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#26

re: perfect roles for stars

Posted: 6/28/06 at 12:09am

From a review on Broadway.com:

"The first time I saw the show, Butz's shtick kept
reminding me of movie funnyman Jack Black. This time I just admired Butz's infectious sense of humor and incredible stamina."

http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=526007

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#27

re: perfect roles for stars

Posted: 6/28/06 at 12:20am

"I think Sutton's done Les Mis before, but her Eponine would be amazing."

Yeah, she's played Eponine before on Broadway, and she was very good (I've heard).

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#28

re: perfect roles for stars

Posted: 6/28/06 at 12:28am

Not a Broadway person but I can see Jack Black as Freddy in DRS. That is if he can sing.

My sister and I both said that after seeing DRS. He also sings on Ellen, the musical.

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Updated On: 6/28/06 at 12:28 AM

#29

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Posted: 6/28/06 at 2:12am

You KNOW Audra will make an incredible Margaret in about 10 years. She should also play Dot in "Sunday..." some day if they do a revival on Broadway.

Kaitlin Hopkins in SOMETHING. That bitch needs some work in something other than random off-broadway stuff.

Michelle Pawk as Mrs. Lovett

#30

re: perfect roles for stars

Posted: 7/1/06 at 8:48pm

Blanche i agree i could really see andrea rivette as fantine, she'd be so amazing. that would be one heck of a les mis then!

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#31

re: perfect roles for stars

Posted: 7/1/06 at 9:06pm

"You KNOW Audra will make an incredible Margaret in about 10 years. She should also play Dot in "Sunday..." some day if they do a revival on Broadway."

Brilliant!

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#32

re: perfect roles for stars

Posted: 7/1/06 at 9:11pm

Yes - when I saw SCOUNDRELS right after it opened, I felt Norbert was doing a Jack Black impression. Black would be fabulous in that role.

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#33

re: perfect roles for stars

Posted: 7/1/06 at 9:32pm

Eric McCormack would make a wonderful Mortimer in ARESNIC AND OLD LACE. Perhaps with Angela Lansbury and Carol Channing as his dotty aunts.

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#34

re: perfect roles for stars

Posted: 7/1/06 at 10:16pm

I posted Jack Black as Freddy on IMDB in Nov! He`d be PERFECT! He has a great music video he did with his brother! I`ll post it later!

Sarah Jessica Parker as Dolly Levi - Hello Dolly!

Alan Cumming as Dr. Frank n'Furter - The Rocky Horror Show

Denis O'Hare as Leo Bloom - The Producers

Mario Cantone as Carmen - The Producers (He did it in workshops)

Terrence Mann as Lawrence - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Rob Bartlett as Oscar - The Odd Couple

Rob Bartlett as Max - The Producers

Jonathan Freeman as Lawrence - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Neil Patrick Harris as Cornelius - Hello Dolly!

Nathan Lane as Horace - Hello Dolly!

many more I can think of

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#35

re: perfect roles for stars

Posted: 7/1/06 at 11:30pm

Cheyenne Jackson as Tommy opposite Kelli O'Hara as Fiona in BRIGADOON.

Eric McCormack as Albert in BYE BYE BIRDIE.

Updated On: 7/1/06 at 11:30 PM

#36

re: perfect roles for stars

Posted: 7/1/06 at 11:39pm

Bernadette Peters as Dolly Levi in Hello Dolly! or the title role in Mame or Mrs.Lovett in Sweeney Todd.
Sarah Jessica Parker as Charity Hope Valentine in Sweet Charity.
Donna Murphy as Dot in Sunday In The Park With George or Blance in A Streetcar Named Desire.
Jane Krakowski as Mabel in Mack & Mabel (she played the role in LA, and she was fabulous), or Fay in Anyone Can Whistle.
Ruthie Henshall as Carla in Nine.
Mary-Louise Parker as Alice in Closer (perhaps she's too old for the role already).

#37

re: perfect roles for stars

Posted: 7/1/06 at 11:47pm

Becky Ann Baker as Miss Mona - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Mark Linn-Baker as Felix - The Odd Couple

Denis O'Hare as Felix - The Odd Couple

Harvey Firestein as Max - The Producers

Nathan Lane as Tevye - Fiddler on the Roof

Norbert Leo Butz as Rooster - Annie

Andrea Martin as Miss Hanigan - Annie

many more I can think of

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#38

re: perfect roles for stars

Posted: 7/1/06 at 11:57pm

Jessica Simpson as Amneris in Aida.
Liza Minnelli as the Spider Woman.
Catherine Zeta Jones as the Spider Woman.

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Updated On: 7/1/06 at 11:57 PM

#39

re: perfect roles for stars

Posted: 7/1/06 at 11:58pm

She wouldn`t be able to sing the role.

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#40

re: perfect roles for stars

Posted: 7/2/06 at 12:07am

Nathan Lane as Tevye is a good one!

-Mary Testa as Domina in Forum, but that already happened.
-Norbert Leo Butz as Bobby in Company
-Audra McDonald as anyone in anything. (And her Mergaret would be magnificent!)

I'll probably think of some more later...

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#41

re: perfect roles for stars

Posted: 7/2/06 at 12:07am

Jessica Simpson? On Broadway? As Amneris? As in a role Sherie Rene Scott had done beautifully? No thank you...


Roger Bart- Lumiere (sp?) Beauty and the Beast
Christopher Fitzgerald- well...I can see SO many parts he'd be great for. I wonder why he isn't out there more. He's got such a great, loveable voice.
I think Raul Esperza would make an interesting Phantom..but I wouldnt want him to degrade himself with a show that's kind of going down the dumps

There are more. Ill think of them.

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#42

re: perfect roles for stars

Posted: 7/2/06 at 1:51am

Sutton actually understudied Eponine on Broadway in 1998, and went on to the play the role on the Third National Tour from 1999-2000. Since we're on the topic of 'Les Mis,' a friend and I had discussed hypothetical casts for the new company, and decided that both Jenn Gambatese and Celia Keenan-Bolger would be great Eponines; Laura Benanti would be a beautiful Cosette; I always thought Liz Callaway or Susan Egan would have done a good job with Fantine...both are certainly more typed for the role than Daphne Rubin-Vega. Random, but Lauren Kennedy and/or Leah Hocking as Amneris in 'Aida,' Kate Shindle as Elphaba in 'Wicked,' Sutton Foster as Louise in 'Gypsy,' Gertrude in 'Seussical,' and/or (I second) Fanny Brice in 'Funny Girl.' I could go on forever...oh, and for the record, Jennifer Hope Wills was a contendor for the Clara replacement in 'The Light in the Piazza,' which was ultimately filled (and I don't understand why) by Katie Clarke.

#43

re: perfect roles for stars

Posted: 7/2/06 at 2:01am

"Cheyenne Jackson as Tommy opposite Kelli O'Hara as Fiona in BRIGADOON."

I'd pay to see that.

#44

re: perfect roles for stars

Posted: 7/3/06 at 12:50am

omg i totally agree about laura benanti as cosette...gorgeous

#45

re: perfect roles for stars

Posted: 7/3/06 at 11:00am

OMG Jessica Simpson?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! i think i just barfed.
i see what you people mean about mandy he does have to much energy i just thought his voice and bring him home would do well together. what about anika noni as sara in ragtime or cheno as either evelyn nesbit or mother in ragtime or aurdra in anything ever written but maybe Julie in show boat. bebe nuewirth (sp) as cassie. bernadette peters would be awesome as ms lovet. I think it would be halarious to see harvy firestein as heby in ggypsy

#46

re: perfect roles for stars

Posted: 7/3/06 at 11:47am

Not only can Jack Black sing - as evidenced by his well-delivered comedic song performed with Will Farrell on the Oscars a few years ago, but it appears that he can dance as well.

During his entrance on a recent Late Show With David Letterman appearance, on impulse, he did an honest-to-goodness pirouette and it was a great one. Not a great one for pudgy comic, but a great one for anybody.

#47

re: perfect roles for stars

Posted: 7/3/06 at 11:50am

OH! Bebe could pull off Cassie in ACL very well Good one,
StephenSondheimWHOO

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#48

re: perfect roles for stars

Posted: 7/3/06 at 2:59pm

Jeremy Kushnier as Freddy in DRS or Fieryo in Wicked

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#49

re: perfect roles for stars

Posted: 7/3/06 at 3:01pm

Brittany Murphy as Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors.

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#50

re: perfect roles for stars

Posted: 7/3/06 at 3:43pm

Murphy has the perfect vampy look for Audrey, but having heard her sing... she can't vocally pull it off in the least. She'd be better suited to a role like Charity in "Sweet Charity" where she can play off her personality and charm and not have to worry about the vocals..

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Updated On: 7/3/06 at 03:43 PM