Stars and songs you wish they could have performed
Stars and songs you wish they could have performed
MasterLcZ
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/12/03
#0Stars and songs you wish they could have performed
Posted: 12/11/04 at 10:19am
Judy Garland : "I'm Still Here"
Ann-Margaret c. 1963: "When You've Got it, Flaunt It"
Those two come to mind. Any more?
#1re: Stars and songs you wish they could have performed
Posted: 12/11/04 at 10:35amfor years and years i though JULIE ANDREWS would be perfect for the role of ANNA in THE KING AND I. then when she finally recorded the score with BEN KINGSLEY, she was a bit too old for it. but i still enjoy hearing her sing it once in a while.
JeffG
Leading Actor Joined: 12/28/03
#2re: Stars and songs you wish they could have performed
Posted: 12/11/04 at 11:00amMelanie Griffith as Roxie Hart. I sure do wish she could have performed those songs!
Broadway Matt
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/17/03
#3re: Stars and songs you wish they could have performed
Posted: 12/11/04 at 11:14amEthel Merman singing "Popular"
"The last train out of any station will not be full of nice guys." - Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
"I wash my face, then drink beer, then I weep. Say a prayer and induce insincere self-abuse, till I'm fast asleep"- In Trousers
wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
#4re: Stars and songs you wish they could have performed
Posted: 12/11/04 at 11:14am
I know this has now turned into Stars and SHOWS you wish they'd performed, so...
Carol Burnett in "Bells Are Ringing"
#5re: Stars and songs you wish they could have performed
Posted: 12/11/04 at 11:37amApparently Anothony Rapp was extremely close to being emcee in Cabaret... that would have been interesting
#6re: Stars and songs you wish they could have performed
Posted: 12/11/04 at 11:38am
matt, i would LOVE to have heard that!
wildcat, what a great idea!
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#7re: Stars and songs you wish they could have performed
Posted: 12/11/04 at 11:46amBernadette as Ms. Lovett(sp?)
Broadway Matt
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/17/03
#8re: Stars and songs you wish they could have performed
Posted: 12/11/04 at 11:51am
-Mandy Patinkin as Dorothy in "Wizard of Oz"
-Lucille Ball as Ruth Sherwood
-B.D. Wong as Albin in "La Cage" (this one, I'm hoping will happen one day soon)
"The last train out of any station will not be full of nice guys." - Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
"I wash my face, then drink beer, then I weep. Say a prayer and induce insincere self-abuse, till I'm fast asleep"- In Trousers
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#9re: Stars and songs you wish they could have performed
Posted: 12/11/04 at 11:56amI'd like to have heard Mahalia Jackson sing The Gods Love Nubia.
MaTakeALookAtMe
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/13/04
#10re: Stars and songs you wish they could have performed
Posted: 12/11/04 at 1:07pmAngela Lansbury singing Defying Gravity...
CurtainUp
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/9/04
#11re: Stars and songs you wish they could have performed
Posted: 12/11/04 at 1:13pm
Shirley Temple singing June's "Let me Entertain You"
I LOVE the idea for Ann-Margaret. And yes, Julie would have been perfect in King and I. Waht about the girl who starred in the OffBway Fantasticks as Cinderella? Or a young Angela Lansbury as the Witch in ITW? (Got that idea from Bernadette as Lovett which sounds great, too)
sanda
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/10/04
#12re: Stars and songs you wish they could have performed
Posted: 12/11/04 at 1:16pm
Brian Stokes Mitchell as Tevy sing " If I were a rich man."
Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald, Anthony Warlow in Camelot.
Stokes sings Camelot. Warlow sings " If ever I leave you."
PJ
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#13re: Stars and songs you wish they could have performed
Posted: 12/11/04 at 1:32pmI would love to hear Patti LuPone's take on the score to Gypsy.
#14re: Stars and songs you wish they could have performed
Posted: 12/11/04 at 1:32pm
JeffG...that's hilarious!
...and seriously. anyone else wanna hear Carol Channing sing "Defying Gravity" ?
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touchmeinthemorning
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/3/04
#15re: Stars and songs you wish they could have performed
Posted: 12/11/04 at 1:56pm
Eva Cassidy in Mamma Mia
Ethel Merman as Tracy in Hairspray
Aretha Franklin as Aida
Joan Sutherland (or Anna Moffo) as Glinda
Bernadette Peters as Eva in Evita
#16re: Stars and songs you wish they could have performed
Posted: 12/11/04 at 3:16pm
James Barbour singing "Stars" from Les Mis.
...the thought is quite delicious, no?
Also: Roger Bart singing any of Seymour's songs from LSOH. Come on, how cute would that be?
sanda
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/10/04
#17re: Stars and songs you wish they could have performed
Posted: 12/11/04 at 3:18pmyeah, I always think James Barbour will be a brilliant Javert!
#18re: Stars and songs you wish they could have performed
Posted: 12/11/04 at 3:19pmYes, definitely! He's got the whole, as my friend puts it, "Baritone Powerhouse of Sound" thing going on...not to mention he's sexy as hell ^_^
sanda
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/10/04
#19re: Stars and songs you wish they could have performed
Posted: 12/11/04 at 3:26pmand, he could add a bit of his personal touch in that role. Not only tough, strict,commanding, but also some synicism, bitterness, depression, like that.
#20re: Stars and songs you wish they could have performed
Posted: 12/11/04 at 3:37pmYes, you hit it right on the head! He does have quite the knack for playing the brooding, angry guy.....^_^
Mythus
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/04
#21re: Stars and songs you wish they could have performed
Posted: 12/11/04 at 3:57pm
Roger Bart singing any of Seymour's songs from LSOH.
As soon as I read that, I imagined him singing "Poor, all my life I've always been poor" and...okay, wow. That needs to happen right now. He's not busy, is he? Put him in the tour.
#22re: Stars and songs you wish they could have performed
Posted: 12/11/04 at 4:05pm
Yes!! No one I know agrees with me, this is great! ...oh my, it would be fantastic.
The best would have to be....*jumps up on counter* "I don't knooooooooooow, Iiiiii don't knoooooooooooooooow, I've had sooooooooo, so many stroooooong reservatiooooooooooooooooons! Should I gooooo, and perfooooorm....mutilations?"
Mythus
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/04
#23re: Stars and songs you wish they could have performed
Posted: 12/11/04 at 4:47pm
I love that part! We need to write a letter to...someone and beg them to do a production of Little Shop with Roger as Seymour.
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#24re: Stars and songs you wish they could have performed
Posted: 12/11/04 at 4:48pmI think Charles Nelson Reilly would have made quite an interesting Leo in THE PRODUCERS.
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