Unofficial but, Lauren Ambrose is rumored to be Fanny Brice.
Unofficial but, Lauren Ambrose is rumored to be Fanny Brice.
#1Unofficial but, Lauren Ambrose is rumored to be Fanny Brice.
Posted: 7/25/11 at 1:56pmDebbie Gibson breathes a sigh of relief to be unburdened of being part of the worst production ever.
#2Unofficial but, Lauren Ambrose is rumored to be Fanny Brice.
Posted: 7/25/11 at 1:59pm
Where is this information coming from?
(If it's true, I'm going to do a cartwheel. Ambrose is an INSPIRED choice.)
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#2Unofficial but, Lauren Ambrose is rumored to be Fanny Brice.
Posted: 7/25/11 at 2:02pmLove her, but I didn't know she could sing.
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#3Unofficial but, Lauren Ambrose is rumored to be Fanny Brice.
Posted: 7/25/11 at 2:05pm
I know nothing of this rumor, but I do know she was *this close* to doing South Pacific, but Sher decided not to go with a name and let the show be the star. I could easily see this being true.
Ambrose can sing, but not sure she can SANG Fanny.
#4Unofficial but, Lauren Ambrose is rumored to be Fanny Brice.
Posted: 7/25/11 at 2:06pmShe can sing. Trust me. She's got a voice for days.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#5Unofficial but, Lauren Ambrose is rumored to be Fanny Brice.
Posted: 7/25/11 at 2:07pmLauren Ambrose is a brilliant actress, but I am dubious of this information.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#6Unofficial but, Lauren Ambrose is rumored to be Fanny Brice.
Posted: 7/25/11 at 2:09pm
Lauren Ambrose sings MY MAN
Lauren Ambrose at Joe's Pub
#7Unofficial but, Lauren Ambrose is rumored to be Fanny Brice.
Posted: 7/25/11 at 2:13pm
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
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Q
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#8Unofficial but, Lauren Ambrose is rumored to be Fanny Brice.
Posted: 7/25/11 at 2:19pm
Wow - whataya know!
I loved that "Brother Can You Spare A Dime".
#9Unofficial but, Lauren Ambrose is rumored to be Fanny Brice.
Posted: 7/25/11 at 2:22pmThat is actually a really awesome version of that song.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#10Unofficial but, Lauren Ambrose is rumored to be Fanny Brice.
Posted: 7/25/11 at 2:24pmI think she's a charming actress and a strong (torch) singer, but I can't really see her doing the yiddish brand of Fanny Brice shtick, but I'm more than happy to be proven wrong.
#11Unofficial but, Lauren Ambrose is rumored to be Fanny Brice.
Posted: 7/25/11 at 2:24pmThis would truly be inspired, risky casting. She has virtually no box office clout, so there might be an inclination to cast bigger names as Mrs. Brice or Nicky.
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Roscoe
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#12Unofficial but, Lauren Ambrose is rumored to be Fanny Brice.
Posted: 7/25/11 at 2:28pmThey should just retitle it FUNNY SHIKSA.
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#13Unofficial but, Lauren Ambrose is rumored to be Fanny Brice.
Posted: 7/25/11 at 2:32pm
Too early to know if it would be 'inspired' casting yet, but it would be risky - I think the production would get some flack for casting a pretty Irish/Italian girl in the part. But maybe, that's ultimately a better obstacle to be faced with than constant comparisons to Streisand.
She would have made a delightful Nellie Forbush for sure.
#14Unofficial but, Lauren Ambrose is rumored to be Fanny Brice.
Posted: 7/25/11 at 2:38pm
After watching those vids, I think she'd make a great Fanny Brice--she can definitely sing the role, anyway--but I'd also like to see her play Janis Joplin either in a stage show or film. Her voice sounds like she could do Joplin's songs, and she even kind of looks like her.
I also think she would have made a great Nellie Forbush.
#15Unofficial but, Lauren Ambrose is rumored to be Fanny Brice.
Posted: 7/25/11 at 2:41pmAm I the only one not blown away by her voice?
#16Unofficial but, Lauren Ambrose is rumored to be Fanny Brice.
Posted: 7/25/11 at 2:51pmI think her voice is nice, but I wouldn't say the instrument is particularly unique or interesting. Some of the other 'unknowns' video-linked here over the last few weeks have been more vocally interesting singing "My Man" to me than Lauren Ambrose. That said, I don't think the production necessarily need a Streisand-esque power belter to make the revival work - but they do need someone who can capture the quirky, ethnic, homely-glamorous appeal that categorized both Brice AND Streisand. That's the thing I'm not convinced from her past credits that Ambbrose could pull off.
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#17Unofficial but, Lauren Ambrose is rumored to be Fanny Brice.
Posted: 7/25/11 at 2:52pm
She sounds great here.
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#18Unofficial but, Lauren Ambrose is rumored to be Fanny Brice.
Posted: 7/25/11 at 2:53pmNo no no no no no no! There is no debate! This (rumored) production is already the WORST EVER! Stop getting excited- or worse yet, waiting to actually see the show!
#19Unofficial but, Lauren Ambrose is rumored to be Fanny Brice.
Posted: 7/25/11 at 2:55pm
There's something a little too effortful about it. Here she is singing "I Love a Piano":
http://youtu.be/uLsjix0yDv8
#20Unofficial but, Lauren Ambrose is rumored to be Fanny Brice.
Posted: 7/25/11 at 2:56pmThose videos don't really show her voice off that well. Sure, her timbre is really nice, but Fanny? I dunno....Can she belt high?
#21Unofficial but, Lauren Ambrose is rumored to be Fanny Brice.
Posted: 7/25/11 at 3:02pmIts always possible that they will change keys etc. It would be kind of interesting to see what the score of Funny Girl might sound like sung more along the lines of how the real Fanny Brice might have sung it (which would be more torch-less belt). But yeah, I would probably agree - based on these videos anyway, I'm not sure she'd be able to sing score to Funny Girl entirely, nightly as originally written. But then, there aren't many who could...
#22Unofficial but, Lauren Ambrose is rumored to be Fanny Brice.
Posted: 7/25/11 at 3:05pmHere's the thing for me: I've always found her to be a compelling actress, and she's totally a bagel on a plate full of onion rolls. Of course, there's nothing in her resume to show that she can portray a Fanny Brice, so that's obviously a challenge, as it would be for virtually anyone else. But I 'd completely buy her as a non-conventional-looking talent that catches fire.
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
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#23Unofficial but, Lauren Ambrose is rumored to be Fanny Brice.
Posted: 7/25/11 at 3:07pmMaybe Lauren can borrow Nicole Kidman's fake nose. She's too pretty for the role. Fanny Brice was plain. If she had any nice physical traits she would have been Gypsy Rose Lee.
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#24Unofficial but, Lauren Ambrose is rumored to be Fanny Brice.
Posted: 7/25/11 at 3:08pm
Well - a moderately charming wasp-y girl with a decent voice in a show with second act problems, that only works when built around an exceptionally amazing, distinctly Jewish, take-your-breath-away singer/actress?
Who wouldn't pay $150?
I still say it should be Betty White. Or Bette Midler. Or the three gals of Betty, alternating evenings. Maybe Beth Leavel. Is Bess Truman still around?
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