What's next for Kerry Butler?

[jjfriel]

What's next for Kerry Butler?#1

Posted: 9/30/08 at 1:04am

Now that Xanadu has closed anyone know what Broadway has in store for Kerry Butler?? Would love to see her performing again and soon! Wicked perhaps??? Mama Mia??

Thanks in advance for your help!

[CATSNYrevival]

re: What's next for Kerry Butler?#2

Posted: 9/30/08 at 1:16am

My crystal ball says now that Xanadu has closed she's taking what she learned and joining Starlight Express in Germany.
Updated On: 9/30/08 at 01:16 AM

[HollyImposter]

re: What's next for Kerry Butler?#2

Posted: 9/30/08 at 2:00am

Kerry just did a pilot for a TV show.

[HollyImposter]

re: What's next for Kerry Butler?#3

Posted: 9/30/08 at 2:01am

Not to be vague or anything lol

[YoYo12345]

re: What's next for Kerry Butler?#4

Posted: 9/30/08 at 2:42am

...annnnnd you just made my night hollyimposter....

[winston89]

re: What's next for Kerry Butler?#5

Posted: 9/30/08 at 2:43am

Isn't she going to do more episodes of Lipstick Jungle?

"If you try to shag my husband while I am still alive, I will shove the art of motorcycle maintenance up your rancid little Cu**. That's a good dear" Tom Stoppard's Rock N Roll

[millie_dillmount]

re: What's next for Kerry Butler?#6

Posted: 9/30/08 at 3:37am

Wicked?

Mamma Mia?

I like those shows, but are you kidding me?

"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611

[Urban]

re: What's next for Kerry Butler?#7

Posted: 9/30/08 at 5:02am

Hopefully Playboy.

[jagfkb]

re: What's next for Kerry Butler?#8

Posted: 9/30/08 at 8:55am

I was thinking Disney, maybe... Though i couldn't see her as anything in Poppins, though maybe Ariel in Mermaid.

[JeaniusIsMe]

re: What's next for Kerry Butler?#9

Posted: 9/30/08 at 9:46am

What she said at the stage door this weekend was she had several things she was attached to in some way and was waiting to see which one would be a go. But not to worry- she'd be working again soon.

[BroadwayBelle2]

re: What's next for Kerry Butler?#10

Posted: 9/30/08 at 10:18am

I think Kerry would have made a great Elle Woods, but too late now.

[givesmevoice]

re: What's next for Kerry Butler?#11

Posted: 9/30/08 at 10:28am

didn't Kerry workshop Legally Blonde at some point?

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[Testing1232]

re: What's next for Kerry Butler?#12

Posted: 9/30/08 at 10:38am

Her character was basically "killed off" on "Lipstick Jungle"

(Cheyenne supposed to be on this season, btw)

I believe she is doing a concert at La Jolla (sp?)
in Oct--- I believe the 24th.

[WishingOnlyWounds2]

re: What's next for Kerry Butler?#13

Posted: 9/30/08 at 1:10pm

"I was thinking Disney, maybe... Though i couldn't see her as anything in Poppins, though maybe Ariel in Mermaid."

She was Ariel in the workshops...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tDZGu2rkAE

2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5 May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot

[Parks]

re: What's next for Kerry Butler?#14

Posted: 9/30/08 at 5:04pm

She won't be gone for long, I hope! :) Any show would be lucky to have her!

"If it walks like a Parks, if it wobbles like a Parks, then it's definitely fat and nobody loves it." --MA

[sipos]

re: What's next for Kerry Butler?#15

Posted: 9/30/08 at 5:36pm

Too true. I hope she rests up and comes back soon.

[TotallyEffed]

re: What's next for Kerry Butler?#16

Posted: 9/30/08 at 7:00pm

I think she's gonna be in Catch Me if you Can.

[purpleprince101]

re: What's next for Kerry Butler?#17

Posted: 9/30/08 at 7:02pm

She needs to come back soon! I'd kill to see her in anything.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

re: What's next for Kerry Butler?#18

Posted: 9/30/08 at 7:28pm

She is too old for Ariel, completely wrong for Mary Poppins, and after receiving a Tony nod for headlining a beloved show like XANADU there is absolutely no reason for her to replace anyone in WICKED, let alone MAMMA MIA.
I would advise not getting too excited about the pilot until it happens. It's shocking the number of stage actors who shoot pilots during pilot season, and the majority of those pilots either don't get picked up or don't survive past the first couple shows.

"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"

[Testing1232]

re: What's next for Kerry Butler?#19

Posted: 11/5/08 at 8:58pm

Just a little bump.... for all of you DisneyWorld fans.. (I know there are a few of you on the boards)

Was on the train tonight, and reading the latest
"Mickey Monitor" (Winter 200, and there was Kerry !!! She did a little article/interview about going to the "Xmas Party"
They also mentioned her CD (and the chance of a Grammy)

Cant find a link to post the article. Not sure if it is available on-line.

[Taryn]

re: What's next for Kerry Butler?#20

Posted: 11/5/08 at 9:26pm

She is too old for Ariel, completely wrong for Mary Poppins, and after receiving a Tony nod for headlining a beloved show like XANADU there is absolutely no reason for her to replace anyone in WICKED, let alone MAMMA MIA.

Someone ought to let Carolee Carmello know that.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

re: What's next for Kerry Butler?#21

Posted: 11/5/08 at 9:31pm

Carolee Carmello is headlining the show, and by this point, stage Donna is more associated with her than with Louise Pietre who opened the show on Broadway. Kerry is too young-looking to play Donna and it'd be a ridiculous career move to go into the show as Sophie.
I'm sure she's more concentrated on creating new roles, star in some sort of revival, or like someone said on this thread, try her luck in the TV/film industry.

"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"

[The Distinctive Baritone]

re: What's next for Kerry Butler?#22

Posted: 11/6/08 at 12:20am

Kerry has spent a good deal of her career playing teenagers, even after she hit 30. Now that she's finally starting to look her age (but still gorgeous), she has to carve a new niche for herself. Xanadu did that for her a good deal I think, although soon she's going to have fully outgrown the quirky/spunky ingenue type. Where she will go from there is anyone's guess.