Your Dream Cast(s)
Your Dream Cast(s)
NYC_or_Bust
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/8/05
#0Your Dream Cast(s)
Posted: 3/26/05 at 12:14am
I saw a post that made me think about my dream cast for particular shows; any contributions (make sure you list the show)
My Dream Cast: A Little Night Music
Desiree-Bernadette Peters
Frederik-Mark Jacoby
Mme. Armfeldt-Angela Lansbury or Harriet Harris
Frederika-Jessica Grove
The Count-Marc Kudisch
Petra-Nadine Isenegger
Charlotte-Heather Lee
Henrik-Gavin Creel
I adore the black band holding on the Phantom's mask. ~ Jenna2
#1re: Your Dream Cast(s)
Posted: 3/26/05 at 12:34am
They have these all the time, im glad we can choos the show this time instead of it being picked for us.
Sweeney Todd
Todd - Me
Lovett - My friend Jael (bwayballerina on this site)
Tobias - Neil Patrick Harris
Anthony - Hugh Panaro
Johanna - Kristin Chenoweth (shes too old though)
Judge - The Original Edwyn Lyndeck
Beggar Women - Audra Mcdonald
<------ Me and my friends with patti Lupone at my friends afterparty for her concert with audra mcdonald during the summer of 2007.
"I am sorry but it is an unjust world and virtue is only triumphant in theatricle performances" The Mikado
"I am sorry but it is an unjust world and virtue is only triumphant in theatricle performances" The Mikado
renthead2005z
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/2/05
#2re: Your Dream Cast(s)
Posted: 3/26/05 at 12:35am
the last five years
Ava
Andy Meeks
"Why do we play with fire?-Why do we run our fingers through the flame?"
NYC_or_Bust
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/8/05
#3re: Your Dream Cast(s)
Posted: 3/26/05 at 12:38amSorry if this is a post that gets on here all the time, but I've not even been a member for a month yet and at the rate people post messages, there's no way i could look in the other pages to check if a post has already been made....just thought i'd throw that out there.
I adore the black band holding on the Phantom's mask. ~ Jenna2
#4re: Your Dream Cast(s)
Posted: 3/26/05 at 12:45am
LSoH
Seymour- Hunter Foster or Anthony Rapp
Audrey- Tari Kelly
Orin et al- Steve Martin (when he was younger)
Mushnik- Lenny Wolpe
Audrey 2- Micheal James Leslie
Urchins- Carla J. Hargrove, Trisha Jeffrey and DeQuina Moore
I wanted to get something that an "ex"-junkie like him would really appreciate and cherish....it's a brick of heroin shaped like a heart.
-Scrubs
NYC_or_Bust
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/8/05
#5re: Your Dream Cast(s)
Posted: 3/26/05 at 12:46amhaha, when has steve martin ever been young?? just playin
I adore the black band holding on the Phantom's mask. ~ Jenna2
#6re: Your Dream Cast(s)
Posted: 3/26/05 at 12:52amhaha NYC. :-P
I wanted to get something that an "ex"-junkie like him would really appreciate and cherish....it's a brick of heroin shaped like a heart.
-Scrubs
#7re: Your Dream Cast(s)
Posted: 3/26/05 at 1:53am
More to come...
"Footloose"
Ren McCormack - USHER RAYMOND
Ariel Moore - MANDY MOORE
Rev. Shaw Moore - DAVID SOUL
Vi Moore - CYBILL SHEPARD
Willard Hewitt - TOPHER GRACE
Rusty - KELLY CLARKSON
Chuck Cranston - MICHAEL PITT
Ethel McCormack - VANESSA WILLIAMS
"Hairspray"
Tracey Turnblad - VANESSA OLIVAREZ
Edna Turnblad - HARVEY FIERSTEIN
Penny Pingelton - LACEY CHABERT
Link Larkin - JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
Wilbur Turnblad - LEN CARIOU
Amber Von Tussle - KIRSTEN DUNST
'Motormouth' Maybelle - PATTI LaBELLE
Seaweed - USHER RAYMOND
Velma Von Tussle - GLENN CLOSE
Corny Collins - DONNY OSMOND
Mrs. Pingleton / Gym Coach / Warden - ANA GASTEYER
"A Streetcar Named Desire"
Blanche DuBois - JOAN ALLEN
Stanley Kowalski - CHRISTIAN BALE
Stella Kowalski - REESE WITHERSPOON
Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell - STEVE ZAHN
"Ragtime"
Coalhouse Walker Jr. - JESSE L. MARTIN
Mother - GLENN CLOSE
Tateh - ROBIN WILLIAMS
Father - KEVIN KLINE
Sarah - DEBORAH COX
Mother's Younger Brother - NEIL PATRICK HARRIS
Emma Goldman - KATHY BATES
Booker T. Washington - DENNIS HAYSBERT
Evelyn Nesbit - ANNE HATHAWAY
Harry Houdini - HUGH JACKMAN
J. P. Morgan - RICHARD GRIFFITHS
Henry Ford - ALAN CUMMING
Grandfather - JACK WARDEN
"Nine"
Guido Contini - ANTONIO BANDERAS
Luisa Contini - MADONNA
Liliane LaFleur - ANNE BANCROFT
CLaudia Neri - SARAH BRIGHTMAN
Carla - JESSICA SIMPSON
Guido's Mother - JULIE ANDREWS
and
Seraghina - QUEEN LATIFAH
"Little Shop of Horrors"
Seymour Krelbourne - JACK NOSEWORTHY
Audrey - MIRA SORVINO
Orin, etc. - CHRIS KATTAN
Mr. Mushnik - ALFRED MOLINA
Urchins - I dunno... Destiny's Child?
"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"
Maggie - ANGELINA JOLIE
Brick - MARK RUFFALO
Big Daddy - BRIAN COX
Big Mama - CAMRYN MANHEIM
"All About Eve"
Margo Channing - KATHLEEN TURNER
Eve Harrington - NAOMI WATTS
Addison DeWitt - ALAN RICKMAN
Karen Richards - VIRGINIA MADSEN
Bill Sampson - DENNIS QUAID
Lloyd Richards - TIM ROBBINS
Birdie Coonan - RHEA PERLMAN
Max Fabian - TIMOTHY SPALL
Claudia Caswell - GRETCHEN MOL
Phoebe - KATE BOSWORTH
Distinguished Actor - CHRISTOPHER LEE
Updated On: 5/12/05 at 01:53 AM
wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
#8re: Your Dream Cast(s)
Posted: 3/26/05 at 2:20amWell, yes, I'd go see your "Footloose" AND your "All About Eve"! Where can I book?
#9re: Your Dream Cast(s)
Posted: 3/26/05 at 2:22am
lol Thanks a lot. It really bugs me that pretty much all of those people will never play those parts. 
wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
#10re: Your Dream Cast(s)
Posted: 3/26/05 at 2:26amNever say never! Whoever thought Harvey would play Tevye?
#11re: Your Dream Cast(s)
Posted: 3/26/05 at 2:28amChristian Bale as Stanley?! I would KILL to see that. That man is great in everything, even in perfect utter crap he's good.
#12re: Your Dream Cast(s)
Posted: 3/26/05 at 2:28am
Very true.
"Christian Bale as Stanley?! I would KILL to see that."
My thoughts exactly.
Updated On: 3/26/05 at 02:28 AM
#13re: Your Dream Cast(s)
Posted: 3/26/05 at 2:35am
Christian Bale is a genius, pure and simple. Even in that unspeakably terrible version of A Midsummer Night's Dream he's surprisingly decent. I have this theory that he's going to fix everything that's gone wrong with the Batman franchise singlehandly (well, maybe with some help from Gary Oldman) this summer. On top of that all, he's a stone fox.
I also love John C. Reilly, so I'd be all about that Streetcar.
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Chrysanthemum62001
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/04
#14re: Your Dream Cast(s)
Posted: 3/26/05 at 3:24am
Actually, I've always thought Raul Esparza would make a great Stanley. Hmm, hey, Bernie!!!! Hook the guy up...
Also, I want to see Michael Cerveris play the Emcee before he (how does one put this politely) passes the appropriate age.
Aaaaaaand, it would be really fun to see the two of them in a show together in which their characters would kiss, but, I'm pretty much saying that just because it would be fun to watch.
"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL
Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
#16re: Your Dream Cast(s)
Posted: 3/26/05 at 8:44am
Proof
Catherine-Mary Louise Parker (nobody, not even Gwyneth, will ever top her)
Robert-Brent Carver
Hal-Ben Shenkman
Claire-Naomi Watts
#17re: Your Dream Cast(s)
Posted: 3/26/05 at 1:12pm
"broadway86 i'm lovin' your casting choices!"
Thank you.
A couple more...
"Burn This"
Pale - ROBERT DOWNEY JR. (or EDWARD NORTON)
Anna - ASHLEY JUDD
Burton - CHRISTOPHER MELONI
Larry - DALLAS ROBERTS
"The Shadow Box"
Joe - KEVIN SPACEY
Maggie - EDIE FALCO
Steven - TREVOR MORGAN
Agnes - MARISA TOMEI
Brian - TIMOTHY HUTTON
Felicity - MARIAN SELDES
Mark - BILLY CRUDUP
"Wicked" (don't shoot)
Elphaba - CHRISTINA AGUILERA
Glinda - LAUREN AMBROSE
The Wizard - RICHARD DREYFUSS
Fiyero - HEATH LEDGER
Mme. Morrible - JUDI DENCH
Nessarose - MANDY MOORE
Boq - ELIJAH WOOD
BWAYboi_yes
Featured Actor Joined: 1/29/05
#18re: Your Dream Cast(s)
Posted: 3/26/05 at 1:51pm
For certain roles only:
Kristen Chenoweth would be an outstanding Mary Poppins
Betty Buckley would be amazing as Mrs. Lovitt in Sweeney
Patti Lupone would be the ultimate Mdme Rose in Gypsy
Maria Friedman would make a great Baker's Wife in Into the Woods
bwayrunner22
Understudy Joined: 1/22/05
#19re: Your Dream Cast(s)
Posted: 3/26/05 at 2:13pm86: I have to admit that when I first saw Christina as Elphaba, I cringed; I see it though.
#20re: Your Dream Cast(s)
Posted: 3/26/05 at 2:20pm
Three of those Wicked choices of yours are people I have been throwing out there for some time. I hope the get the roles in the movie form or possibly on stage. They are good enough actors (and apparently all three of them sing. And sing well.)
Fiyero: Heath Ledger
Morrible: Judi Dench
Boq: Elijah Wood
#21re: Your Dream Cast(s)
Posted: 3/26/05 at 3:23pm
SWEENEY TODD
Sweeney Todd-Norm Lewis
Mrs. Lovett-Imelda Staunton
Anthony-Hugh Panaro
Johanna-Harolyn Blackwell
Tobias-Neil Patrick Harris
The Judge-Gregg Edelman
Beadle-William Finn
Beggar Woman-Victoria Clark
Menzellover11
Understudy Joined: 1/16/05
MusicalDirector109
Leading Actor Joined: 5/16/03
#23re: Your Dream Cast(s)
Posted: 3/26/05 at 4:28pm
"I Do! I Do!"
Michael Brian Stokes Mitchell
Agnes Audra McDonald
jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#24re: Your Dream Cast(s)
Posted: 3/26/05 at 4:31pm
how to succeed:
finch: me
rosemary: meg hilty
smitty: bebe neuwerth
frump: john tartaglia
biggley: victor garber
hedy la rue: cady huffman
bert bratt: brent barret
miss jones: jennifer holliday
"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel
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