what happend to "A Little Night Music " Revival
what happend to "A Little Night Music " Revival
#0what happend to "A Little Night Music " Revival
Posted: 6/10/05 at 12:11am
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I was waiting to see this actually happen.
anyone else?
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theatreguy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/31/03
#1re: what happend to 'A Little Night Music ' Revival
Posted: 6/10/05 at 12:22amI'm pretty sure it's still on. Last I heard, it will be opening fall 2006.
wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
#2re: what happend to 'A Little Night Music ' Revival
Posted: 6/10/05 at 3:11amAnd Glenn Close has officially turned it down.
#3re: what happend to 'A Little Night Music ' Revival
Posted: 6/10/05 at 6:27am
Victoria Clark or Michele Pawk for Desiree! 
Avigdor
Featured Actor Joined: 3/14/05
#5re: what happend to 'A Little Night Music ' Revival
Posted: 6/10/05 at 9:45am
some suggestions:
Bernadette Peters as Desiree. (although Victoria Clark would be wonderful)
Judi Dench as Madame Armfeldt.
Randi Graff as Charlotte (terrific in the Kennedy Center production)
Brian Stokes Mitchell as Fredrik
Matt Morrison as Henrik
'Our whole family shouts. It comes from us livin' so close to the railroad tracks'
nmartin
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/3/05
#6re: what happend to 'A Little Night Music ' Revival
Posted: 6/10/05 at 9:53amPeters is wrong for Desiree. Stokes-Mitchell doesn't even make sense. She'd never do it, but Dench is a good idea.
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#7re: what happend to 'A Little Night Music ' Revival
Posted: 6/10/05 at 9:54amMatthew Morrison for Henrik is a good idea too. After hearing what he is really capable of in Piazza, I'm sure his Later would be incredible.
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#8re: what happend to 'A Little Night Music ' Revival
Posted: 6/10/05 at 10:14am
Lansbury, Lansbury, Lansbury.
Angie as Mdme. Armfeldt.
#9re: what happend to 'A Little Night Music ' Revival
Posted: 6/10/05 at 10:17amOkay, I'll scratch Bernadette (sorry guys, just trying to find the poor girl a job). How about Christine Baranaksi as Desiree? And as for Stokes, I'm still in a South Pacific induced haze from last night's Carnegie Hall performance. His 'This Nearly Was Mine' was rapturous.
'Our whole family shouts. It comes from us livin' so close to the railroad tracks'
#10re: what happend to 'A Little Night Music ' Revival
Posted: 6/10/05 at 10:17amLandsbury for Armfeldt! That's a perfect idea!
#11re: what happend to 'A Little Night Music ' Revival
Posted: 6/10/05 at 10:23amAngela turns 80 this year. Playing the lead in 8 performances a week is very strenuous. But, I agree, it would've been wonderful.
'Our whole family shouts. It comes from us livin' so close to the railroad tracks'
#12re: what happend to 'A Little Night Music ' Revival
Posted: 6/10/05 at 10:24am
As has been discussed many times, Armfeldt spends her time in a wheelchair, and only really has one big number.
The role is hardly strenuous...
nmartin
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/3/05
#13re: what happend to 'A Little Night Music ' Revival
Posted: 6/10/05 at 10:30amLike Dench she never would agree to do it, but Lansbury would be amazing.
#14re: what happend to 'A Little Night Music ' Revival
Posted: 6/10/05 at 10:43am
Lansbury !
I would love to see her on stage one more time.
Avigdor
Featured Actor Joined: 3/14/05
#15re: what happend to 'A Little Night Music ' Revival
Posted: 6/10/05 at 11:13am
martin..i disagree..bernadette would be perfect. tell me why you dont think she would work..i'm curious.
#16re: what happend to 'A Little Night Music ' Revival
Posted: 6/10/05 at 11:17amDench already did it. I doubt she'd do it again, especially since she's a much bigger star now. I'm sure they'll get some overwrought hollywood "actress" to do it, and make a big stink about it. I saw it with Hayley Mills in Seattle and she SUCKED. It's really not a lead, she only has one real solo, and is part of 2 other songs. I think a commercial run of this show would tank, but more power to them.
#17re: what happend to 'A Little Night Music ' Revival
Posted: 6/10/05 at 11:18am
Where did you hear that Close turned it down? Part of the reason the revival was delayed for about three years was because of Close's other commitments.
I'd go so far as to say the entire reason the revival was happening at all was because of Close's interest. Indeed, if she's no longer attached, I'd imagine this revival won't happen unless Meryl Streep or Nicole Kidman decide they want to do it.
MATheaterLover
Understudy Joined: 10/13/04
nmartin
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/3/05
#19re: what happend to 'A Little Night Music ' Revival
Posted: 6/10/05 at 1:21pmBobbyBubby, Unfortunately, you are probably right about a commercial B'way production of this tanking. Also, I fear you may be correct about horrible Hollywood casting. Alas, one can smell the coming onslaught of a revival making people ask, "Why is this show so well-regarded?"
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