Breaking News: Neil Patrick Harris to Star in HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH on Broadway - Spring 2014!- Page 3

[broadway guy]

Posted: 6/17/13 at 3:36pm

This show really doesn't have an audience,thats the thing. It will run for 3 months and then it will be over. It certainly won't work in a large theater.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/17/13 at 3:36pm

"People learned to deal with me."

That you think it's reasonable that people need to learn to deal with you perfectly illustrates what a delusional twerp you are.

You were DYING to be that guy, you are always DYING to be that guy, and you are destined to go through life BEING that guy. Sad, terribly sad.

[Sauja]

Posted: 6/17/13 at 3:40pm

One thing I'm not sure I agree with here: the suggestion that this is too much of a cult piece to have a wide audience. It's a show that has gained fans more and more over the years, and the movie has a loyal fan base that I think will translate into ticket buyers. If they tried to transfer it back when it started, it never would have worked. But I think it has real potential these days.

[DEClarke]

Posted: 6/17/13 at 3:40pm

AMAZING!!!

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/17/13 at 3:42pm

Great great potential.

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Posted: 6/17/13 at 3:42pm

That you think it's reasonable that people need to learn to deal with you perfectly illustrates what a delusional twerp you are.

Well, yeah, asshole, people do need to learn to deal with someone with an autism spectrum disorder. That's part of life, as any forensic level psychologist could tell you. But that's incidental to what we're talking about here, since my ASD has absolutely nothing to do with the topic, why I write posts the way I do, or why I think NPH can't do it.

In order:
* Topic is NPH above the title in Hedwig, not me.
* I write posts the way I do because if someone's **** stinks I'm going to tell them, and I'm not going to let any pissant stand in my way.
* Why I think NPH can't do it: the role is not a fit at this stage in his career, the music is out of his range, and it smacks of bad stunt casting to more than just me, so I can't be crazy. (Well, I can, but it can't have anything to do with my thoughts on the subject.)

Back on topic, please!

Updated On: 6/17/13 at 03:42 PM

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 6/17/13 at 3:43pm

To an earlier poster who said look at Sutton Foster in ANYTHING GOES... I hated Sutton Foster in ANYTHING GOES. Just like I've hated her in everything she touched. Same thing with Harris. This will be tough for me to enjoy...

Posted: 6/17/13 at 3:43pm

It's a cheap show to do, put it in Circle in the Square for a three month run, extend it when NPH wins the Tony (and you better all get used to that idea RIGHT NOW because barring some act of God he will) and if you're sill doing OK let the recasting begin.

If I produced it I'd set up a "$20 first two rows regulars" deal or the like and cultivate that Rent crowd who sat through that show dozens of times.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/17/13 at 3:45pm

I have seen many a different Hedwig. It's a shame so many people are myopic.

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Posted: 6/17/13 at 3:45pm

@JoeKv: Now that production model might work, NPH or no NPH.

[TheresaG]

Posted: 6/17/13 at 3:46pm

Nope, can't see him doing justice to this role. Early closing predicted if it even opens.

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 6/17/13 at 3:47pm

'To an earlier poster who said look at Sutton Foster in ANYTHING GOES... I hated Sutton Foster in ANYTHING GOES. Just like I've hated her in everything she touched. Same thing with Harris. This will be tough for me to enjoy...'

Well...but then that's just your thing, isn't it? It's like me with Helen Hunt. I'd rather be curbstomped by someone with an autism spectrum disorder. But I recognize that that's inside me, and has nothing to do with the bigger picture.

Some of us have a very long history with this show. Some of us have a long history with NPH's work. Some of us can see how it might just work.

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Posted: 6/17/13 at 3:48pm

And some of us think fan worship is cuter when not taken to extremes.

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 6/17/13 at 3:48pm

Some of us have a very long history with the show and STILL don't think this will work. And it's not just my thing. I know a lot of people who just plain can't stand the guy and his "talents".

[NYadgal]

Posted: 6/17/13 at 3:50pm

and some of us have a very long history with this show - and others - and can't wait to see it work!

I'm thrilled with this news. I think NPH will be a great fit.


(Opinions, opinions, opinions. Dontcha just love BWW!)

Updated On: 6/17/13 at 03:50 PM

[best12bars]

Posted: 6/17/13 at 3:53pm

I'm excited! Bring Hedwig to the mainstream audiences. I love the score, the story, and NPH (yes, I have seen him live).

I'm also thrilled it's not another damn kiddie show. Just TRY to Disneyfy this one!

"Disney Presents Rodgers & Gershwin's Hedwig and the Angry Inchworm!"

Student rush, plush toys, and candy mints in the lobby! Can't wait for the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade number!

(I only somewhat jest.)

I wonder if John Cameron Mitchell will direct.

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Posted: 6/17/13 at 3:54pm

I wonder if John Cameron Mitchell will direct.

If he does, I'll be glad to revise my opinion. This is one instance where the author directing would definitely be a help rather than a hindrance.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/17/13 at 3:54pm

Me too, YAYYYYYY.

Trask and Mitchell are into it. So am I.

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 6/17/13 at 3:54pm

Sure...and there are a lot of people who hate Helen Hunt as well...but when it comes to a multiple Emmy winner and an Oscar winner, I'm probably in the minority, so I accept that...and realize it's just my problem. Foster and Harris are very well-respected in the industry. They have a lot of fans. And for some reason, they don't work for you. And that's cool. But let's not pretend that they aren't headlining stars in the theater world.

And just for the record, the only person I'd ever call myself a fan of is Audra McDonald. Everybody else is just another actor.

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Posted: 6/17/13 at 3:55pm

And just for the record, the only person I'd ever call myself a fan of is Audra McDonald. Everybody else is just another actor.

Amen!

[jnb9872]

Posted: 6/17/13 at 4:00pm

My personal take, being unfamiliar with HEDWIG (though I've long hoped to see it as, by its reputation, it is well-heralded.)

NPH appears to me to be one of the most well-adjusted child-to-adult performers we've seen in recent times, and that maturity has been evident in his very successful and savvy choice of projects over the last 20 years or so. He has fostered good will and respect in a lot of different communities and, though this will be his first time originating a headlining role on Broadway (and the best of luck to him in this respect) he is a nationally-known and generally-liked star who is (through the Tonys and his other musical work for the Emmys and Oscars) associated with musical theatre and Broadway.

Furthermore, he knows his stuff. He knows the shows, and the cult status and baggage that comes with, I have to believe. Given his track record of career choices, I sure hope he would have turned it down if he didn't A) want to take it on and B) think he could pull it off.

Whether he will or not, I can't say, nor can any of us until we see it. But I've always liked him, always wanted to see this show, and look forward to the opportunity come the spring to check this out. May the Theatre Gods smile upon their production. ('Cause they surely know that any show with cult status can be torn asunder by the ****storm riptide of expectations high and low.)

Updated On: 6/17/13 at 04:00 PM

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/17/13 at 4:01pm

"If he does, I'll be glad to revise my [arbitrary, ill-informed] opinion. This is one instance [because there are certainly no others] where the author [not to mention original star] directing would definitely be a help [because I lack the imagination to understand that another director could possibly come up with something good] rather than a hindrance [like Autism Spectrum Disorder]."

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Posted: 6/17/13 at 4:03pm

I'm sorry, were you mumbling? You'll have to speak up, darling, I can't hear a word you're saying.

[Kad]

Posted: 6/17/13 at 4:04pm

Hedwig is a show that should be seen by everyone. I cannot wait to see what NPH does with it. I cannot wait to see what the production does with it.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/17/13 at 4:05pm

I would have to say that seems to be a sane response, Kad.