DARK SHADOWS FORUMS
General Discussions => Current Talk Archive => Current Talk '24 I => Current Talk '04 I => Topic started by: Mary on May 19, 2004, 07:58:11 AM
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And when was the last time DCP mentioned the "proposed DS Broadway musical." That one (thank goodness) disappeared quietly. . . ;)
OK, I know I should totally shut up before I even start, but I can't resist tossing out some ideas for who should be in the musical (LOL!)...Antonio Banderas as Barnabas and Hugh Jackman as Quentin (or vice versa!), Kelly Clarkson (oh I know I'm gonna get killed now!) as Vicki, Matthew Broderick as Willie, Kristen Chenowith as Angelique, Jane Krakowski as Carolyn, Patti LuPone as Julia, Richard Gere or maybe Nathan Lane as Roger, and Glenn Close as Elizabeth. And that's all I can come up with right now.
Please don't kill me! (LOL!)
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I'd prefer Frid and Selby with top hats and canes, arm in arm, doing a song and dance routine.
Now THAT'S Entertainment! :-*
(Would anyone else besides me buy a ticket to that?)
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(Would anyone else besides me buy a ticket to that?)
LOL! I'd be in line right behind you!
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Antonio Banderas as Barnabas and Hugh Jackman as Quentin (or vice versa!), Kelly Clarkson (oh I know I'm gonna get killed now!) as Vicki, Matthew Broderick as Willie, Kristen Chenowith as Angelique, Jane Krakowski as Carolyn, Patti LuPone as Julia, Richard Gere or maybe Nathan Lane as Roger, and Glenn Close as Elizabeth. And that's all I can come up with right now.
Well, even if DC could get a script with competent lyrics and music (I DO think Cobert could compose a great score, and maybe Rupert Holmes could write some good lyrics, but DC CANNOT write the book of a musical--even Mel Brooks turned to the experienced Tom Meehan for the book of THE PRODUCERS), your choices for casting do interest and mystify me. I'd agree 100% on Glenn as Liz, but Kristen just is not an Angelique. And Matthew, much as I love his work (he was brilliant in HOW TO SUCCEED. . .), just doesn't have the acting "chops" to pull off Willie (look at that awful TV version of MUSIC MAN. Was he sleepwalking through filming or what?) Maybe Nathan Lane as Willie? I could see Jackman as Barnabas, and maybe Antonio could play Quentin. Sorry, don't know Clarkson; and Jane Krakowski is a little too old for Carolyn. Now I COULD see Kristen as Carolyn!! And probably Gere as Roger. Oh yes. . .and Harvey Fierstein MUST play Julia Hoffman. There's no one else for the role but him. ;D
LOL, Brian
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Oh yes. . .and Harvey Fierstein MUST play Julia Hoffman. There's no one else for the role but him.
I second the motion.
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Well, even if DC could get a script with competent lyrics and music (I DO think Cobert could compose a great score, and maybe Rupert Holmes could write some good lyrics, but DC CANNOT write the book of a musical--even Mel Brooks turned to the experienced Tom Meehan for the book of THE PRODUCERS), your choices for casting do interest and mystify me. I'd agree 100% on Glenn as Liz, but Kristen just is not an Angelique. And Matthew, much as I love his work (he was brilliant in HOW TO SUCCEED. . .), just doesn't have the acting "chops" to pull off Willie (look at that awful TV version of MUSIC MAN. Was he sleepwalking through filming or what?) Maybe Nathan Lane as Willie? I could see Jackman as Barnabas, and maybe Antonio could play Quentin. Sorry, don't know Clarkson; and Jane Krakowski is a little too old for Carolyn. Now I COULD see Kristen as Carolyn!! And probably Gere as Roger. Oh yes. . .and Harvey Fierstein MUST play Julia Hoffman. There's no one else for the role but him. ;D
LOL, Brian
Uh oh...guess I enjoyed Matthew Broderick in "Music Man" more than you did -- LOL! I think Kristen is so talented she can pretty much do anything and would really have fun with Angelique but you're right -- she'd make a great Carolyn. Kelly Clarkson was the first American Idol -- LOL. Actually, I think Catherine Zeta-Jones would make a really good Vicki but she's a little too old for the part, and like you said Jane Krakowski is a little too old for Carolyn, but what I was thinking was that people can usually get away with playing younger on stage (like Bernadette Peters in "Annie Get Your Gun" for example), so they might be able to pull it off. Harvey Fierstein as Julia -- holy cats! :o Now there's an idea! Ha! However...I'm not sure I could completely deal with that without swallowing some of Julia's tranquilizers -- LOL! Maybe Harvey and Patti LuPone could alternate performances -- LOL! ;D
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Mary wrote:
Kelly Clarkson (oh I know I'm gonna get killed now!) as Vicki,
How PERFECT!!!!
Jane K. as Dr. Hoffman though.... :D
Patti
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Actually, I think Catherine Zeta-Jones would make a really good Vicki but she's a little too old for the part
I forgot about Zeta-Jones. . .she may be a little mature for Vicki--but I can really see her as Angelique--blonde wig or not! :o
If Harvey's not your ideal Julia, then maybe move Glenn Close over to Julia and (why not each for the stars) bring in Julie Andrews as Elizabeth!
Hmm--the possibilities of casting make me wish this show could become a reality. . .but . . . :-
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Mary wrote:
Kelly Clarkson (oh I know I'm gonna get killed now!) as Vicki,
How PERFECT!!!!
Thanks! Cool!
Jane K. as Dr. Hoffman though.... :D
Patti
Now that's an interesting direction -- I don't think she would take no for an answer from Barnabas! LOL! ;D
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I forgot about Zeta-Jones. . .she may be a little mature for Vicki--but I can really see her as Angelique--blonde wig or not! :o
You've got a point there! Hee hee!
If Harvey's not your ideal Julia, then maybe move Glenn Close over to Julia and (why not each for the stars) bring in Julie Andrews as Elizabeth!
Now that would be totally awesome!! (I sooooo hope she'll be able to get her voice all the way back!!)
Hmm--the possibilities of casting make me wish this show could become a reality. . .but . . . :-
Really! If only!!
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I've been reading "Casting The Defunct DS Musical" in the college library because ours computer has to go to the "Doctor". Anyway, the part where Antonio Banderas as Barnabas, well I was "hootin' and hollin'" so much, that everybody stopped and looked at me. I explained to them, that you had to like DS. The weird part is...I could see Antonio playing this part and me, sitting in the front seat clapping him on.
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I'd prefer Frid and Selby with top hats and canes, arm in arm, doing a song and dance routine.
Now THAT'S Entertainment! :-*
(Would anyone else besides me buy a ticket to that?)
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Suddenly, I'm picturing Frid and Selby as Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart in CHICAGO, dancing the "Hot Honey Rag."
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LOL---so instead of bringing out the machine guns, Barnabas will swoop down to the audience and bite everyone in the first row (in time to the music, of course), and Quentin will grow a snout and hair (with his transformation gyrations also timed to the music) and then attack the balcony crowd, while Barny works of the second row. Only the orchestra conductor, with his wooden baton, will save the audience by staking Barnabas through the back; and then, as the werewolf attacks in the wake of Barnabas' death, the conductor will pull out his silver-tipped ink pen and plunge it through Quentin's heart.
Okay, now we have the end of the musical. Let's all start writing. (Can we have a DS round robin musical treatment, please? MB?)
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Now don't forget, in casting, someone has to start the horrible rumor that Marilyn Manson will be offered a primary part, which seemingly can neither be confirmed nor denied, creating a plethora of outrage, until it ends up as just another link on snopes.com.
Gerard
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Now don't forget, in casting, someone has to start the horrible rumor that Marilyn Manson will be offered a primary part
I can definitely see him as Vicki. ;D
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These ideas are hysterical!! I love it! OK, here's my suggestion for Marilyn Manson -- I think he'd make a great Buzz, except we'd need to beef up the part, so maybe we could combine Buzz's character with Jeb, like Buzz could turn out to secretly be the Leviathan leader -- oh wait, that was one of the worst storylines on the show -- um, we could skip a lot of that story but use the parts where we could see MM calling all the zombies up out of their graves, marrying Carolyn (and having a psychedelic honeymoon -- LOL!), and being chased off Widow's Hill to his death by the shadow all to insane hallucinatory MM music -- LOL!!
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Hi Connie i would love to see Selby in a Top Hat
or Anything!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YUMMY Love Anne :-* :P
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LOLOLOL!!!! Marilyn Manson as JebEZ Hawkes!!!!
But, even better, Marilyn Manson as SABRINA!!!!
(okay, I'll be good now!!)
Patti
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I was thinking of Betty Buckley or Cleo Laine as Dr. Julia Hoffman. Both of these actresses worked with Rupert Holmes in his Mystery of Edwin Drood musical (based on a Charles Dickens work).
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Okay, so I've been thinking about this for a few weeks now and have come up with not only my dream cast (see below), but I've actually started writing DS The Musical (I know. . .I know, I've said here that DC has no business writing a musical, but that Rupert Holmes and Robert Cobert could certainly write a good Broadway show--and since I've written my own share of musical theater pieces in the past 3*%^-odd years, I decided to give it a try, and the opening sequence is almost complete. But y'all will have to wait until it's finished to read it.
Meantime, here's a cast I would love to have in the show (BTW, the 1790s cast will be featured only in a "dream sequence" at the end of Act One that tells the story of how Barnabas became a vampire).
Cast of Characters
VICTORIA WINTERS Ruthie Henshall
ELIZABETH COLLINS STODDARD Julie Andrews
ROGER COLLINS Richard Gere
CAROLYN STODDARD Kristen Chenowith
DR. JULIA HOFFMAN Donna Murphy
MAGGIE EVANS tba
MRS. JOHNSON Nancy Barrett
WILLIE LOOMIS Bronson Pinchot
JOE HASKELL Marc Kudisch
PROFESSOR T. ELIOT STOKES George Hearn
BARNABAS COLLINS Hugh Jackman
DAVID COLLINS tba
ANGELIQUE Catherine Zeta-Jones
1795 Flashback Dream Sequence
NAOMI COLLINS Julie Andrews
JOSHUA COLLINS Richard Gere
JOSETTE duPRES Ruthie Henshall
JEREMIAH COLLINS Marc Kudisch
ABIGAIL COLLINS Nancy Barrett
MILLICENT COLLINS Kristen Chenowith
NATALIE duPRES Donna Murphy
BEN STOKES George Hearn
Any comments?
Brian
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Uh oh -- um, I don't know who some of those people are! Eek! Have to confess my ignorance -- oh dear. LOL! OK, who are Ruthie Henshaw, Marc Kudisch, George Hearn, and Donna Murphy? I've heard of those last two, but can't think where right now.
Bronson Pinchot as Willie cracks me up! Now there's an idea! LOL!
Good luck with your musical! How cool!
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. . .I don't know who some of those people are. . . who are Ruthie Henshaw, Marc Kudisch, George Hearn, and Donna Murphy?
Mary, no problem. If you can find it, pick up the DVD of Stephen Sondheim's review PUTTING IT TOGETHER starring Carol Burnett. You'll also find George Hearn, Ruthie Henshall AND Bronson Pinchot in this fun Broadway show.
You can find Marc Kudisck as Conrad Birdie in the 1995 TV remake of BYE BYE BIRDIE, but he's mainly a Broadway name.
And Donna Murphy is currently in WONDERFUL TOWN on B'way, but try to find the DVD of Sondheim's PASSION and you'll see her give a wonderful performance as Fosca.
Brian
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George Hearn is probably best-known (at least to me) for playing Sweeney Todd in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street -- a most wonderful musical. He's also done a lot of voice acting for cartoon shows.
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Thanks, Brian!