Ave q-
Kate/lucy- Maggie Benjamin
Rod/princton-johny tartaglia or anthonny rapp
Nicky/trekkie etc- Norbert leo butz
Gary coleman- gary coleman
Krakowski screwed up her chances of doing CHARITY.... her own fault, you just don't back talk to Neil Simon, you just don't. Yes, she would have been great.
Not a Jasmine Guy fan. Love Pawk, but I don't think she's quite the Helene dancer, she's playing Matrons now (again, I do LOVE her...). Jackman has the right air, but he isn't convincingly swarthy and Italian.
"A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Nick Nottom - KENNETH BRANAGH
Titania - JULIANNE MOORE
Puck - ZACH BRAFF
Oberon - DENZEL WASHINGTON
Helena - ALICIA SILVERSTONE
Demetrius - HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN
Hermia - NAOMIE HARRIS
Lysander - ORLANDO BLOOM
Peter Quince - ROWAN ATKINSON
Theseus - JAMIE DENTON
Hippolyta - SIENNA MILLER
Egeus - IAN McDIARMID
Nice one with Julianne Moore!
Thanks, Aigoo.
Doogie, I thought about it yesterday, and you're right about Pawk. She's not right for the part. I dunno about Jackman; I still think he'd be great in that part. He's an underrated comedic talent, and I believe he could make it work. Here are my updated "Charity" choices.
"Sweet Charity"
Charity Hope Valentine - JANE KRAKOWSKI
Oscar Lindquist - MALCOLM GETS
Nickie - JASMINE GUY
Helene - EMILY SKINNER
Vittorio Vidal - HUGH JACKMAN
Big Daddy Brubeck - ISAAC HAYES
Ursula - OLIVIA d'ABO
Herman - BLAKE HAMMOND
Also...
Hedda Gabler - JULIANNE MOORE
Ugly (from "Honk!") - GAVIN CREEL
"Suessical: The Musical"
The Cat in the Hat - SEAN HAYES
Horton the Elephant - JACK BLACK
Gertrude McFuzz - JAMIE LYNN DiSCALA
JoJo - SY ADAMOWSKY
Mayzie LaBird - ANA GASTEYER
General Schmitz - WILL FERRELL
Sour Kangaroo - FRENCHIE DAVIS
The Mayor of Whoville - EUGENE LEVY
Mrs. Mayor - DEBRA JO RUPP
Updated On: 6/3/05 at 10:02 PM
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Chairman / Mayor Sapsea - Brian Stokes Mitchell
Edwin Drood / Alice Nutting - Alice Ripley
John Jasper / Clive Paget - Michael Maguire
Rosa Bud / Deirdre Peregrine - Sarah Uriarte-Berry
Princess Puffer / Angela Prysock - Bernadette Peters
Neville Landless / Victor Grinstead - John Barrowman (hot.)
Helena Landless / Janet Conover - Jane Krakowski
Bazzard / Philip Bax - a talented newcomer
Reverend Crisparkle / Cedric Moncrieffe - John Cullum
Durdles / Nick Cricker - Tim Curry
Deputy / Nick Cricker Jr. - Neil Patrick Harris or a newcomer
Leading Actor Joined: 5/28/05
Dream Cast For BATB
Belle-Diana Degarmo
The Beast-Roger Bart
(the others are not decided)
Oklahoma-
Curley- Roger Bart
Laurey-Christy Carlson Romano
Aunt Eller-Cherry Jones
Jud Fry-Chris Seiber
Will Parker-Hal Sparks
Ado Annie Carnes-Jennifer Ellison
Featured Actor Joined: 10/24/04
Les Misérables
Jean Valjean -- Randal Keith (Hands down. There is no way anyone can do it better.)
Javert -- Philip Quast
Fantine -- Ruthie Henshall or Carmen Cusack
Marius -- Josh Groban
Eponine -- Sutton Foster or Melissa Lyons
Leading Actor Joined: 5/28/05
Phantom:
The Phantom-Brad Little
Christine-Sandra Joseph
Roaul-Roger Bart
Carlotta-Judith Lee Andrews
Madame Giry-Marilyn Caskey
Meg Giry-Betina Hershey
I have no idea about the rest of the cast, but I'd love to see Denis O'Hare play Robert in "The Bird Sanctuary."
Other casting ideas:
"Suddenly, Last Summer"
Aunt Violet Venable - VANESSA REDGRAVE
"Macbeth"
Macbeth - JUDE LAW
Lady Macbeth - NICOLE KIDMAN
"Romeo + Juliet"
Juliet - NATALIE PORTMAN
Romeo - JAKE GYLLENHAAL
"Summer and Smoke"
Alma Winemiller - NICOLE KIDMAN
"Hedda Gabler"
Hedda Gabler - JULIANNE MOORE
"Honk!"
Ugly - GAVIN CREEL
Leading Actor Joined: 4/29/05
The Glass Menagerie
Amanda~Annette Bening
Laura~Hilary Swank
Tom~Edward Norton
Jim~Peter Krause
Leading Actor Joined: 4/29/05
A Class Act
Ed Kleban~Michael Rupert
Sophie~Michele Pawk
Bobby~John Barrowman
Lucy~Alice Ripley
Felicia~Emily Skinner
Mona~Lauren Kennedy
Lehman~Frank Langella
Charley~Hugh Panaro
The Last 5 Years
Jamie~Neil Patrick Harris
Cathy~Lauren Kennedy
Dream Cast of Wicked
Elphaba - Idina Menzel (not a joke)
Glinda - Jennifer Laura Thompson (not a joke, ones below are jokes)
Madame Morrible - Harvey Firestein (lol)
Nessa - Queen Latifah
The Wizard - Lil' Romeo
Standby for Elphaba - Britney Spears ( I can almost hear her singing "No Good Deed"
Standby for Glinda - Drew Berrymore ( i know, it doesn't make any sense)
Leading Actor Joined: 5/28/05
Chicago:
Roxie Hart-Kirsten Chenoweth
Velma Kelly-Susan Egan
Billy Flynn-Hal Sparks
Marton Mama Morton-Toyna Dixon
Broadway86-
I LOVE Emily Skinner... I think she is fantastic... but NOT NOT NOT here. She could never dance it.... ever. she is a bit too voluptuous. and a bit too warm... she (and Pawk) are also not black. EVERY single person in every high caliber production of Charity playing Helene has been African American.... in the original both revivals, and the covers for that role in both revivals, always black. Aside from that point, Skinner is not right for Nickie either. She cannot dance it, too voluptuous and too warm for both Nickie and Helene.
Love that CLASS ACT cast though
Phantommag-
Cheno not right for Roxie.... maybe yes to egan.... I LOVE LOVE THAT CLASS ACT CAST!
To put these people into one musical:
Lead roles:
Lea Salonga
Matthew Morrison
Hugh Jackman
Adam Pascal
Idina Menzel
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Megan McGinnis
Sutton Foster
Kristen Chenoweth
And I would also want a part of the show:
Michael Ball
Julie Andrews [even now, just to talk or whatever.. she is the dame]
Lisa Brescia
Eric LaJuan Summers
BSM
Anthony Rapp
Ben Wright
Kelli O'Hara
Taye Diggs
Nobert Lee Burtz
Who knows what kind of musical it would be... but all of my favorites under one roof/musical... what a dream
~kangaroo
RENThead, enLIGHist, Ozalot, Grobanite, Ringer, Pickwick LW, Wicked, Lost, American Dreams, West Wing
Lea S. Hugh J. Adam P. Idina M. Matt M. Taye D.
Kristin Chenoweth as Roxie, LOL. Somehow...I can't really see that.
I could see Susan Egan as Velma, though. I could see Susan as Roxie too.
All I remember is that someone earlier put Elijah Wood for Boq in Wicked. HOW HILARIOUS!! I LOVE THAT CASTING CALL!!
But for me Anything with Hugh Jackman and Idina Menzel would be my dream musical! But I'va also gotta give a shout out to my girl Sutton who would be amazing in almost anything too!!
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
Put Hugh Jackman, Idina Menzel, Lea Salonga, Adam Pascal, Matthew Morrison, Josh Groban, Sutton Foster into one musical and I would almost be in heaven.
And I wouldn't mind seeing the LOTR cast of Hobbits and Elves with them... aww I would die!
~korenglish
what does everyone think of my wicked cast?
""A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Nick Nottom - KENNETH BRANAGH
Titania - JULIANNE MOORE
Puck - ZACH BRAFF
Oberon - DENZEL WASHINGTON
Helena - ALICIA SILVERSTONE
Demetrius - HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN
Hermia - NAOMIE HARRIS
Lysander - ORLANDO BLOOM
Peter Quince - ROWAN ATKINSON
Theseus - JAMIE DENTON
Hippolyta - SIENNA MILLER
Egeus - IAN McDIARMID"
hahaha i LOVE it
i'm in this play right now and..yes yes you got the casting down perfectly
Thanks, Dreams. I love that play as well. Whenever I'm bored on weekends, I'll take a play or musical and just cast it. The bad part is that I don't move on to the next character unless I'm ABSOLUTELY positive I've found the right actor.
I've done a lot of these lists on this thread, and I always kick myself because none of these people will ever play these roles.
PS - Add the following to my previous "Seussical" cast:
The Mayor of Whoville - EUGENE LEVY
Mrs. Mayor - DEBRA JO RUPP
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