Surprised BWW hasn't reported on this, but per Garage Theatre Group's FB, Audra will be performing a reading of Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune On October 29th in Teaneck, New Jersey. They posted a picture of her and another actor who they did not name (I do not recognize him).
a12la said: "TexanAddams18 said: "The mother inThe Wolves.I was literally in shock that they spent the money for her to come out and say what, 4 sentences?"
She has like a 5 minute monologue and it's easily the most powerful and intense moment of the play."
Apologies, the only iteration I saw was very early on at NYSAF and it was certainly not 5 minutes. I'm glad the author extended it for as you said it is the climax of
kade.ivy said: "Santino Fontana and whoever plays Beetlejuice (do we know if it’ll be Alex Brightman or Chris Fitzgerald: either would be great!) battle it out for Best Actor.
Seth Redutsky said it as a fact that Alex Brightman is playing Beetlejuice, and if it's indeed confirmed I think it's his tony to lose.
As to SJB, I'm curious to hear the reports from tonight, but I wonder if her part will be big enough and meaty enough for a tony
SomethingPeculiar said: "I feel like they would have announced Will Chase already if he was still attached?
There's really not many guys out there who have the voice AND the comedic chops to play Fred, especially since Brian Stokes Mitchell is still in our memories.Andy Karl would have been amazing. Marc Kudisch is probably too old. Christopher Sieber? Norm Lewis? Christopher Jackson? Brian d'Arcy James? Brandon Victor Dixon?"
OlBlueEyes said: "Polka Dot2 said: "I LOVE Kelli, but she is not latina and should not play Maria in West Side Story."
I love Joshua Henry, but he is not white and should not play the role of a lower class white carnival barker in a late 19th century New England Village, especially if the white man he is playing strikes his wife."
Except that nowhere in the Carousel script does it say anything about the race of Billy and in West Sid
"
