Sutton Foster to Star in ANYTHING GOES Directed by Kathleen Marshall; Opens February 2011 — Page 2

#26

Sutton Foster to Star in ANYTHING GOES Directed by Kathleen Marshall; Opens

Posted: 6/21/10 at 1:25am

Sutton as Reno... surprise surprise.

I don't necessarily agree, but honestly, does this surprise ANYONE?

#27

Sutton Foster to Star in ANYTHING GOES Directed by Kathleen Marshall; Opens

Posted: 6/21/10 at 1:38am

Most of her concert dates are at the end of 2010, with 2 or 3 in January/February 2011, but it will be interesting to see how she will manage rehearsals and touring.

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#28

Sutton Foster to Star in ANYTHING GOES Directed by Kathleen Marshall; Opens

Posted: 6/21/10 at 1:40am

Gavin Creel would make a perfect Billy!

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#29

Sutton Foster to Star in ANYTHING GOES Directed by Kathleen Marshall; Opens

Posted: 6/21/10 at 2:47am

It's too late now, but I'd rather see Beth Leavel as Reno. I think she'd be more believable as a nightclub singer having a second career as an evangelist than Sutton Foster, who reads about 25 on stage. Beth would bring down the house with that voice, and she's freaking hilarious to boot.
Beth is a true belter. Sutton Foster is one of those mixy-nasal belters. It's a very contemporary and youthful sound to me, and I can't see (or hear) her putting across "I Get a Kick Out of You".
Ah well. Once it gets "The Roundabout Treatment" I'm probably not going to want to see it anyway.

#30

Sutton Foster to Star in ANYTHING GOES Directed by Kathleen Marshall; Opens

Posted: 6/21/10 at 2:50am

Sutton is great, and I don't doubt that she'll be great.

But I'm not in love with this casting. Reno doesn't seem like a perfect match for Sutton.

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#31

Sutton Foster to Star in ANYTHING GOES Directed by Kathleen Marshall; Opens

Posted: 6/21/10 at 3:09am

I keep hearing Gavin Creel for Billy. This is the guy who played him in the original production.



His name is William Gaxton and in his time, he was the male God of Broadway (his real name was Arturo Antonio Gaxiola.) Does he look like Gavin Creel? He was 43 at the time.

Harry Connick, Jr. would be better suited for the role (and boy, could he knock those jazzy Porter songs out-of-the-park.

Perhaps teamed with Nathan Lane, who should be free by then.....



Here's another little treasure from the original run:





Here's Gaxton with his co-star from the original production, Victor Moore (and Marilyn Miller).

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#32

Sutton Foster to Star in ANYTHING GOES Directed by Kathleen Marshall; Opens

Posted: 6/21/10 at 3:33am

Here would be my ideal choices:
Billy: Harry Connick, Jr. or Brian d'Arcy James
Hope: Laura Benanti
Mrs. Harcourt: Jackie Hoffman
Moonface: Kevin Chamberlin
Bonnie: Megan Sikora
Elisha Whitney: Marc Kudisch

#33

Sutton Foster to Star in ANYTHING GOES Directed by Kathleen Marshall; Opens

Posted: 6/21/10 at 3:36am

Sutton and Gavin together again would be awesome.

#34

Sutton Foster to Star in ANYTHING GOES Directed by Kathleen Marshall; Opens

Posted: 6/21/10 at 8:32am

I love Sutton, so I'm there. And it really would be great to see her and Gavin on stage together again.

#35

Sutton Foster to Star in ANYTHING GOES Directed by Kathleen Marshall; Opens

Posted: 6/21/10 at 8:51am

YAWN.

I'm so tired of Kathleen Marshall's blandness. And now a cute Reno Sweeney...

#36

Sutton Foster to Star in ANYTHING GOES Directed by Kathleen Marshall; Opens

Posted: 6/21/10 at 9:27am

Will this be another epic Roundabout disaster?

Was that rhetorical?

#37

Sutton Foster to Star in ANYTHING GOES Directed by Kathleen Marshall; Opens

Posted: 6/21/10 at 9:40am

YAY! overall, a YAY!

#38

Sutton Foster to Star in ANYTHING GOES Directed by Kathleen Marshall; Opens

Posted: 6/21/10 at 9:44am

My Dream Cast:
Billy: Gavin Creel
Hope: Laura Benanti
Mrs. Harcourt: Jackie Hoffman
Moonface: Chris Sieber (Sp)
Bonnie: Brenda Braxton

#39

Sutton Foster to Star in ANYTHING GOES Directed by Kathleen Marshall; Opens

Posted: 6/21/10 at 11:00am

The role of Reno Sweeney requires a personality with a lot of charm and charisma, someone to push corny jokes over the top.

Sutton has about as much charisma as a traffic light. Her blandness, coupled with Kathleen the Disaster Marshall sets this up to be another Roundabout nightmare.

#40

Sutton Foster to Star in ANYTHING GOES Directed by Kathleen Marshall; Opens

Posted: 6/21/10 at 11:02am

Kathleen Marshall, please don't screw this up!!!

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#41

Sutton Foster to Star in ANYTHING GOES Directed by Kathleen Marshall; Opens

Posted: 6/21/10 at 11:05am

I am almost excited about this. My attitude towards Marshall directing is tentative at best. Great work on Pajama Game and she almost had it with Tow Gentlemen of Verona, but she's too inconsistent and too quick to settle for mediocrity in both her direction and choreography.

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#42

Sutton Foster to Star in ANYTHING GOES Directed by Kathleen Marshall; Opens

Posted: 6/21/10 at 11:12am

Hmm... another Anything Goes revival, and directed by Kathleen Marshall... no, I think I'll stay in and wash my hair. But you guys should go, and have fun!

#43

Sutton Foster to Star in ANYTHING GOES Directed by Kathleen Marshall; Opens

Posted: 6/21/10 at 11:12am

When I first read the headline I thought "Oh, she'd make a great Hope" and then read that she was Reno. As other people have mentioned I just cannot see her as Reno. I see more of a Mary Testa in that role.

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#44

Sutton Foster to Star in ANYTHING GOES Directed by Kathleen Marshall; Opens

Posted: 6/21/10 at 11:13am

I like Sutton Foster, but I don't think she has enough energy to play to the back of the house. Reno needs to blow the roof off with "Blow Gabriel Blow" and "Anything Goes".

Personally I would have rather seen La Chanze attempt the role.

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#45

Sutton Foster to Star in ANYTHING GOES Directed by Kathleen Marshall; Opens

Posted: 6/21/10 at 11:40am

Although she's moved on to her Country music career I'd like to see Laura Bell Bundy play Hope Harcourt. There's one part in the show where Hope is upset and she says, "And now it's raining" and I think she'd say that line brilliantly.

#46

Sutton Foster to Star in ANYTHING GOES Directed by Kathleen Marshall; Opens

Posted: 6/21/10 at 12:36pm

I would love for Walter Bobbie to play Moonface, and with the Rob Fisher/Kathleen Marshall connection, that might happen!

#47

Sutton Foster to Star in ANYTHING GOES Directed by Kathleen Marshall; Opens

Posted: 6/21/10 at 1:01pm

Sutton Foster may not be a great beauty, but she does happen to clean up nicely with the right costumes, wigs, and makeup. She is a true triple threat, and perfect for a classic musical, like "Anything Goes". Not that I completely agree with that "Give the Tonys Back to Broadway" campaign, but it is nice to see a devoted Broadway actress take on the role. Not Catherine Zeta-Jones or Reba McEntire wouldn’t have been wonderful, but as an aspiring actor, it's nice to know that you can stick to mainly theatre and still have a shot at one of these classic roles in a major Broadway revival. Sutton Foster is a very rare case, but it’s possible.

#48

Sutton Foster to Star in ANYTHING GOES Directed by Kathleen Marshall; Opens

Posted: 6/21/10 at 1:05pm

Is Michael Sheen too big of a star now to play Lord Evelyn?

#49

Sutton Foster to Star in ANYTHING GOES Directed by Kathleen Marshall; Opens

Posted: 6/21/10 at 1:06pm

And she should never EVER let anyone use the photo again that accompanies the announcement on this site. She looks like a German dairymaid in that hideous, casual photo, flat hair and no make-up. (All I could think was "Who is doing her publicity?")

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#50

Sutton Foster to Star in ANYTHING GOES Directed by Kathleen Marshall; Opens

Posted: 6/21/10 at 1:45pm

She's perfect for the part. Can sing, dance, act and is sexless.