dream casting

[mother cabrini]

dream casting#0

Posted: 6/18/03 at 10:20am

this should be good......in the same vein as scary casting....what about some dream casting

[broadwayguy2]

re: dream casting#1

Posted: 6/18/03 at 10:22am

Fun!

LuPone as Mamma Rose
Matt Morrison/ Joe machota as Tarzan
Nathan Lane/ Robin Williams as Edna Turnblad and/or Wilbur Turnblad. Or one as each and playing off of each other.

I'll come up with a longer list later!


Andy Roddick in Naked Boys Singing (I don't care if he can sing or not) Updated On: 6/18/03 at 10:22 AM

[alterego]

re: re: dream casting#2

Posted: 6/18/03 at 10:28am

Patti Lu Pone should be Mama Rose.Why isn't she?

[mother cabrini]

re: re: dream casting#3

Posted: 6/18/03 at 10:30am

hear hear to lupone as rose.....its embarassing as it is to see bernie try to out cute baby june......bring on lupone

[broadwayguy2]

re: re: re: dream casting#4

Posted: 6/18/03 at 10:31am

I have no clue. She should have been Rose. Why she wasn't is anyone's guess.

[bestofbroadway]

re: re: re: re: dream casting#5

Posted: 6/18/03 at 10:51am

Come on folks...there are obvious reasons Patti LuPone wasn't Rose. I would have loved to see Patti as Rose (although I loved Bernadette) but Patti LuPone won't draw a crowd like Bernadette Peters (you must admit that). Bernadette Peters is almost a household name, Patti LuPone (while the woman is brilliant) is not. Face it folks, Broadway stars mean very little now a days. That's why Marisa Tomei is the next Charity. Bernadette is one of the few remaining Broadway Stars that everyone knows. It sucks but, it's true. Gypsy was done as a revival because Arthur Laurents wanted to see Bernadette in the role, not just for the sake of a revival.

[bestofbroadway]

My Dream Casting#6

Posted: 6/18/03 at 11:00am

Jane Krakowski as Charity Hope Valentine!

[alterego]

re: re: re: re: re: dream casting#7

Posted: 6/18/03 at 11:02am

Bernadette Peters is ALMOST a household name. Arthur Laurents wanted to see her in the role? So he's to blame? Would have been cheaper to have her over for dinner and a reading. Patti Lupone managed to draw for Noises Off and has some television profile which Bernadette doesn't seem to have these days. No I would have prefered to have seen Patti, she would be a Rose with balls!

[bestofbroadway]

re: re: re: re: re: re: dream casting#8

Posted: 6/18/03 at 11:11am

Ask someone on the street who Bernadette Peters is and I bet 70% of the time they will know. Ask someone who Patti Lupone and while the woman is brilliant I bet 30% or less will know who she is. I didn't say she wouldn't make a good Rose. I'm just stating a fact...talent doesn't sell anymore on Broadway. Names do.

[alterego]

re: My Dream Casting#9

Posted: 6/18/03 at 11:12am

An oldie but goodie...Jane Krakowski as Irene.

[bestofbroadway]

re: re: My Dream Casting#10

Posted: 6/18/03 at 11:14am

Jane Krakowski is a goddess. She can play any role she wants as far as I'm concerned.

[broadwayguy2]

re: re: re: My Dream Casting#11

Posted: 6/18/03 at 11:16am

In about 10 years, Jane would be a good Tanya in Mamma Mia!

[bestofbroadway]

re: re: re: re: My Dream Casting#12

Posted: 6/18/03 at 11:19am

In 10 years Mama Mia better be off Broadway. Jane is much better than "Lets Shove a Bunch of Abba Songs Into a Musical and Form A Script Around It That Makes No Sense."

[alterego]

re: re: re: re: My Dream Casting#13

Posted: 6/18/03 at 11:19am

One would hope that in ten years time Mamma Mia will be but a distant memory.

[TheaterBaby]

re: re: re: re: My Dream Casting#14

Posted: 6/18/03 at 11:19am

Anne Hathaway as Louise/Gypsy Rose Lee. She's got the look and the voice (even though Gypsy wasn't known for her singing).

"It's the little things; the details, that distinguish the Barbra Streisands from the Rosalyn Kinds."~Gilmore Girls~

[musicaltheatreman]

re: re: re: re: re: My Dream Casting#15

Posted: 6/18/03 at 1:33pm

i remeber patti lupone was metioned to play the witch in into the woods, i wonder why that didnt happen? but i think she would make an awsome mamma rose!!! i wonder if she would replace BP, i doubt she would probaly want too re-create the role herself first.

i think john goodman would also make a good edna turnblad along with robin williams and nathan lane and bruce v.

[Unknown User]

re: re: re: re: re: re: My Dream Casting#16

Posted: 6/18/03 at 1:36pm

I second Patti for Mama, she would be insane! lol

What I heard bout Patti playing the witch which was YEARS ago, ws that she wanted to play Cinderella instead, not the ugly witch. They told her she'd transform, but she still wanted the engenue.

I wonder how they talked her into doing Fosca from Passion. I don't think Patti's ever played an ugly role. She's too diva, lol

[musicaltheatreman]

re: re: re: re: re: re: re: My Dream Casting#17

Posted: 6/18/03 at 1:43pm

thats wierd i am suprise she would want to play the cinderella and not the witch seeing how the witch is a lead role and cinderella is supporting

[Unknown User]

re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: My Dream Casting#18

Posted: 6/18/03 at 1:56pm

ya i didnt get that either, but Patti's a diva and we all know that whatever she wants she has to get or it's no deal, lol. It;s funny we talk about Patti, I think I'm seeing her June 27 as she's inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame!

[broadwayguy2]

re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: My Dream Casting#19

Posted: 6/18/03 at 1:57pm

amen to that. she is tooo diva for my taste but the woman can SANG!

[BrdwyThtr]

re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: My Dream Casting#20

Posted: 6/18/03 at 2:23pm

I loved her in Sunset Blvd.

[musicaltheatreman]

re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: My Dream Casting#21

Posted: 6/18/03 at 2:31pm

for pattie's broadway return to musiccal theatre what role should she play??
i think it should have been gypsy but that didnt happen.

my list is:

a little night music
sweeny todd
mame
hello dolly

[Unknown User]

re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: re: My Dream Casting#22

Posted: 6/18/03 at 3:50pm

When Patti gets older she needs to play Frau Schneider from Cabaret, imagine her belting "So What?" and tearing thru "What Would You Do?"

[BillyLawlor]

My Dream Casting#23

Posted: 6/18/03 at 4:06pm

I second Anne Hathaway as Louise in Gypsy. She could be amazing!
I'd also love to see Patty Lupone as Dorothy Brock in 42nd street.
I think Laura Benanti would make a great Miss Dorothy in TMM.
I also think she would be AMAZING as Emma Carew in Jekyll and Hyde.

[Unknown User]

re: My Dream Casting#24

Posted: 6/18/03 at 4:09pm

BILLYLAWYER whats your pic of??