I think the no "name" Broadway actress that everyone mentioned on the other NIGHT MUSIC thread is a brilliant Broadway performer and I would love for her to have the chance to play it. Guess we will see.
I also heard that Jenny Powers is not set in stone. But all these NIGHT MUSIC threads are all about people hearing things from other people, so I'll just stay put and wait for an announcement before getting excited/sad about casting.
Bernadette Peters is simply too old for Desiree at this point, especially for this production. Donna Murphy is not interested in revivals. And Husk, you know I usually agree with you, but I don't think Gleason would make for a great Desiree. There's a reason she played the peasant in INTO THE WOODS, I don't think she has the ethereal quality that's right for the part. Murphy would have been ideal though, I wonder if she was even approached.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"