Who would you cast in a concert version of My Fair Lady
Who would you cast in a concert version of My Fair Lady
NJBway
Understudy Joined: 1/6/12
#1Who would you cast in a concert version of My Fair Lady
Posted: 8/16/12 at 9:20pmso I'm currently working on a My Fair lady production as Mrs. Pearce & was thinking a concert version would be loverly i just would love to see Julie Andrews as Mrs. Pearce & Audra Mcdonald as Eliva since she sings i couldve danced all night at concerts after the current calls Julie could sing the original stuff, just thought of this stuff at rehearsal ha.
#2Who would you cast in a concert version of My Fair Lady
Posted: 8/16/12 at 9:31pmJohn Lithgow - Higgins
#2Who would you cast in a concert version of My Fair Lady
Posted: 8/16/12 at 9:33pm...you are aware that Julie Andrews lost 98% of her range during a vocal cord surgery, right?
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random person 112
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#3Who would you cast in a concert version of My Fair Lady
Posted: 8/16/12 at 9:36pmLaura Benanti or Kelli O'Hara as Eliza.
NJBway
Understudy Joined: 1/6/12
#4Who would you cast in a concert version of My Fair Lady
Posted: 8/16/12 at 9:46pmyes i am, thats why i said pearce she has "performed" numbers of my fair lady at concerts just without the range i'm sure people would pay for her even without the range as pearce she would have one singing line, dont need to be rude
Wynbish
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
#5Who would you cast in a concert version of My Fair Lady
Posted: 8/16/12 at 9:48pm
I think she'd be better as Higgins's mama. Fun little cameo part, especially poignant when Eliza goes to see her.
Updated On: 8/16/12 at 09:48 PM
NJBway
Understudy Joined: 1/6/12
#6Who would you cast in a concert version of My Fair Lady
Posted: 8/16/12 at 9:49pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXnNdu1qij8 this is her performing the rain in spain not sure the year.
@Wynbish she would be an amazing mrs. higgens as well figured people would want her on stage more lol
#7Who would you cast in a concert version of My Fair Lady
Posted: 8/16/12 at 9:52pm
But she's a regal presence. Mrs. Pierce is dowdy. Mrs. Higgins is not.
I think it would be a foolish idea to have Julie Andrews even attempt to give a curtain call "encore" of her old numbers. It would be demeaning to the actress who'd play Eliza in a new staging, but even more demeaning to Dame Andrews, who cannot sing the songs anymore. She's a classy woman and I doubt she'd stoop to such a low.
#8Who would you cast in a concert version of My Fair Lady
Posted: 8/16/12 at 9:54pmDidn't Kelli O'Hara just do a concert version of this?
#9Who would you cast in a concert version of My Fair Lady
Posted: 8/16/12 at 10:00pm
Yeah, I was gonna say that. I think she got good reviews too.
I'd really like to see Lincoln Center Theater do FAIR LADY more than KING AND I. It needs a full orchestra, a good director and an elegant design team, which makes it a poor candidate for the Roundabout to revive. Add in a good cast of fine actors, it's even less of candidate for a commercial producer to revive.
#10Who would you cast in a concert version of My Fair Lady
Posted: 8/16/12 at 10:13pmShocking, but I'd like to see Kate Baldwin as Eliza. I know she's played her relatively recently, and I find her infinitely more charming and appealing than Kelli O'Hara.
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ggersten
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#11Who would you cast in a concert version of My Fair Lady
Posted: 8/16/12 at 10:15pmthere really is no love for Elena Roger on this board....
#12Who would you cast in a concert version of My Fair Lady
Posted: 8/16/12 at 10:15pm
I lost a lot of respect for Kate Baldwin when I saw her sing one of Kathie Lee's humiliating "good samaritan" songs on The Today Show. Sure, a job is a job, but you don't see O'Hara or Benanti stooping that low, and they're just as well known and respected in the industry.
#13Who would you cast in a concert version of My Fair Lady
Posted: 8/16/12 at 10:39pmAs much as I love Kate Baldwin, I'd have to admit that she's definitely not at the same level in the industry as O'Hara or Benanti.
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
#14Who would you cast in a concert version of My Fair Lady
Posted: 8/16/12 at 10:40pm
Yeah, I take that back. But she's talented and gets work. Why does she need to be Kathie Lee's singing poodle?
#15Who would you cast in a concert version of My Fair Lady
Posted: 8/16/12 at 10:43pmWe all make mistakes? I mean, what about Carolee Carmello starring in a Kathie Lee musical?
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
#16Who would you cast in a concert version of My Fair Lady
Posted: 8/16/12 at 10:46pm
That's true. Sorry to threadjack, LOL.
But seriously, it's time for a really classy and elegant revival of MY FAIR LADY at the Beaumont.
#17Who would you cast in a concert version of My Fair Lady
Posted: 8/16/12 at 10:49pmI would basically like to see every musical (ever) get a large-scale achingly gorgeous revival at the Beaumont. I've spent so much time imagining Shall We Dance? on that huge stage, but it would work wonderfully for My Fair Lady.
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
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#18Who would you cast in a concert version of My Fair Lady
Posted: 8/17/12 at 12:08am
Christiane Noll as Eliza
Damian Lewis as Higgins
Robert Lindsay as Doolittle
Adam Godley as Pickering
Charlotte Rampling as Mrs. Higgins
Eddie Redmayne as Freddie
Jayne Houdyshell as Mrs. Pierce
Damian Lewis as Dolly Levi
Updated On: 8/17/12 at 12:08 AM
#19Who would you cast in a concert version of My Fair Lady
Posted: 8/17/12 at 12:53pmWhy hasn't this been revived recently? Surely the show itself has appeal.
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dreaming
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/24/09
#20Who would you cast in a concert version of My Fair Lady
Posted: 8/17/12 at 1:05pm
Higgins: either Kelsey Grammer or John Lithgow (Would Michael Ball be good? Or is his voice too 'good'? I like him. He just seems like he might be a good fit.)
Eliza: Scarlett Strallen (I don't know if she's played the role, but I think she's got the voice), other choices...Laura Benanti could be very charming in the role as well-For A-Lister Hollywood casting-Anne Hathaway
Col. Pickering: I'm stumped.
Mrs. Higgins: It's been said-Julie Andrews-yes, yes, and yes!
Alfie P. Doolittle: Jim Dale or Jim Norton
Freddie: Hadley Frasier or Eddie Redmayne (a lot of this depends on how old they cast Eliza-he shouldn't seem too young opposite her)
Love the Jayne Houdyshell as Mrs. Pearce
#21Who would you cast in a concert version of My Fair Lady
Posted: 8/17/12 at 1:32pmKate Baldwin would be lovely and fiery.
NJBway
Understudy Joined: 1/6/12
#22Who would you cast in a concert version of My Fair Lady
Posted: 8/17/12 at 2:49pmi think lithgow would be a better pickering just based on his age
#23Who would you cast in a concert version of My Fair Lady
Posted: 8/17/12 at 2:58pm
Colin Firth as Higgins and Amy Adams as Eliza.
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#24Who would you cast in a concert version of My Fair Lady
Posted: 8/17/12 at 3:00pmI wish that Bob Hoskins, now retired, would have once played Doolittle.
