The Next Rose?- Page 2

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 12/23/21 at 5:13pm

Call_me_jorge said: "Does Audra’s daughter Zoe sing/act? The LaChanze/Celia pairing has me thinking of other mother/daughter pairings that can play Rose and Gypsy."

I will never fully recover from that fact that Judy and Liza never did it. It would have been definitive.

[pmensky]

Posted: 12/23/21 at 5:22pm

I hope this is already in the works to happen with Audra in the next two or three years. Some of these other names being tossed around are wishful thinking but would probably not be considered by producers looking for a name to go above the title and to attract out-of-towners and non-theatre fanatics.

[Theatrefanboy1]

Posted: 12/23/21 at 5:31pm

Unfortunately I think the days of that “name” star with the vocal and acting strength are limited for the upcoming generations. 
Personally I’d be curious to see Alice Ripley or Lea Michele (if she hadn’t destroyed advancing a career). 

Reba McEntire
Lea Salonga or Sutton Foster would be interesting

Donna Murphy

Lady Gaga could eventually be an interesting choice.
 

How is Kelly clarksons acting chops? 

[Dolly80]

Posted: 12/23/21 at 5:46pm

Slight problem with the Celia Rose Gooding suggestion- SHE CANNOT ACT

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 12/23/21 at 7:34pm

SouthernCakes said: "I like Mueller and she’s yet to show us a big brazen side of her personality so maybe it’s in there.


LaChanze would smash it. I’d love to see / hear that. The show needs a big voice (apparently unlike Bobbie in Company… )"

Why would Bobbie in Company need to be a big voice when Bobby in Company doesn't need a big voice? Dean Jones didn't really have a big voice, nor did Boyd Gaines, nor Adrian Lester for that matter.

Being Alive is a great song, and sounds great with a big voice, but despite Raul Esparza's thrilling turn at the role, it does not require a big voice to pull it off.

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/23/21 at 8:38pm

jimmycurry01 said: "SouthernCakes said: "I like Mueller and she’s yet to show us a big brazen side of her personality so maybe it’s in there.


LaChanze would smash it. I’d love to see / hear that. The show needs a big voice (apparently unlike Bobbie in Company… )"

Why would Bobbie in Company need to be a big voice when Bobby in Company doesn't need a big voice? Dean Jones didn't really have a big voice, nor did Boyd Gaines, nor Adrian Lester for that matter.

Being Alive is a great song, and sounds great with a big voice, but despite Raul Esparza's thrilling turn at the role, it does not require a big voice to pull it off."

I’ve said this so many times in the Company threads as people kept insisting that Bobbie needed to be a “belter.”

[David10086]

Posted: 12/24/21 at 12:25am

Rosie O’ Donnell as Mama Rose. Emma Stone as Gypsy. 

[A Director]

Posted: 12/24/21 at 12:28am

I think it would be divine to have a drag queen play Rose.

[BenjaminNicholas2]

Posted: 12/24/21 at 5:42am

A Broadway-mounted, black version would be wonderful.

Porchlight in Chicago did it a few years back.  A beautiful production.

Audra, yes, could act it, but I don't think I'd want to hear her sing it.  

[ashley0139]

Posted: 12/24/21 at 8:46am

The only person mentioned on this thread so far that I’d want to see id Audra. Shoshana Bean? No thanks. 

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Posted: 12/24/21 at 9:30am

Well, I can tell you an Audra-led revival (not sure if it was all-black or not) was definitely on Scott Rudin's to-do list. I'm not sorry that he's been ousted from the community and rightfully so, but he was probably the only "big gun" who'd be able to pull some investors for this.

[JBroadway]

Posted: 12/24/21 at 10:23am

Surprised no one has mentioned Carmen Cusack yet! 

Not that she'd be able to sell tickets, but neither would most of the suggestions in this thread.

Updated On: 12/24/21 at 10:23 AM

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 12/24/21 at 10:57am

JBroadway said: "Surprised no one has mentioned Carmen Cusack yet!

Not that she'd be able to sell tickets, but neither would most of the suggestions in this thread."

I am in love with this idea.

[David10086]

Posted: 12/24/21 at 12:17pm

What???  No one suggested Chenowith yet?! 

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 12/24/21 at 12:22pm

David10086 said: "What??? No one suggested Chenowith yet?!"

Born too soon and started too late.

[Tag]

Posted: 12/24/21 at 12:28pm

David10086 said: "What??? No one suggested Chenowith yet?!"

Yes, for Baby June.

[ashley0139]

Posted: 12/24/21 at 12:51pm

JBroadway said: "Surprised no one has mentioned Carmen Cusack yet!

Not that she'd be able to sell tickets, but neither would most of the suggestions in this thread."

Now that’s brilliant honestly. 

[Ke3]

Posted: 12/24/21 at 2:46pm

My dream production. The one that keeps me up at night is Heather Headley. I'd kill for it. KILL.

I also wish the Actors Fund would do a Gypsy concert like they did for Funny Girl. Give me Audra doing 'Everything's Coming Up Rose's', Heather doing 'Some People', and Donna doing 'Rose's Turn'. Everybody else can fight it out for the dregs.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/24/21 at 3:55pm

A few years ago, someone said they wanted to see Sherie as Rose and it that idea has just stuck with me ever since. I'm fascinated by it. 

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 12/24/21 at 4:46pm

I need to see Sherie play The Witch.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/24/21 at 6:32pm

There is a VERY long list of characters I need to see Sherie play.

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 12/24/21 at 6:57pm

Anyone have any insight in what Sherie is working on? I feel like she hasn’t been on stage since her lovely prison play at 2ndstage some years ago, aside from some concert performances. 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/24/21 at 7:10pm

The last Broadway musical she did was "Women on the Verge" in 2010 and then in 2016 she did "The Front Page". That was the last time I saw her, sadly.

[JBroadway]

Posted: 12/24/21 at 7:19pm

She gave a fantastic comedic performance in John Patrick Shanley's "The Portuguese Kid" at MTC, back in 2017. I also saw her as Gertrude in "Hamlet" Off-Broadway earlier that same year. I never understood the hype around SRS until I saw her perform life. She's a really skilled actor. 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/24/21 at 7:26pm

I totally forgot about "The Portuguese Kid"! That was hilarious!!