"The Music Man" coming to NBC!
"The Music Man" coming to NBC!
#1"The Music Man" coming to NBC!
Posted: 5/12/14 at 11:53amApparently it was just announced at the NBC Upfront. Details are scarce but it's official!
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#2the Music Man
Posted: 5/12/14 at 11:58amhttp://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/nbc-sets-music-man-live-703220
#3the Music Man
Posted: 5/12/14 at 12:00pmI'm much more excited about this than Peter Pan.
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#4the Music Man
Posted: 5/12/14 at 12:01pmInteresting they mentioned Peter Pan at the Upfronts but no casting.
#5the Music Man
Posted: 5/12/14 at 12:01pmI know they will probably cast a "name" but I would love to see Laura Osnes as Marian. She has said it is her dream role and she does have a previous relationship with NBC.
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#6the Music Man
Posted: 5/12/14 at 12:04pm
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tv-upfronts-thr-live-blogs-nbc-703206
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#7the Music Man
Posted: 5/12/14 at 12:06pm
It's a shame that Conan O'Brien and NBC are on bad terms, because he's always wanted to play Harold Hill (even based a classic "Simpsons" script on it and did "Trouble" on the Emmys) and I think he would be inspired. Similarly, Stephen Colbert would be great but they're probably not going to go after CBS' new guy.
If they're going to go with a comedy name. Steve Carrell?
Updated On: 5/12/14 at 12:06 PM
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#9the Music Man
Posted: 5/12/14 at 12:11pmHasn't Hugh Jackman been courted to do a Broadway production of this? I'm sure he's on their short list.
#11the Music Man
Posted: 5/12/14 at 12:12pm
Because Harold Hill barely needs to be able to sing, and all of those men have sung adequately in the past.
I assume Hugh Jackman is choice #1, as usual, too.
#12the Music Man
Posted: 5/12/14 at 12:18pmI hope this means they are going to be doing this summer 2015! Also, weren't they supposed to announce who is playing Peter in "Peter Pan" today?
#13the Music Man
Posted: 5/12/14 at 12:24pm
It's a shame that Conan O'Brien and NBC are on bad terms, because he's always wanted to play Harold Hill
Ugh. I think that would be even worse than Matthew Broderick.
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#14the Music Man
Posted: 5/12/14 at 12:27pmMe too. I'm sure they'll pick someone very talented and handsome, who can sing and isn't a TV personality or boring actor.
#15the Music Man
Posted: 5/12/14 at 12:36pmZach Levi? He's got a preexisting relationship with NBC.
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#16the Music Man
Posted: 5/12/14 at 12:37pmI think Seth Macfarlane could be amazing...I know it sounds silly but the guy loves musicals and has a very good voice.
#17the Music Man
Posted: 5/12/14 at 12:50pmMatthew Broderick was just completely wrong-headed and cast against type. Conan's schtick often IS an anachronistic, fast-talking swindler. I mean, it's moot; I just know that it's always been an ambition of his (he claims he was offered the revival on the commentary to the Simpsons "Monorail" ep loosely based on Music Man and that it was the hardest no he have had to give) and he almost certainly would have been under consideration by the network five years ago.
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#19the Music Man
Posted: 5/12/14 at 1:36pmCall me crazy, but I think Justin Timberlake could pull it off.
#20the Music Man
Posted: 5/12/14 at 1:39pmI'd love to see Timberlake in a musical, but I don't think he's right for this. I could see him as Freddy in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
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#21the Music Man
Posted: 5/12/14 at 1:49pm
"I think Seth Macfarlane could be amazing...I know it sounds silly but the guy loves musicals and has a very good voice".
I agree, Dreaming, With Jessie Mueller!
Updated On: 5/12/14 at 01:49 PM
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#22the Music Man
Posted: 5/12/14 at 1:52pmJessie Mueller is not a high enough soprano-she's also not a big enough name. I bet they'll get like Anna Kendrick or someone of that stature.
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#23the Music Man
Posted: 5/12/14 at 1:58pm
Let me suggest Olympian Charlie White for the role of Harold Hill.
He's lighting up every dance he does in DWTS and with a haircut, he'd make a sensational Harold Hill!
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#24the Music Man
Posted: 5/12/14 at 2:14pm
Jessie Mueller has the soprano for the role, easily. Marian's highest note is an Ab5, if I remember correctly, and Jessie can get herself up to a Eb6. She just hasn't played many demanding soprano parts here in New York. I'd love to see her and Seth MacFarlane together. They've got my vote, they'd be fantastic.
Updated On: 5/12/14 at 02:14 PM
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