Whorehouse?

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 6/5/06 at 8:38pm

I was watching Best Little Whorehouse in Texas last night, wouldn't a revival starring Bernadette be awsome? She could totally play the part.

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 6/5/06 at 8:46pm

OH YES!!! Without a doubt. Bernadette is just naughty and cheeky enough to make a fantastic Mona. Plus, she has the verve and star power to make it a hit. Get her a dreamy and bankable leading man and we are talking HIT!!!! I hope Bernie returns to Bway soon. :)

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 6/5/06 at 8:56pm

Bernadette would be nice, but Reba McEntire would be better.

[jimnysf]

Posted: 6/5/06 at 8:58pm

Carollee as Miss Mona!

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 6/5/06 at 9:07pm

The movie really bit it

The best part was Charles During & The Sidestep number

Updated On: 6/5/06 at 09:07 PM

[jimnysf]

Posted: 6/5/06 at 9:11pm

I agree. It was a really bad movie. It was like "Smokey and the Bandit Go To The Whorehouse". All the good songs were taken out and replaced by Dolly Parton songs.

If they ever revive this, it will need a good director. I saw the last tour with Ann-Margret and it wasn't very good. I saw the original on Broadway many times. My favorite Miss Mona was the late, great Anita Morris.

Posted: 6/5/06 at 9:12pm

If you're talking about a revival of the Broadway show and not the film, you don't want a dreamy looking man as co-star. Henderson Forsyth was *terrific* (better than amazing) both Off and On Broadway as the sheriff, but the role as originally written hardly calls for a dreamy looking man. As far as I'm concerned Peters as Mona would be worse than Dolly Parton's on-screen Mona. Maybe Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell?

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 6/5/06 at 9:12pm

the movie is ok i think it does it's job... just like some of the more recent films.......

I don't know about Carolle i mean i lover her to death but not as Miss Mona.

[jimnysf]

Posted: 6/5/06 at 9:17pm

Anita Morris

[jimnysf]

Posted: 6/5/06 at 9:19pm

[jimnysf]

Posted: 6/5/06 at 9:20pm

Fannie Flagg

[alterego]

Posted: 6/5/06 at 10:06pm

Bernadette who?

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 6/5/06 at 10:15pm

Bernadette Peters or Reba would be sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo AWESOME!!!!!!!! Ann Margret sucked in the tour. I did a production of this in MS in February! Our Mona and Melvin were AWESOME!!!!!!!!!

I LOVE the movie!

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 6/5/06 at 10:19pm

Personally, I think Reba is too "wholesome" for the role and she's doing the "Reba Experience" in Vegas til god knows when anyhow. I think Bernadette would be great. I still think a sexy leading man would sell tickets, even though the role doesn't call for it. Not that Bway is short of sexy dudes to fit the bill. I'm sure the Naked Cowboy from Times Square would be available. Hey and if you want to have a vamp in the role maybe Ute Lemper could bring soemthing to the mix as a German madame. hahahahahaha

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 6/5/06 at 10:20pm

Bernadette would be nice, but Reba McEntire would be better.

OUCH.

Maybe Bernadette could go at it first. Reba could replace her. Then win the McEntire Tony Award.
Updated On: 6/5/06 at 10:20 PM

[blaxx]

Posted: 6/5/06 at 10:22pm

Audra McDonald? What a bizarre casting choice.
It's like saying, Daphne Rubin-Vega as Fantine...

[acrocksyo]

Posted: 6/5/06 at 10:33pm

It's like saying, Daphne Rubin-Vega as Fantine...

Brilliant!

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 6/5/06 at 10:33pm

BSoBW2 - You`re right! Just like they did on Annie Get Your Gun! (NO SARCASIM INTENDED)

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 6/5/06 at 10:33pm

BSoBW2 - You`re right! Just like they did on Annie Get Your Gun! (NO SARCASIM INTENDED)

Posted: 6/5/06 at 11:20pm

"Audra McDonald? What a bizarre casting choice."

No more bizarre than Audra Mcdonald as Lizzie

[allofmylife]

Posted: 6/5/06 at 11:43pm

Damn, that show was fun.The band was wonderful and Tommy Tune's direction and choreography was hilarious. And Henderson Forsythe was the FILTHIEST man to ever grace Broadway. He was so delicious with those "I'll whump you so low you'll have to roll down your sox to s**t" lines.

A funny saide, they had a big sign on the top of the 46th Street Theater which just read "WHOREHOUSE" and a friend of mine told me at the time that tourists sometimes showed up expecting to find a real brothel.

[alterego]

Posted: 6/6/06 at 12:48am

I could see Megan Mulally as Miss Mona. Peters would come across as a little girl playing dress-ups.

[philcrosby]

Posted: 6/6/06 at 10:05am

As to some previous posters suggestions, dear Anita Morris passed away many years ago, and Fannie Flagg did play the role on tour years ago.

It's funny, but with the current conservative climate in America right now, I am not sure Whorehouse would be a hit. The Ann-Margret tour was extremely faithful to the original (whether you liked her or not) and didn't do gangbusters on the road.

[Calvin]

Posted: 6/6/06 at 10:48am

I still hold that Beverly D'Angelo would be a fabulous Mona.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 6/6/06 at 11:17am

Two reasons the Ann Margret tour failed:

Ann Margret was beyond awful.

It was too faithful to the original production. The staging needs to be dusted off and updated considerably. It comes across as dated and flat. Jack O'Brien, Jerry Mitchell or Des MacAnuff could probably breathe some new life into the show and make it a commercial success.

I changed my mind. Bernadette is just wrong for the part. I'd rather see her play Dolly.

Calvin - Can Beverly sing? That's an interesting idea. Not so sure she'd sell tickets, though. For that matter, Sally Mayes would make an excellent Mona.

Updated On: 6/6/06 at 11:17 AM