SOAP DISH The Musical Reading with Chenoweth, Krakowski, Milioti, Stamos and Shor
SOAP DISH The Musical Reading with Chenoweth, Krakowski, Milioti, Stamos and Shor
#1SOAP DISH The Musical Reading with Chenoweth, Krakowski, Milioti, Stamos and Shor
Posted: 10/17/12 at 11:00am
This needed to be a thread.
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/EXCLUSIVE-Chenoweth-Stamos-Krakowski-Milioti-More-Set-for-SOAP-DISH-THE-MUSICAL-Reading-20121017
Is it just blind sided passion that I want them to skip the reading, take the St. James and make this happen NOW?
"Sing the words, Patti!!!!" Stephen Sondheim to Patti LuPone.
#2SOAP DISH The Musical Reading with Chenoweth, Krakowski, Milioti, Stamos and Shor
Posted: 10/17/12 at 11:02am
Oh my good God in heaven.
OH MY GOOD GOD IN HEAVEN.
finebydesign
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/17/07
#2SOAP DISH The Musical Reading with Chenoweth, Krakowski, Milioti, Stamos and Shor
Posted: 10/17/12 at 11:12am
At some point Whoopi Goldberg movies-turned-musicals will warrant one helluva review. So far:
The Lion King
Sister Act
The Color Purple
Ghost
Not to mention Cinderella for which she starred as the Queen.
#3SOAP DISH The Musical Reading with Chenoweth, Krakowski, Milioti, Stamos and Shor
Posted: 10/17/12 at 11:14amAre you kidding me with this cast? Sign me up! The idea of Krakowski and Chenoweth in the same show is my version of heaven, and the rest of the cast is perfection, what are the chances that they'll actually stay with this?
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#4SOAP DISH The Musical Reading with Chenoweth, Krakowski, Milioti, Stamos and Shor
Posted: 10/17/12 at 11:14amWell I'm all for a JUMPIN' JACK FLASH musical.
dreaming
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/24/09
#5SOAP DISH The Musical Reading with Chenoweth, Krakowski, Milioti, Stamos and Shor
Posted: 10/17/12 at 11:30amYep this cast sounds pretty fantastic.
#6SOAP DISH The Musical Reading with Chenoweth, Krakowski, Milioti, Stamos and Shor
Posted: 10/17/12 at 11:34am
Holy crap! What a cast. And I love Stiles and Drew.
Sign me up!
....but the world goes 'round
#7SOAP DISH The Musical Reading with Chenoweth, Krakowski, Milioti, Stamos and Shor
Posted: 10/17/12 at 12:03pmJohn Stamos should stay far away from Broadway.
"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
tking001
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/3/09
#8SOAP DISH The Musical Reading with Chenoweth, Krakowski, Milioti, Stamos and Shor
Posted: 10/17/12 at 12:05pmIs this reading industry only or is it open to the public?
#9SOAP DISH The Musical Reading with Chenoweth, Krakowski, Milioti, Stamos and Shor
Posted: 10/17/12 at 12:05pmLove Soap Dish! Hope this makes it to a point that I can attend something!
#10SOAP DISH The Musical Reading with Chenoweth, Krakowski, Milioti, Stamos and Shor
Posted: 10/17/12 at 12:15pm
I'm trying to figure out the cast for this.
Cause, in my mind, Krakowski would make a killer Celeste and Chenoweth would be a bizarre but brilliant Montana Moorehead.
But I feel like it's reversed...right?
Wynbish
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
#11SOAP DISH The Musical Reading with Chenoweth, Krakowski, Milioti, Stamos and Shor
Posted: 10/17/12 at 12:17pm
John Stamos should stay far away from Broadway.
True, but if there was ever a show for him, this may be it.
Love Miriam Shor!
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#12SOAP DISH The Musical Reading with Chenoweth, Krakowski, Milioti, Stamos and Shor
Posted: 10/17/12 at 12:21pmThe reading is industry-only.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#13SOAP DISH The Musical Reading with Chenoweth, Krakowski, Milioti, Stamos and Shor
Posted: 10/17/12 at 12:32pm
Robbie, I was trying to figure out who was who as well (assuming the characters are more or less the same as they were in the movie).
I figured Celeste was Chenoweth.
Montana either Krakowski or Shor
Carrie Fisher - Shor or Anne L. Nathan
Teri Hatcher - I thought this might be Krakowski, if she wasn't Montana
Obviously Stamos is Robert Downey, Jr and Milioti is Elisabeth Shue
I generally want to claw my face off when I hear another old 80s movie is about to become a musical, but I would see this in a heartbeat.
Updated On: 10/17/12 at 12:32 PM
#14SOAP DISH The Musical Reading with Chenoweth, Krakowski, Milioti, Stamos and Shor
Posted: 10/17/12 at 12:38pm
My guess is:
Kristin Chenoweth is Celeste (Sally Field)
Jane Krakowski is Montana (Cathy Moriarity)
John Stamos is Jeffrey (Kevin Kline)
Cristin Milioti is Lori (Elisabeth Shue)
Miriam Shor is Ariel (Teri Hatcher)
Anne Nathan is Rose (Whoopi Goldberg)
Michael Park is David (Robert Downey Jr.)
Daniel Torres is Blair (Paul Johansson)
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Updated On: 10/17/12 at 12:38 PM
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#15SOAP DISH The Musical Reading with Chenoweth, Krakowski, Milioti, Stamos and Shor
Posted: 10/17/12 at 12:42pm
I def see Cheno as Montana Moorehead. She looks more draggy to me.
"Do this David and Mr. Fuzzy is all yours!"
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
#16SOAP DISH The Musical Reading with Chenoweth, Krakowski, Milioti, Stamos and Shor
Posted: 10/17/12 at 12:44pmChenoweth doesn't strike me as ideal for Celeste at all (I actually think Miriam Shor is the best fit for Celeste out of this group,) but since she's technically the biggest "star," she's going to be playing the biggest part. Same goes for Stamos, who's much better suited to David but is almost certainly playing Jeffrey.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Updated On: 10/17/12 at 12:44 PM
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
nasty_khakis
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/15/07
#17SOAP DISH The Musical Reading with Chenoweth, Krakowski, Milioti, Stamos and Shor
Posted: 10/17/12 at 12:45pm
somethingwicked, that was my assumption too except Shor has to me Montana. Knowing the big twist for that character (spoiler? haha) Shor is far more um... husky-voiced. And Krakowski is better suited for the younger (looking) flirtier Ariel. But she is a bigger name and Montana is the bigger/juicier/scheming role.
I assume Stamos is Jeffrey too since he's the biggest male actor listed but he is FAR better suited for Michael.
#18SOAP DISH The Musical Reading with Chenoweth, Krakowski, Milioti, Stamos and Shor
Posted: 10/17/12 at 12:46pmI agree in terms of Shor being a better fit for Montana than Krakowski, khakis, but again, Krakowski is going to be playing the second biggest female part, and that's Montana.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#19SOAP DISH The Musical Reading with Chenoweth, Krakowski, Milioti, Stamos and Shor
Posted: 10/17/12 at 12:47pm
To me, the cast is exciting, but the idea of turning SOAP DISH into a musical seems out-of-touch. The movie was relevant in the 1980s, but the genre is now on life-support with only a few soaps on TV. Will they keep the 80s setting?
Seems like this would have been a good idea ten years ago.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#20SOAP DISH The Musical Reading with Chenoweth, Krakowski, Milioti, Stamos and Shor
Posted: 10/17/12 at 12:47pm
Oh, duh. I forgot about Kevin Kline! Stamos makes much more sense in that role.
#21SOAP DISH The Musical Reading with Chenoweth, Krakowski, Milioti, Stamos and Shor
Posted: 10/17/12 at 12:51pmSOAP DISH was a 90's film. Early 90's, but still 90's.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#22SOAP DISH The Musical Reading with Chenoweth, Krakowski, Milioti, Stamos and Shor
Posted: 10/17/12 at 12:53pm
I stand corrected!
It's possible the roles could be bigger or smaller than their film counterparts, right (unless people here have already seen the script)? I think Lori's part was bigger than Montanna's in the movie, but it's kind of a gimmie that Milioti is Lori.
Shor doesn't strike me as the Ariel type, but I guess she doesn't have to be in the exact mold of Teri Hatcher. I'd think she'd be the Carrie Fisher role before she was Ariel.
But I know nothing, so please don't think I'm making any proclamations.
#23SOAP DISH The Musical Reading with Chenoweth, Krakowski, Milioti, Stamos and Shor
Posted: 10/17/12 at 12:57pm
Phyllis, I have a feeling that they might combine the Whoopi Goldberg role and the Carrie Fisher role, since Fisher's part wasn't entirely critical to the plot. Miriam Shor could also be playing that part, since I could definitely see her as the brassy sidekick to someone like Chenoweth. That would probably leave Anne Nathan as the dresser played by Kathy Najimy, although that's another character that was sort of one note with little significance to the actual plot.
I'm more inclined to think my original idea (that Shor is Ariel and Nathan is Rose) is right. Chenoweth and Nathan are best friends in real life, so I'm sure part of the logic behind using them was having that dynamic translate to the same relationship within the show.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Updated On: 10/17/12 at 12:57 PM
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#24SOAP DISH The Musical Reading with Chenoweth, Krakowski, Milioti, Stamos and Shor
Posted: 10/17/12 at 1:01pmAll good points.
