THE MIRACLE WORKER returns to Broadway

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 10/8/09 at 11:22pm

And its way over due. Hopefully, this production will suffer a better fate than the 2003 planned revival starring Hilary Swank. It appears that this production's female leads are already cast. Should be interesting.





Miracle Worker Returns to Broadway Updated On: 10/8/09 at 11:22 PM

[ElphieDefiesGravity]

Posted: 10/8/09 at 11:37pm

Awesome! It's such a great story.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 10/9/09 at 12:11am

Sounds like a Blind Item on Page Six.
Who are the actresses involved?
We Want NAMES!

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 10/9/09 at 12:15am

Back in the 1990s, supposedly Jodie Foster was contemplating making her Broadway debut as Annie Sullivan. How great could that have been?

[bestinshow2]

Posted: 10/9/09 at 12:16am

Elphie, looking at your avatar makes me miss Raul.

Raul for Helen Keller!!

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 10/9/09 at 1:07am

That's great. I am really intrigued as to who they are getting to play the leads.

[scaryclowns2232]

Posted: 10/9/09 at 1:08am

I have to imagine either Abigail Breslin or Dakota Fanning is playing Helen...

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 10/9/09 at 1:17am

They are a little old to be playing six year old Helen don't you think? They are both in their mid teens now.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 10/9/09 at 8:56am

who cares? as long as it's a name. I wouldn't put it past broadway producers to cast Denzel Washington as Helen Keller.

[madbrian]

Posted: 10/9/09 at 9:06am

"Hopefully, this production will suffer a better fate than the 2003 planned revival starring Hilary Swank."

The Papermill revived this last year and their Annie Sullivan (Annika Boras) had a definite Hilary Swank quality to her.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 10/9/09 at 11:22am

I think on paper Hilary Swank was a good choice. She apparently was just in way over her head. Annie Sullivan is an incredibly demanding role - vocally, physically, emotionally -- probably not the best choice for a film actress making her stage debut.

Minnie Driver was attached before Swank.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 10/9/09 at 11:24am

They'll need a real name for this show. Someone like Jennifer Garner who I hear wants to come back to the stage might be quite good in it.

[AC126748]

Posted: 10/9/09 at 11:26am

Elizabeth Marvel would make a killer Annie Sullivan, but I suspect she's nowhere near famous enough to headline a for-profit Broadway revival.

[cliffarico]

Posted: 10/9/09 at 5:10pm

MB remember that Patty Duke as Helen was 15 when she did the movie.

[cglaid]

Posted: 10/9/09 at 6:27pm

According to the breakdown released today, they're looking for understudies ONLY for Annie and Helen.

[ANNIE SULLIVAN: CAST / SEEKING UNDERSTUDY ONLY] (20 years old)

[HELEN KELLER: CAST / SEEKING UNDERSTUDY ONLY] (9-12).

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 10/9/09 at 8:19pm

I wonder if they mean twenty as in a real 20 or as in Anne Bancroft (35 playing 20). How fab would Carey Mulligan be. Of course she's booked til 2020 now with film work.

I bet it ends up being someone like Natalie Portman.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 10/9/09 at 9:20pm

Clea Duvall as Annie Sullivan. She's past 30, but she's a good actress.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 10/10/09 at 10:10am

I love Clea. I love her to death and would pay top dollar to see her. Unfortunately though, she's not even close to being a big enough "name" for what they'll need here. They'll need someone like Anne Hathaway to sell this show.

[cliffarico]

Posted: 10/10/09 at 12:43pm

So cglaid, who did get the leads?

[cliffarico]

Posted: 10/14/09 at 7:41pm

So did they ever announce the leads?

[cglaid]

Posted: 10/15/09 at 10:21am

Unfortunately, no names were listed on the Breakdown, sorry! I would've posted them.

[yeomansden]

Posted: 10/15/09 at 10:58am

"Sounds like a Blind Item on Page Six."

A blind item about The Miracle Worker? Sorry, this just made me laugh out loud. And I'm not even sure the poster intended it...

[Unknown User]

Posted: 10/19/09 at 1:01pm

The Miracle worker will open on Broadway Feb 12th. Casting notice on Playbill.com

Helen Keller and Anne are filled. Only casting understudies.
Playbill

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 10/20/09 at 3:00pm

The rumor on ATC is that Allison Pill is playing Annie Sullivan.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 10/20/09 at 3:24pm

Sometimes I feel like I'm the only person who does not see the appeal of Alison Pill.