Shia LaBeouf & Alec Baldwin to Lead ORPHANS on Broadway
Shia LaBeouf & Alec Baldwin to Lead ORPHANS on Broadway
jeffmiele
Broadway Star Joined: 11/6/07
#2Shia LaBeouf & Alec Baldwin to Lead ORPHANS on Broadway
Posted: 12/11/12 at 2:25pmThis is exciting. They are both wonderful. I was kind of hoping Andrew Garfield would make an unexpected, sooner rather than later, return in the part, but Shia's casting seems like it will be good.
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#2Shia LaBeouf & Alec Baldwin to Lead ORPHANS on Broadway
Posted: 12/11/12 at 2:25pmTwo, two-fisted hot heads, should be fun!
#3Shia LaBeouf & Alec Baldwin to Lead ORPHANS on Broadway
Posted: 12/11/12 at 2:42pm
Not excited about Shia's casting. He just turns me off. But now it makes sense to me that I saw him at "Once" a few nights ago, since some of those producers are also producing Orphans.
Love the play, not inspired by LaDouche, however.
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#4Shia LaBeouf & Alec Baldwin to Lead ORPHANS on Broadway
Posted: 12/11/12 at 3:16pm
Oh good gracious I love Alec Baldwin. I would love to see him in this.
Couldn't care less about Shia.
#5Shia LaBeouf & Alec Baldwin to Lead ORPHANS on Broadway
Posted: 12/11/12 at 3:23pmShia LaBeouf is one of the worse actors of his generations working in Hollywood today, awful awful choice, might as well be Taylor Lautner (who at least is pretty to look at).
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Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#6Shia LaBeouf & Alec Baldwin to Lead ORPHANS on Broadway
Posted: 12/11/12 at 3:26pm
A tedious play, not worth reviving, at least it won't go over the heads of anyone dumb enough to buy tickets on the strength of Shia LeBeouf's appearance in it. Baldwin might be worth a look, though.
Seriously, though, who is Shia LeBeouf sleeping with to have the career he's been having?
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#7Shia LaBeouf & Alec Baldwin to Lead ORPHANS on Broadway
Posted: 12/11/12 at 3:27pm
Seriously, though, who is Shia LeBeouf sleeping with to have the career he's been having?
Roscoe, I almost wrote on my previous post that he must give amazing head to keep getting these roles. Unbelievable.
"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"
#8Shia LaBeouf & Alec Baldwin to Lead ORPHANS on Broadway
Posted: 12/11/12 at 3:31pm
Doesn't he seem a little...unhinged?
I think it could make for some entertaining backstage stories!
#9Shia LaBeouf & Alec Baldwin to Lead ORPHANS on Broadway
Posted: 12/11/12 at 3:33pmI've lost interest in seeing this now.
#10Shia LaBeouf & Alec Baldwin to Lead ORPHANS on Broadway
Posted: 12/11/12 at 3:33pmI don't know this play. Is there a role for Jan Maxwell in it?
#11Shia LaBeouf & Alec Baldwin to Lead ORPHANS on Broadway
Posted: 12/11/12 at 3:34pmAnother OK play that doesn't need a major revival. For me, the money would be better spent on developing a new play for these guys.
Wynbish
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
whatever2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/25/06
#13Shia LaBeouf & Alec Baldwin to Lead ORPHANS on Broadway
Posted: 12/11/12 at 4:09pmit seems odd to me that the release devotes two fat grafs to LeBeouf's career, but not one biographical word for Baldwin. are they thinking LeBeouf is going to be the main draw here? over Baldwin?
"You, sir, are a moron." (PlayItAgain)
#14Shia LaBeouf & Alec Baldwin to Lead ORPHANS on Broadway
Posted: 12/11/12 at 4:11pm
"it seems odd to me that the release devotes two fat grafs to LeBeouf's career, but not one biographical word for Baldwin. are they thinking LeBeouf is going to be the main draw here? over Baldwin?"
Baldwin was previously announced. LeBeouf is the point of this press release.
David walked into the valley
With a stone clutched in his hand
He was only a boy
But he knew someone must take a stand
There will always be a valley
Always mountains one must scale
There will always be perilous waters
Which someone must sail
-Into the Fire
Scarlet Pimpernel
whatever2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/25/06
#15Shia LaBeouf & Alec Baldwin to Lead ORPHANS on Broadway
Posted: 12/11/12 at 4:23pm
oh -- good point. the headline implied both were being announced, but lebeouf is the focus of the opening graf.
thx!
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Updated On: 12/11/12 at 04:23 PM
kidbroadway2
Leading Actor Joined: 3/26/10
#16Shia LaBeouf & Alec Baldwin to Lead ORPHANS on Broadway
Posted: 12/11/12 at 4:25pmShia Laebouf did some good work in his earlier stuff after that disney show. Holes, Greatest Game ever played, Bobby etc... but Transformers ruined all of that for him. I can def. see him getting "he's trying his absolute best" type reviews but nothing that noteworthy. Who knows, maybe he'll surprise me. He had a lot of potential before he made everyone realize he was a complete jackass.
JP2
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/2/07
#17Shia LaBeouf & Alec Baldwin to Lead ORPHANS on Broadway
Posted: 12/11/12 at 5:28pmEchoing the comments about Shia's acting. Also to add that he is just as terrible as a human being. Meh.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#18Shia LaBeouf & Alec Baldwin to Lead ORPHANS on Broadway
Posted: 12/11/12 at 5:59pmAlec Baldwin is going the way of Tony Randall -- doing Broadway shows that nobody wants to see him in. Unless this is a Roundabout show, with a subscriber base, I don't think anyone is that interested in seeing Orphans. What's next for Baldwin? "Doubles"?
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Visceral_Fella
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/18/12
#19Shia LaBeouf & Alec Baldwin to Lead ORPHANS on Broadway
Posted: 12/11/12 at 6:32pmI'm surprised that Shia isn't Phillip. I can't see him as Treat at all.
dreaming
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/24/09
#20Shia LaBeouf & Alec Baldwin to Lead ORPHANS on Broadway
Posted: 12/11/12 at 8:38pmI am interested as I've never seen the play and adore Alec Baldwin on 30 Rock. This has me with or without Shia LeBeouf. I'm ready to give Shia a chance-maybe he'll be really good.
#21Shia LaBeouf & Alec Baldwin to Lead ORPHANS on Broadway
Posted: 12/11/12 at 8:43pmIt'd be more interesting if Shia was doing this with Harrison Ford.
#22Shia LaBeouf & Alec Baldwin to Lead ORPHANS on Broadway
Posted: 12/11/12 at 8:47pm
Imagine all of the swearing backstage! If they donate a dollar for every cuss, some charity is gonna have their yearly needs met.
Who really needs this production?
"Through The Sacrifice You Made, We Can't Believe The Price You Paid..For Love!"
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#23Shia LaBeouf & Alec Baldwin to Lead ORPHANS on Broadway
Posted: 12/12/12 at 12:03amIn addition to his terrible acting, Shia can't enunciate, so this could be very, very bad.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
PastorErnst
Broadway Star Joined: 4/20/09
#24Shia LaBeouf & Alec Baldwin to Lead ORPHANS on Broadway
Posted: 2/14/13 at 11:14amI'm not familiar with this play. What is its running time?
