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#1

Wasn't Britney Spears supposed to replace Christina Applegate in Sweet Charity?

Posted: 8/10/06 at 1:32pm

I remember last Thanksgiving my friend (and several other people) told me that Britney was supposed to replace Christina (Which would've been dreadful) and then next month the show suddenly closed? Was that true? I also remember hearing she was taking dance class so she could do it.

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#3

re: Wasn't Britney Spears supposed to replace Christina Applegate in Sweet Charity?

Posted: 8/10/06 at 1:43pm

Yes, she was supposed to do it, but she has her "tragic" knee accident while shooting one of her videos. I'm glad that she didn't, though, because she got knocked up, and a pregnant Charity would've been a little awkward.
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#6

re: Wasn't Britney Spears supposed to replace Christina Applegate in Sweet

Posted: 8/10/06 at 1:51pm

Smart Idea. Glad that they didn't try to replace Christina. However, I think that Sherie Renee Scott could've done a good job at it.
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#7

re: Wasn't Britney Spears supposed to replace Christina Applegate in Sweet

Posted: 8/10/06 at 1:52pm

Ooo! I never thought of Sherrie, she would've been great. But they were looking for a celeb not a broadway star.

"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
#9

re: Wasn't Britney Spears supposed to replace Christina Applegate in Sweet

Posted: 8/10/06 at 1:57pm

Brooke Sheilds as CHARITY?? I think not.

I think we should all brainstorm some idea of who could've played Charity. (too bad that they were a money hungry show. Sherie could've done a great job).

I think that if they REALLY needed it, Renee Zelweger (sp?) could've have given it a shot.

((OffTopic: I LOVE Nathan Lane. He has a sense for REAL comedy. I love him in the "Producers", but did you see him in "The man Who Came to Dinner"? Utterly fantastic. Words cannot describe.))
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#11

re: Wasn't Britney Spears supposed to replace Christina Applegate in Sweet

Posted: 8/10/06 at 2:02pm

Do any of you guys think that it woul've lasted even WITH a big celebrity? I want other opinions, but I don't think that it woul've lasted.
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#12

re: Wasn't Britney Spears supposed to replace Christina Applegate in Sweet

Posted: 8/10/06 at 2:03pm

OFF TOPIC:

broadwayxminixidina - Yes. I have seen Nathan in EVERYTHING he has ever done! Even a Vick's Nyquil (sp?) commercial! And a Alice in Wonderland special for TV in 1983....i've seen EVERYTHING.
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
#18

re: Wasn't Britney Spears supposed to replace Christina Applegate in Sweet

Posted: 8/10/06 at 2:11pm

There was one girlwho stated "Wouldn't Paris Hilton be a great girl to play Christine in DRS if Sherie ever left?" I almost died. She wasn't being sarcastic either. Paris Hilton and Britney Spears would corrupt Broadway.

However, it would've been FANTASTIC to see how Nathan would respond to them being on Broadway. Almost makes me wish that they would go on. Then get shot.

P.S. I am a big Nathan fan also. Did you watch him on Ellen whenhe was promoting the movie of "The Producers"? I love when he started taklking on his cellular!
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<^>BROADWAY is LOVE<^>
<^>RENT is LOVE<^>
<^>WICKED is LOVE<^>
<< Me and Norbie. I look icky becuase I was FREAAAAKKKIIINNNGG out.
#20

re: Wasn't Britney Spears supposed to replace Christina Applegate in Sweet

Posted: 8/10/06 at 2:12pm

They wanted Brittany Murphy to replace Applegate initially, and she was interested, but she bailed out to do a film (her people said the producers couldn't match what she would make for the movie, hence why she chose it over the show.)

From what I hear, Spears wanted her husband to be hired in addition to her (I assume as a dancer.) They met her monetary demands (which was 10% of the weekly gross in addition to a set salary I believe.) The plan was to move the show to the Hilton once she came on board, but in the end, she just decided it wasn't in her "best interest." Thank god.
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Updated On: 8/10/06 at 02:12 PM

#21

re: Wasn't Britney Spears supposed to replace Christina Applegate in Sweet

Posted: 8/10/06 at 2:14pm

Brittany Murphy would've been...good.

Britney Spears and Denis O'Hare a couple? Picture it.

broadwayxminixidina - Yes I did! Hilarious!
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
#23

re: Wasn't Britney Spears supposed to replace Christina Applegate in Sweet

Posted: 8/10/06 at 2:44pm

While a great talent, Snow would have never worked in the role of Charity. The character is supposed to be young but "over the hill." Snow doesn't really fit that description, just because of her age.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#24

re: Wasn't Britney Spears supposed to replace Christina Applegate in Sweet

Posted: 8/10/06 at 2:49pm

I love Nathan. Thanks for being more obsessed than me.
"Broadway is a very special place, filled with very special people, people who can sing and dance, often at the same time! They are a different people, a multi-talented people, a people...who need people...and who are, in many ways, the luckiest people in...the world." --Spamalot
<^>BROADWAY is LOVE<^>
<^>RENT is LOVE<^>
<^>WICKED is LOVE<^>
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