Baker in INTO THE WOODS at the Delacorte?
Baker in INTO THE WOODS at the Delacorte?
RockStarNYC
Understudy Joined: 11/27/11
#1Baker in INTO THE WOODS at the Delacorte?
Posted: 5/5/12 at 5:27pmWas just thinking that the Baker is one of the very few remaining roles not cast in the production for Shakespeare in the Park. Last I read on here Christopher Fitzgerald was in talks, but I think I read somewhere more recently he's on board for a TV pilot. Anyone know anything?
#2Baker in INTO THE WOODS at the Delacorte?
Posted: 5/5/12 at 5:30pmThe Baker, Mysterious Man, and Little Red have yet to be confirmed- and a casting notice went up for the stepsisters, as well. Fitzgerald was the rumor, but since some time has passed, I'm not sure about it's validity any more.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#3Baker in INTO THE WOODS at the Delacorte?
Posted: 5/5/12 at 5:38pmI think Josh Radnor would be an interesting choice.
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
#4Baker in INTO THE WOODS at the Delacorte?
Posted: 5/5/12 at 5:40pmI doubt either will happen, but my first two choices for the Baker are Jason Segel and Ewan McGregor.
HBP
Broadway Star Joined: 6/2/05
#5Baker in INTO THE WOODS at the Delacorte?
Posted: 5/5/12 at 6:06pmJason Segel would make sense with the Amy Adams connection... but I think Christopher Fitzgerald was a great choice. He would fit in with this production nicely.
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#6Baker in INTO THE WOODS at the Delacorte?
Posted: 5/5/12 at 7:23pm
I had (mistakenly no doubt) thought Fitzgerald was definite. Radnor would be so amazing as would Segal. I'd also love Jason Bateman in the role, especially opposite Adams, but am not sure he sings quite well enough.
Hunter Foster would be so good as well.
This might be an absurd idea, but what about Spencer Kayden as Little Red?
I don't know if he would ever do it, but Alan Rickman as Mystery Man would be the most amazing thing ever. One of my favorite musical scenes in movies ever is he and Juliet Stevenson singing in Truly Madly Deeply.
RICKMAN AND STEVENSON THE SUN AIN'T GONNA SHINE ANYMORE
Updated On: 5/5/12 at 07:23 PM
#7Baker in INTO THE WOODS at the Delacorte?
Posted: 5/5/12 at 7:43pmI still think it would be kind of neat (and a nice nod to the original production) if they got Chip Zien to play the Mysterious Man.
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#8Baker in INTO THE WOODS at the Delacorte?
Posted: 5/5/12 at 7:54pm^I would love that too. If it were Chip, I would be a weeping basket case at the first line, his "Once upon a time." Seeing the original production was one of the most transporting experiences I've ever had in an audience; actually anywhere. He and Joanna melted my heart.
#9Baker in INTO THE WOODS at the Delacorte?
Posted: 5/5/12 at 8:16pm
I would love that too. If it were Chip, I would be a weeping basket case at the first line, his "Once upon a time.
The Mysterious Man and The Narrator are not played by the same actor in this production.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#10Baker in INTO THE WOODS at the Delacorte?
Posted: 5/5/12 at 8:29pmStrolled by the Dela today, looks like bones of the set are going up, I'm excited.
#11Baker in INTO THE WOODS at the Delacorte?
Posted: 5/5/12 at 8:52pmYou probably saw the set for As You Like It, curtain.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#12Baker in INTO THE WOODS at the Delacorte?
Posted: 5/6/12 at 12:19amWell, actually... the set is largely going to be used for both productions, I believe. That's why John Lee Beatty is credited for designer for both, along with Soutra Gilmour for Into the Woods.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#13Baker in INTO THE WOODS at the Delacorte?
Posted: 5/6/12 at 12:38am
Guess I was prematurely excited.
It was forestee.
#14Baker in INTO THE WOODS at the Delacorte?
Posted: 5/6/12 at 1:00ama breakdown was released a couple days ago for four roles - the Baker was not one of them - so it seems the role is cast. Hope it's Fitzgerald, I love his work.
wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
#15Baker in INTO THE WOODS at the Delacorte?
Posted: 5/6/12 at 10:33amI believe Brian D'Arcy James was first choice.
#16Baker in INTO THE WOODS at the Delacorte?
Posted: 5/6/12 at 10:41am^ Wow. He'd never crossed my mind, for some reason, but he seems the perfect choice.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
willep
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/08
#17Baker in INTO THE WOODS at the Delacorte?
Posted: 5/6/12 at 10:44amI would be happy with BDJ...would love to see him.
#18Baker in INTO THE WOODS at the Delacorte?
Posted: 5/6/12 at 10:49amChris Fitzgerald as the Baker, Chip Zien as the Narrator, heaven!
#19Baker in INTO THE WOODS at the Delacorte?
Posted: 5/6/12 at 11:32amChip Zien would make a great Mysterious Man. It's been my dream for years to see Dick van Dyke play the part, but I don't really see that happening.
#20Baker in INTO THE WOODS at the Delacorte?
Posted: 5/6/12 at 11:46amThe Chip-Christopher combination: what a lovely dream!
#21Baker in INTO THE WOODS at the Delacorte?
Posted: 5/6/12 at 12:25pmChip wouldn't be the Narrator, only the Mysterious Man. The Narrator is a young boy in this production.
PennybankBill
Stand-by Joined: 11/1/10
#22Baker in INTO THE WOODS at the Delacorte?
Posted: 5/6/12 at 1:10pmWhat about John LIthgow as The Mysterious Man and Josh Radnor as The Baker?
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#23Baker in INTO THE WOODS at the Delacorte?
Posted: 5/6/12 at 1:17pm
"What about John LIthgow as The Mysterious Man and Josh Radnor as The Baker?"
yes!
#24Baker in INTO THE WOODS at the Delacorte?
Posted: 5/6/12 at 2:57pmIf the Mysterious Man isn't also the Narrator, then it must be a tiny part now. I doubt it will be "star cast."
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
blocked: logan2, Diamonds3, Hamilton22
blocked: logan2, Diamonds3, Hamilton22
