So who will play Fanny?
So who will play Fanny?
Liz7
Understudy Joined: 9/1/09
#1So who will play Fanny?
Posted: 6/30/11 at 8:28pm
Theater Talkback: A Stage ‘Funny Girl’ (Not That One) on Why the Role Is Hard to Cast
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/30/theater-talkback-a-stage-funny-girl-not-that-one-on-why-the-role-is-hard-to-cast/#preview
I found this very interesting
Harpz2006
Broadway Star Joined: 1/3/08
#2So who will play Fanny?
Posted: 6/30/11 at 8:46pmI'd never really thought about it, but saw Sister Act on a whim and as soon as Marla Mindelle sang her big song, I immediately thought of her as Fanny!!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGRXzqF4bLs (skip to the 1:00 mark). Does anyone agree??
#3So who will play Fanny?
Posted: 6/30/11 at 9:14pm
Personally, I think Jenn Furman would be an AMAZING Fanny :)
Here she is singing Don't Rain on My Parade: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93ve35eH3ss
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#4So who will play Fanny?
Posted: 6/30/11 at 9:14pm
I still don't understand how you see a show on a whim.
Slim can be frumpy also.
Harpz2006
Broadway Star Joined: 1/3/08
#5So who will play Fanny?
Posted: 6/30/11 at 9:23pmI just walked by tkts and grabbed a ticket like 10 min before the show, I meant.
bwaylvsong
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/28/05
#7So who will play Fanny?
Posted: 6/30/11 at 10:55pmI have suggested Mindelle for Fanny multiple times.
#8So who will play Fanny?
Posted: 6/30/11 at 10:58pm
I think Audra Mcdonald would be amazing at it... but then it becomes a show about race.
Also, Fanny Brice wasn't black.
I guess I just want to hear her do Don't Rain On My Parade...
Harpz2006
Broadway Star Joined: 1/3/08
#9So who will play Fanny?
Posted: 6/30/11 at 11:03pmHow about Natalie Weiss?? She needs her big break!
GREATESTSTAR101
Swing Joined: 6/30/11
#10So who will play Fanny?
Posted: 6/30/11 at 11:18pmMarla Mindelle, Stephanie J Block, Alison Lea Bender, Caissie Levy, Leslie Kritzer or Nicole Parker
GREATESTSTAR101
Swing Joined: 6/30/11
#12So who will play Fanny?
Posted: 7/1/11 at 4:13am
Marla Mindelle would be an absolutely fantastic choice. She is just amazing. Great voice and she is hilarious. In my dreams, she is Fanny.
Natalie Weiss is an amazing vocalist, but acting wise always seems a little weak. I think she has said she wanted to be a recording artist, which she certainly could be because her voice is phenomenal, but Fanny isn't her kind of role. I would like to see her ACT though.
#13So who will play Fanny?
Posted: 7/1/11 at 9:47amAfter seeing her in Sister Act, I could not imagine Marla Mindelle as Fanny. Fantastic voice, but very bland acting. Almost non-existent.
"Sing the words, Patti!!!!" Stephen Sondheim to Patti LuPone.
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#16So who will play Fanny?
Posted: 7/1/11 at 12:02pm
Or, rather Anna Kendrick SHOULD play Fanny.
Who will?
I have no idea.
ahhrealmonsters
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/11/10
#17So who will play Fanny?
Posted: 7/1/11 at 12:46pmSome unknown woman who's never been on Broadway, or maybe has had one or two ensemble roles, but no one knows who she is.
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#18So who will play Fanny?
Posted: 7/1/11 at 12:53pm
That would also be great, to present an unknown huge talent as Fanny. It would be very exciting with the street humming with anticipation. And it would be wonderful to possibly see a star being born in that overnight sensation kind of way. And to see a production team taking a risk like that on someone they think is worth it.
But if they are looking for someone who's made at least a little splash, is absolutely right for the role, a confirmed comic, a good actress, and has got the pipes, then my hope would still be Anna.
#19So who will play Fanny?
Posted: 7/1/11 at 1:50pmI might get s*** for this, but those who know MIRANDASINGS08 on youtube know that the actress, Colleen Ballinger is very funny. I think she could really do something great with this role. The question is if she can handle the score 8 times a week.
#21So who will play Fanny?
Posted: 7/1/11 at 3:59pm
Marla Mindelle's subtle, but amazing, acting could be mistaken for not acting much, but if you watch her facials closely throughout Sister Act, and all of the other little things that make her performance amazing, you would appreciate her more.
Natalie Weiss would be an amazing choice for Fanny. She's an amazing vocalist, but again, not sure about her acting.
#23So who will play Fanny?
Posted: 7/2/11 at 11:48am
I feel they need to look for a strong comedienne rather than a really strong vocalist, no one is gonna sing the songs like Streisand, so why not try to look for someone who can act the hell out of it? Nina Arianda would be so amazing, but I doubt she can sing well enough for this. Stephanie J. Block is bland bland bland.
I'd love to see Jason Danieley as Nick Arnstein.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
