i'll go first: A Little Night Music: Desiree: Bernadette Peters Fredrick: Boyd Gaines Count: Michael Ceveris Charlotte: Maureen Moore Petra: Deborah Messing Frid: Andy Karl Henrik: Christian Borle Anne: Sierra Bogess Fredrika: Allie Trimm SHOW SCHEDULE: 9/12/09-2:00 Bye Bye Birdie 9/12/09-8:00 Hair 10/31/09-2:00 Ragtime 10/31/09-8:00-The Phantom of the Opera 11/03/09-Next to Normal 11/24/09-Hair 12/16/09-Wicked 01/17/09-3:00 A Little Night Music 01/17/09-6:30 Mary Poppins

Wow, that's a great cast! Although Christian Borle is a little old for Henrik, and I'm the perfect age "Broadway = hot girls in tight clothes shaking and dancing. Sports = buff men in tight uniforms shaking and bending. You tell me which one is gay." - BSoBW2

Les Miserables Valjean- Vin Diesel Javert/Young cosette- Dakota Fanning Fantine- Stew Marius- James Earl Jones Eponine- Danielle Radcliffe Cosette- Richard Griffiths mdm thenard: jack black Thenard: ben stiller

Thanks for the nightmares, bwaybud! SWEENEY TODD Sweeney: Norm Lewis (can't believe I missed seeing him in the role) Lovett: Susan Egan (Just want to see her take on the role.) Antony: Mmmm... Edward Watts. Johanna: Very talented unknown (Ed Watts is an unknown, too, come to that.) Lucy: Nikki Renee Daniels Judge: Terrence Mann (JAVERT VS. JAVERT) Beadle: John Treacy Egan! Pirelli: Christian Borle Toby: Brian D'Addario Also, I'd love to see Michael Ball as Sir Percy Blakeney in "The Scarlet Pimpernel." In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy

I think Leigh Ann Larkin would be great as Petra. I would die to hear her sing Miller's Son. <----- You know you wish you were as Incredible as Karen Olvio. Please Vote For Me! Just Click on the Link! http://beintheheights.com/drunkchita

What's that show where the guy and the girl make out a lot? I think I should be the girl, and Matt Morrison should be the guy. That's PERFECT casting right there! *ahem* "He had a weatherbeaten face and wore a T-shirt advertising canned Norwegian fish-balls."

The Will Rogers Follies: Will Rogers: Nathan Lane Betty Blake: Laura Benanti Ziegfeld's Favorite: Megan Sikora Clem Rogers: Rob Bartlett South Pacific: Nellie: Kristen Chenoweth Emile: James Barbour Bloody Mary: (If she was phillipeno) Patti Lu Pone SHOW SCHEDULE: 9/12/09-2:00 Bye Bye Birdie 9/12/09-8:00 Hair 10/31/09-2:00 Ragtime 10/31/09-8:00-The Phantom of the Opera 11/03/09-Next to Normal 11/24/09-Hair 12/16/09-Wicked 01/17/09-3:00 A Little Night Music 01/17/09-6:30 Mary Poppins

Call me crazy or anything you wish... Les Mis: Valjean: Mandy Patinkin Javert: Tim Curry Marius: Jim Sturgess Fantine: Bonnie Tyler Bishop: Meat Loaf Thenardier: Mark Hamill (traditional voice-actor of The Joker in the 90s) Mme. Thenardier: Jane Krakowski Enjolras: Joe Anderson Grantaire: Curtis Holbrook Montparnasse: Martin Short Cosette: Anne Hathaway Eponine: Celia Keenan-Bolger Admit it...some part of you would LOVE this. Things John Lennon doesn't believe in: magic, i-Ching, Bible, tarot, Hitler, Jesus, Kennedy, Buddha, mantra, Gita, yoga, kings, Elvis, Zimmerman, Beatles Things John Lennon does believe in: Yoko, himself, reality

i really love your les mis cast...but anne hathaway as cosette ruins it. i mean, come on. she has hardly proven herself as a singer much less a strong, classical soprano. "The good news is I have an excellent Tony speech. The bad news is I've had it for forty-five years."-Elaine Stritch

Um... she has, actually. Try the ebuTuoY. I actually spontaneously spewed out a 'Les Mis' cast list in my LiveJournal this morning. Valjean - John Owen-Jones. Why not? He's damn good! So :P to Colm Wilkinson fangirls. Javert - Philip Quast. Terrence Mann can bite me. There is literally only one definitive Javert as far as I'm concerned. Fantine - Lea Salonga. YEAH I SAID IT. Having never been particularly impressed with her Eponine, she managed to blow me away with her Fantine. Let's keep that. Thenardier - Gary Beach. I really don't have any preferences for either Thenardier but I do love Gary Beach. Madame Thenardier - *shrugs* anyone'll do. Maybe I'd lean more towards the Tracie Bennett side than the Jenny Galloway side though... Marius - Michael Ball. It's not that I *want* Michael Ball as Marius, it's more that I find it incredibly difficult to accept anyone else. Enjolras - Anthony Warlow plskthxbai! *_* (Although someone suggested that Darius Danesh might make a nice Enjolras, and I would be totally down with that if he wanted to do it.) Cosette - ANYONE but that shrill harridan from the CSR! Ali Ewoldt if you want her to look like her mother, Judy Kuhn if you really don't care. Eponine - well, I can think of three Eponines I really like. Kaho Shimada if you don't mind a heavy Japanese accent, Frances Ruffelle if you're going old-skool, or Celia Keenan-Bolger, the only woman who's ever brought me to tears with her rendition of 'On My Own'. As long as she's a scrappy street-kid rather than a hottie with strategically-placed dirt, I'm happy. Grantaire - Drew Sarich (shuttup I'm allowed to have a Grantaire preference, and it wouldn't feel like a complete cast if I didn't sneak Drew "IMA PLAY EVERYONE!" Sarich in somewhere). I don't think I swore... but I am significantly more offensive in the privacy of my LJ than the public forum that is theatre discussion boards... "He had a weatherbeaten face and wore a T-shirt advertising canned Norwegian fish-balls."

I'm scared!

Don't know if this is the right place to say this and my apologies for giving offense, but I STILL maintain that is it CRIMINAL that Curtis Holbrook isn't going to be Joey. He was BORN to play the role!!!!!! I LOVE that show and no one in front of the public today could do it as well as he. I has spoken, for the zillionth time. BroadwayEd

Dream Revival Cast for THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN MOLLY: Tammy Blanchard "LEADVILLE" JOHNNY BROWN: James Anest BUTTERCUP GROGAN: Debbie Reynolds SHAMUS TOBIN: Harve Presnell GLADYS MacGRAW: Christine Baranski PRINCE LOUIS: William Michals "I long-ago realized that this country is a nation of morons, when it comes to knowledge of anything outside, or beyond, pop culture." Steve Slezak

"All About Eve" Margo Channing - JUDY DAVIS Eve Harrington - ANNE HATHAWAY Addison DeWitt - ALAN RICKMAN Karen Richards - VIRGINIA MADSEN Bill Sampson - DENNIS QUAID Lloyd Richards - GUY PEARCE Birdie Coonan - RHEA PERLMAN Max Fabian - TIMOTHY SPALL Claudia Caswell - GRETCHEN MOL Phoebe - KATE BOSWORTH Distinguished Actor - CHRISTOPHER LEE "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" Maggie - ANGELINA JOLIE Brick - MARK RUFFALO Big Daddy - BRIAN COX Big Mama - CAMRYN MANHEIM "Little Shop of Horrors" Seymour Krelbourne - JACK NOSEWORTHY Audrey - MIRA SORVINO Orin, etc. - CHRIS KATTAN Mr. Mushnik - ALFRED MOLINA Urchins - I dunno... Destiny's Child? "A Streetcar Named Desire" Blanche DuBois - CATE BLANCHETT Stanley Kowalski - CHRISTIAN BALE Stella Kowalski - MARY-LOUISE PARKER Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell - JOHN C. REILLY "Burn This" Pale - ROBERT DOWNEY JR. Anna - ASHLEY JUDD Burton - CHRISTOPHER MELONI Larry - DALLAS ROBERTS "The Shadow Box" Joe - TIMOTHY HUTTON Maggie - EDIE FALCO Agnes - MARISA TOMEI Brian - KEVIN SPACEY Felicity - MARIAN SELDES Mark - BILLY CRUDUP Beverly - DEBRA MESSING Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" Martha - STOCKARD CHANNING George - BILL PULLMAN Nick - RYAN GOSLING Honey - HEATHER BURNS "Our Town" Stage Manager - WILLIAM H. MACY Emily Webb - ALEXIS BLEDEL George Gibbs - EMILE HIRSCH Mrs. Gibbs - BECKY ANN BAKER Dr. Gibbs - JAMES REBHORN Editor Webb - STEPHEN TOBOLOWSKY Mrs. Webb - CHRISTINE EBERSOLE Simon Stimson - JOHN GLOVER Mrs. Soames - JUNE SQUIBB "Marat/Sade" The Marquis de Sade - IAN McKELLEN Jean-Paul Marat - RALPH FIENNES The Herald - PETER MacNICOL Charlotte Corday - HOPE DAVIS M. Coulmier - CARY ELWES Simmone Evrard - AMANDA PLUMMER Duperret - JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL Jacques Roux - BILLY BOYD "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Nick Bottom - KENNETH BRANAGH Titania/Hippolyta - TILDA SWINTON Puck - ZACH BRAFF Oberon/Theseus - JIMMY SMITS Helena - SIENNA MILLER Demetrius - ORLANDO BLOOM Hermia - NAOMIE HARRIS Lysander - CRAIG GALLIVAN Peter Quince - ROWAN ATKINSON Egeus - IAN McDIARMID "Suessical: The Musical" The Cat in the Hat - MARTIN SHORT Horton the Elephant - JACK BLACK Gertrude McFuzz - JAMIE LYNN DiSCALA Mayzie LaBird - ANA GASTEYER General Schmitz - WILL FERRELL Sour Kangaroo - LORETTA DEVINE The Mayor of Whoville - EUGENE LEVY Mrs. Mayor - DEBRA JO RUPP "Bye Bye Birdie!" Rosie Alvarez - CATHERINE ZETA-JONES Albert Peterson - SETH MacFARLANE Kim MacAfee - AMANDA SEYFRIED Mae Peterson - DEBRA MONK Harry MacAfee - RICHARD KIND Hugo Peabody - JUSTIN LONG Conrad Birdie - JAMES CARPINELLO "The Glass Menagerie" Amanda Wingfield - BETH GRANT Tom Wingfield - EDWARD NORTON Laura Wingfield - AMY ADAMS Jim O'Connor - JONNY LEE MILLER "The Rocky Horror Show" Dr. Frank 'N' Furter - JIM CARREY Narrator - JOHN CLEESE Janet Weiss - AMY ADAMS Brad Majors - STEPHEN LYNCH Eddie/Dr. Scott - JACK BLACK Riff Raff - CONSTANTINE MAROULIS Columbia - BRITTANY MURPHY Magenta - ROSARIO DAWSON Rocky Horror - JASON LEWIS Rocky (Singing Voice) - ADAM PASCAL "A Delicate Balance" Agnes - MIA FARROW Tobias - LEN CARIOU Claire - KAREN BLACK Harry - RAY WISE Edna - JANE ALEXANDER Julia - FRANCES O'CONNOR "Five Women Wearing the Same Dress" Trish - JENNIFER GARNER Georgeanne - TARA REID Meredith - MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL Mindy - CLEA DuVALL Francis - MONICA POTTER Trip - JOSHUA JACKSON "The Miss Firecracker Contest" Carnelle Scott - MENA SUVARI Elain Rutledge - CHRISTINA APPLEGATE Delmount Williams - DAVID ARQUETTE Popeye Jackson - HEATHER MATARAZZO Tessy Mahoney - SARAH SILVERMAN Mac Sam - BRIAN VAN HOLT "The Country Girl" Georgie Elgin - CYNTHIA NIXON Frank Elgin - JOHN SLATTERY Bernie Dodd - MARK RUFFALO "Fifth of July" Kenneth Talley Jr. - PETER SARSGAARD Gwen Landis - MARISA TOMEI Jed Jenkins - JOAQUIN PHOENIX John Landis - PETER KRAUSE Aunt Sally Friedman - MIA FARROW June Talley - HOPE DAVIS Weston Hurley - JUSTIN LONG Shirley Talley - DAVEIGH CHASE "Hurlyburly" Eddie – CHRISTIAN BALE Phil – BARRY PEPPER Mickey – JOSH LUCAS Darlene – AMANDA PEET Bonnie – RACHEL McADAMS Artie - WILLIE GARSON Donna – ELLEN PAGE "Restoration Comedy" John Loveless - ROBERT DOWNEY JR. Amanda - GWYNETH PALTROW Mr. Worthy - CHRISTIAN BALE Sir Novelty Fashion - ALAN RICKMAN Berinthia - EMILY BLUNT Narcissa - LUCY PUNCH Young Fashion - HUGH DANCY Hillaria - PATRICIA HEATON "Macbeth" Macbeth - JUDE LAW Lady Macbeth - JENNIFER CONNELLY Macduff - CLIVE OWEN Malcolm - JAMES McAVOY Banquo - KARL URBAN King Duncan - IAN McDIARMID Lady Macduff - LYNN COLLINS "The Threepenny Opera" Mack the Knife - JAMES MARSDEN Polly Peachum - JENNIFER GARNER Mr. J.J. Peachum - JOHN LITHGOW Mrs. Celia Peachum - CHRISTINE BARANSKI Jenny Diver - JANE LEEVES Tiger Brown - BILL NIGHY Lucy Brown - IDINA MENZEL Love / Peace / Unity

I'd love to see Gypsy with Beth Leavel and Sierra Boggess! Both have strenghts in acting and singing.

Dream cast? Find a way to bring Judy Garland back from the dead so Follies can be revived with her playing Carlotta. Imagine that voice, with that personal history, belting out I'm Still Here. Bring Teresa Stratas or one of the other great sopranos out of retirement to sing One Last Kiss. Give Angela Lansbury the strength to make it through eight shows a week for Hattie and Broadway Baby. (And I don't say that to be mean, but because she said herself during Deuce that eight shows a week has gotten very hard for her now.) Edith Piaf for Solange. You couldn't find a more authentic voice for Ah, Paris! Those are all the roles I feel like casting with the impossible for right now. Feel free to fill in the blanks.

WICKED Elphaba: Idina Menzel Galinda: Kristin Chenoweth (or possibly Brittany Snow) Fyiero: Robert Pattinson Boq: Alan Cumming Madame Morrible: Maggie Smith or Miranda Richardson or Kathy Bates Wizard: VICTOR GARBER Nessarose: Newcomer

This may sound ignorant, but can Deborah Messing sing?

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Choked-- Victor Garber for Wizard indeed! That's perfect casting. I have to admit, he's kind of what I always imagined. As for Rob Pattinson, though, well, I guess we'd have to see if he can sing. He certainly looks like the pretty boy that Fiyero's supposed to be. In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy

I feel bad for Robert Pattinson. Every time he gets cast in a film that's based on a popular read for kids/teenagers (so twice then), my first thought is nearly always "... but he isn't pretty enough!". He's certainly not bad-looking in the slightest, but he's not exactly the paragon of unearthly beauty that is called for in 'Twilight'... "He had a weatherbeaten face and wore a T-shirt advertising canned Norwegian fish-balls."

LES MIZ DREAM CAST Jean Valjean: Colm Wilkinson... He IS Valjean. No one matches him in the role. Javert: Philip Quast... He IS Javert. Again, he is the definitive and only Javert. Fantine: Lea Salonga Enjolras: Anthony Warlow Marius: Michael Ball... He IS Marius. The voice, his acting and his whole take on the role is still to this day miles above any other actor to play the role (that I have seen/heard. Cosette: Emmy Rossum Eponine: TOUGH one as she is my favorite character in my favorite musical ever... I say Diana Karrina... I think Thenardier: Barry James. He IS Thnardier. Just emodies the character like no one else ever has or ever will. Mme Thenardier: Rosie O'Donnell "TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES--- "THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS

I don't find Rob Pattinson attractive, either, but I always seem to be attracted to the 'wrong' person. Case in point-- in Harry Potter, I love Matthew Lewis (who plays Neville) and James and Oliver Phelps (who play Fred and George). When my class went to see Romeo and Juliet at the Shakespeare Theatre, everyone swooned over Romeo except for me... I was all about Benvolio. I think the most attractive person in the Les Miserables revival cast was not Adam Jacobs, not Aaron Lazar, not Drew Sarich, but Norm Lewis. And I think in Pirates of the Caribbean that Jack Davenport, who played Norrington, is much more attractive than Johnny Depp or Orlando Bloom. So I assumed that if I think Rob Pattinson looks like a mannequin with no character at all, then everyone else would think he was hot. In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy

My Fair Lady Eliza Doolittle: Laura Benanti Henry Higgins: Tim Curry Alfred Doolittle: Jim Dale Colonel Pickering: Robert Stattel Freddy Eynsford-Hill: Gavin Creel Mrs. Higgins: Carole Shelley

That list has some great ideas, broadway86! Tell me, you had that all prepped and ready to go, right? *faints* "Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."