perfect roles for stars
FoscasBohemianDream
Broadway Star Joined: 1/20/06
#50re: perfect roles for stars
Posted: 7/3/06 at 4:04pmWell, Bebe Neuwirth already understudied the role of Cassie in the original Broadway production of A Chorus Line when she played Sheila.
#51re: perfect roles for stars
Posted: 7/3/06 at 4:05pm
What performance are you judging her voice off of, somethingwicked?
theatajunkee
Swing Joined: 8/7/05
#52re: perfect roles for stars
Posted: 7/3/06 at 4:30pm
hunter foster as mark.
you may not agree, but i think it would be PERFECT!
everything i've seen him in, i just pictured him with the scarf and the glasses singing La Vie Boheme.
#53re: perfect roles for stars
Posted: 7/3/06 at 4:36pm
MrMidwest,
She sang in her movie "Little Black Book" and also had a single out awhile ago...
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#54re: perfect roles for stars
Posted: 7/3/06 at 4:38pm
Bebe Neuwirth as Peter Pan?
Nathan Lane as Captain Hook - Peter Pan
Jonathan Pryc as Captain Hook - Peter Pan
Jason Alexander as Smee - Peter Pan
Janthan Rayson as Leo Bloom - The Producers
Barret Foa as Carmen Ghia - The Producers
Roger Bart as Leaf Coneybear - Spelling Bee
more
vontusslegirl87
Understudy Joined: 7/21/05
#55re: perfect roles for stars
Posted: 7/3/06 at 4:39pm
Stephanie J. Block as Mary Poppins!
That's all I am going to say!
SJB = <3
#56re: perfect roles for stars
Posted: 7/3/06 at 4:40pmI think her voice is pretty powerful, somethingwicked. The single doesn't exactly give her the best chance to showcase what she can do and she said she was singing in character in Little Black Book (although I thought she still sounded pretty good there). She sang pretty strongly in Riding in Cars with Boys and in the opening of the MTV Awards a few years ago.
#57re: perfect roles for stars
Posted: 7/4/06 at 8:41pm
True, Bebe already DID understudy Cassie whan she played Shiela
I had almost let that slip my mind
Thank you for reminding me.
Patrick Wilson would be a GREAT Enjolras... He could probably pull Marius off pretty well, too. But I think he'd be a better Enjolras.
I thought of more
Adam Pascal as Fiyero
Johnathan Pryce as Captain Hook in PETER PAN
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#58re: perfect roles for stars
Posted: 7/10/06 at 5:21pmAlex Borstein from Mad TV was born to play Christmas Eve in Avenue Q.
#59re: perfect roles for stars
Posted: 7/10/06 at 5:53pmfor years i thought JULIE ANDREWS would be a perfect ANNA in THE KING AND I. then she got too old for it. thank goodness she eventually did that studio recording with BEN KINGSLEY!
#60re: perfect roles for stars
Posted: 7/10/06 at 5:58pm
EponineAmneris---Mandy Patinkin actually played Tevye in Fiddler back when he went to my university. Of course he was a college kid then!
EDIT: I did see him in it, but I was about FIVE at the time, so I honestly don't remember much.
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#61re: perfect roles for stars
Posted: 7/10/06 at 6:01pmHere here! somethingwicked! i have ALWAYS thought Julia Murney would be an amazing Daisy in SS. But, she would be amazing in just about anything. I would love to see her do the LaChiusa Wild Party and Toni Collette do the Lippa. Just for fun! They are both extraordinary.
#62re: perfect roles for stars
Posted: 7/10/06 at 6:04pm
I'd also like to see Marin in Piazza as others have said.
I'd like to see Bernadette try her hand at Dolly Levi.
Ms. LuPone on BROADWAY in Gypsy (although we have to wait for a certain someone to die first)
Stephanie Block in Funny Girl.
And...
"Cheyenne Jackson as Tommy opposite Kelli O'Hara as Fiona in BRIGADOON."
I'd pay to see that.
DG---I'd pay to see that too.
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Hello Dawley
Understudy Joined: 5/2/06
#63re: perfect roles for stars
Posted: 7/10/06 at 6:29pm
Norbert Leo Butz as Jonathan in Tick Tick Boom!
Taye Diggs as Michael in TTB!
Neil Patrick Harris as Tobias in Sweeney Todd (I know he was in the concert version...but I would like to see him actually play the role)
FoscasBohemianDream
Broadway Star Joined: 1/20/06
#64re: perfect roles for stars
Posted: 7/10/06 at 6:36pm
Steven Sutcliffe as Henrik in A Little Night Music
Bebe Neuwirth as Vera in Mame
#65re: perfect roles for stars
Posted: 7/10/06 at 6:48pm
Roger Bart- Bert- Mary Poppins
Martin Short- Bert- Mary Poppins
#66re: perfect roles for stars
Posted: 7/10/06 at 6:50pmAnnette Bening as Desiree in A Little Night Music
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#67re: perfect roles for stars
Posted: 7/10/06 at 11:22pm
Disclaimer: I've only seen A Little Night Music in a community theatre but weeks seeing Christine Baranski in Mame a few weeks ago, I thought she would make a good Desiree.
I really don’t see Bernadette as Mrs. Lovett but think she would make a great Dolly though!
#68re: perfect roles for stars
Posted: 7/10/06 at 11:37pm
I agree that Marin would be great in PIAZZA in a few years when she's old enough (Margaret's supposed to be in her early fifties, I'd say).
Updated On: 7/10/06 at 11:37 PM
#69re: perfect roles for stars
Posted: 7/11/06 at 12:22am
Hope these aren't repeats.......apologies in advance if they are:
Debbie Shapiro Gravitte as The Lady of the Lake.
Sara Gettelfinger as Ulla in The Producers
Kristin Chenoweth as Johanna in Sweeney
Kristin Chenoweth as Anne in A Little Night Music
Kathleen Turner as Margo Channing in Applause
Brian Stokes Mitchell as Oscar Jaffe in On the Twentieth Century
Toni Collette as Sally Bowles in Cabaret
#70re: perfect roles for stars
Posted: 7/11/06 at 2:24am
Carolee Carmello as Evita.
Lisa Brescia as Fantine.
Elena Shaddow as Lily in the Secret Garden.
Audra McDonald as Dot is SITPWG.
Julia Murney as Amneris.
Renee Fleming as Carlotta (I just want to see it once!!!)
#71re: perfect roles for stars
Posted: 7/12/06 at 12:19am
Hmm, my post must have gotten deleted during the site maintenance thing.
Anyway, I think Sarah Jessica Parker is Charity is an awesome idea!
Here are some others that I think could be pretty cool...Don't take it too seriously :)
Audra McDonald- Eliza in My Fair Lady
Brittany Murphy- Roxie in Chicago
Vanessa Williams- Ruth in Wonderful Town
Katharine McPhee- Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors
Ariel in The Little Mermaid
Scottie310
Stand-by Joined: 5/24/04
#72re: perfect roles for stars
Posted: 7/12/06 at 12:41am
Toni Collette as Mrs. Lovette or Mamma Rose.
Marin Mazzie would be INCREDIBLE as Margaret. I wish I could hear her sing that score right now.
I never realized it, but Sutton Foster would be absolutely perfect for Louise/Gypsy. She might be a little old now, but I dont care. She could easily play the awkward tomboyish side of her in the beginning and make a beautiful transition into the confident womanly stripper at the end
#74re: perfect roles for stars
Posted: 7/12/06 at 1:01am
Jim Stanek as Freddy (DRS) I would KILL to see that.
Jake Gyllenhaal as Henrick (A Little Night Music)
Kelli O'Hara as Fantine (Les Mis)
Drew Sarich as the Phantom (POTO)
Drew Sarich as Billy Bigalow (Carousel)
Allison Fischer as Eponine (Les Mis)
or really, Drew Sarich in anything and everything.
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