EVITA Finds Its Juan Peron for Broadway - Michael Cerveris!

Jordan Catalano Profile PhotoJordan Catalano Profile Photo
Jordan Catalano
Broadway Legend
joined:10/9/05
Broadway Legend
joined:
10/9/05

Updated On: 8/8/11 at 01:16 PM
Gothampc
Broadway Legend
joined:5/20/03
Broadway Legend
joined:
5/20/03
Can they lose their Che?
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
Johnnycantdecide Profile PhotoJohnnycantdecide Profile Photo
Johnnycantdecide
Featured Actor
joined:6/1/11
Featured Actor
joined:
6/1/11
AMAZING casting!!
aasjb4ever Profile Photoaasjb4ever Profile Photo
aasjb4ever
Broadway Legend
joined:3/29/09
Broadway Legend
joined:
3/29/09
AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH he's going to be sensational!

12 year old sweeney todd fan girl is coming out right now.
What a colossal piece of crap! It'll probably run for years.
AC126748 Profile PhotoAC126748 Profile Photo
AC126748
Broadway Legend
joined:7/15/06
Broadway Legend
joined:
7/15/06
Certainly not who I was expecting but I'm very excited!
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body
Brick Profile PhotoBrick Profile Photo
Brick
Broadway Legend
joined:11/21/06
Broadway Legend
joined:
11/21/06
Glad to see him back.
Mister Matt Profile PhotoMister Matt Profile Photo
Mister Matt
Broadway Legend
joined:5/17/03
Broadway Legend
joined:
5/17/03
I do like Cerveris, but living in Chicago, I got kind of burned out on him appearing in all the Sondheim Ravinia concerts.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend
joined:11/9/04
Broadway Legend
joined:
11/9/04
Does anyone else find this bizarre casting? Or is it just me? Yuck.
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
castlestreet Profile Photocastlestreet Profile Photo
castlestreet
Broadway Star
joined:7/2/10
Broadway Star
joined:
7/2/10
Love this casting- but I must need to pay better attention to these news pieces- I didn't know this was playing the Marquis Theatre- when did they announce that?

I would be happy to have you-know-who withdraw as Che still... I just can't see it. But- you never know!
AC126748 Profile PhotoAC126748 Profile Photo
AC126748
Broadway Legend
joined:7/15/06
Broadway Legend
joined:
7/15/06
I believe this is the first time they've officially announced The Marquis. It was long rumored to either be going into The Marquis or The Palace.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body
Mattbrain
Broadway Legend
joined:11/23/05
Broadway Legend
joined:
11/23/05
I. Am. Going.
Butters, go buy World of Warcraft, install it on your computer, and join the online sensation before we all murder you. --Cartman: South Park ATTENTION FANS: I will be played by James Barbour in the upcoming musical, "BroadwayWorld: The Musical."
Jay Lerner-Z Profile PhotoJay Lerner-Z Profile Photo
Jay Lerner-Z
Broadway Legend
joined:4/4/11
Broadway Legend
joined:
4/4/11
Excellent choice!
Sick, pathetic POS
dramamama611 Profile Photodramamama611 Profile Photo
dramamama611
Broadway Legend
joined:12/4/07
Broadway Legend
joined:
12/4/07
Wow. I think this is BRILLIANT. I don't think I would have been able to guess this in a million years.

Now I'm even MORE excited!!!
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
matineeidol2013 Profile Photomatineeidol2013 Profile Photo
matineeidol2013
Leading Actor
joined:6/20/09
Leading Actor
joined:
6/20/09
hmmm...interesting...

Mr. Cerveris is rather short, which I think will be a bit unsightly, but he is a wonderful actor. I think he'll do very well.
I'll take the wind and soar.
jv92 Profile Photojv92 Profile Photo
jv92
Broadway Legend
joined:11/4/05
Broadway Legend
joined:
11/4/05
Interesting and unexpected. I actually like EVITA, so I would go anyway, but this gives me all the more reason to go.
AwesomeDanny
Broadway Legend
joined:7/30/09
Broadway Legend
joined:
7/30/09
matineeidol, Elena Roger isn't very tall either, so I think it'll look fine.
matineeidol2013 Profile Photomatineeidol2013 Profile Photo
matineeidol2013
Leading Actor
joined:6/20/09
Leading Actor
joined:
6/20/09
Thanks Danny!

Yes! I am aware Elena Roger is VERY petite, but I would prefer Michael Cerveris to be a larger build in general. I LOVED how large Phil Quast was next to Roger in London. Made it even more intersting that this incredible woman could have such power over Peron.

I think Cerveris will do well though!
I'll take the wind and soar.
Michael Bennett Profile PhotoMichael Bennett Profile Photo
Michael Bennett
Broadway Legend
joined:3/16/05
Broadway Legend
joined:
3/16/05
Perhaps I am alone in this, but to me Quast's height (6'5) next to Roger (5'1) in London was distracting and provided for a lot of awkward physical moments between the two of them. I think Cerveris will be a good match for Roger in both height and temperament. I look forward to seeing them.
GlindatheGood22  Profile PhotoGlindatheGood22  Profile Photo
GlindatheGood22
Broadway Legend
joined:7/17/07
Broadway Legend
joined:
7/17/07
I'll drink to that.
I know you. I know you. I know you.
Kad Profile PhotoKad Profile Photo
Kad
Broadway Legend
joined:11/5/05
Broadway Legend
joined:
11/5/05
"UGH!! Juan should be played by a man, not a would-be fairy."

I don't know if Cerveris is gay or not, but he's typically very masculine onstage. I don't get why you needed to say something like that.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
madbrian Profile Photomadbrian Profile Photo
madbrian
Broadway Legend
joined:6/1/06
Broadway Legend
joined:
6/1/06
Hmm...this is a fascinating casting choice. Looking forward to it.
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg." -- Thomas Jefferson
bwayphreak234 Profile Photobwayphreak234 Profile Photo
bwayphreak234
Broadway Legend
joined:7/4/10
Broadway Legend
joined:
7/4/10
Yay! And a theatre confirmed too EVITA Finds Its Juan Peron for Broadway - Michael Cerveris!
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
broadwaybabytn Profile Photobroadwaybabytn Profile Photo
broadwaybabytn
Broadway Star
joined:12/30/10
Broadway Star
joined:
12/30/10
Such an interesting choice! He'll be great.
orangeskittles Profile Photoorangeskittles Profile Photo
orangeskittles
Broadway Legend
joined:1/8/05
Broadway Legend
joined:
1/8/05
Considering all the hysteria on BWW over the suggestion that a "too dark" actress play Evita, the height complaint is laughable.

I wouldn't call this "towering":

EVITA Finds Its Juan Peron for Broadway - Michael Cerveris!

Juan Peron sure as hell wasn't 6'5" unless Eva was 6 feet tall. Either casting is based on real life, or it isn't. Make up your minds instead of picking and choosing based on personal biases.
Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never knowing how