WHOREHOUSE to be next Actor's Fund Show!
WHOREHOUSE to be next Actor's Fund Show!
#0WHOREHOUSE to be next Actor's Fund Show!
Posted: 4/25/06 at 12:08pm
I love it! And think of all those Broadway whores they can cast - I mean cast as the whores! Reba as Mona, please!
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Updated On: 4/25/06 at 12:08 PM
jimnysf
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/10/05
#1re: WHOREHOUSE to be next Actor's Fund Show!
Posted: 4/25/06 at 12:13pmOne of my favorite shows back in the day but I didn't care for the Ann-Margret tour a few years ago. That one was poorly directed/staged and not a lot of fun. I didn't like the movie either since they got rid of most of the score. Maybe someone will stage a good revival of this if the Actors Fund Show is well received.
#2re: WHOREHOUSE to be next Actor's Fund Show!
Posted: 4/25/06 at 12:15pmWell Ann Margaret came across as an 85 year old woman in that show. Olivia De Havilland would have been more spritely in the role.
#3re: WHOREHOUSE to be next Actor's Fund Show!
Posted: 4/25/06 at 12:20pmtoo bad they aren't doing TBLWGP...I'd pay a lot to see that!
#4re: WHOREHOUSE to be next Actor's Fund Show!
Posted: 4/25/06 at 12:21pmDidn't they mount a production with Sally Struthers at one point?
#5re: WHOREHOUSE to be next Actor's Fund Show!
Posted: 4/25/06 at 12:21pm
Why am I not surprised by that last statement?! 
#6re: WHOREHOUSE to be next Actor's Fund Show!
Posted: 4/25/06 at 12:27pm
Soooo excited! It's one of my fav. shows and it'll be exciting to see who they cast!
Cheers,
Christopher
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
Kringas
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/05
#8re: WHOREHOUSE to be next Actor's Fund Show!
Posted: 4/25/06 at 1:05pm
I saw Ann-Margret in that tour as well and was terribly disappointed. She gave the impression she'd never performed in front of an audience before, which I know wasn't true. I know she had recently hurt her wrist (she wore a splint in the show), so I figured perhaps her poor performance had something to do with that.
She went up on her lyrics several times and futilely looked to the others for help, most of whom shrugged her off. It was a train wreck.
#9re: WHOREHOUSE to be next Actor's Fund Show!
Posted: 4/25/06 at 1:08pm
Oh, if only they'd do the different Monas for different scenes...or at least BEG Dolly to come do it or make a special appearance.
#10re: WHOREHOUSE to be next Actor's Fund Show!
Posted: 4/25/06 at 1:16pm
Sally Struthers as Miss Mona.
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#11re: WHOREHOUSE to be next Actor's Fund Show!
Posted: 4/25/06 at 1:19pmI saw this show during its original run and loved the score. Can't wait to hear "Hard Candy Christmas" with a big all-star chorus.
#12re: WHOREHOUSE to be next Actor's Fund Show!
Posted: 4/25/06 at 1:29pmWell you know Lillias White is going to play Jewel...
#13re: WHOREHOUSE to be next Actor's Fund Show!
Posted: 4/25/06 at 1:37pm
Maybe they can get Marvin Zindler to play himself. 
He's still on the air, you know.
#14re: WHOREHOUSE to be next Actor's Fund Show!
Posted: 4/25/06 at 1:39pm
I did the show a LONG while back with Becky Ann Baker (aka Becky Gelke) from the original cast. She was fantastic (no surprise there).
It's such a fun show to do, and a huge crowd-pleaser!
...and much better than the film (which isn't exactly God-awful, but nowhere near as good as the stage show).
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#16re: WHOREHOUSE to be next Actor's Fund Show!
Posted: 4/25/06 at 1:40pmand Rebecca Luker as Jewel...
#17re: WHOREHOUSE to be next Actor's Fund Show!
Posted: 4/25/06 at 1:43pmBecky told me she had to go on one time (during the Broadway run) as Jewel! All the understudies were out. Musta been a hoot to see that white girl do "24 Hours of Lovin'."
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lvpblues
Broadway Star Joined: 2/18/04
#18re: WHOREHOUSE to be next Actor's Fund Show!
Posted: 4/25/06 at 1:57pm
"Well Ann Margaret came across as an 85 year old woman in that show. Olivia De Havilland would have been more spritely in the role."
Michael Bennett, you've made my day.
~Kev
#19re: WHOREHOUSE to be next Actor's Fund Show!
Posted: 4/25/06 at 2:10pmI really don't care for this show, but could be because I saw a horrible production of it at The Darien Dinner Theatre in 1986.
#20re: WHOREHOUSE to be next Actor's Fund Show!
Posted: 4/25/06 at 2:46pm
Why not PARADE? 
--Aristotle
#21re: WHOREHOUSE to be next Actor's Fund Show!
Posted: 4/25/06 at 2:52pmPARADE was on Broadway less than ten years ago. Plus it's a real downer and features lots of nasty children. They would raise about 15 dollars for BCEFA if they did that show.
#22re: WHOREHOUSE to be next Actor's Fund Show!
Posted: 4/25/06 at 4:26pm
But it's GORGEOUS!! I'd pay $20
--Aristotle
#23re: WHOREHOUSE to be next Actor's Fund Show!
Posted: 4/25/06 at 4:29pmI think I need a towel! This news just got me all kinds of excited. I will be there come hell or high water!
Auggie27
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/03
#24re: WHOREHOUSE to be next Actor's Fund Show!
Posted: 4/25/06 at 4:37pm
The WHOREHOUSE score is one of the real gems of its era, full of authentic southern twang and charm and a real story-teller voice in the lyrics. Anyone else love "Doatsey Mae?" A counter-point moment in the show, in which a drabber waitress yearns to be someone else, the number brilliantly placed next to the faded glitter of the Ranch girls. It's a perfect little song. But I love the emotion in the whole score, "Girl, You're a Woman," which Dolly wouldn't knocked dead, didn't even make it into the film.
Dissenting vote: I hope it isn't Reba. Let's try someone else from C&W.
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