Stunt Casting...That Worked

[bwayfan9]

Stunt Casting...That Worked#1

Posted: 9/18/08 at 6:47pm

My favorite was Whoopi in xanadu

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[VonTussleGirl]

re: Stunt Casting...That Worked#2

Posted: 9/18/08 at 6:49pm

I was impressed with Brooke Shields in Wonderful Town... she's no Donna Murphy, but she made the role her own and was very amusing.

[NGD2225]

re: Stunt Casting...That Worked#2

Posted: 9/18/08 at 6:53pm

Fantasia in The Color Purple.

[bwayfan9]

re: Stunt Casting...That Worked#3

Posted: 9/18/08 at 6:55pm

oh yeah! I didnt't think of her. That role is a toughie, she really did a wonderful job. Ah, that fantasia

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[Weez]

re: Stunt Casting...That Worked#4

Posted: 9/18/08 at 6:59pm

I subscribe to the theory that if it works, then it's not stunt-casting. It's star-casting. I know these terms are massively open to interpretation, but as far as my brain is concerned, stunt-casting is called that and remains as such because it categorically does NOT work.

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[Cartwheel]

re: Stunt Casting...That Worked#5

Posted: 9/18/08 at 9:21pm

Clay Aiken was great in Spamalot, which is why they have asked him to return.

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[xoangel2789xo]

re: Stunt Casting...That Worked#6

Posted: 9/18/08 at 9:23pm

I wonder if my aunt is gonna go see Clay again, lol.

[BrodyFosse123]

re: Stunt Casting...That Worked#7

Posted: 9/18/08 at 9:26pm

Reba McEntire in ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
Brooke Shields in CABARET and WONDERFUL TOWN
Gina Gershon in CABARET
Marie Osmond in THE KING & I
Donny Osmond in BEAUTY & THE BEAST
Vanessa Williams in KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN

[Little-Lotte]

re: Stunt Casting...That Worked#8

Posted: 9/18/08 at 10:13pm

Donny in BATB was really a shock, I thought he was wonderful in the role. And going with the stunt casting in that show, I was VERY impressed with Anneliese van der Pol as Belle. I really want her to come back to Broadway she has a gorgeous, rich voice!

Oh a big one that comes to mind that you might not technically equate with stunt casting because he originated the role on Broadway but Hugh Jackman in The Boy From Oz, which was just an amazing performance!

[defyinggravity42694]

re: Stunt Casting...That Worked#9

Posted: 9/18/08 at 10:18pm

Anneliese is coming back to Broadway, she is going to be in "Vanities". I saw her as Belle, I also saw Christy Carson Romano (which I thought was a casting move), I like Christy a little better, Anneliese's voice was a little TOO over powering for the role, but both were amazing!

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[lotterymaster]

re: Stunt Casting...That Worked#10

Posted: 9/18/08 at 10:43pm

I was surprisingly BLOWN AWAY with Fantasia in The Color Purple. I thought her acting was surprisingly phenomenal. And her singing was also very good. She fit the part very well.

[lotterymaster]

re: Stunt Casting...That Worked#11

Posted: 9/18/08 at 10:43pm

I was surprisingly BLOWN AWAY with Fantasia in The Color Purple. I thought her acting was surprisingly phenomenal. And her singing was also very good. She fit the part very well.

[Parks]

re: Stunt Casting...That Worked#12

Posted: 9/18/08 at 10:48pm

Diana DeGarmo in Hairspray/BKLYN (tour).

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[husk_charmer]

re: Stunt Casting...That Worked#13

Posted: 9/18/08 at 10:53pm

Reba McEntire in South Pacific.

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[tkts]

re: Stunt Casting...That Worked#14

Posted: 9/18/08 at 11:17pm

Do we all understand what exactly stunt casting is????

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[philly03]

re: Stunt Casting...That Worked#15

Posted: 9/18/08 at 11:26pm

Sebastian Bach in Jekyll & HYDE. Really gave new life into that show when it needed it, but of course the Hoff killed it a little .

[ACL2006]

re: Stunt Casting...That Worked#16

Posted: 9/19/08 at 12:20am

Deborah Cox in Aida

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[kissmeimirish]

re: Stunt Casting...That Worked#17

Posted: 9/19/08 at 12:27am

melanie in chicago. who knew?

[dakota242]

re: Stunt Casting...That Worked#18

Posted: 9/19/08 at 12:37am

Well, I saw Fantasia in The Color Purple and it was not good at all.

Maybe I saw her on an off night plus it sounds like she may have had some health problems. She missed so many shows. Do they not have doctors to check out the main actors?

[tommigyrl5]

re: Stunt Casting...That Worked#19

Posted: 9/19/08 at 2:23am

Deborah Cox WAS amazing in Aida!

Toni Braxton was AWFUL in both Aida and BATB. I just had to put that out there.

[emo_geek]

re: Stunt Casting...That Worked#20

Posted: 9/19/08 at 3:49am

Diana Degarmo in Hairspray and The Brooklyn tour

"I never had theatre producers run after me. Some people want to make more Broadway shows out of movies. But Elliot and I aren't going to do Batman: The Musical." - Julie Taymor 1999

Updated On: 9/19/08 at 03:49 AM

[Janki]

re: Stunt Casting...That Worked#21

Posted: 9/19/08 at 3:53am

I really don't wanna say it but:

David Hasselhoff in Chicago, he was a great Billy Flynn...Yeah, I know, but it's true!

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[jagfkb]

re: Stunt Casting...That Worked#22

Posted: 9/19/08 at 6:26am

Though he wasn't as popular as others, I found Bob Saget a great addition to the cast, and in a way was perfectly fitted for the role... even if he closed the show.

[singerunlimited]

re: Stunt Casting...That Worked#23

Posted: 9/19/08 at 8:25am

Brooke Shields in Wonderful Town. She added so much to the role, and she handled the music surprisingly well... really well!

[Yankeefan007]

re: Stunt Casting...That Worked#24

Posted: 9/19/08 at 9:01am

The threeexamples of "stunt casting" that worked were Reba in ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, Brooke Shields in WONDERFUL TOWN, and Fantasia in THE COLOR PURPLE.

Shows were near-closing, and the three single-handedly saved them for another year.

Bob Saget and Tony Danza were solid; Melanie Griffith was a train-wreck, most of the other Roxie/Billy/Mama/Velma and Sally/Emcee combos were solid, if unremarkable.

Julia Roberts wasn't stunt-casting, it was a money-making scheme. And her show did make money. It was an artistic disaster, but who cares about art?