Is There Community Theater In Heaven?

[darquegk]

So, let's be whimsical for a moment? Let's say there's a community theater in heaven. Everyone who's dead is eligable, it's pretty open, and they have all the time in the world- literally, to do show after show. Anyone can direct, choreograph, perform- as long as they're dead.

So, let's assume that the people up there are at the age of their prime career (though they'd certainly be allowed to vary if there was a role they were just dying for). Who would you assemble, given the chance to produce a show?

Hamlet

Directed by: Orson Welles

Hamlet- Heath Ledger
Claudius- Vincent Price
Ghost- William Shakespeare (he DID originate the part, after all)
Horatio- Marlon Brando as a young man
Laertes- John Belushi (Dan Aykroyd said Belushi truly wanted to be a serious Shakespearean actor, but never had the chance)
Polonius- Glenn Shadix
Ophelia- Natasha Richardson, slightly younger than her prime
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern/Gravediggers- Abbott And Costello

[HummingAlong]

Ha - a role they were DYING for? Nice...

[Orangesaretuesdays]

really interesting concept.

[ahhrealmonsters]

Some of these people are AEA members and therefore cannot participate in community theatre.

I kid.

[Eris0303]

I'd see that cast

[darquegk]

Someday you will... heh heh heh.

The Producers:

Max Bialystock: Raul Julia (unorthodox, yes, but imagine...)
Leo Bloom: Andy Kaufman
Ulla: Marilyn Monroe
Franz Liebkind: Chris Farley
Roger DeBris: Orson Welles
Carmen Ghia: Klaus Nomi

Jesus Christ Superstar:

Jesus Christ: Michael Jackson
Judas Iscariot: Freddie Mercury
Mary Magdalene: Janis Joplin
Simon: Jim Morrison
Pilate: Tony Jay
Annas: Klaus Nomi
Caiaphas: Marlon Brando
Herod: Paul Lynde

[GlindatheGood22]

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Directed by Elia Kazan

Martha: Bette Davis
George: fat, aged Brando
Honey: Vivien Leigh
Nick: James Dean

[tazber]

That JCS cast is amazing.

[darquegk]

I had to bump this:

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF with Robin Williams and Gilda Radner. Williams wasn't Jewish, but I can't think of a better untried Tevye than him.

[SharksVsJets]

I'm pretty sure there's dinner theatre in hell.

[chewy5000]

The notion of having Superstar performed in front of it's subject matter is definitely worth exploring further.