St. Louis MUNY casting rumors
St. Louis MUNY casting rumors
St. Louis MUNY casting rumors#1
Posted: 4/6/07 at 1:01pmhttp://talkinbroadway.com/allthatchat/d.php?id=1385950
re: St. Louis MUNY casting rumors#2
Posted: 4/6/07 at 1:11pmHe's wrong about the Peter Pan thing. The RNT did a production with Ian McKellen (sp?) as Hook, and a male as Peter. B.D. Wong did it at the MUNY several years prior as well.
re: St. Louis MUNY casting rumors#2
Posted: 4/6/07 at 1:15pmLots of men have played Peter Pan - B.D. Wong and the very old Robert Johansson at Paper Mill. In my opinion, however, casting a grown man as Peter Pan never works - especially in the Charlap/Styne musical version. Any male over about the age of 10 just sounds like a big girl singing "I've Gotta Crow."
re: St. Louis MUNY casting rumors#3
Posted: 4/6/07 at 1:22pmI agree that it's weird with a dude, but I've never been able to accept a menopausal woman as Peter, either. That Mary Martin version gives me the creeps.
re: St. Louis MUNY casting rumors#4
Posted: 4/6/07 at 1:23pmThats why Sandy Duncan was perfect when she played the role in the 70s while she was in her 20s.
re: St. Louis MUNY casting rumors#5
Posted: 4/6/07 at 1:26pm
I've seen young men in the role of Peter Pan twice at the Children's Theatre Company, and it hasn't worked, but when Cathy Rigby did it, the show was dazzling.
I directed an environmental theatre approach to the show and had two young girls as Peter and my Mrs. Darling became Captain Hook. It was a lot of fun, and my Hook was scary. I also had a little girl as Tinkerbell, and at one performance, a little girl reached out to touch her. That made the show entirely worth it.
re: St. Louis MUNY casting rumors#5
Posted: 4/6/07 at 1:26pmThey are also doing GREASE.
re: St. Louis MUNY casting rumors#7
Posted: 4/6/07 at 1:26pm
I've seen young men in the role of Peter Pan twice at the Children's Theatre Company, and it hasn't worked, but when Cathy Rigby did it, the show was dazzling.
I directed an environmental theatre approach to the show and had two young girls as Peter and my Mrs. Darling became Captain Hook. It was a lot of fun, and my Hook was scary. I also had a little girl as Tinkerbell, and at one performance, a little girl reached out to touch her. That made the show entirely worth it.
re: St. Louis MUNY casting rumors#8
Posted: 4/6/07 at 1:31pmIt's a shocker they're doing Les Miz. By Muny standards, that's current.
re: St. Louis MUNY casting rumors#9
Posted: 4/6/07 at 1:33pmFaith Prince as Dolly (if true) is wonderful casting.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
re: St. Louis MUNY casting rumors#10
Posted: 4/6/07 at 1:39pm
I've seen a guy do the Charlap/Styne version once, and he actually was very convincing. You just need someone REALLY youthful to do it to avoid the creepy factor.
That said, it is one of my dream parts.
re: St. Louis MUNY casting rumors#11
Posted: 4/6/07 at 1:58pm
It's a shocker they're doing Les Miz. By Muny standards, that's current.
Well, someone has to keep up with Sacramento Music Circus, Pioneer Theatre Company, and that dinner theatre in Tennessee. 
re: St. Louis MUNY casting rumors#12
Posted: 4/6/07 at 3:13pmGoing to the Muny is like going to a ball game, complete with rising for the National Anthem before it starts. I know it's beloved by many a St Louisan, but during my time there I thought it was just a terrible place to see theatre.
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re: St. Louis MUNY casting rumors#14
Posted: 4/8/07 at 11:45pm
Ken Page will be playing Thenardier
Bruce Adler will be playing Ali Hakim (Oklahoma!) and Heinzie (Pajama Game)
Robert Westenberg will be playing Captain Hook (Peter Pan)
re: St. Louis MUNY casting rumors#15
Posted: 4/8/07 at 11:52pm
I have always been a huge fan when Peter Pan is a woman...
but alas i am not casting the show.
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re: St. Louis MUNY casting rumors#16
Posted: 4/8/07 at 11:56pm
ya, me too... but i am not casting it either
the last two times the Muny has done Peter Pan he has been played by a woman (Cathy Rigby 10 yrs ago)
also... i hear LeeRoy Reams will be directing Hello, Dolly! this summer at the muny
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re: St. Louis MUNY casting rumors#17
Posted: 4/9/07 at 12:00amWill Chase in PJ Game? Hm... I guess I'm just use to his "rocker" voice.
re: St. Louis MUNY casting rumors#18
Posted: 4/9/07 at 12:15pmDonna Vivino will be playing Rizzo in Grease at the MUNY this summer and I heard that Shoshana Bean will be playing the Narrator in Joseph
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re: St. Louis MUNY casting rumors#19
Posted: 4/9/07 at 2:04pm
i love the d-vo.
petter pan, when done properly and well, as jm barrie intended the show to be done, works wonderfully with a male peter. the reason why it is very hard to do the martin/rigby version of pan with a male is because the songs were composed specifically for mary martin..
re: St. Louis MUNY casting rumors#20
Posted: 4/9/07 at 3:04pm"...works wonderfully with a male peter" -- okay, call me a 5th grader - this syntex made me laugh out loud. Too bad Ethel Merman never played the part - she at least had huge balls.
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re: St. Louis MUNY casting rumors#22
Posted: 4/11/07 at 6:19pm
I didn't realize Sandy Duncan was in her 20s when she played the role. My parents took me for my 16th birthday and I had my picture taken with her.
The only time I've seen a male Peter Pan was in Jerome Robbins Broadway when a guy played the role in that sequence in Charlotte D'Amboise's absence.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
re: St. Louis MUNY casting rumors#23
Posted: 4/11/07 at 7:13pmPater Pan was played by Robert Johanssen when the Papermill did the musical a few years back. He was remarkable in the role and (how many times have we heard this?) is was rumored to transfer to Broadway.
re: St. Louis MUNY casting rumors#24
Posted: 4/14/07 at 3:12am
Robert Hunt is Javert at the Muny!
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