Steve Carell doing Uncle Vanya?

[Robbie516]

Posted: 9/26/23 at 3:54pm

Has anyone else heard this rumor? It was on Broadway reddit…I need this to be true! Lol

Updated On: 9/26/23 at 03:54 PM

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 9/26/23 at 5:09pm

I have always heard from agents that Carell has no interest in doing Broadway/live theatre. But people can always change their mind.

This would certainly be a big get for LCT.

Rainn Wilson, however, has worked on stage and has been attached to other projects that didn’t pan out. And I think might be bigger at the box office than people expect. 

[JSquared2]

Posted: 9/26/23 at 6:04pm

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "I have always heard from agents that Carell has no interest in doing Broadway/live theatre. But people can always change their mind.

This would certainly be a big get for LCT.

Rainn Wilson, however, has worked on stage and has been attached to other projects that didn’t pan out. And I think might be bigger at the box office than people expect."

 

Nahh -- his name is meaningless.  People don't tend to pay $150+ to see actors they can watch for 8 hours a day in syndication. 

John Krasinski though...

 

 

[KevinKlawitter]

Posted: 9/26/23 at 6:06pm

Carrell would be rather inspired casting!

Rainn Wilson would be really interesting, too - I know he's done a lot of shows at The Guthrie in my neck of the woods, so him coming back to the stage would be somewhat of an event.

[gibsons2]

Posted: 9/26/23 at 6:34pm

JSquared2 said: "ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "I have always heard from agents that Carell has no interest in doing Broadway/live theatre. But people can always change their mind.

This would certainly be a big get for LCT.

Rainn Wilson, however, has worked on stage and has been attached to other projects that didn’t pan out. And I think might be bigger at the box office than people expect."



Nahh -- his name is meaningless. People don't tend to pay $150+ to see actors they can watch for 8 hours a day in syndication.

John Krasinski though...

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Rainn Wilson's name is meaningless? Are you ok?

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 9/26/23 at 7:39pm

Rainn Wilson's name is meaningless? Are you ok?

The mainstream masses have no idea who Rain Wilson is. Dwight Schrute from THE OFFICE they’ll know instantly.  Heck, even when he did a few episodes as Allison Janney’s therapist on MOM, my friends called him “the guy from THE OFFICE.” Steve Carrell has established himself in a handful of Oscar nominated feature films - he himself having an Oscar nomination.  

[gibsons2]

Posted: 9/26/23 at 8:12pm

BrodyFosse123 said: "Rainn Wilson's name is meaningless? Are you ok?

The mainstream masses have no idea who Rain Wilson is. Dwight Schrute from THE OFFICE they’ll know instantly. Heck, even when he did a few episodes as Allison Janney’s therapist on MOM, my friends called him “the guy from THE OFFICE.” Steve Carrell has established himself in a handful of Oscar nominated feature films - he himself having an Oscar nomination."

Well, maybe your mom doesn't know his name,  but it doesn't mean anyone else doesn't. His name is surely known to much bigger crowds comparing to any famous theater actors who are only popular in theater circles and nowhere else. Those cult sitcoms produced stars that have huge fanbase. Suggesting Rainn Wilson's casting would be meaningless is laughable. 

[BoringBoredBoard40]

Posted: 9/26/23 at 8:16pm

John Krasinski did a play at the Public years ago that sold pretty well, in fact I think the entire run was sold out (Claire Danes and Hank Azaria were also in it)

[JoeW4]

Posted: 9/26/23 at 8:38pm

Ok stay with me here. Imagine if:

 

Steve Carrell as Vanya
John Krasinksi as Astrov
Jenna Fisher as Sonya 
Ellie Kemper as Yelena 
Creed Bratton as the professor 
Rainn Wilson as Telegin

[willep]

Posted: 9/26/23 at 8:40pm

Count me in the camp of people who think Rainn Wilson’s name would not be a big ticket seller, as much as I enjoy him.

But to return to topic, I’d be interested to see Carell on stage.

[gibsons2]

Posted: 9/26/23 at 9:07pm

JoeW4 said: "Ok stay with me here. Imagine if:



Steve Carrell as Vanya
John Krasinksi as Astrov
Jenna Fisher as Sonya
Ellie Kemper as Yelena
Creed Bratton as the professor
Rainn Wilson as Telegin"

This is the only The Office reboot that should be allowed 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 9/26/23 at 9:33pm

JoeW4 said: "Ok stay with me here. Imagine if:

Steve Carrell as Vanya
John Krasinksi as Astrov
Jenna Fisher as Sonya
Ellie Kemper as Yelena
Creed Bratton as the professor
Rainn Wilson as Telegin"

This reads like a summer stock production from hell!

fwiw, here's the link to the original rumor.

There are always a lot of false rumors surrounding LCT shows around these parts so we should take with a tiny grain of salt...Danny Burstein opening MFL as Dolittle, Matthew Rhys in Camelot, etc.

[Fordham2015]

Posted: 9/27/23 at 7:40am

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: 

There are always a lot of false rumors surrounding LCT shows around these parts so we should take with a tiny grain of salt...Danny Burstein opening MFL as Dolittle, Matthew Rhys in Camelot, etc."

Let's not forget Colin Firth and Anne Hathaway in My Fair Lady

[RippedMan]

Posted: 9/27/23 at 11:07am

Yeah they don't tend to celebrity casting, correct? But maybe this will help drum up ticket sales and add some excitement back to them.

[OhHiii]

Posted: 9/27/23 at 12:41pm

Fordham2015 said: "ErmengardeStopSniveling said: Let's not forget Colin Firth and Anne Hathaway in My Fair Lady"

But imagine if we'd gotten that casting. WHEW! Still wish we'd gotten Anne's Bobbie in Company, but alas.