Who'll play "Pirate" Jenny now?? — Page 2

this whole cast seems strange to me. i don't understand the texture of it. i vote for natasha richardson. or how about tonya pinkins?

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I like the idea of Natasha Richardson, too.

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Most of these people are too "clean". Jenny is a prostitute. She has to have a hard edge about her.

I hate to start sounding like a broken record, but...Betty Buckley. I mean come on, she shot a man in Reno just to watch him die...

I'm just waiting for someone to suggest Rosario Dawson...

Updated On: 12/14/05 at 05:20 PM

JJL is appropriately hard-edged, but I don't think she'd be able to handle the role vocally, especially if "Pirate Jenny" is in this translation.

"I hate to start sounding like a broken record, but...Betty Buckley."

Buckley's too much of a star. She won't take second billing to Alan Cumming. Besides, I don't think there is anyone on Broadway who will work with her. She's too crazy.

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thou i do agree with the 'crazy' part..... i disagree with u about her refusing a 'second-billing' role. Her last Broadway outing, Triumph of Love, she took 2nd billing to Susan Egan & Christopher Sieber.

Actually, I'd love to see a truly 'crazy' Jenny

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Updated On: 12/14/05 at 05:31 PM

When Betty did Threepenny at WTF two years ago, she shared equal billing with several other (Jesse L. Martin, Melissa Errico, Karen Ziemba). Also, she shared billing with her co-stars in Elegies. I don't think she would have a problem sharing billing with her.

Hell, Edie Falco is WAY more famous than Betty Buckley today and she shared...

What about Karen Akers?

Updated On: 12/14/05 at 05:45 PM

100% ALICE RIPLEY!

Get her back on Broadway! She'd be great in this!



Alice is living in California now and working on non-theatre related projects (specifically, her band). I doubt you'll see her back on the boards in New York any time soon.

Anyone who heard/saw Donna McKechnie sing this in her tribute to Joe Papp knows that hers would be the definitive performance, second only to Lenya or Schlamme. I had never heard the words before hearing McKechnie sing them. And her world-weariness slash rage: brilliant.

I found this interview with Ute.. and she talks about being approached for the role of Jenny. But I'm not sure if she is talking about the Bway revival.

JF: Do you have a desire to return to the theater anytime soon?

UL: Actually, I've been approached to play Jenny in an upcoming production of The Threepenny Opera. But Jenny doesn't get to sing "Pirate Jenny!" It's a song for Polly, who is the young and innocent character. Lotte Lenya got to do it in later productions after she begged to do it, but this production would give "Pirate Jenny" and "Barbara Song" and all those great songs back to Polly, and Jenny would just get "Solomonsong" and one other number ... so I'm not sure if I really want to do it! (laughs) I would rather do my Kurt Weill evenings in which I get to do whatever songs I want to sing - including the men's numbers!
-https://www.talkinbroadway.com/cabaret/lemper.html

All her favoite songs aren't for Jenny. but this is obviously right up Ute's alley! Man I wish they could get her.

i love donna mc but as pirate jenny? hmmm... that takes a bit of work for me to wrap my brain around. polly bergen before donna for me.
anyway, isntitromantic, shouldn't you be off transubstantiating your lunch or something?

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Here's a thought - Rondi Reed - Chicago's very own Morrible - she was preparing the role years ago for a Steppenwolf Threepenny that was cancelled.

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