Riedel: The Public already wants to bring WOODS to Broadway...

[ljay889]

Euan Morton has auditioned for The Baker. I think that's a great choice.

Also some news on GIANT.

http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/theater/the_public_plays_it_safe_43pnb9KEKNaW4lBB2vnNRL

[blaxx]

Aw, I though you meant news about how they were going to do the giant in ITW.

[Jordan Catalano]

This news makes my heart happy.

[HereIAm]

Am I the only one who still could see Laura Benanti be Cinderella? I think she could still pull it off and I love her! Has there been any revivals where people have played the same part? (Other than Yul Brynner and people like that?)

[Kad]

Riedel is unnecessarily harsh on the Public and its desire to get things to Broadway.
Papp was quite keen to have productions move to Broadway while he ran the show. The Public's productions have won over 40 Tonys, and there have been many without nominations or wins. They are able to make a great deal of money on a successful Broadway transfer, such as the Hair revival. Which THEN allows them to have works produced. They're a key sponsor of the Under the Radar Festival and regularly produce plays and musicals that wouldn't be seen otherwise.

And the news of a potential Broadway transfer for the Woods revival should not be surprising. It's already extremely buzzed about.

[CurtainPullDowner]

I thought they were looking "older" for the Baker, but Morton is pretty perfect for that role, he looks European fairy-tale-ish.
Missy B is too old for Cinderella ans I don't think she would go INTO THE WOODS again, one law suit and broken backbone are enough.

[HereIAm]

Wishful thinking I guess. I also can see Euan as the baker.

[CapnHook]

Bill Irwin for the Narrator, please.

[HBP]

oooo he would be great.

[ljay889]

The Narrator is a child in this version.

[blaxx]

Then Bill Irwin dressed as a child.

[emilyfaye48]

^^
agreed!

[bwaylvsong]

I read a rumor on another website that
Witch: Lauren Kennedy
Baker: Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Wife: Sutton Foster

[ljay889]

Witch: Lauren Kennedy

I highly doubt that. I am sure they are likely talking to names like Catherine Zeta-Jones for that role. Or even names like Sara Ramirez.

[bwaylvsong]

Me too; just putting it out there!

[EricMontreal22]

Who did Euen play in the production of two years or so back in Oklahoma (I believe?) Interestingly that version used a similar concept with a child as this one does.

[EricMontreal22]

Riedel's criticism is ridiculous--particularly since in the same article he basically says that an attempt to put LaChiusa's Giant on Broadway IS risky...

[aasjb4ever]

YAY!

[AC126748]

Lauren Kennedy is playing The Witch in a different production of Into the Wood, at Baltimore Theatre Center in Maryland. Jesse Tyler Ferguson has already acknowledged that he won't be able to do this production due to his Modern Family filming schedule--though he did say that he really wanted to play The Baker.

As someone else pointed out on a previous thread, due to the production running until mid/late August, pretty much any TV name you could think of for the production (Ferguson, Ramirez, Radnor, Plimpton etc) is likely out.

[random person 112]

^Zeta-Jones is out she'll de doing a film around this time.

Plimpton could still be in her shows looking like it might get cancelled.

[AEA AGMA SM]

Euan Morton played the Narrator at the Kansas City Repertory Theatre a couple years back in a production directed by Moises Kaufman.

[best12bars]

I thought the speculation was they were going for "big names."

[HBP]

Tina Fey as The Baker's Wife. (10 years ago?)

[BroadwayBound115]

Debra Messing as the Witch?

[beautywickedlover]

I'm excited that there is the possibility of the show retuning to Broadway.