Your Dream Cast for a Show- Page 3

[binau]

re: Your Dream Cast for a Show#50

Posted: 11/23/08 at 3:03pm

SWEENEY TODD

Sweeney: Anthony Warlow

Lovett: Bernadette Peters

Especially Bernadette, please play this role before you die!!!!!11

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

[spiritx33]

re: Your Dream Cast for a Show#51

Posted: 11/23/08 at 11:42pm

"Guys. You can't suggest Heidi for EVERY part. Elphaba? Seriously?"

Actually, I can't say that I wouldn't be interested in hearing Heidi rock "Defying Gravity".

[dg22894]

re: Your Dream Cast for a Show#52

Posted: 1/13/09 at 5:56pm

Anything Goes

Hope- Joanna Gleason
Reno-Madonna
Billy- Johnathan Groff

[theaterkid1015]

re: Your Dream Cast for a Show#53

Posted: 1/13/09 at 6:08pm

PASSION:

Clara: Laura Benanti
Fosca: Love to see like Claire Danes or Kate Winslet. Or, Martha Plimpton? It seems her voice sits lower. Honestly, I just want whomever I cast in this little dream of mine to act the hell out of it.
Giorgio: I wouldn't mind seeing what Brian D'Arcy James did with the part, but my dream production would have to happen soon for that to work.

Some people paint, some people sew, I meddle.

[Unknown User]

re: Your Dream Cast for a Show#54

Posted: 1/14/09 at 1:00pm

I want to see Mary Testa as Rose in Gypsy, Sally Adams in Call Me Madame and Mame in Mame. I don't understand why she's not a HUGE star. She is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!

[dg22894]

re: Your Dream Cast for a Show#55

Posted: 1/17/09 at 3:13pm

Bye Bye Birdie
Rosie Alvarez - Melora Hardin
Albert Peterson - Gavin Creel
Kim MacAfee - Deleny Moro (Kendra from 13)
Mae Peterson - Debra Monk
Harry MacAfee - Oliver Platt
Hugo Peabody - Ben Wright
Conrad Birdie - Cheyenne Jackson

[Broadwayboy2631]

re: Your Dream Cast for a Show#56

Posted: 1/17/09 at 4:25pm

""A Streetcar Named Desire"
Blanche DuBois - CATE BLANCHETT
Stanley Kowalski - CHRISTIAN BALE
Stella Kowalski - MARY-LOUISE PARKER
Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell - JOHN C. REILI"

That cast makes me cream my pants a little bit.

[Renart]

re: Your Dream Cast for a Show#57

Posted: 2/26/09 at 3:00pm

On the Twentieth Century:
Oscar Jaffe - Kevin Kline
Lily Garland - Audra MacDonald
Bruce Granit - Brian d'Arcy James
Mrs. Primrose - Andrea Martin

Fiorello:
Fiorello LaGuardia - Nathan Lane

Oh, Captain!:
Capt Henry St. James - Martin Short

[doubleentendre]

re: Your Dream Cast for a Show#58

Posted: 2/26/09 at 3:28pm

The Goodbye Girl:

Elliot: Malcolm Getts
Paula: Heidi Blickenstaff


Would be epic.

[broadway86]

re: Your Dream Cast for a Show#59

Posted: 8/5/09 at 12:03pm

Updated On: 9/23/09 at 12:03 PM

[millie_dillmount]

re: Your Dream Cast for a Show#60

Posted: 8/5/09 at 12:40pm

I know this particular comment was posted a year ago, but I laughed in my head at this:

"Javert/Young cosette- Dakota Fanning"

"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611

[AndAllThatJazz22]

re: Your Dream Cast for a Show#61

Posted: 8/5/09 at 12:55pm

Next to Normal
Diana: Daphne Rubin-Vega
Dan: Norbert Leo Butz
Gabe: Hunter Parish
Henry: Jonathan B. Wright
Dr Milton/Fine: ?
Natalie: ?

*Waits to be eaten*

"There's nothing good on. The media hates Christmas. The media loves vampires, though. Maybe they will show a Twilight Christmas."
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.

[TheatreFreak05]

re: Your Dream Cast for a Show#62

Posted: 8/5/09 at 2:56pm

PIPPIN

Pippin: Michael Arden

Fastrada: Rachel York or Julia Murney

Bertha: Carol Channing

Catherine: Laura Benanti

Leaading Player: ????

[brochatkid]

re: Your Dream Cast for a Show#63

Posted: 8/5/09 at 6:10pm

Leading Player could be Rogelio Douglas, Jr. I love that guy.

[vodkastinger]

re: Your Dream Cast for a Show#64

Posted: 8/5/09 at 10:27pm

The Broadway Debut of "A New Brain" (which would have to play at Circle in the Square, with this dream cast that plays in my brain)

Gordo- An unknown/Broadway debut
Rhoda- Ann Harada
Roger- Manoel Feliciano
Mother- Joanna Gleason
The Nice Nurse- Ernie Sabella
Waitress/The Thin Nurse- Laura Osnes
The Homeless Woman- Tonya Pinkins
The Doctor- Richard Kind
The Minister- Tituss Burgess

[Eleah]

re: Your Dream Cast for a Show#65

Posted: 8/6/09 at 1:54am

The Last 5 Years
Jamie: Raul Esparza
Kathy: Heidi Blickenstaff

The Pajama Game
Sid Sorokin- Cheyenne Jackson
Babe- Kristin Chenoweth
Heinzie- Hunter Bell
Gladys- Sutton Foster
Prez- Norbert Leo Butz
Mabel- Mary Testa
Mae- unknown/broadway debut

[broadway86]

re: Your Dream Cast for a Show#66

Posted: 9/23/09 at 12:39pm

HAIR

Berger - ZACHARY QUINTO
Sheila - JESSICA BIEL
Claude - BRANDON BOYD (yes, I think the Incubus frontman would be a brilliant Claude)
Jeannie - BIJOU PHILLIPS
Woof - JON FOSTER
Hud - MEHCAD BROOKS
Dionne - LaTOYA LONDON
Crissy - AMANDA SEYFRIED

[wicked1492]

re: Your Dream Cast for a Show#67

Posted: 9/23/09 at 12:58pm

SIDE SHOW
Heidi Blickenstaff
Susan Blackwell

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

[gabrieljwickedone]

re: Your Dream Cast for a Show #68

Posted: 11/21/11 at 2:37am

SWEENEY TODD-
Sweeney Todd: Tom Wopat
Mrs. Lovett: Bernadette Peters
Anthony: Josh Groban
Johanna: Kendra Kaussenbaum
Toby: Ben Wright
Judge Turpin: Joel Grey
Beadle Bamford: Kevin Chamerlin
Pirelli: Alan Cumming
Beggar Woman: Susan Lucci

BURLESQUE (The Film Adapted for Las Vegas)-
Ali: Sara Mikkelsen [She will be famous someday]
Tess: Stephanie J. Block
Marcus Gerber: Norbert Leo Butz
Jack Miller: Aaron Tveit
Georgia: Becky Gulsvig
Nikki: Annaleigh Ashford
Sean: Roger Bart

INTO THE WOODS-
Narrator/Mysterious Man: Dick Van Dyke
Witch: Meryl Streep or Catherine Zeta Jones
Cinderella: Anne Hathaway
Jack: Jamie Campbell Bower
Baker: Robin Williams
Baker's Wife: Goldie Hawn
Jack's Mother: Roseanne Barr
Little Red Ridinghood: Jeanette McCurdy
Cinderella's Prince/Wolf: Johnny Depp
Rapuunzel's Prince: James Marsden
Rapunzel: Jayne Wiesner
Giant: Susan Sarandon

[ILOHTFAHA (Aida Man)]

re: Your Dream Cast for a Show #69

Posted: 11/21/11 at 3:10am

"Gypsy"
Rose-Bebe Neuwirth
Herbie-Chip Zein
Louise-Sierra Boggess
June-Lauren Ashley Zakrin
Tulsa-James Carpenello

"Once Upon a Mattress"
Queen Aggravain-Donna Murphy
Princess Winnifred-Hilary Duff
Prince Dauntless-Drew Seeley
Sir Harry-Adam Perry
Lady Larkin-Sierra Boggess
King Sextimus-Roger Rees
The Minstrel-Tituss Burgess
The Jester-Christopher Fitzgerald
The Wizard-Daniel Davis

"Nine"
Guido-Tom Cavenaugh
Luisa-Ashley Brown
Carla-Sierra Boggess
Claudia-Brandi Burkhardt
Lilli-Bebe Neuwirth
Mama-Florence Hendersen
Sarageina-Mary Testa

[henrikegerman]

re: Your Dream Cast for a Show #70

Posted: 11/21/11 at 8:24am

August: Osage County

Violet Weston: Jessica Lange
Beverly Weston: Sam Shepard
Ivy Weston: Amy Ryan
Barbara Fordham: Laurie Metcalf
Karen Weston: Carrie Preston
Bill Fordham: Bryan Cranston
Jean Fordham: Hailee Steinfeld
Steve Heidebrecht: James Spader
Mattie Fae Aiken: Kate Nelligan
Charlie Aiken: Stacey Keach
"Little" Charles Aiken: Thomas Sadoski
Johnna Monevata: Keisha Castle-Hughes
Deon Gilbeau: Kyle Chandler


Updated On: 11/22/11 at 08:24 AM

[ILOHTFAHA (Aida Man)]

re: Your Dream Cast for a Show #71

Posted: 11/21/11 at 8:38am

Les Miserables (movie that is)
Jean Valjean-Hugh Jackman (CONFIRMED)
Javert-Russell Crowe (CONFIRMED)
Fantine-Anne Hathaway (CONFIRMED)
Madame Thenardier-Helena Bonham Carter
Thenardier-Geoffrey Rush
Enjolras-Jonas Armstrong
Marius-Eddie Redmayne (CONFIRMED)
Eponine-Riley Keough
Cosette-Lily Collins

[gvendo2005]

re: Your Dream Cast for a Show #72

Posted: 11/21/11 at 9:06am

Tanz der Vampire (in a revamped English version closer to the German original)

In order of appearance
Alfred.......Daniel Radcliffe
Abronsius....Gary Beach
Chagal.......Billy Crystal
Magda........Emmy Rossum
Rebecca......Carol Kane
Sarah........Anne Hathaway
Krolock......Hugh Jackman
Koukol.......Andy Serkis
Herbert......Neil Patrick Harris

Justification
RADCLIFFE: Okay, so he's not the strongest singer in the world. The acting will for the most part carry him through this one, and the role is so right for his type that it's unreal.

BEACH: Okay, this is a little different from both Rene Auberjonois in DOTV and the conventional "Albert Einstein sprinkled with snow" types that the German version has always cast, in homage to Polanski's film. A) I wanted to see something different done with Abronsius, and B) who plays a pompous stuffed-shirt idiot better than Gary Beach?

CRYSTAL & KANE: I'm not gonna lie, I just wanted to see them together in something other than The Princess Bride, and it helps that they would play the shit out of these parts, especially with the longer Brechtian Act Two number in the crypt.

ROSSUM: Generic pretty lady with semi-decent voice.

HATHAWAY: Oh come on, this is the obvious heroine type, and everyone else in this thread has used her to their own ends.

JACKMAN: The best decision possible. He has excellent "crossover appeal" (having had a successful film and stage career, so would attract both types of audiences) which would be good for ticket sales, has a pretty strong legitimate singing voice, can do his own dancing (as proven in both The Boy from Oz and Oklahoma!), and has great personal "presence" as an actor and can play both the "darker" and "lighter" aspects of Krolock's personality. In addition, he looks pretty damn sexy with long, flowing hair (Van Helsing, etc.).

SERKIS: Well, come on, what was I gonna do, stiff Ken Jennings with the horror movie hunchback version of Tobias? Let's cast this guy with someone who looks like he stepped out of a horror film.

HARRIS: All the criticism of Herbert as a stereotypical homosexual would go out the window with Harris' slightly menacing, very "straight" portrayal of a predator who happens to bite men's necks exclusively. You'll feel more frightened for Alfred than busy holding back a groan over Herbert.

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

[ILOHTFAHA (Aida Man)]

re: Your Dream Cast for a Show #73

Posted: 11/21/11 at 11:06am

The Three Musketeers (An English version of the German and Dutch Musical)

D'Artagnan-Hunter Parrish
Milady de Winter-Idina Menzel
Richelieu-Hugh Panero
Athos-Adam Pascal
Aramis-Drew Sarich
Pothos-Ben Crawford
Constance-Sophie Evans
King Louis-Aaron Lazar
Queen Anna-Sierra Boggess

[BroadwayFan12]

re: Your Dream Cast for a Show #74

Posted: 11/21/11 at 12:46pm

Looking back on this thread, it's interesting that Bernadette Peters and Leigh Ann Larkin were suggested for Desiree and Petra. They were both stellar in those roles, IMO.