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which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?
#125re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?
Posted: 7/16/07 at 11:24pmI love the Ruthie Henshall idea!
There wouldn't be lights bright enough!
#126re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?
Posted: 7/16/07 at 11:31pmCHRISTINE ANDREAS
And you think of all of the things you've seen, and you wish that you could live in between ,and you're back again only different than before...
After the Sky.
-Into the Woods (Jack)
americanboy99
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/06
#127re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?
Posted: 7/16/07 at 11:32pm
YUCK!
NO! NO! NO! NO!
#128re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?
Posted: 7/16/07 at 11:33pmShe'd be absolutely phenomenal.
And you think of all of the things you've seen, and you wish that you could live in between ,and you're back again only different than before...
After the Sky.
-Into the Woods (Jack)
#129re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?
Posted: 7/17/07 at 12:22am
Christine Andreas? F*ck no. I'm getting nauseous at the thought of seeing her as Margaret on Sunday. Back on topic, these are my top choices for Rose:
Lorna Luft, Vicki Clark, Beth Leavel, Christine Ebersole.
ggersten
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#130re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?
Posted: 7/17/07 at 8:53am
boy is fame fleeting, 6 pages, and not one nomination of Idina Menzel.
Quick aside: Tyne Daly was so incredibly awesome when I saw her in D.C. just before moving to Broadway. Even today, that is the #1 performance of a musical I have ever seen.
On to the nominations game: I am most intrigued by Bebe Neuwirth. That controlled voice and tempo in speaking would make Everythings Coming Up Roses really explosive in contrast - if she can explode it out. Out of context, it's such a happy song. In Tyne's hands (and Midler's) it became scary - the expression of emotional dominance with the dread of what Rose is going to do to Louise with Rose's dream.
MadelineKahnFan
Chorus Member Joined: 4/26/06
#131re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?
Posted: 7/17/07 at 11:40amCyndi Lauper would be a perfect choice for Mamma Rose for the big screen.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#132re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?
Posted: 7/17/07 at 11:43amBarbara COok
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#133re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?
Posted: 7/17/07 at 12:22pmof course you realize that barbara cook will be 80 this fall...
G_Schlozinski2
Leading Actor Joined: 3/23/07
#134re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?
Posted: 7/17/07 at 1:57pm
now here's an interesting question: if barbara cook played mama rose, which 62 year old actress would you get to play gypsy?
#135re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?
Posted: 7/17/07 at 1:59pm^ Why do you have 2 accounts?
G_Schlozinski2
Leading Actor Joined: 3/23/07
#136re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?
Posted: 7/17/07 at 3:40pm
do i have two accounts?
... let me see...
eve, do we have two accounts?
what the f(*&) are you talking about, gertrude, and who's that guy with his head smashed on the floor?
i'm sure i don't know, eve... he looks like a brute! reminds me of the brewery!
oh, but he's kind of cute in a brutish way, don't you think?
Nope. I don't have two accounts.
I think...
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#137re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?
Posted: 7/17/07 at 4:39pmGeorgia Engel
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
G_Schlozinski2
Leading Actor Joined: 3/23/07
#138re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?
Posted: 7/17/07 at 7:41pm
That's too funny, Dollypop.
I was thinking Ann-Margret, or Annette Funicello.
#139re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?
Posted: 7/18/07 at 1:44amI think Stephanie J. Block would be great in 15 years. Could Patti Cohenour do it? I love her, but I'm not sure if she's the right type for Rose.
broadwayplayer
Swing Joined: 1/5/05
#140re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?
Posted: 7/18/07 at 4:41pmin maybe about 25-30 years I think Sutton Foster would be a great momma rose. I think she has the voicce for it and it would be great when she is old enough!
#141re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?
Posted: 8/2/07 at 4:52pm
Not really a Broadway diva, but seriously, Meryl Streep. If it's a one night only concert, a benefit, or anything, I am DYING to see what she would do with this role. From what I've heard, her voice isn't as big as the role requires, but that's why Joan Lader exists.
I love the idea of Tonya Pinkins.
Some people paint, some people sew, I meddle.
#142re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?
Posted: 8/10/07 at 12:14pm
BUMP...
And, this is an idea that should have happened:
Dorothy Loudon as Rose. She could nail that comedy in her sleep and anyone with any doubts toward the dramatic end of the acting needs only look at Ballroom.
Some people paint, some people sew, I meddle.
chinto1984
Leading Actor Joined: 8/6/07
#143re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?
Posted: 8/10/07 at 6:59pmThere is a Youtube of Andrea McArdle as Rose in a regional production. She has the voice for it but way too young.
#144re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?
Posted: 8/10/07 at 7:53pm
Totally into Tonya Pinkins as Rose. I got chills just thinking about her singing "Rose's Turn."
I remember when Peters was doing it, I was taking one of Steve Nelson's (he's on the Broadway PBS miniseries documentary. He's brilliant when it comes to musicals) classes at NYU, and he said he thought no one was out there at the time who could play Mama Rose and do her justice. Someone mentioned Alix Korey and he then said something like, "Okay, no one except Alix Korey." I'd love to see her in the part. She'd rip it up.
I could also see Henshall being good.
#145re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?
Posted: 8/10/07 at 9:05pmI would rather see Mary Bond Davis as Rose than Tonya Pinkins (and I do love her).
logan0215
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/05
#146re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?
Posted: 2/22/08 at 8:07am
Saw this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ficWFBo4XCY
today and automatically came back to BWW to search for a thread like this to nominate Lea. I had only seen her in concert versions and never seen her move and "act" out a song in costume.
She would be phenom.
#147re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?
Posted: 2/22/08 at 8:11am
I have already seen my two faves: Bernie and La LuPone 
But...
Victoria Clark
Christine Ebersole
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#148re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?
Posted: 2/22/08 at 9:37am
Mary Testa, definitely. She's got the pipes and she can act the Hell out of it.
I was lucky enough to play opposite her a million years ago and it would be a dream of mine to play her Herbie. But, of course, I have a better chance of winning the lottery...
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cliffarico
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#149re: Which actress do you think will play a great Rose ?
Posted: 2/22/08 at 10:55am
Patty Duke...
She played it in Washington a few years back and she received very good reviews...
I even heard a rumor that she was to replace Ms. Peters but the production closed....
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