Why didn't they hire Bernadette in the first place?- Page 2
Why didn't they hire Bernadette in the first place?
#25Why didn't they hire Bernadette in the first place?
Posted: 7/14/10 at 2:27pmBecause Catherine Zeta-Jones is the greatest stage actress since Helen Effin' Morgan. Don't you read these boards???
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
bryan2
Broadway Star Joined: 12/19/06
#26Why didn't they hire Bernadette in the first place?
Posted: 7/14/10 at 3:53pmLove Bernie great broadway star...but she is not in the same league as CZJ as far as getting seats sold...curiosity alone , but CJZ has the goods. BP is a bit old ,60, on paper she does not seem like a good choice but look at her she looks 40...as far as star Angela is the queen of the American theater all her tony awards gives her that status
#27Why didn't they hire Bernadette in the first place?
Posted: 7/14/10 at 6:25pmAnd she had a supporting role in "Annie" (as Tim Curry's sister, no less!) with Carol Burnett.
#28Why didn't they hire Bernadette in the first place?
Posted: 7/14/10 at 6:35pmCome on, CZJ won a Tony award and was greatly praised - why SHOULD theyhave hired Bernadette in the first place?
moljul
Broadway Star Joined: 5/28/03
#29Why didn't they hire Bernadette in the first place?
Posted: 7/14/10 at 6:35pmLOL Carol Burnett and Tim Curry played brother and sister in Annie. If Tim and Bernadette's characters were siblings, well, that would just be icky.
#30Why didn't they hire Bernadette in the first place?
Posted: 7/14/10 at 6:36pmYes, but I doubt that many people came out of Annie saying "Wow! That one lady who sang harmonies and a few solo lines in 'Easy Street' was amazing! I will see her in any project!"
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#31Why didn't they hire Bernadette in the first place?
Posted: 7/14/10 at 6:39pmJones is probably more marketable to tourists than Peters might be a reason.
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#32Why didn't they hire Bernadette in the first place?
Posted: 7/14/10 at 7:33pm
Because, besides her unfortunately pefrormed "Send in the Clowns", CZJ was phenomenal in the role.
Updated On: 7/14/10 at 07:33 PM
#33Why didn't they hire Bernadette in the first place?
Posted: 7/14/10 at 7:46pm
This thread looks to be a lock that CZJ should of got the nod.
Does anyone know if ALNM has recouped yet?
alterego
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/03
#34Why didn't they hire Bernadette in the first place?
Posted: 7/14/10 at 8:41pmThe casting of both Peters and Stritch is a joke, neither has the class required (particularly Stritch) to make their characters believable.
#35Why didn't they hire Bernadette in the first place?
Posted: 7/14/10 at 8:43pmHaving actually seen them in their roles, I can say you're dead freaking wrong.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
Q
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/3/05
#36Why didn't they hire Bernadette in the first place?
Posted: 7/14/10 at 8:57pm
"The casting of both Peters and Stritch is a joke, neither has the class required"
WTF?!?!?
I would accept this and pass over it from a troll, but you aren't new to this board! Really?!?
#37Why didn't they hire Bernadette in the first place?
Posted: 7/14/10 at 9:32pm
In regards to byebyebaby's comment about the average person not know who Bernadette Peters is, I disagree. I knew who she was before I became a theatre goer. My parents know who she is and they don't pay attention to B'way.
If people don't know the name directly or her work directly, they know the beautiful woman with the curly red locks :)
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#39Why didn't they hire Bernadette in the first place?
Posted: 7/14/10 at 9:58pm
I've known who Bernadette was all my life. Part of that was probably the Muppet Show though 
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#40Why didn't they hire Bernadette in the first place?
Posted: 7/14/10 at 10:16pmMiss Piggy would make a great Desiree.
garyl
Understudy Joined: 7/12/07
philly03
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/07
#42Why didn't they hire Bernadette in the first place?
Posted: 7/14/10 at 11:50pm
"In regards to byebyebaby's comment about the average person not know who Bernadette Peters is, I disagree. I knew who she was before I became a theatre goer. My parents know who she is and they don't pay attention to B'way.
If people don't know the name directly or her work directly, they know the beautiful woman with the curly red locks :)"
I agree... I think the majority of people know WHO Bernadette is, they just have no idea why she is famous. Doesn't she have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as well? A lot of people usually remember her for her speaking voice as well... very distinct.
But Zeta-Jones was a bigger name, and as others said, they wanted to cast younger!
philcrosby
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/17/04
#43Why didn't they hire Bernadette in the first place?
Posted: 7/15/10 at 2:46pm
Kids, if they had wanted to do it Nunn's preferred way, Hannah Waddingham would have repeated role. (Why do you think they did all that work to get her here earlier in Spamalot?)
But this is Broadway, babies. While art matters, it is a for-profit business. No one does it to lose money. The reason this show got on is because of Zeta-Jones as Desiree. Lansbury was probably a key to get CZJ to sign, but still it was CZJ's name that sold the tickets.
Look at La Cage for another example. Rave reviews in London for the show and especially for Douglas Hodge. What was got it on in NYC? Kelsey Grammer signing on to play Georges. THAT is the big name ... at least to producers and, my guess is, for and most audience members too.
Peters are Stritch are, in this case, a good replacement cast. They'll sell some tickets to the curious, and hopefully Stritch will learn her lines. But had they gotten them, a team like Gwyneth Paltrow and Blythe Danner would have gotten a lot more ink. (And would have been amazing, IMHO).
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