Worst Posstible Casting Ideas

[wicked1492]

Worst Posstible Casting Ideas#1

Posted: 7/7/09 at 6:05pm

What's the worst possible casting for a revival that you can think of? Celebrity or Broadway Star, whatever.

"These rabid fans...possess the acting talent to portray the hooker...Linda Eder..." -The New York Times

[Jordan Catalano]

re: Worst Posstible Casting Ideas#2

Posted: 7/7/09 at 6:10pm

Patti LuPone in SWEENEY TODD

[boyfromoz2]

re: Worst Posstible Casting Ideas#2

Posted: 7/7/09 at 6:43pm

Paris Hilton in THE APPLE TREE

[mariusmyhomeboy]

re: Worst Posstible Casting Ideas#3

Posted: 7/7/09 at 6:50pm

Daphne Rubin-Vega in Les Miserables

Your latest 7in sounds obscene unless you spin it at a 45.

[LittleBitRacist]

re: Worst Posstible Casting Ideas#4

Posted: 7/7/09 at 6:53pm

the next to normal movie starring MILEY CYRUS as NATALIE and NICK JONAS as GABE

[BrodyFosse123]

re: Worst Posstible Casting Ideas#5

Posted: 7/7/09 at 6:54pm

Faith Prince in THE LITTLE MERMAID.

Just as was the case with her starring in the ill-fated Broadway revival of BELLS ARE RINGING -- idea worked better in our heads than on stage.

[larry64]

re: Worst Posstible Casting Ideas#6

Posted: 7/7/09 at 6:55pm

CHRISTIAN HOFF

is

PAL JOEY!

[Weez]

re: Worst Posstible Casting Ideas#7

Posted: 7/7/09 at 6:56pm

At least Nick Jonas has done Broadway. Joe would be a far scarier prospect. O_O

Notes from the Earlham Street Gutter

[LittleBitRacist]

re: Worst Posstible Casting Ideas#8

Posted: 7/7/09 at 7:02pm

i really don't know the difference between any of the jonas brothers, hahah

[binau]

re: Worst Posstible Casting Ideas#9

Posted: 7/7/09 at 7:09pm

SWEENEY TODD 2010 REVIVAL:

Starring

IDINA MENZEL as Mrs Lovett

JOSH GROBAN as Sweeney Todd

Give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch.

[brochatkid]

re: Worst Posstible Casting Ideas#10

Posted: 7/7/09 at 7:11pm

Imaginary: Bailey Hanks as Florence in Chess.

Real: Harvey Fierstien in Fiddler on the Roof.

[Fosse76]

re: Worst Posstible Casting Ideas#11

Posted: 7/7/09 at 7:19pm

Mario Lopez in A Chorus Line
Katie Holmes in, well, anything

[desiree armfeldt]

re: Worst Posstible Casting Ideas#12

Posted: 7/7/09 at 7:26pm

joe's been on broadway as well, actually.

[Tateh]

re: Worst Posstible Casting Ideas#13

Posted: 7/7/09 at 7:29pm

Daphne Rubin Vega as Fantine
Josh Groban and Idina as Anatoly and Florence

[Soliantu]

re: Worst Posstible Casting Ideas#14

Posted: 7/7/09 at 7:34pm

worst possible casting: Rosie O'Donnell in anything on Broadway.. not that she belongs in tv or film either..

[iflip4musicals]

re: Worst Posstible Casting Ideas#15

Posted: 7/7/09 at 7:48pm

Paris Hilton as Mame

"I've never encountered such religiously, you know, loyal fans as Broadway musical theater fans. It's amazing." --Allison Janney

[mybigsplash]

re: Worst Posstible Casting Ideas#16

Posted: 7/7/09 at 8:09pm

Harvey Fierstein
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Billy Elliot!

Stephen: "Could you grab me a coffee?" Me: "Would you like that with all the colors of the wind?"

[Lumen2]

re: Worst Posstible Casting Ideas#17

Posted: 7/7/09 at 8:58pm

Wasn't Susan Lucci in "Annie Get Your Gun"?

If so...enough said.

[Gothampc]

re: Worst Posstible Casting Ideas#18

Posted: 7/7/09 at 9:04pm

Imaginary: Elaine Stritch in Oh! Calcutta!

Real: Several of the replacements in Chicago (Melanie Griffith)

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[gvendo2005]

re: Worst Posstible Casting Ideas#19

Posted: 7/7/09 at 9:43pm

This one goes out to anyone who ever heard the original cast of Godspell.

Lamar Alford as Collins in Rent

"There is no problem so big that it cannot be run away from." ~ Charles M. Schulz

[bwayfan7000]

re: Worst Posstible Casting Ideas#20

Posted: 7/7/09 at 9:46pm

Kerry Butler as Mama Rose. Love Kerry Butler, but that would be bad casting...

"Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos."-Stephen Sondheim

[dg22894]

re: Worst Posstible Casting Ideas#21

Posted: 7/7/09 at 9:52pm

I liked mario in a chorus line...

Felicia P Fields as Elphaba
rosie in ANYTHING
Stockard Channing in Pal Joey

[ghostlight2]

re: Worst Possible Casting Ideas#22

Posted: 7/7/09 at 10:01pm

Mario was a very bad choice. ACL requires an actor, not dimples.

"Paris Hilton in THE APPLE TREE"

Who'd want to see Paris Hilton in The Apple Tree?




Updated On: 7/7/09 at 10:01 PM

[rjjn]

re: Worst Possible Casting Ideas#23

Posted: 7/7/09 at 11:21pm

I agree with Rosie, especially with Fiddler on the Roof. From what I heard that was an awful choice.

"Rather than ignore those who choose to publish their opinions without actually talking to me, I am happy to dispel any rumors or misconceptions and am quite proud to say that I am a very content gay man living my life to the fullest and feel most fortunate to be working with wonderful people in the business I love." -Neil Patrick Harris

[madbrian]

re: Worst Possible Casting Ideas#24

Posted: 7/7/09 at 11:30pm

"I agree with Rosie, especially with Fiddler on the Roof. From what I heard that was an awful choice."

She wasn't as bad as Harvey was as Tevye.

"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg." -- Thomas Jefferson