Where is Douglas Sills these days?
Where is Douglas Sills these days?
#1Where is Douglas Sills these days?
Posted: 1/3/09 at 2:13am
Still the sexiest voice I've ever heard sing.
Anybody know?
"...and in a bed."
commasplice
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/29/04
#2re: Where is Douglas Sills these days?
Posted: 1/3/09 at 2:15amHe'll be in next month's Encores! production of Music in the Air.
bwaybabe2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/5/08
#2re: Where is Douglas Sills these days?
Posted: 1/3/09 at 2:19amUmmm...right. He is one of those whom I'd love to see something of onstage. Let's hope.
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#3re: Where is Douglas Sills these days?
Posted: 1/3/09 at 8:00amNo doubt making more god-awful career choices.
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#4re: Where is Douglas Sills these days?
Posted: 1/3/09 at 10:32amAs much as I love Christopher Sieber, I still get depressed every time I think about the fact that Douglas Sills could have played Sir Galahad. Ahhh, I adore Douglas Sills. I've never connected to any character as much as his Sir Percy Blakeney (which is weird, because I'm a girl).
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
philly03
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/07
#5re: Where is Douglas Sills these days?
Posted: 1/3/09 at 3:02pm
Unfortunately I don't believe Sills is up to acting too much since Pimpernel. He does several cabarets/concerts,...but not usually in New York (occassionally the Hollywood Bowl). In fact, I believe he moved back to Los Angeles, if I'm not mistaken. He also pops up on TV from time to time, mostly little "guest starring" roles.
I get the idea though that he is sort of finished with his theatre career, seeing as there were two roles for him which he must have had something to do with them not happening--Spamalot, as Schmerg pointed out (which he left by his entire own will) and Frank Wildhorn's 'Cyrano de Bergerac - The Musical,' which was to have a world premiere back in Spring '06 starring him in the title role with a English engagement, followed by a West End proposed run (although it didn't happen with the Jekyll "engagement" they had over there); the production mysteriously vanished though! (Cyrano is having its new world premiere in 2009 starring Raphael, the star of the Spanish Jekyll & HYDE, in Spain!)
Perhaps he finally became a lawyer...haha.
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#6re: Where is Douglas Sills these days?
Posted: 1/3/09 at 3:05pmSills would have made a fun Edna in the 'spray.
#7re: Where is Douglas Sills these days?
Posted: 1/3/09 at 3:09pmOoh, he really would have been a hilarious Edna. I have a feeling he would have been almost too convincingly female, though-- and too pretty! Straight men would leave the theatre lusting after Edna.
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#8re: Where is Douglas Sills these days?
Posted: 1/3/09 at 3:13pm
I saw people arguing about which gender played Edna numerous times.. that's part of a great actor... disappearing that fully.
Maybe one day in a regional house.....
#9re: Where is Douglas Sills these days?
Posted: 1/3/09 at 5:05pm
About two years ago he gave a master class at my college in Southern California and I had been looking forward to it for about a month and i had rehearsal for a show and got the times confused and when i got out of rehearsal I went over and it was almost over and the doors were all closed and I didn't want to just barge in. SO I completely missed him.
It was a sad day.
I just love him so much, too bad he's not doing too much. I hope he's happy doing whatever he is doing. :)
"...and in a bed."
#10re: Where is Douglas Sills these days?
Posted: 1/3/09 at 5:26pmHis dropping out of Spamalot was a terrible career move. You don't drop out if a major Broadway show just because you don't think you're good in the role. What he thought was an act of self-preservation probably alienated him from some very important Broadway power-holders. After doing that he probably had little choice but to move back to L.A.
#11re: Where is Douglas Sills these days?
Posted: 1/3/09 at 5:29pmWhat a coincidence, I'm watching him sing "Dentist" from LSOH right now.
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PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#12re: Where is Douglas Sills these days?
Posted: 1/3/09 at 6:12pmHe also turned down the plum Tony role in the Assassins revival.
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MCfan2
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/06
#13re: Where is Douglas Sills these days?
Posted: 1/3/09 at 6:47pmWherever he is, I miss him! Never got to see him live, but that's one spectacular voice he's got.
Ed_Mottershead
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/20/05
#14re: Where is Douglas Sills these days?
Posted: 1/3/09 at 7:03pmThe part of Bruno in Music in the Air would seem a great fit to me. This little-known show (today) has a lovely Jerome Kern scorw and Sills will get the chance to do the "hit" number, The Song is You. I put the word hit in quotation marks because the entire score is a gem.
BroadwayEd
#15re: Where is Douglas Sills these days?
Posted: 1/3/09 at 7:32pm
-- "You don't drop out if a major Broadway show just because you don't think you're good in the role."
I could be wrong, but I thought he dropped out of Spamalot because the role ended up being smaller than was originally stated. I still think it was a bad move and wish he had been in Spamalot, but I don't understand why he would have questions about his quality in playing the part. He would have been hysterical and I imagine he himself knew that. And again, the issue circulating at the time was the size of the role/amount of stage time. Now I'm curious.
-- "He also turned down the plum Tony role in the Assassins revival."
Was he offered Booth in the revival? I had no idea. Why would he have turned that down? What a shame. Did he audition and then decide he didn't want to do the show or was he offered the role without being seen?
I wish he would return to Broadway. Repeatedly.
But whatever he's doing to earn a living and feel fulfilled, I hope it's working out well for him!
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#16re: Where is Douglas Sills these days?
Posted: 1/3/09 at 8:02pmHe is not on Broadway where he belongs.
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#17re: Where is Douglas Sills these days?
Posted: 1/3/09 at 8:10pmI love him on the Cyrano demo. I wish that had worked out.
philly03
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/07
#18re: Where is Douglas Sills these days?
Posted: 1/3/09 at 8:18pm
Sills joined Spamalot fairly early in the process and apparently the script was a lot more full,...I'm assuming they made many cuts to many parts so the show wouldn't be so long, etc. There was also a rumor around that time (after Spamalot's first few Chicago previews/ish) that he didn't necessarily like the entire content of the piece. I don't know what he disagreed with, but whatever it was he didn't like it. Who knows though, for all we know they may have asked him to take a pay cut. Could be as simple as that.
Sills was offered whichever role in Assassins in (again) the earlier parts of it coming to Broadway...as in when it was first announced and after The Scarlet Pimpernel: SP4 tour stints with him were over. I don't know if he auditioned/whatnot, but I believe he joined the cast of Little Shop.. before the plans were finalized for Assassins, and therefore was unable to join the cast because of that contract. (He did leave right after the Tony Awards however) No big drama there, just bad timing on both the Assassins team and his own, if they had really set their minds on him.
ThankstoPhantom
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/05
#19re: Where is Douglas Sills these days?
Posted: 1/3/09 at 8:18pmThe Assassins was originally supposed to come to Broadway during the 2001/2002 season, but was postponed because of 9/11... Sills was signed on at that time.
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philly03
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/07
#20re: Where is Douglas Sills these days?
Posted: 1/3/09 at 8:20pm
"I love him on the Cyrano demo. I wish that had worked out."
He truly was excellent in it, and Frank has even said that it was really written with him in mind of the title role,...it's a work of Frank's that I'd love to see produced in ENGLISH some day, but who knows if that will ever happen...!
Cat2
Chorus Member Joined: 4/29/05
#22re: Where is Douglas Sills these days?
Posted: 1/3/09 at 8:24pmWhere can I (legally) get my hot little hands on the Cyrano demo?
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
philly03
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/07
#23re: Where is Douglas Sills these days?
Posted: 1/3/09 at 8:28pm
"Where can I (legally) get my hot little hands on the Cyrano demo? "
No where. Unfortunately it was just about the last thing that Linda Eder did (besides many Camille changes), and I believe Frank began to re-write some of the female songs (Roxanne's), to be more accostumed to someone's voice...but I believe that someone is no longer in the mix. (Ironically, one of the female songs that was so beautiful was "Someone," and this is from the team that brought us Jekyll...!) I'm assuming Marta Ribera will be Roxanne and the original stuff will stay the same for the world premiere, or atleast I hope so. And Marta Ribera is fantastic as Lucy Harris on the Spanish J&H.
The score should be released as a Spanish Concept Album last I heard for Spring '09, but I highly doubt it unless this premier actually happens.
#24re: Where is Douglas Sills these days?
Posted: 1/3/09 at 8:35pmYou can't legally get your hands on something that was never released commercially. I guess, unless you're a producer that was given a copy for promotional purposes. If you want it -- it has to be illegally obtained.
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