South Pacific cast?
South Pacific cast?
evilmell
Swing Joined: 6/14/07
#1South Pacific cast?
Posted: 8/15/07 at 11:09am
Does anyone know who got cast as Emile de Becque at the Beaumont? I read the part is cast but don't know who.
Updated On: 8/15/07 at 11:09 AM
#2re: South Pacific cast?
Posted: 8/15/07 at 12:10pmRiedel reported that they were courting Dmitri Hvorostovsky a while back. Any news on that front?
#2re: South Pacific cast?
Posted: 8/15/07 at 12:47pm
The only people I know of who have been cast in the show are Kelli O'Hara (as Nellie) and Steven Pasquale (as Cable.)
Wasn't there a rumor going around last month that an offer had gone out to Michael Cerveris for Emile?
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Thesbijean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/9/04
#3re: South Pacific cast?
Posted: 8/15/07 at 12:52pm
Either they got Cerveris for Cymbeline because Pacific couldn't work out, OR they got him for Cymbeline because they also hired him for Pacific and wanted him to do both.
I for one think he would be TERRIBLE as Emile, his whole stage persona doesn't scream Classic American Musical Theatre in my ears...
zooxanthellae
Broadway Star Joined: 6/2/07
#4re: South Pacific cast?
Posted: 8/15/07 at 12:53pmsomethingwicked... I also remember hearing that Michael Cerveris Rumor awhile back, but I think he was only approached about doing it.
#5re: South Pacific cast?
Posted: 8/15/07 at 1:28pmDeBeque is *the* quintessential baritone role of musical theatre. I'd hate to see it given to a tenor, and especially one as high as Cerveris.
#6re: South Pacific cast?
Posted: 8/15/07 at 1:42pmHow about Peter Gallagher as Emile?
#7re: South Pacific cast?
Posted: 8/15/07 at 2:18pm
Steven Pasquale will be great...Kelli O'Hara sounds boring-especially when names like Scarlett Johannson and Maggie Gyllenhall were being thrown out.
Michael Cerveris is completely role for Emile, they need a Brent Barrett type, Cerveris is a character actor, Emile needs to be the ultimate leading man type.
gypsy4
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/07
#8re: South Pacific cast?
Posted: 8/15/07 at 2:23pmwell as long as they cast actors who can act the role and sing the role i think anliesa vanderpol would be good as nelle
#9re: South Pacific cast?
Posted: 8/15/07 at 2:42pmNot that Cerveris is right for the role, but since when is he a tenor?
bdwybug55
Featured Actor Joined: 8/25/04
#10re: South Pacific cast?
Posted: 8/15/07 at 2:45pmI love the idea of Kelli O'Hara and Steven Pasquale. Ms. O'Hara has proven time and again that she is versatile...so give her a chance. While I LOVE Dmitri's voice...can he ACT??
#11re: South Pacific cast?
Posted: 8/15/07 at 2:48pmKelli O'Hara is, has been, and hopefully always will be amazing.
zooxanthellae
Broadway Star Joined: 6/2/07
#12re: South Pacific cast?
Posted: 8/15/07 at 3:14pm
but since when is he a tenor?
Yeah I always thought he was a baritone. I'm not opposed to the idea of him playing the part, it would be interesting.
Updated On: 8/15/07 at 03:14 PM
NYC4Life
Broadway Star Joined: 1/23/06
#13re: South Pacific cast?
Posted: 8/15/07 at 3:19pmI don't want to see Michael Cerveris near this. Great actor but I need him to stay away.
MarkK
Featured Actor Joined: 5/8/05
#14re: South Pacific cast?
Posted: 8/15/07 at 3:24pmI thought Patrick Wilson was going to be Cable? Then again, I don't remember seeing an announcement for Cable or Nellie casting for that matter.
#15re: South Pacific cast?
Posted: 8/15/07 at 3:57pmIs Kelli O'hara confirmed as Nellie?
#16re: South Pacific cast?
Posted: 8/15/07 at 10:50pm
Listen to Assassins and then Sweeney and you can tell that his voice sits more comfortably in the tenor range not baritone (and especially not bass which some of Emile's notes do require). Cerveris has a great voice, but there is a reason no one has really bested Enzio Pinza yet.
My first choice would probably be Rodney Gilfry (Encores! The New Moon), but they are probably going for a younger actor and one with more of a name. I also wouldn't mind Martin Vindovic, Burke Moses, or Brent Barrett.
I'm hoping Kelli O'Hara's casting is just a rumor (though I'm sure she'll be perfectly adequate).
#17re: South Pacific cast?
Posted: 8/15/07 at 10:56pmI can confirm, with 100% confidence, that O'Hara and Pasquale have been cast.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#18re: South Pacific cast?
Posted: 8/15/07 at 10:59pmWell I'm glad to hear about Pasquale, that boy has "star" written all over him. His kids are going to be soooo talented and good looking (Laura Benanti is his wife).
Johnnytoc
Broadway Star Joined: 12/19/04
#19re: South Pacific cast?
Posted: 8/15/07 at 11:00pmOy. I think Kelli will be fine and I suppose Pasquale will be too...just not my first choice. I wonder who will be Emile.
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#20re: South Pacific cast?
Posted: 8/15/07 at 11:12pm
jewishboy, Benanti and Pasquale haven't been wed yet, but they are indeed public about their engagement.
As far as I know, Pasquale isn't official. They've been courting him, and he's wanted to do it, but they were facing conflicts with his scheduling for RESCUE ME. Perhaps they finally worked it out.
keen on kean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/06
#21re: South Pacific cast?
Posted: 8/15/07 at 11:16pmIf John Relyea wasn't singing in a gazillion things at the MET this season, I would love to see/hear him in SOUTH PACIFIC!
Boq101
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/20/06
#22re: South Pacific cast?
Posted: 8/15/07 at 11:18pm
I wanted Aaron Lazar... 
oh well, I like the idea of Brent Barret, though.
bwaylvsong
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/28/05
#23re: South Pacific cast?
Posted: 8/15/07 at 11:32pmI still don't get why they can't just cast Stokes. He did not look black in "Kiss Me, Kate", so why would he look black here? Even so, one would be pretty tan after living in the South Pacific for a while...
#24re: South Pacific cast?
Posted: 8/15/07 at 11:46pmI can't complain if it is Cerveris, because I really love him but I would really love to see Burke Moses in this.
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