A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
Change the date to 2009, replace all references to Cheno with Zeta Jones and change HELLO, DOLLY! to A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, and what do you get?
No, because Zeta Jones was the right fit for Desiree.
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.
You'll all let me know when this happens - somewhere around the twelfth - of never. Pure publicity hogwash. The next story will be, talks broke down. IF it happens, it will not be pretty but for now this is about as real as Brad Pitt coming to Broadway to do Fiddler on the Roof, directed and choreographed by Rob Ashford.
Cheno can be funny but she's not naturally funny, she will need a great director. Add a cast of all height challenged actors: Chris Fitzgrald as Horace, Andrew Keenan Bolger as Cornelius, Jen Cody as Minnie, etc, and it might work
And if Cheno is playing Dolly, who the eff is going to play Minnie Fay? I've got it! After she's done in Into The Woods, maybe Sophia Grace can play Minnie Fay.
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Megan Mullally would be wonderful in this role but I don't think she'd be in a rush to take on a potentially long broadway run especially with her husband committed to a TV series.
Everything posted here is true. She could be too physically little and too young to play Dolly. She is too big a star to play Minnie Fay, which is a minor role. The thought of Kristen as Dolly is exciting and would bring great box-office and fans!
I don't think it's the worst idea I've heard, it's definitely better than Chenoweth as Fran in PROMISES, PROMISES. She's very funny and I can definitely buy her as a woman who "meddles" for a living, but I don't know if she can pull off some of the moments where she has to be a bit more grounded. And yes, her "Before the Parade" was unremarkable in the concert, maybe if the song comes out from an actual acting moment it'll be stronger. On a completely different note, did Angela Lansbury ever play Dolly? I was thinking of whom I'd love to see in the role, and she was the first one to come to mind (obviously I mean when she was age-appropriate for it).
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