What new star would be a great Eva?

#1

What new star would be a great Eva?

Posted: 8/20/04 at 6:27pm

My votes go to the following five:

1-Kerry Butler
2-Stephanie J. Block
3-Eden Espinosa
4-Idina Menzel
5-Alice Ripley

#2

re: What new star would be a great Eva?

Posted: 8/20/04 at 6:42pm

Are you on crack?

#3

re: What new star would be a great Eva?

Posted: 8/20/04 at 6:42pm

I first saw the title and was ready to write "OMG IDINA MENZEL!"

Oh boy.

#4

re: What new star would be a great Eva?

Posted: 8/20/04 at 6:43pm

Hah...how did I guess Idina would be on your list....and Kerry Butler...don't get me wrong I am head over heals in love with this girl, but this is not a role for her.

Akiva

#5

re: What new star would be a great Eva?

Posted: 8/20/04 at 6:43pm

Haha me too Guen!! I was going to write Idina and Eden...who knew???

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#6

re: What new star would be a great Eva?

Posted: 8/20/04 at 6:44pm

Lauren Kennedy

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#7

re: What new star would be a great Eva?

Posted: 8/20/04 at 6:46pm

Sherie Rene Scott

Akiva

#8

re: What new star would be a great Eva?

Posted: 8/20/04 at 6:56pm

Sherie Rene Scott as Eva Peron? Are you SERIOUS?? Espinosa I can see....Idina Menzel, I could definitely see....but SR Scott?

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#9

re: What new star would be a great Eva?

Posted: 8/20/04 at 6:57pm

Brooke Shields

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#10

re: What new star would be a great Eva?

Posted: 8/20/04 at 6:58pm

1. I am not, nor have a ever been on crack. Crack is for poor people. (Whitney Houston)

2. Idina would be awesome in this role! Yes, her voice is kind of pop-sounding, but the score could deal with being popped up a bit.

3. I also failed to mention I think Heather Headley could make this role interesting, too.

4. Sherie would be perfectly fine with me. I don't know if she has the classical chops for the acting stuff, though. I'mn sure she could bring some naturalism to the part that Patti never had, though.

5. Am I the only one in love with Stephanie Block as an actor/singer?

#11

re: What new star would be a great Eva?

Posted: 8/20/04 at 7:00pm

I like Stephanie Block, but she's not great.

#12

re: What new star would be a great Eva?

Posted: 8/20/04 at 7:01pm

what's not great about her? Give me analysis. =)

#13

re: What new star would be a great Eva?

Posted: 8/20/04 at 7:03pm

Lauren Kennedy

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"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..."

#14

re: What new star would be a great Eva?

Posted: 8/20/04 at 7:06pm

This is the real Eva Peron. Not very Idina like if you ask me.

#15

re: What new star would be a great Eva?

Posted: 8/20/04 at 7:07pm

Kerry Butler, no, Heather Headley, no. They could make it interesting, but range comes first. Then the acting. This is Andrew Llyod Webber for Pete's Sake. It's not about whether they can make it "interesting" it's about whether they can hit those freakishly high notes. And besides, Eva plays a bitch for all of Act 1 and half of Act 2. Any actress on broadway can do that.

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#16

re: What new star would be a great Eva?

Posted: 8/20/04 at 7:08pm

Whitney Houston is very wealthy. Or, are you one of those "money doesn't buy happiness" people? lol

Kerry Butler is a terrible idea for this role. Almost as bad as the person on the ALW board who said Kristen Chenoweth was perfect for Eva.

Madonna is a good choice.

Updated On: 8/20/04 at 07:08 PM

#17

re: What new star would be a great Eva?

Posted: 8/20/04 at 7:36pm

Harvey Fierstein.

Joel Grey.

Joey Fatone.

Scary Spice.

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#18

re: What new star would be a great Eva?

Posted: 8/20/04 at 7:47pm

For Crissake, has this SAME thread not been brought up a hundred times already? Type in search. And most of the people listed here are very crack-induced ideas, indeed.

#19

re: What new star would be a great Eva?

Posted: 8/20/04 at 7:53pm

I think the only redeeming quality SR Scott might have is the look of Eva Peron, but as for necessary chops to play a role as demanding as Eva, I think not.

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"Applause begets applause in the theatre, as laughter begets laughter and tears beget tears." CLAYTON HAMILTON, "Theory of the Theatre" "I think theater ought to be theatrical ... you know, shuffling the pack in different ways so that it's -- there's always some kind of ambush involved in the experience. You're being ambushed by an unexpected word, or by an elephant falling out of the cupboard, whatever it is." TOM STOPPARD

#20

re: What new star would be a great Eva?

Posted: 8/20/04 at 8:26pm

I'd pay to see Matt_G as Evita...

#21

re: What new star would be a great Eva?

Posted: 8/20/04 at 9:03pm

I nominate Tori Spelling

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#22

re: What new star would be a great Eva?

Posted: 8/20/04 at 9:09pm

everywhere I go somebody sayd "you look like Tori Spelling" or "you look like Tara Reed"!
I'm a bit insulted

Updated On: 8/20/04 at 09:09 PM

#23

re: What new star would be a great Eva?

Posted: 8/20/04 at 9:13pm

there's a great line from a song --
I wish I could be like Tori Spelling - with a Dad like hers and a car like hers...

no one would want to look like her, and lord knows the girl ain't long on talent, but life wouldn't be so bad being her...

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#24

re: What new star would be a great Eva?

Posted: 8/20/04 at 9:19pm

I think Stephanie J. Block can do full justice to the role!

#25

re: What new star would be a great Eva?

Posted: 8/20/04 at 9:28pm

shermanslave: Agreed. Harvey Fierstein.

Didn't someone say that pic of Jenn Laura Thompson during the beginning of Act 2 in Wicked look like Eva?

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