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

[ColorTheHours048]

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

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

[blaxx]

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

Meh.

and

Boo.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

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

Totally underwhelmed by this...

[ColorTheHours048]

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

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

[hmpeterson]

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

So much for the people hoping for Andrea Burns.

[blaxx]

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

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

[Drunk Chita Rivera]

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]

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

Eh.

[ljay889]

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]

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]

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

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

[Yankeefan007]

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

Houdyshell is inspired.

[Roscoe]

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.

[ljay889]

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

Can Gina handle the dancing demands of the role?

[skander2]

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]

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]

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

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

[Tom1071]

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

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

[ColorTheHours048]

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

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

[PiraguaGuy2]

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

MEH.

[CurtainPullDowner]

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]

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.

[WithoutATrace]

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

I actually hope that Gershon surprises us...

[madbrian]

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

I think Tony Yazbeck would be a good Conrad.

[ColorTheHours048]

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

I think Tony Yazbeck would be a good Conrad.

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