Posted: 4/21/18 at 6:48pm
Jessie is probably one of my favourite performers but I don't think funny girl is right for her. I think she would be great in a Funny Girl concert but to do the whole show? I'm skeptical.
Posted: 4/21/18 at 6:58pm
emmettjordan said: "Jessie is probably one of my favourite performers but I don't think funny girl is right for her. I think she would be great in a Funny Girl concert but to do the whole show? I'm skeptical."
I have to agree with this. I’d persoanlly rather like to see someone like Lea Michele in this as I am a fan of hers. I also wonder if someone like Sierra Boggess or Phillipa Soo would be able to play the part
Posted: 4/21/18 at 6:58pm
emmettjordan said: "Jessie is probably one of my favourite performers but I don't think funny girl is right for her. I think she would be great in a Funny Girl concert but to do the whole show? I'm skeptical."
I have to agree with this. I’d persoanlly rather like to see someone like Lea Michele in this as I am a fan of hers. I also wonder if someone like Sierra Boggess or Phillipa Soo would be able to play the part
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GeorgeandDot said: "Watch the video and see what I mean about Jessie. She's an incredible chameleon with a great jazz voice. Perfect for Funny Girl.
Also, Sierra Blahgess as Fanny Brice???"
Jessie does have a great voice, but i don’t know how well she’d fit in the role of Fanny. And I don’t know, for some reason i feel like it would work
Posted: 4/21/18 at 7:42pm
Into the Woods at the circle in the square would be cool.
A production of Ragtime would be extremely relevant today.
This is a risk but maybe the little mermaid with a updated book/ score and totally different design feautring Sara Bareilles as Ariel
Posted: 4/21/18 at 7:44pm
Please 'no' on Oklahoma!
Personally, I would love to see a long-overdue revival of Mame, as long as they get a strong leading lady.
Alternatively, how about Candide at Circle in the Square. Could probably capture the joy of the first Hal Prince production without having to rip a theatre apart in the process.
Merrily, We Roll Along...just use the production that played in Boston last year and, before that, London.
Never happen any time soon, but how about Ragtime.
It is also about time for A Funny Thing and The Pajama Game. The last PG should almost not count. Such a short run and impossible to get tickets to in no time.
Show Boat...just bring back the Harold Prince production that played the Gershwin.
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I loved Raisin back in the late 70’s. Some of the songs (Sidewalk Tree, Whose Little Angry Man, A Whole Lotta Sunlight) have been part of me for my entire adult life . . . I think they’re lovely . . . even though I haven’t seen another production since. I don’t remember if the book is as strong as the music, but the themes of racial injustice are certainly as relevant today as they were back then, and the fundamental truths of the story are timeless. One vote for this beautiful show.
Posted: 4/22/18 at 12:32am
Heather Headley in KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN would be absolutely magical. I'd also love Katrina Lenk or Amber Gray, but they might not be as big of draws just yet.
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Mueller in Funny Girl to me would be just amazing. Roundabout needs to scoop that up immediately. Carousel might not be her thing, but I think she'd nail that.
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I think she's a bankable name, but not in the sense that Midler is, but more so O'hara. Like, the Broadway community would show up, and their outliers. But not sure it would be a commercial success? But I'd still love to see it. I think, vocals aside, which she has, she has the charm and quirky quality and likability. Which someone like Lea Michele does not.
Posted: 4/22/18 at 1:37am
I've wondered if the seemingly universal praise for MFL and Lauren Ambrose might spark up interest in Sher remounting Funny Girl with her. I'd rather see someone like Jessie, Katrina Lenk or Gaga though personally. And it's way too soon, but I was kinda bummed that Sunset reading with Donna Murphy as Norma didn't go anywhere.
Posted: 4/22/18 at 7:36am
BrodyFosse123 said: "APPLAUSE starring Tilda Swinton reconceived and directed by Wes Anderson."
Love the idea of a very much reconceived APPLAUSE (or better yet a completely new musical adaptation of All About Eve).
Swinton? Sure, why not?
But very curious why you suggest Anderson.
Other than his history of collaboration with Swinton, what makes you think of him for this?
As for the opening question, I'd like to see Sher and Yeargan tackle LADY IN THE DARK at LCT. It has their signature ingredients: great score, lavish production values, themes, ripe for the relooking, centering revolve around a huge plum leading role for a very multitalented woman, and it hasn't been seen on Broadway for... in this case 1943.
Swinton by the way might be a great choice for Liza Elliott. If she could dance it and age isn't a bar.
Ambrose might be ideal - with the "Lady" of the title a fun branding point.
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I think OLIVER! is long overdue for a revival. The last time it was on Broadway was back in the 80s, and that was just a recreation of the original staging with Sean Kenny's set, which was groundbreaking in the early 60s, not so much in the 80s. It did include Ron Moody recreating his original stage (and film) role as Fagin, and Patti Lupone as Nancy. But as I recall, Frank Rich's review was merciless and it closed rather quickly (though Moody got a Tony nom. out of it).
Macintosh tried to bring his 1994 London revival to Broadway, but AEA wanted him to pay the workhouse orphans regular Broadway pay, even though they only appeared in the first ten minutes of Act 1. That, and the fact that Macintosh wanted to have about 40 kids in the opening number, killed the revival, but gave birth to the pretty good non-equity tour which I saw in Boston. Macintosh has revived that revival once more in London, but Broadway has never seen it.
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