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#1

Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie

Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:17pm

Michael Riedel in today's NY Post writes about Tobey Maguire dropping out of the upcoming revival of The Glass Menagerie. Anyone else relieved with the news?

And while on the subject, anyone know what happened to Ethan Hawke, who was rumored for the role of Tom once upon a time? I was thinking he would be a good choice.
"Gif me the cobra jool!"
#2

re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie

Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:17pm

Wow. I never even heard he was IN the production!
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#3

re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie

Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:19pm

Hawke decided to star in "Hurlyburly" Off-Broadway instead (performances begin in January).
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
#4

re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie

Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:20pm

Same here, Matt. *ducks* Y'know, I think I liked him better before he was in Spider-Men. He never quite carried those movies for me.

Updated On: 12/1/04 at 01:20 PM

#7

re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie

Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:21pm

I think his acting has never really been tapped into his full potential...Love to see him something dramatic on stage or comedic...Lend Me a Tenor maybe...
And you think of all of the things you've seen, and you wish that you could live in between ,and you're back again only different than before... After the Sky. -Into the Woods (Jack)
#8

re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie

Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:22pm

Good for Leveaux...I can't stand Toby Macguire.
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” ~ Muhammad Ali
#9

re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie

Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:23pm

Tobey is a great actor. Take a look at WONDER BOYS or THE ICE STORM.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#10

re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie

Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:24pm

Oh, right! I forgot about Hurlyburly. Pity though, about Glass Menagerie. Something poetic about Hawke, and he's a genuine presence.
"Gif me the cobra jool!"
#11

re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie

Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:25pm

Saw both of those, Matt and he's a mediocre actor in his finest moments and looks like a big toe.
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” ~ Muhammad Ali
#12

re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie

Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:28pm

Well, I don't know if I'd go that far, but I find him a bit remote as an actor. I'm not sure if he'd register much more than blankness onstage.
"Gif me the cobra jool!"
#13

re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie

Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:33pm

Somebody get Ben Chaplin in there!
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” ~ Muhammad Ali
#14

re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie

Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:36pm

I still don't understand why they didn't get Jake and Maggie Gyllenhal to play the siblings Wingfield!
"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."
#15

re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie

Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:36pm

robbie, you are effing brilliant. Come here and give mama a big kiss.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#16

re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie

Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:38pm

Yeah, I'm not sure about how well his type of acting would play in a 1200 seat house.

The original press release had Hawke and Robert Sean Leonard rumored to be in talks for this production as the Gentlemen Caller and Tom, respectively, (with Natalie Portman mentioned as a possibility for Laura). Then the next press release omitted Leonard (I think he's doing a series or something) and mentioned Hawke for Tom (with Portman still "in talks"). Then the very next week, Hawke announced he was doing Hurlyburly -- leaving him, Leonard and Portman completely out of the picture.

Now with Maguire dropping out after apparently clashing with and/or feeling insulted by Leveaux and the production team, I'm starting to wonder just what in the world in going on behind the scenes of this show. I can't remember seeing so many big names rumored for and then suddenly dropping out of a production before. What's REALLY going on?
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
#17

re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie

Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:38pm

Goodness gracious!

I haven't frenched a lesbian since a wild, drunken night with Jodie Foster!
"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."
#18

re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie

Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:39pm

Jodie speaks French, however, she didn't learn a damn thing about kissing at the Sorbonne. C'mere.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#19

re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie

Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:43pm

......AAANNND! Because I was born to split hairs....do we REALLY need a mounting of GLASS MENAGERIE? I love it, too, but....I'd save my $$ for THE PILLOWMAN. New stuff! New! New! New!
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” ~ Muhammad Ali
#20

re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie

Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:46pm

But Jessica Lange, Borstal. Jessica...LANGE. I saw her in STREETCAR and was absolutely mesmerized. She could read the dictionary onstage and I'd cry.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#21

re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie

Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:50pm

Yeah, I'd say that Menagerie is one of those shows that is welcome any time it comes around.

"Gif me the cobra jool!"
#22

re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie

Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:51pm

I do wish I had been around for the Julie Harris production.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#23

re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie

Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:57pm

Hell, I wish I had been around for the Laurette Taylor production.
"Gif me the cobra jool!"
#24

re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie

Posted: 12/1/04 at 1:58pm

Well, yeah. Of course.

When I say "around," I mean in New York.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

Updated On: 12/1/04 at 01:58 PM

#25

re: Tobey Maguire out of Glass Menagerie

Posted: 12/1/04 at 6:03pm

Tobey is very boring.

and Natalie Portman? The last couple of movies I've seen her in were fine, but I still have some serious doubts.

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