Ariana DeBose to lead THE BAKER'S WIFE at Classic Stage Company
Ariana DeBose to lead THE BAKER'S WIFE at Classic Stage Company
KevinKlawitter
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/21/20
#2Ariana DeBose to lead THE BAKER'S WIFE at Classic Stage Company
Posted: 8/8/25 at 10:40am
Given how rough her film career has been going lately, it’s about time someone released DeBose from Hollywood.
#3Ariana DeBose to lead THE BAKER'S WIFE at Classic Stage Company
Posted: 8/8/25 at 10:49am
Jeffrey Karasarides said: "Given how rough her film career has been going lately, it’s about time someone released DeBose from Hollywood."
Yeah, I'm shocked it's taken her this long to return to the stage.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
Falsettolands
Leading Actor Joined: 11/18/13
#4Ariana DeBose to lead THE BAKER'S WIFE at Classic Stage Company
Posted: 8/8/25 at 11:04am
And from what I've heard, the rest of the cast is an absolute delight. Mostly entirely CSC "musical" veterans
#5Ariana DeBose to lead THE BAKER'S WIFE at Classic Stage Company
Posted: 8/8/25 at 11:07am
Was really, really moved by this production in London (despite some lukewarm reviews) - praying that this gets stacked with some top-tier talent and they give us an equally top-tier cast recording that this musical deserves!
#6Ariana DeBose to lead THE BAKER'S WIFE at Classic Stage Company
Posted: 8/8/25 at 11:16am
A little surprised at choice of show and venue for a recentish Oscar winner - not exactly Jamie Lloyd Evita and would be shocked if it had Broadway prospects. But I guess you have to go where the work is available :).
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
verywellthensigh
Broadway Star Joined: 6/14/22
#7Ariana DeBose to lead THE BAKER'S WIFE at Classic Stage Company
Posted: 8/8/25 at 11:26am
Oh, good! Maybe the show will work this time!
Dolly80
Broadway Star Joined: 5/15/11
#8Ariana DeBose to lead THE BAKER'S WIFE at Classic Stage Company
Posted: 8/8/25 at 11:26am
My god, this production was so bad. Sorry New York.
Im amazed this is what she decides to do, rather than a better part and musical.
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#9Ariana DeBose to lead THE BAKER'S WIFE at Classic Stage Company
Posted: 8/8/25 at 12:19pm
Falsettolands said: "And from what I've heard, the rest of the cast is an absolute delight. Mostly entirely CSC "musical" veterans"
Can confirm, it’s going to be an event. I love this show and Ariana is perfect for it. Looking forward.
#10Ariana DeBose to lead THE BAKER'S WIFE at Classic Stage Company
Posted: 8/8/25 at 12:22pm
ACL2006 said: "Jeffrey Karasarides said: "Given how rough her film career has been going lately, it’s about time someone released DeBose from Hollywood."
Yeah, I'm shocked it's taken her this long to return to the stage."
I mean it's all but confirmed that she was gonna do Spider Woman until the estates and John Kander got a better offer (film adaption with a much bigger star).
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#11Ariana DeBose to lead THE BAKER'S WIFE at Classic Stage Company
Posted: 8/8/25 at 12:25pm
i think it makes sense. Can sell out relatively quick. Stacked cast. Create an event hype.
inception
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/13
#12Ariana DeBose to lead THE BAKER'S WIFE at Classic Stage Company
Posted: 8/8/25 at 1:08pm
Monday flying home from San Fran I watched her movie Love Hurts on the plane - what a turd. She needs a better agent. Even this - when I finally listened to the London cast recording, with the exception of a couple songs, it really seems like a lousy show. Who do you root for? At the end SPOLERS
you really aren't happy she goes back to her husband, he seems like such an a-hole.
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#13Ariana DeBose to lead THE BAKER'S WIFE at Classic Stage Company
Posted: 8/8/25 at 1:25pm
Love her and glad she’s returning to Broadway after some truly god awful film choices. Not sure she’d be my first choice to hear sing Meadowlark but willing to be proven wrong!
"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards
#14Ariana DeBose to lead THE BAKER'S WIFE at Classic Stage Company
Posted: 8/8/25 at 1:28pm
Ke3 said: "ACL2006 said: "Jeffrey Karasarides said: "Given how rough her film career has been going lately, it’s about time someone released DeBose from Hollywood."
Yeah, I'm shocked it's taken her this long to return to the stage."
I mean it's all but confirmed that she was gonna do Spider Woman until the estates and John Kander got abetter offer (film adaption with a much bigger star)."
Isn’t she supposed to do Spiderwoman next year in the UK?
Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist.
Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino.
This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more.
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Tex5
Swing Joined: 12/16/20
#15Ariana DeBose to lead THE BAKER'S WIFE at Classic Stage Company
Posted: 8/8/25 at 1:50pmUpdated On: 8/8/25 at 01:50 PM
Tex5
Swing Joined: 12/16/20
#16Ariana DeBose to lead THE BAKER'S WIFE at Classic Stage Company
Posted: 8/8/25 at 1:59pm
Sutton Ross said: "Falsettolands said: "And from what I've heard, the rest of the cast is an absolute delight. Mostly entirely CSC "musical" veterans"
Can confirm, it’s going to be an event. I love this show and Ariana is perfect for it. Looking forward."
I could not disagree with you more. Disappointing news!: I've always found DeBose off-putting and her talent overestimated. When it was announced in June that CSC was doing The Baker's Wife, I purchased a FlexPass for their upcoming season, a decision I now regret.
#17Ariana DeBose to lead THE BAKER'S WIFE at Classic Stage Company
Posted: 8/9/25 at 9:42am
rosscoe(au) said: "Isn’t she supposed to do Spider Woman next year in the U.K.?"
So this was the first time I came across this particular rumor. I looked it up, and only really found it discussed in the Theatre Board as well as this.
https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/anna-jane-casey-to-star-in-new-revival-of-kiss-of-the-spider-woman_1689222/
KevinKlawitter
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/21/20
BorisTomashevsky
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/30/22
#19Ariana DeBose to lead THE BAKER'S WIFE at Classic Stage Company
Posted: 8/14/25 at 12:25pm
KevinKlawitter said: "Scott Bakula joins the cast"
Oh that’s fantastic.
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#20Ariana DeBose to lead THE BAKER'S WIFE at Classic Stage Company
Posted: 8/14/25 at 12:33pm
From a 'type' perspective, I think she's actually ideally cast. She's a beauty but also a little flinty and that works really well for Genevieve. I don't know her voice that well, but if she can handle the score (and I think she probably can), I think this is actually an perfect role for her. Plus...Scott Bakula!
I got to see this production at the Menier...last summer was it? And I really enjoyed it. I have a deep love for this show, having played the baker in college. I got real emotional during the show both because I find the show (as silly as it can be) very moving and also because of the amazing memories I have of that time in college. The only thing I beg of Gordon Greenberg is to put Endless Delights back. I truly believe without it, you don't get the progression of Genevieve realizing, even in the moments of passion, that this relationship is superficial and unfulfilling. Without it, Where is the Warmth comes out of nowhere.
JSquared2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/23/17
#21Ariana DeBose to lead THE BAKER'S WIFE at Classic Stage Company
Posted: 8/14/25 at 12:33pm
Is there anyone who is a CSC member and can report back on how sales are going? Is this going to be an impossible ticket?
inception
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/13
#22Ariana DeBose to lead THE BAKER'S WIFE at Classic Stage Company
Posted: 8/14/25 at 1:49pm
Do members have access to the performance calendar yet?
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itsahopi
Stand-by Joined: 11/19/06
#23Ariana DeBose to lead THE BAKER'S WIFE at Classic Stage Company
Posted: 8/15/25 at 1:30pm
Gordon Greenberg? Woof. No thanks.
Owen22
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/24/11
#24Ariana DeBose to lead THE BAKER'S WIFE at Classic Stage Company
Posted: 8/15/25 at 1:43pm
I saw this last September at the Menier in London. Lucy Jones was miscast which threw the balance of the show off, but it was as good a version of this little-nothing-of-a-show-with-a-delightful score as we're going to get. Ariana is much earthier thusly a better choice for Genevieve and Bakula is perfect. And it will not be seen in New York again for a long, long, long time. So if you've ever wanted to see it, now is the time.
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