I just wondering if anybody has ever cast their favorite performer in a role in a daydream sort of way and it actually came to be somewhere down the road. I'm sure this instance has happened many times and I just wanted to see if anyone would like to share their favorites :)
Yes. When the film adaptation of "Dreamgirls" was in pre-production and casting was underway I was rooting for Jennifer Hudson to be cast as "Effie". And she was!
Hudson was great. But that film was an atrocious adaptation of the material. I'll never understand making a film version of a musical and cutting that much of the music out.
Bette Midler in Hello, Dolly! Been wanting that for about a decade now, was first in line to buy the tickets. Probably will cry before the overture even begins. Kristin Chenoweth as Velma (Hairspray).
Waiting for Laura Benanti's My Fair Lady, Michael Cerveris's Ben + Sutton Foster's Phyllis in Follies and my *must see* list would be fairly rounded out.
Caption: Every so often there was a rare moment of perfect balance when I soared above him.
It's happened now and then for me, but the BIG example was when I literally said I wanted Cynthia Erivo and Josh Henry to do The Last five Years. You should have seen me when they announced it! I seriously flipped out. If only I had gotten to see it...
Jordan Catalano said: "Hudson was great. But that film was an atrocious adaptation of the material. I'll never understand making a film version of a musical and cutting that much of the music out.
I agree with you. The re-working of that second act really, really bothers me, even now when I watch it.
Another thing that still bothers me: The blatant rip off of "Supremes" album covers and the switch from Chicago to Detroit was not needed.
I was watching Dreamgirls movie earlier this year and the discussion came to who should play Effie in the West End production, and my family unanimously thought of Amber Riley.
Recently, I had pegged Andrew Rannells for Whizzer and Stephanie J. Block for Trina in FALSETTOS....I didn't really have anyone in particular in mind for Marvin but Christian Borle actually crossed my mind for Mendel.
As soon as the recent Australian revival of Les Mis was announced I commented on a theatre news Facebook thread that Simon Gleeson would be my ideal Jean Valjean; one of the admins said no way would it happen. Sure enough, he was cast as Valjean, was absolutely amazing and then played the role in Asia and is now playing it on the West End!
Sutton Foster as Charity. When it was announced I got tickets as soon as they went on sale because she is perfect and she had done so many numbers in the past from the show.