Laura Benanti Anne Hathaway Sierra Boggess Katherine McPhee Laura Bell Bundy Tammy Blanchard Scarlett Johansson Lea Michele Megan Hilty Sutton Foster Vanessa Hudgens Laura Osnes Leslie Kritzer
I'd like to see a Louise who's not a goddess. The story doesn't make sense if Louise is unbelievably talented and incredibly beautiful. I thought the point was that Gypsy had success because she had a gimmick. She succeeded without beauty or talent.
For a film, Louise needs to be played by a real women in her late teens/early twenties.
Most of the women on that list can pass for Louise from the mezz, but not on a movie screen.
Most of them look 40.
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
Not sure many broadway starlets will be considered for the role in a commercial movie with Babs. Hate to say it, but don't see any of these ladies in the mix for MANY reasons.
I vote Jessica Pare after her scintillating Zou Bisou Bisou on Made Men this past week. I understand how wrong this might be. But when dealing with the Babs GYPSY, who's to say what's right?
June is going to be either Betty White or Clo Leachman. Barbra looks younger when casting older daughters. (My money is on Clo getting the gig).
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.
Weren't there rumors of Johansson as Louise in the Summer Stars production?
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
Natalie Portman is a contender that should be on any list for the role, though I personally think Anne Hathaway is the best possible option. Her FUNNY GIRL connection notwithstanding, Lauren Ambrose would also be a fun possibility. Given Streisand's age, people like Anna Kendrick and Jennifer Lawrence are likely much younger than they'll end up going.
I second your idea of Scarlett Johansson for June, Michael Bennett.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
If we are to believe that Babs is the Mother of Baby June and Louise then Dainty June and Stripper Louise can also be played by younger actresses. Unless the Babys are played by 20 year olds.
I don't know if she sings, but Shailene Woodley could be good in the role.
"The gods who nurse this universe think little of mortals' cares. They sit in crowds on exclusive clouds and laugh at our love affairs. I might have had a real romance if they'd given me a chance. I loved him, but he didn't love me. I wanted him, but he didn't want me. Then the gods had a spree and indulged in another whim. Now he loves me, but I don't love him." - Cole Porter
Katharine McPhee seems to be the best "name" of the bunch, but she looks nothing like Barbra. I'd hate to see them go with Lea Michele for someone who looks like Streisand.
Woodley played George Clooney's oldest daughter in The Descendants.
"The gods who nurse this universe think little of mortals' cares. They sit in crowds on exclusive clouds and laugh at our love affairs. I might have had a real romance if they'd given me a chance. I loved him, but he didn't love me. I wanted him, but he didn't want me. Then the gods had a spree and indulged in another whim. Now he loves me, but I don't love him." - Cole Porter