perfect roles for stars- Page 7

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 10/1/06 at 9:22pm

LaChanze as Sarah has been done, y'all! But I bet she was amazing.

Kelli O'Hara as Eliza in MY FAIR LADY
Sutton Foster- Julia, THE WEDDING SINGER
Maria Friedman - Nettie, CAROUSEL
Laura Benanti - MARY POPPINS
Norbert Leo Butz - Robbie, THE WEDDING SINGER
Ragtime replacement list

Updated On: 10/1/06 at 09:22 PM

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 10/2/06 at 5:24am

Treat Williams as Jean Valjean

Madeleine Stowe as Madame Giry

Lisa Bonet as Velma Kelly

Jenna Von Oy as Penny in Hairspray

Nicole Leach as Dorothy in The Wiz

Marla Sokoloff as Amber in Hairspray

Jo Jo as Eliza Doolittle (in a few years)

Mandy Moore as Nellie in South Pacific

Raven Symone or Lacey Chabert as Kim in Bye Bye Birdie

Jessica Biel as Linda in Pal Joey

Anneliese Van Der Pol as Eponine in Les Mis

Bebe Neuwirth as Dorothy in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Erika Christensen, Bijou Phillips or Thora Birch as Lula in Dutchman

Erika Christensen as Carol in Oleanna, Abigail in The Crucible, & Janis in Love, Janis

Anna Paquin as Anne in Anne of the 1,000 Days

Donna Murphy as Fantine in Les Mis

Holly Hunter as Martha, Vanessa Redgrave as Mother Miriam, & Sarah Polley as Agnes in Agnes of God

Lacey Chabert as Corie in Barefoot in the Park

Schuyler Fisk as Catherine in Proof

Shawnee Smith as Jain in Diary of a Hitman

Maria Conchita Alonso as Rosie in Bye Bye Birdie

Jessica Lange as Eleanor of Aquitaine in The Lion in Winter

Larisa Oleynik as Elizabeth in Paint Your Wagon, Corie in Barefoot in the Park, Jill in Butterflies Are Free, & Toni in Cactus Flower

Scott Wolf as Corny Collins in Hairspray, Joe in Damn Yankees, and Fiyero

[actor]

Posted: 10/6/06 at 10:58pm

Anneliese Van Der Pol as Maureen in Rent
Jay-Z as Collins in Rent
Reese Witherspoon as Glinda in Wicked
Shoshana Bean as Tracy in Hairspray
Jennifer Laura Thompson as The Lady of the Lake in Spamalot
Jerry Seinfeld and John Travolta in Avenue Q (in general)
Heather Headley as Elphaba in Wicked
Idina Menzel and Sutton Foster in A Chorus Line (in general)

[AudreyTwoTwo]

Posted: 10/6/06 at 11:44pm

i second the hunter foster as mark thing!

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 10/27/06 at 4:18am

Brittany Murphy as Maureen in Rent

Carrie Fisher as Joanne in Company

Matt Bogart as Lancelot in Camelot

Laura Benanti as Guinevere in Camelot

Martin Crewes as Trevor in Thoroughly Modern Millie & Anthony in Sweeney Todd

Bridgette Wilson as Carla in Nine

Pink as Magenta (heh) in Rocky Horror

Susan Sarandon as Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire

Michelle Pfeiffer or Ellen Barkin as Maxine in Night of the Iguana

Christina Applegate as Billie in Born Yesterday

Kathy Baker as Elizabeth Proctor in The Crucible, Alma in Summer and Smoke, and Thelma in 'Night Mother

Gina Gershon as Meg in Crimes of the Heart

Greta Scaachi as Miss Madrigal in The Chalk Garden

Emma Watson as Laurel in The Chalk Garden

Updated On: 10/27/06 at 04:18 AM

[moulinrougehk]

Posted: 10/27/06 at 12:51pm

Dan Futterman as Jimmy in Last Five Years or George in Sunday in the Park with George (if only he could sing, of course. I am not a dumb person). I mean, for Jimmy, it fits him so much. He's an actor, a writer, sucessful and a Jew... though he doesn't have a lousy marriage, which I hope he won't.

Also, Liza Minnelli as Mama Rose in Gypsy.

Updated On: 10/27/06 at 12:51 PM

[All_For_Laura]

Posted: 10/27/06 at 3:48pm

I'd love to see Angela Christian play Joanna in the recently closed revival style of Sweeney.

[snl89]

Posted: 10/27/06 at 7:09pm

def NOT saying saying this would necasserily be THE perfect role, because Sherie was already basically perfect in it, but I do REALLY have the desire to hear or see Idina as Cathy in Last 5 Years. I KNOW the acting would be out of this world, and I think the songs would really fit her voice well too! And norbert would still need to play jamie!

Laura Benanti as Christine in phantom. Seriously, how has that not been DONE already, anyway!? lol. oooh and Laura as Cosette in Les Mis too OMG, she'd be soooo amazing. Cause like, she's such a fantastic actress that I bet she'd even make me like cosette!

Felicia Finley as Maureen in RENT.. OR in the forbiden broadway version of it :P But seriously, she'd have SUUUCH a kick as take me or leave me. omg.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 10/27/06 at 7:10pm

There is some dream casting here that belongs straight in that thread about the Musical Theatre Nightmare Haunted House

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 10/27/06 at 7:29pm

I don't think Idina Menzel as Cathy would work at all.

I said a while back that I think Felicia Finley hsould play Maureen in Rent. That would be beyond perfect.

Which Phantom do you think Laura should be in? I would say Yeston, only because she's already recorded "Home," and it's gorgeous.

Robert Cuccioli as the Phantom (in either version).

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 10/27/06 at 7:35pm

No, Idina Menzel wouldn't work in THE LAST FIVE YEARS because the whole point of her character is that she is supposed to be a "Shiska Goddess" = i.e. a very non jewish looking WASP.

[snl89]

Posted: 10/27/06 at 9:18pm

ooh, thats true, I never really thought of that haha! I mean she doesn't look THAT that jewish, but she def doesn't look.. NOT jewish lol

I dont know, like I said, it was just an idea I just think that as a character, Cathy is right up her ally. But again, Sherie's just about perfection anyway!! so its all good :P

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 10/27/06 at 9:37pm

I cna't honestly say I'd like to hear her sing the role. But, that's just me.


Amy Spanger as Reno Sweeney in ANYTHING GOES? I don't know much about the show, so I could be totally off base.

[bwayondabrain]

Posted: 10/27/06 at 9:41pm

oh, definitely Felicia as Maureen! that would be awesome!
Reese Witherspoon and/or Tina Maddigan as Glinda in WICKED
Sutton Foster as Fanny Brice in FUNNY GIRL(possibly)
Laura Benanti as Christine (a few years ago, or in the 90's...not now, probably)
Amy Spanger as Kate Monster in AVE Q (???)

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 10/27/06 at 9:55pm

Laura Benanti as Christine (a few years ago, or in the 90's...not now, probably)



Why not now?

[snl89]

Posted: 10/27/06 at 10:09pm

OOOH amy as Reno! GOOD call!!

ugg, once again, being the idina obsessed person I am, I've def had the desire to hear idina do Reno too (for the record I swear I dont pick idina for EVERYTHING, its just I've always loved the idea of her as Reno, Susan from ttB, and now Cathy from last 5 years haha).. but amy would kick some major butt too! And actually, thinking about it, Amy's voice would fit Blow Gabriel Blow better because she has that INSANE lower register. Ooooh would she sing the shiot out of that song!! hehe.

so, now I officially NEED to hear:
1)Felicia sing Take Me or Leave Me
2)Laura sing Think of Me (or any other song from phantom really)
3)Amy sing Blow Gabriel Blow.

All right, thats it, those are the jobs I've got lined up for the cast once Wedding Singer closes! Get on it, ladies!

Updated On: 10/27/06 at 10:09 PM

Posted: 10/27/06 at 10:15pm

haha, snl, LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol

i think laura was perfect at cinderella in into the woods and bernadette was perfect as the witch. i think those 2 should be put together in my dream cast!

Laura Benanti - MARY POPPINS

LOVE that too!! WOW!!

and id love to see laura as belle in beauty and the beast!

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 10/27/06 at 10:16pm

"but I do REALLY have the desire to hear or see Idina as Cathy in Last 5 Years."

That would sound terrible.Idina's voice does not fit Cathy at all. I think Laura is beyond being a replacement such as Christine in Phantom. She would sound good but, she should have done it earlier in her career.


Updated On: 10/27/06 at 10:16 PM

Posted: 10/27/06 at 10:29pm

so i just read through this thread, and omg, from the first page, bernadette as mrs. lovett in sweeney! AMAZING!!

[StephenSondheimWHOO]

Posted: 11/25/06 at 1:48pm

I was recently thinking about a cast for guys and dolls
Sky: Hugh Jackman
Adelaide: JUlia Murney
Sarah: Audra McDonald
Nathan: ? Nathan Lane is pretty Perfect in the role

[jonartdesigns]

Posted: 11/25/06 at 5:18pm

brian stokes mitchell as;
gaston (he would never do it in a million years but holy crap it would be good)
King arthur in spamalot (marin masee is thete can he be far behind)
billy flynn

[*brina-doll*]

Posted: 11/25/06 at 5:23pm

Adam Pascal as Freddy Trumper in Chess, enough said there.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 11/25/06 at 5:27pm

Just a question....Idina doesn't look THAT Jewish?

[Annas_Priest]

Posted: 11/25/06 at 6:21pm

Carol Channing as the Voice of the Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors
And Geroge W. Bush as King Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar
Just Kidding!
But for Real
Adam Pascale as Judas in Superstar
and
Johnny Depp as in Emcee in Cabaret

[VonTussleGirl]

Posted: 11/25/06 at 6:29pm

Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors.
Jennifer Laura Thompson as Cinderella in Into the Woods.
Leslie Kritzer as Elphaba.