their early twenties.

i remember reading Laura Osnes' little Playbill Quiz thing and she said that this was her favorite Broadway show. i hope Roundabout doesn't try and kill me by casting HER in it!

i love Side Show SO SO SO SO much! i have watched my (ahem) "memory" of it many many times i almost broke the DVD. it really is such a special show. i don't see why they're bothering with rewriting it, though. i hope whatever doctoring they want to do only are minute and we aren't worse for the wear

When this show first opened, the plan was to have either Alice and Emily OR the understudies play the show, but Emily missed so much that the producers thought it wasn't fair to Alice so they canned the idea.

I wonder if Bill Condon working on it means there's a movie version floating around in the back of his mind.

Too bad Kate Shindle is SO tall, she would be amazing as Violet. I second (or third) the Leslie Kritzer votes.

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I think Sara Gettlefinger and Rachel York would be a wonderful pairing.

*Makes obligatory Harvey Fierstein and Rosie O'Donnell as the twins joke*

OMG Loveclassics, that would be incredible casting BUT which would be which? I mean could they alternate?

I would basically kill to see Julia Murney as Violet.

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BwayBaby18,

I guess I see Rachel as Violet and Sara as Daisy, but the thought of them switching is so interesting! It would make for a really clever marketing gimmick to get people to see the show twice. And it's pretty valid when thinking about the commonalities and differences in conjoined twins.

I saw Top Dog Underdog twice because the actors alternated playing the brothers. It was fascinating to see the subtle differences in interpretation and the shift in power.

I like it!

Rachel York IS as tall as Sara. That's why I suggested that pairing. And they really look a lot alike. Same facial structure, same build.

I did not realize that Rachel York was so tall. Sara just seems to tower above everyone.

Okay then, the next challenge will be finding a Terry and Buddy who are as tall as Sara and Rachel.

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I think Roundabout being a non-profit organization is the only one who can revive this musical bec. of the dark subject...Please NO NEED to re-write the book. The book is perfect-iMO.

I belong to Sarah-Rachel team! Pls revive SIDE SHOW!

J*

Updated On: 2/24/08 at 04:11 PM

I saw Side Show the first go-round. I think what stood in the way of its popular success was the subject matter itself. It garnered good reviews, especially from the NYT. But it just couldn't find its audience. I remember when I told some people at work, they were aghast at the subject matter -- and these were not people who didn't go to Broadway shows.

Either Lauren Bacall or Angela Lansbury saw it, were appalled at the sparse audience and were quoted as asking, "Where are the people?" There is much to be admired in the piece but I fear that it may go the way of Golden Apple, Mack and Mabel, Simply Heavenly, and a handful of others that were a little too specialized (or problematic) to make it with John Q. Public. At least we have the recording and the memories. Perhaps a good choice for Encores!?

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