Stamos, Gershon, Houdyshell, Irwin Will Put on a Happy Face in Broadway Birdie

[ColorTheHours048]

Stamos, Gershon, Houdyshell, Irwin Will Put on a Happy Face in Broadway Birdie#1

Posted: 4/2/09 at 12:30pm

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/127932.html

[blaxx]

re: Stamos, Gershon, Houdyshell, Irwin Will Put on a Happy Face in Broadway Birdie#2

Posted: 4/2/09 at 12:32pm

Meh.

and

Boo.

Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

re: Stamos, Gershon, Houdyshell, Irwin Will Put on a Happy Face in Broadway#2

Posted: 4/2/09 at 12:33pm

Totally underwhelmed by this...

[ColorTheHours048]

re: Stamos, Gershon, Houdyshell, Irwin Will Put on a Happy Face in Broadway#3

Posted: 4/2/09 at 12:34pm

I'm really happy with this cast. Especially Gina and Jayne.

[hmpeterson]

re: Stamos, Gershon, Houdyshell, Irwin Will Put on a Happy Face in Broadway#4

Posted: 4/2/09 at 12:36pm

So much for the people hoping for Andrea Burns.

[blaxx]

re: Stamos, Gershon, Houdyshell, Irwin Will Put on a Happy Face in Broadway#5

Posted: 4/2/09 at 12:40pm

Or anyone else. This almost sounds like they were inspired by the Guys & Dolls revival cast.

Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE

[Drunk Chita Rivera]

re: Stamos, Gershon, Houdyshell, Irwin Will Put on a Happy Face in Broadway#6

Posted: 4/2/09 at 12:42pm

Andrea Burns was going to be the only thing getting me to see the show. Oh well, t least she can still amaze me in In The Heights. Updated On: 4/2/09 at 12:42 PM

[dancingthrulife04]

re: Stamos, Gershon, Houdyshell, Irwin Will Put on a Happy Face in Broadway#7

Posted: 4/2/09 at 12:42pm

Eh.

http://www.beintheheights.com/katnicole1 (Please click and help me win!) I chose, and my world was shaken- So what?
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[ljay889]

re: Stamos, Gershon, Houdyshell, Irwin Will Put on a Happy Face in Broadway#8

Posted: 4/2/09 at 12:42pm

Ugh. Gershon is not even Spanish, right? There were so many more exciting choices for Mae. Stamos seems like the most exciting part right now.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

re: Stamos, Gershon, Houdyshell, Irwin Will Put on a Happy Face in Broadway#9

Posted: 4/2/09 at 12:44pm

It seems weird in this day and age to cast the role of Rosie as someone who isn't Latina at all.

[Pianolin717]

re: Stamos, Gershon, Houdyshell, Irwin Will Put on a Happy Face in Broadway#10

Posted: 4/2/09 at 12:45pm

so do previews begin on the 10th or 11th?

[Yankeefan007]

re: Stamos, Gershon, Houdyshell, Irwin Will Put on a Happy Face in Broadway#11

Posted: 4/2/09 at 12:52pm

Houdyshell is inspired.

[Roscoe]

re: Stamos, Gershon, Houdyshell, Irwin Will Put on a Happy Face in Broadway#12

Posted: 4/2/09 at 12:53pm

Houdyshell is a goddess, one of the great living actors, and anything she is in becomes worth seeing.

"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." Thomas Pynchon, GRAVITY'S RAINBOW "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Philip K. Dick My blog: http://www.roscoewrites.blogspot.com/

[ljay889]

re: Stamos, Gershon, Houdyshell, Irwin Will Put on a Happy Face in Broadway#13

Posted: 4/2/09 at 12:56pm

Can Gina handle the dancing demands of the role?

[skander2]

re: Stamos, Gershon, Houdyshell, Irwin Will Put on a Happy Face in Broadway#14

Posted: 4/2/09 at 1:08pm

I'm rather upset that Andrea Burns isn't Rosie. Is Matt Doyle still attached to this?

[ColorTheHours048]

re: Stamos, Gershon, Houdyshell, Irwin Will Put on a Happy Face in Broadway#15

Posted: 4/2/09 at 1:12pm

Last I heard, Matt Doyle is still attached as Hugo. I stand by my opinion that it's a complete waste of talent. Matt Doyle in a non-singing role?

[Eris0303]

re: Stamos, Gershon, Houdyshell, Irwin Will Put on a Happy Face in Broadway#16

Posted: 4/2/09 at 1:13pm

I've been hearing 9/11 all along though Friday seems an odd night to start.

"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".

[Tom1071]

re: Stamos, Gershon, Houdyshell, Irwin Will Put on a Happy Face in Broadway#17

Posted: 4/2/09 at 1:15pm

Glad to know that Matt will have work. What a talent!

[ColorTheHours048]

re: Stamos, Gershon, Houdyshell, Irwin Will Put on a Happy Face in Broadway#18

Posted: 4/2/09 at 1:18pm

I agree, Tom1071. It's just a shame Hugo doesn't sing a single thing.

[PiraguaGuy2]

re: Stamos, Gershon, Houdyshell, Irwin Will Put on a Happy Face in Broadway#19

Posted: 4/2/09 at 1:19pm

MEH.

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[CurtainPullDowner]

re: Stamos, Gershon, Houdyshell, Irwin Will Put on a Happy Face in Broadway#20

Posted: 4/2/09 at 1:20pm

It's kind of a mish mash of casting from everywhere, I think they are all fine performers, Stamos is OK, his personality is a good fit for Albert. Gershon will have the greatest hurdles, not much musical experience and filling Cheets' dancing shoes is obviously very difficult, ask Ms. Olivo. Both Irwin and Houdyshell are terrific, it just seems like a strange grouping.
Give us Kim and Conrad NOW!
Matt Doyle has not been announced.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

re: Stamos, Gershon, Houdyshell, Irwin Will Put on a Happy Face in Broadway#21

Posted: 4/2/09 at 1:24pm

What a disappointment about Rosie. They cast a white woman? How many great Latina actresses are out there right now that would have been brilliant as Rosie? What a dull choice.

I'm thrilled about Houdyshell. She will be brilliant.

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-Kad

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[WithoutATrace]

re: Stamos, Gershon, Houdyshell, Irwin Will Put on a Happy Face in Broadway#22

Posted: 4/2/09 at 1:27pm

I actually hope that Gershon surprises us...

[madbrian]

re: Stamos, Gershon, Houdyshell, Irwin Will Put on a Happy Face in Broadway#23

Posted: 4/2/09 at 1:30pm

I think Tony Yazbeck would be a good Conrad.

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[ColorTheHours048]

re: Stamos, Gershon, Houdyshell, Irwin Will Put on a Happy Face in Broadway#24

Posted: 4/2/09 at 1:37pm

I think Tony Yazbeck would be a good Conrad.

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