Emma Thompson - A Little Night Music
Emma Thompson - A Little Night Music
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#1Emma Thompson - A Little Night Music
Posted: 3/10/14 at 8:38pm
I think Emma Thompson would make a great Desiree in A Little Night Music. Glam her up a bit with that outfit she began Sweeney Todd with. She's talented enough to bring new insights to the character. I'd love to see a full blown, no expense spared production (the last revival was a bit sparse).
I'm sure it's way too much to hope that Maggie Smith would play Madame Armfeldt.
Round out the cast with Robert Westenberg as Egerman, Faith Prince as Charlotte and Krysta Rodriguez as Petra
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#2Emma Thompson - A Little Night Music
Posted: 3/10/14 at 8:53pm
Wasn't Emma rumored for this role years ago?
Faith Prince is way too old for Charlotte.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#2Emma Thompson - A Little Night Music
Posted: 3/10/14 at 9:00pm
"Wasn't Emma rumored for this role years ago?"
No, Glenn Close had the lock on it for years.
"Faith Prince is way too old for Charlotte."
Charlotte's older than Desiree. 40-55 age range. Faith is somewhere around 55 but reads a bit younger onstage.
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#3Emma Thompson - A Little Night Music
Posted: 3/10/14 at 9:05pm
Patricia Elliot as Charlotte, 31
Diana Rigg, 35
Erin Davie, 32
Gothampc
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#4Emma Thompson - A Little Night Music
Posted: 3/10/14 at 9:09pm^^All too young because Charlotte is the voice of experience. She has to counter Anne in "Every Day A Little Death".
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#5Emma Thompson - A Little Night Music
Posted: 3/10/14 at 9:11pm
It's weird how on that website Anne is "Lead" and Desiree is "Supporting".
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
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Gothampc
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#6Emma Thompson - A Little Night Music
Posted: 3/10/14 at 9:13pm
"It's weird how on that website Anne is "Lead" and Desiree is "Supporting".
I thought that was funny too. Obviously it's wrong because Desiree is lead.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
#7Emma Thompson - A Little Night Music
Posted: 3/10/14 at 9:29pm
"All too young because Charlotte is the voice of experience. She has to counter Anne in "Every Day A Little Death"."
And yet they all played the role at some point or another.
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#8Emma Thompson - A Little Night Music
Posted: 3/10/14 at 9:33pm
"It's weird how on that website Anne is "Lead" and Desiree is "Supporting". "
Well, Desiree DOES have the least amount of material to sing, especially in the first act. Even Petra has a more challenging, not to mention longer, song than Desiree...
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#9Emma Thompson - A Little Night Music
Posted: 3/10/14 at 9:36pm32 was not considered young for a turn of the century woman. 55 on the other hand would have been considered ancient. Though women in their 50s have played the role, Desiree in a realistic context would likely only have been mid- late 30s for the story to make sense. Updated On: 3/10/14 at 09:36 PM
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#10Emma Thompson - A Little Night Music
Posted: 3/10/14 at 9:39pmCharlotte is closer to Anne's age than she is Desiree's. She is the older sister of her school friend.
#11Emma Thompson - A Little Night Music
Posted: 3/10/14 at 9:46pmCharlotte is definitely younger than Desiree. Going off the context of the script she and the Count are both probably under 30.
#12Emma Thompson - A Little Night Music
Posted: 3/10/14 at 9:48pmI'd like Phyllida Law as Mme. Armfeldt to Emma Thompson's Desiree.
#13Emma Thompson - A Little Night Music
Posted: 3/10/14 at 9:58pm
. Going off the context of the script she and the Count are both probably under 30.
Yes. Trevor Nunn was adamant about casting age appropriate actors in his revival. The Count, Charlotte, Anne, Henrik, and Fredrika were all cast appropriately. It was nice to have an actual child as Fredrika, and not a grown woman.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#14Emma Thompson - A Little Night Music
Posted: 3/10/14 at 9:59pmI know that's her mom, but it made me think of Much Ado About Nothing. Now I want Kate Beckinsale as Charlotte.
#15Emma Thompson - A Little Night Music
Posted: 3/10/14 at 11:01pmActually, Emma Thompson WAS the first rumor for the Trevor Nunn production that eventually became the Broadway revival, when it was originating in London.
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#16Emma Thompson - A Little Night Music
Posted: 3/10/14 at 11:39pmThought so. Wasn't able to find any of the old articles regarding the rumor.
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#18Emma Thompson - A Little Night Music
Posted: 3/11/14 at 12:10am
Yes!
with Paolo Szot as Frederick, Charlotte Rampling as Mme. Armfeldt and Martha Plimpton as Charlotte
on film; djrected by Francois Ozon
Updated On: 3/11/14 at 12:10 AM
#19Emma Thompson - A Little Night Music
Posted: 3/11/14 at 8:32amI'd love to see Ann Margaret as Mme. Armfeldt and Sting as Frederic.
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