Val Kilmer To Play Moses in 10 Commandments Musical
Val Kilmer To Play Moses in 10 Commandments Musical#0
Posted: 7/8/04 at 5:40pm
I don't even know where to begin with this one:
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re: Val Kilmer To Play Moses in 10 Commandments Musical#1
Posted: 7/8/04 at 5:44pm
One word: NO
What has theatre come to? A 10 Commandments musical?? WTF?? That's just wrong!!!
re: Val Kilmer To Play Moses in 10 Commandments Musical#2
Posted: 7/8/04 at 5:44pmI can't believe he went to Julliard. Do you know he was the youngest person to ever be admitted to Julliard? I don't think he is that good of an actor at all. Or if he is, I haven't seen a movie with him in it that shows his Julliard acting ability.
re: Val Kilmer To Play Moses in 10 Commandments Musical#3
Posted: 7/8/04 at 5:45pm
Aw man!
>> It will feature a new score with music by Patrick Leonard
WHY? Sheessh.
Okay, folks, head down to Virgin Records and sniff out a copy of this show's original, Les Dix Commandements. It's been playing in Montreal for years, and it's actually a darn good piece of work... with a score that's good enough, thank you, Mr. Producer!
re: Val Kilmer To Play Moses in 10 Commandments Musical#4
Posted: 7/8/04 at 5:47pm
Dancing Hebrew slaves building the pyramids?
Pharoah's magicians and Moses doing a parody of "Anything you can do, I can do better"
A major number as they cross the parted sea?
Moses teaching them the 10 commandments like Maria teaching the Von Trapp children Do-Re-Mi?
*shudders and watches for the bolt of lightning*
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re: Val Kilmer To Play Moses in 10 Commandments Musical#5
Posted: 7/8/04 at 5:51pmbecaon- thank you for your post. It made me laugh SO hard!
re: Val Kilmer To Play Moses in 10 Commandments Musical#6
Posted: 7/8/04 at 5:59pm
Several years ago, Val Kilmer and Jeanne Tripplehorn starred in the Public Theatre's revival of 'TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE. And received a stunning review from Frank Rich.
Anyone who can score in a Jacobean tragedy has to have some acting talent.
All I know is I can't WAIT to see how they part the Red Sea.
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re: Val Kilmer To Play Moses in 10 Commandments Musical#7
Posted: 7/8/04 at 6:19pm
you've got to be kidding me
re: Val Kilmer To Play Moses in 10 Commandments Musical#8
Posted: 7/8/04 at 6:27pmI think I'm gonna throw up. Has this been confirmed yet? I mean, the only place I saw it was "Joe's BS & Rumors"...er...I mean, Broadway.com
re: Val Kilmer To Play Moses in 10 Commandments Musical#9
Posted: 7/8/04 at 7:20pm
Maybe they can make it into a musical comedy! They can use this old Benny Hill joke:
"Moses must have a REALLY big headache. You can tell by the size of the tablets he's holding!"
*Rim shot*
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re: Val Kilmer To Play Moses in 10 Commandments Musical#10
Posted: 7/8/04 at 7:38pm
Two things -
Yes, it's real. They've been advertising it in LA with billboards and such for quite some time.
And, I saw Mr. Kilmer do HAMLET a few years ago for the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. Yes, he can act. Not to mention that it was a 'punk' version, and the entire cast - especially him - looked VERY good in head-to-toe leather.
re: Val Kilmer To Play Moses in 10 Commandments Musical#11
Posted: 7/8/04 at 8:20pmDoesn't anyone remember Top Secret, one of his first movies, from the Airplane guys? He played a goofy rock star on tour in East Germany, did a lot of singing and dancing, and he was terrific. Then there was The Doors. Kilmer can't act? Gimme a break.
re: Val Kilmer To Play Moses in 10 Commandments Musical#12
Posted: 7/8/04 at 8:45pm

As somebody said, exists a version of 10 commandments in france.
is a super production an is available on dvd too. I have it and... I REALLY HATE THIS SHOW!!!!
in fact, the only french musical that I like is ali baba (and not a lot)
re: Val Kilmer To Play Moses in 10 Commandments Musical#13
Posted: 7/8/04 at 8:47pmVal Kilmer really does have a lot of talent. He hasn't always chosen the best projects, but if you watch a film he did 2 years ago called THE SALTON SEA, you'll see what I mean.
re: Val Kilmer To Play Moses in 10 Commandments Musical#14
Posted: 7/8/04 at 8:53pmi have no problem with Val Kilmer doing a musical. He consistently proves himself to be quite a good actor in his movies. He just tends to choose bad movies a little too often. So he'll probably be OK, but here's my question: does the world need another Bible musical set to a contemporary pop score?
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re: Val Kilmer To Play Moses in 10 Commandments Musical#15
Posted: 7/8/04 at 10:48pm
Hey, he's even got experience in the role! I rather liked 'The Prince of Egypt,' too.
Updated On: 7/8/04 at 10:48 PM
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re: Val Kilmer To Play Moses in 10 Commandments Musical#16
Posted: 7/9/04 at 9:42am
Val Kilmer has an industry-wide reputation for being "difficult". So much so that he hasn't an A movie in quite a while. He's not worth the aggravation apparently. He doesn't choose bad scripts so much as they are probably the best he gets offered these days.
He blew it.
The Future of Theater is Bleak#17
Posted: 7/9/04 at 10:02am
and if you needed more evidence that this is true...Val Kilmer AND a musical version of the 10 Commandments? What could be better?
ARRGHHH
The Future of Theater is Bleak#18
Posted: 7/9/04 at 10:23amWell, Val Kilmer can part my sea any 'ol day.
The Future of Theater is Bleak#19
Posted: 7/9/04 at 11:58am
That certainly is intersting. What casting. I can just imagine Rodgers and Hart writing the show. The casting:
Moses: Jack Whiting
Aaron: Hiram Sherman
Pharoah: Dennis King
Miriam: Shirley Booth
Wife of Moses: Vivienne Segal
Mother of Moses: Audrey Christie
Chief Femals Slave: Vera Zorina
Her attendants: Heidi Vosseler, Daphne Vane, Katharine Mullowny
Principal Male Slave: Charles Laskey
Where are the great songwriters when we need them?????
The Future of Theater is Bleak#20
Posted: 7/9/04 at 12:26pmI love Val Kilmer! I agree, his projects after Batman Forever were terrible. This is the guy who was Doc Holiday in Tombstone, Thunderheart, Kill Me Again and of course his awesome portrayel of Jim Morrison in the Doors. I just watched Spartan and again he was wonderful. Do you think Moses would wear black leather? I'd definitely follow him then!
The Future of Theater is Bleak#21
Posted: 7/9/04 at 12:28pmHe *was* superb in 'Tombstone'
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The Future of Theater is Bleak#22
Posted: 7/9/04 at 7:16pmlets just hope that his Julliard training will work better on the stage than on the screen. i really can't help but think they could have got a better actor to play Moses. i mean, if they wanted to get a "name" to play the part they probably could have upgraded a little from Val Kilmer. the last movie i saw him in was The Missing and he was on screen for all of five minutes. Not to say only a big name could do it.
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The Future of Theater is Bleak#23
Posted: 7/12/04 at 6:55amAre there any original ideas coming to Broadway?? Or are they are just movies?!
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