Stunt Casting...That Worked- Page 2
Stunt Casting...That Worked
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#25re: Stunt Casting...That Worked
Posted: 9/19/08 at 9:02am
"I like Christy a little better, Anneliese's voice was a little TOO over powering for the role, but both were amazing!"
Christy Romano was awful as Belle, singing-wise. Some of her notes fell flat quite a bit.
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
Huey's Pop
Featured Actor Joined: 4/19/05
#27re: Stunt Casting...That Worked
Posted: 9/19/08 at 7:19pm
Reba in Annie get your Gun hands down.....
As much as I LOVE Bernadette- I really preferred Reba in the role!
Amanda15
Understudy Joined: 5/22/06
#28re: Stunt Casting...That Worked
Posted: 9/20/08 at 9:26pmI don't know if she would really count as stunt casting anymore because she's proven herself but at the time putting Diana Degarmo in Hairspray as Penny was considered a stunt cast. Same with her lead role in BKLYN. Both worked out really well.
#29re: Stunt Casting...That Worked
Posted: 9/20/08 at 9:38pmI think Reba wins everything. I really don't think there is anything she can't do.
#30re: Stunt Casting...That Worked
Posted: 9/20/08 at 9:40pmRoger Daltrey as Judas in the BBC2 cast of JCS some time in the Nineties (Tony Hadley of Spandau Ballet was Jesus, Frances Ruffelle was Mary, and Julian Clary played Herod). I dunno, something about it really worked. He had a great voice for the role, and a terrific range.
"There is no problem so big that it cannot be run away from."
~ Charles M. Schulz
dutch46mill2
Featured Actor Joined: 1/18/06
#31re: Stunt Casting...That Worked
Posted: 9/21/08 at 10:01amI think stunt casting is where a big name comes in to sell tickets however the talent they bring is sorely lacking the skills to be a stage performer. If however if the stunter comes in and proves the skills necessary then they should have the stunt tag removed. Two reasons one for respect of their talent and secondly their name brought in fresh excitement to a show and knowledge everyone get paid next month.
#32re: Stunt Casting...That Worked
Posted: 9/21/08 at 10:18am
Ron Perlman in A Few Good Men.
The Cassidy Brothers and Petula Clark in Blood Brothers.
fanadu1996
Stand-by Joined: 6/14/08
#33re: Stunt Casting...That Worked
Posted: 9/21/08 at 10:49am
the best stunt casting, within recent memory, was Whoopi in Xanadu. It did exactly what stunt casting is supposed to do. i "sold out" (well, pretty damn close) 6 weeks of a show that was struggling (even though the she is complete genius:))
She certainly extended the life of that show (bc, for some reason the American public has to have a celeb in a show to go see it....)
Winston3
Featured Actor Joined: 8/25/08
#35re: Stunt Casting...That Worked
Posted: 9/22/08 at 10:02amI wouldn't call Holmes stunt casting at all. She is opening the show and that is different then being stunt casted.
Goodbye Sister Disco
#36re: Stunt Casting...That Worked
Posted: 9/22/08 at 10:50am
Stunt turned Star-casting for me was Deborah Cox in Aida. I went in thinking she may do a serviceable job of the role (I had previously seen both Heather Headley and Maya Days), but wow, I was blown away. She was amazing and became my favorite in the role.
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