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#31

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

Posted: 4/2/09 at 2:55pm

Underwhelmed by the Gina Gershon news. I was one that was hoping Andrea Burns.

Haven't all these folks done a show with the Roundabout before (not sure about Houdyshell)? Couldn't they expand a bit.

I hope they cast wonderfully talented unknowns as Conrad and Kim.
#32

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

Posted: 4/2/09 at 2:57pm

I swear this has been discussed ad nauseum on here before - Rosie ISN'T supposed to be Latin - that's WHY Spanish Rose is a funny number - she's going to pretend to be Spanish just to annoy Albert's mother....she's from Allentown, PA and says so in the script.

#33

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

Posted: 4/2/09 at 3:02pm

Rosie is supposed to have LATIN origins. As in her ancestors were from Spain but she herself was born in America. While we're not looking for someone with a thick accent, we were hoping that they might cast someone with latin roots.
"Sing the words, Patti!!!!" Stephen Sondheim to Patti LuPone.
#36

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

Posted: 4/2/09 at 3:11pm

Wikpedia says Gershon plays the jews harp professionally.
I forgot she did CABARET, how was her singing voice?
I think she actually looks the part, If Maria can be Brazillian than Rose Alverez can be a Jew from LA.
(I was also hoping for Burns but they went in a whole different direction).
#40

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

Posted: 4/2/09 at 3:20pm

or Evita can be an Italian from Long Island? or a blonde from North London?
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain. -Kad
#42

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

Posted: 4/2/09 at 3:26pm

This is different.

Mae doesn't approve of her because of her background - they're not pretending to give us the illusion of being a character from another country, but a joke that revolves around race.
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
#49

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

Posted: 4/2/09 at 3:47pm

I'll be more Espanole that Abbe Lane."

Abbe Lane was a Jew from Brooklyn.

"Not Danish
Not British
Not Swedish
Not Yiddish
It's Spanish Rosa!"


The joke is that, even if she DOES have a Hispanic background (Alvarez!), she is just as American as Mae, but of course Mae doesn't get that and labels her as if she had immigrated from a land she's not from.

If they were not to hire an actress of hispanic background, at least someone who can certainly pass as one.
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
#50

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

Posted: 4/2/09 at 3:55pm

It's a sad thing that a regional theatre feels they need "names" like Stamos and Gershon to sell tickets. This should be the perfect opportunity to cast the right people in the roles. If Bailey Hanks is Kim this will prove to be more disappointing casting than the Guys and Dolls revival. Sad, because I had really high hopes for this long overdue revival.

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