Scott Rudin's MAME choice

I'm getting this second (maybe third?) hand but my friend has been right about Rudin before. But take it with a grain of salt.

According to him, Rudin had purchased Mame for Michelle Pfeiffer.

She had agreed to do it and was taking voice lessons but could never get her voice up to snuff to sing that score six shows a week (which would have been her contract). So, even before all the Rudin stuff dropped, this was dead.

However, wanting to work with her, he then purchased the rights to A Little Night Music (it was an easier sing). However, now the show is in limbo. I don't know of any of the director/co star particulars on either show. And it sounds almost like a gay dream, but it also sounds like it could be true.

Stephen75 said: "This sounds pretty legit to me. Pfeiffer makes sense as someone in the lineage of Midler and Jackman, megastars who would be a huge get for a major classic musical revival."

Except those people are legitimate singers while the other is Michelle Pfeiffer. Being able to get through Grease 2 and Fabulous Baker Boys onscreen is not the same as being able to sing a Broadway score adequately, let alone multiple performances a week.

I honestly could see MP in Sunset Boulevard but not Mame.

Updated On: 6/7/21 at 05:25 PM

However my personal choice for Mame and it still Jane Krakowski.

Updated On: 6/7/21 at 06:20 PM

Owen22 said: "However my personal choice for Mameand it still Jane Krakowski."

Perfect!