So will Daddy Warbucks be a name?- Page 2

[peijenna]

Posted: 5/26/12 at 1:35pm

Kelsey Grammar ?

[keb2]

Posted: 5/26/12 at 1:44pm

I don't know what exactly the filming schedule is like for "Boss" or the dates Annie will run, but I'd imagine there will be a conflict there.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 5/26/12 at 1:51pm

You're all forgetting that Warbucks really has to sing. The role requires a baritone with a good top or maybe a tenor. I'm a legit baritone and had trouble with some of the notes when I played the role.

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 5/26/12 at 1:56pm

"Kelsey Grammar ?"

GrammEr. Sorry. I'm a Grammer Nazi.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 5/26/12 at 2:08pm

Rod Gilfrey (from the Met) might be an excellent choice--if he was willing to shave his head!

[Jon]

Posted: 5/26/12 at 2:17pm

Speakiong of Gilfrey - he's currently in rehearsal for SWEENEY TODD opposite Karen Ziemba at St. Louis Opera.

[LimelightMike]

Posted: 5/26/12 at 2:18pm

Charles Shaughnessy. That's my guess.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 5/26/12 at 2:28pm

I bet it will be John Schuck again.

[Joviedamian]

Posted: 5/26/12 at 5:28pm

Bill Clinton

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 5/26/12 at 5:31pm

Douglas Sills would be an interesting choice. I can't think of a big name other than Garber (who wouldn't do it again, presumably)

[darquegk]

Posted: 5/26/12 at 5:43pm

Patrick Stewart in a perfect world.

[JohnyBroadway]

Posted: 5/26/12 at 5:47pm

Harvey!

[jv92]

Posted: 5/26/12 at 6:44pm

Isn't ANNIE name-brand enough? It's such a popular, well-loved show. (I wouldn't call it a masterpiece, but it's definitely charming.) Maybe they should just stick to hiring actors who work mainly in the theater. Danny Burstein as Warbucks has been rolling around in my brain, actually. Wouldn't that be neat? Or Boyd Gaines?

[broadwaybabytn]

Posted: 5/26/12 at 7:09pm

Someone said Stanley Tucci in another thread. That could be interesting.

[RockStarNYC]

Posted: 5/26/12 at 7:12pm

They should pluck Anthony Warlow from Aussie land and get him to do it!

[Gothampc]

Posted: 5/26/12 at 7:37pm

"Someone said Stanley Tucci in another thread. That could be interesting."

It would be the first production where Sandy is taller than Daddy Warbucks.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 5/26/12 at 7:43pm

Daddy Warbucks be a comic strip character. Daddy is his first name. Oliver his middle name and Warbucks his last name, no?



Updated On: 5/26/12 at 07:43 PM

[madbrian]

Posted: 5/26/12 at 8:31pm

Maybe Boyd Gaines?

[Dollypop]

Posted: 5/26/12 at 8:42pm

Boyd Gaines can certainly sing but he doesn't have the range that the role requires. Besides, he's not all that keen on doing musicals. Really.

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 5/26/12 at 8:44pm

"Bill Clinton"

FDR's line "Republicans too, Oliver," would prove especially amusing.

[sparrman]

Posted: 5/26/12 at 10:06pm

I wondered too about Anthony Warlow. He's played the part at least a couple of times. I wonder if he would want to make his Broadway debut in a revival though, or if he'd rather originate something...or if he gives a crap about Broadway anyway.

[theaternut]

Posted: 5/27/12 at 12:21am

It is Chris Sieber. He is leaving La Cage tour 6 weeks early.

[Broadwayhunk]

Posted: 5/27/12 at 4:23am

NPH would be great and sell a lot of tickets.

[PlayItAgain]

Posted: 5/27/12 at 5:03am

I second Patrick Stewart, thats on the bullseye casting right there.

[Square Peg2]

Posted: 5/27/12 at 5:44am

Anthony Warlow is playing the role in Melbourne as we speak, and will be in Perth with the show from August. It would be a bit of an anticlimax for his first Broadway role, but it would be wonderful for him to finally be on Broadway.