Sarah and Sky Casting?

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 10/31/08 at 1:32pm

Any word or rumors on Sarah and Sky in the Guys and Dolls revival?

[ljay889]

Posted: 10/31/08 at 1:33pm

The latest rumor is Lauren Ambrose and Norm Lewis. It was posted on ATC and here.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 10/31/08 at 1:37pm

Ooooh. Ambrose as Sarah sounds divine....

Lewis would make a great Sky as well.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 10/31/08 at 1:40pm

Ambrose would be wonderful indeed. Not so excited about Lewis, but oh well.

[timote316]

Posted: 10/31/08 at 1:43pm

Those are certainly interesting choices.

I'm still disappointed the Patrick Wilson & Anne Hathaway (along with Debra Messing & John C. Reilly) in the London production transfer rumors fell through. Now that was perfection all around.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 10/31/08 at 1:48pm

I love Ann Hathaway but is she the new automatic choice for every role?

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 10/31/08 at 2:12pm

Bobby, I just think Hathaway is pretty hot right now.
I've been wanting to see her on Broadway since she first did THE PRINCESS DIARIES and I do think she would have made a wonderful Sarah Brown. I think Lauren Ambrose is sort of an inspired choice though, so I'm excited about her (not so much about the rest of the cast though...at all).
Timote, I too am extremely disappointed that the Donmar production didn't transfer.

[jewishboy]

Posted: 10/31/08 at 4:12pm

Harry Connick Jr. should be Sky. And then, only if he is cast, Kelli O'Hara should be Sarah.

[thenewmoon]

Posted: 10/31/08 at 4:40pm

I agree with the Connick/O'Hara. In fact, I'd bet money on it.

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 10/31/08 at 5:19pm

Oh my good gracious. I absolutely love "Guys and Dolls," but even more than that, I love Norm Lewis. A combination of the two would simply make my head explode from glee. I was just thinking the other day that he'd make a great Sky-- he's got that kind of smooth confidence in his voice that really suits the role.

[Weez]

Posted: 10/31/08 at 5:26pm

Much as I adore Norm... wouldn't he have been better placed in an earlier revival? If we're talking Sky?

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 10/31/08 at 5:37pm

Well, I thought they were going for an all-around older cast for this one, not just Adelaide and Nathan? I don't know, I never saw Sky as being all that young. I got the idea from the script that he's been a bachelor for quite awhile... I don't know, though, I might just be blinded by my fangirlishness.

[Weez]

Posted: 10/31/08 at 5:41pm

Lauren Ambrose can still convincingly play early 20s though.

Haven't we learned from 'West Side Story' not to trust "this is the age-range they're going for" rumours? ;D

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 10/31/08 at 5:44pm

Mmmhaha, true, true. Still... it'd be cool to see him in a new show besides Mermaid. I like Little Mermaid and all (I'm one of the few who does), and I like the whole bare-chest-and-sparkles-galore effect, but Triton barely sings, whereas Sky has about nine thousand and twenty songs.

[PiraguaGuy2]

Posted: 10/31/08 at 5:58pm

Guys, he's a little old. Even by old, old standards.

[Weez]

Posted: 10/31/08 at 6:01pm

Dude. He's 45 and looks damn fine for it. o_O

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 10/31/08 at 6:03pm

PiraguaGuy2's been watching too much "Legally Brown," I wager. *wink*

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 10/31/08 at 10:01pm

The thought of Debra Messing as Adelaide made me want to puke.

That said, I like the idea of Ambrose in anything again on Broadway, so her as Sarah would make me quite pleased. She was incredible in AWAKE AND SING a few years ago.

[PiraguaGuy2]

Posted: 10/31/08 at 10:06pm

Wink right back, Schmerg.

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 11/1/08 at 8:43am

Oh great, now I feel like Sarah Palin...

[PiraguaGuy2]

Posted: 11/1/08 at 8:43am

[Paul W. Thompson]

Posted: 11/1/08 at 1:02pm

He may be past it now, but I always wanted to see Terrence Mann as Sky.

And his Sarah: Rebecca Luker.

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 11/1/08 at 1:26pm

Paul, that would be great casting. If only they were a little younger...

~Steven

[Paul W. Thompson]

Posted: 11/1/08 at 3:39pm

Sky is very hard to pin down, agewise. Bur remember, back at that time leading men really WERE men, not boys. Even if the "girl" was much younger.

As for Sarah, she is young, but not SO young, because people are wondering if she will ever find true love. And she is a faith-based social worker--i.e. not the highest on the food chain. Maybe she is 30 or so? And of course, seemingly plain.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 11/1/08 at 3:51pm

Ambrose, while not as in demand as Hathaway, IS the better, more complex actress.