alan arkin...

[lightguy06222]

Posted: 2/25/07 at 10:51pm

Congrats! Now come back and do something on broadway!!


He should be the next Wizard in Wicked! Does he sing?

:-P

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 2/25/07 at 10:55pm

Anybody who has won an Oscar should not be playing the wizard. Well, whoops that has already happened.

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 2/25/07 at 10:59pm

He'd be a great Wizard, but I don't think he'd do it.

Maybe he'd do Grumpy Old Men when it comes to broadway?

[StageManager2]

Posted: 2/25/07 at 11:12pm

Becoz, Ian McKellen was nominated for playing a wizard.


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Updated On: 2/25/07 at 11:12 PM

[Jon]

Posted: 2/25/07 at 11:12pm

He does sing - I've heard him on some recordings of sketches from Second City back in the early 1960's.

[Chloe]

Posted: 2/25/07 at 11:30pm

Me too - I've heard him singing "Hush, Little Baby." I think he actually recorded some songs earlier in his career.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 2/25/07 at 11:33pm

Now here is a question. Why would Alan Arkin, arguably a legendary actor, debase himself by going into, of all shows, Wicked?

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 2/25/07 at 11:36pm

Alan Arkin was a folksinger in the 50s.

[singingbackup]

Posted: 2/25/07 at 11:38pm

and according to word on the red carpet, not too pleasant to the press.

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 2/26/07 at 2:37pm

He was nice to Ryan Seacrest on the E! red carpet before the show.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 2/26/07 at 2:41pm

...okay?

[purpleprince101]

Posted: 2/26/07 at 3:15pm

Many people were nice to Ryan Seacrest....

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 2/26/07 at 4:10pm

The original Broadway Wizard was Oscar winner (for Best Supporting Actor in 1972's CABARET): Joel Grey.

[Piercemn]

Posted: 2/26/07 at 4:22pm

I, for one, am thrilled that he was finally honored, and for such a marvelous performance as Little Miss Sunshine, too. I think he's long paid his dues and was deserving of that Oscar. It's sad they didn't see fit to honor Peter O'Toole as well.
However, I also agree that he needs to come back to Broadway, but why should he necessarily step into a role? There must be something new or a revival of something he could do. I'm sure he's perfectly happy making movies, though. He hasn't worked onstage for a long time, as far as I know.

I'll never forget the first time I saw Wait Until Dark. They actually turned off the exit lights so that last scene, where he stalks Audrey Hepburn was really dark. It was really scary, but then, I was about 15 when I saw it.