Next for Jessie Mueller?

[Butter Broadway]

Posted: 4/8/17 at 10:57pm

What is she doing next in her career?

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 4/8/17 at 11:06pm

I have heard a rumor about her doing a revival of Carousel. Though she is one of my choices to play Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady.

[Butter Broadway]

Posted: 4/8/17 at 11:59pm

I would love to see her do Funny Girl.

[icecreambenjamin]

Posted: 4/9/17 at 12:32am

Butter Broadway said: "I would love to see her do Funny Girl.

YES!!  I cannot second this enough.  I would kill for Roundabout to revive Funny Girl with her.  She's literally perfect in every single way.  Jackie Hoffman and Chip Zien would be great as Mrs. Brice and Eddie Ryan also.

 

[sparepart973]

Posted: 4/9/17 at 1:33am

I think she'd be great for Funny Girl (though I always personally wanted Lady Gaga to star as Fanny). In any case, having seen it recently at the Menier Chocolate Factory before it transferred to London, I was shocked at how banal and basic the book was, despite supposedly getting a touch up. 

[icecreambenjamin]

Posted: 4/9/17 at 1:46am

sparepart973 said: "I think she'd be great for Funny Girl (though I always personally wanted Lady Gaga to star as Fanny). In any case, having seen it recently at the Menier Chocolate Factory before it transferred to London, I was shocked at how banal and basic the book was, despite supposedly getting a touch up. 

 

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Honestly, it might have just been that banal and basic revival.  The book does need some more touch ups, but the London cast and staging was far from stellar, imo.

I would looove to see Lady Gaga make her Broadway debut, but I think I would rather see her in Evita or Little Shop of Horrors.

 

[mtcond]

Posted: 4/9/17 at 8:00am

icecreambenjamin said: "Butter Broadway said: "I would love to see her do Funny Girl.

YES!!  I cannot second this enough.  I would kill for Roundabout to revive Funny Girl with her.  She's literally perfect in every single way.  Jackie Hoffman and Chip Zien would be great as Mrs. Brice and Eddie Ryan also.

Love me some Chip Zien and there are many things he can do. But he's 70. That's more than a little long-in-the-tooth for Eddie. He could play Ziegfeld, maybe.

 

 

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[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 4/9/17 at 8:50am

Wasn't there that carousel rumor? I'd love to see her reprise Carrie on Broadway 

[MadonnaMusical]

Posted: 4/9/17 at 9:00am

Butter Broadway said: "I would love to see her do Funny Girl.

 

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It better be FUNNY GIRL... but Eliza would. R great too!!!!!!!

there was also a rumor that the Empire State musical was coming soon... went to a reading and it's fantastic. 

[cb2addict2]

Posted: 4/9/17 at 9:23am

AH! Would be amazing to have a carousel revival with Jessie Mueller! Although all the roles she's created have been wonderful, another new piece would be exciting. Whatever it will be, she'll shine.

[OlBlueEyes]

Posted: 4/9/17 at 10:04am

For anyone wanting a short term Jesse fix.

https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2017/4/21/0800/PM/The-New-York-Pops/

Tickets are scarce.

LINK FIXED  4/10. 9:00 am

Updated On: 4/10/17 at 10:04 AM

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 4/9/17 at 11:10pm

They should get a production of FUNNY GIRL together for her while she is young enough.  I think she's the only diva out there who can sing this the way it's written, and god knows she can mug.

But a revival might want to wait (rightly so) till Babs is well.....gone.

And the Roundabout has produced some great revivals but FUNNY GIRL should be big and lavish not like the London revival which had like 5 or 6 Ziegfeld Girls. The stage looked so empty.

[icecreambenjamin]

Posted: 4/9/17 at 11:26pm

Love me some Chip Zien and there are many things he can do. But he's 70. That's more than a little long-in-the-tooth for Eddie. He could play Ziegfeld, maybe.

Jeez, how is he 70?  I always thought of that part as being kind of ageless.  Is the part supposed to be played by someone younger?

 Also, Roundabout's She Loves Me was far from sparse.  Holiday Inn also didn't cut too many corners either, in fact it had a pretty large ensemble.  I think we'd get a pretty lush production from them.  I can't imagine us getting a commercial revival of Funny Girl right now, even with Jessie Mueller's name.  I think Roundabout might be our only hope.

 

[Sondheimite]

Posted: 4/10/17 at 12:33am

re:  carousel

I think the full rumor is that she's playing Julie and Josh Henry is playing Billy?  Isn't that what was reported?  

[mtcond]

Posted: 4/10/17 at 1:14am

icecreambenjamin said: "

Love me some Chip Zien and there are many things he can do. But he's 70. That's more than a little long-in-the-tooth for Eddie. He could play Ziegfeld, maybe.

Jeez, how is he 70?  I always thought of that part as being kind of ageless.  Is the part supposed to be played by someone younger?

 Also, Roundabout's She Loves Me was far from sparse.  Holiday Inn also didn't cut too many corners either, in fact it had a pretty large ensemble.  I think we'd get a pretty lush production from them.  I can't imagine us getting a commercial revival of Funny Girl right now, even with Jessie Mueller's name.  I think Roundabout might be our only hope.
 

Yup, Chip Zien is 70. 

Eddie is a hoofer, still active in the business. If I remember correctly, he does a big tap solo with the chorus in the "Private Schwartz" number, before Fanny enters to do the vocal. The character has been in the business a while, but 50 years older than Fanny seems way too much--he'd be a generation older than her mother! I always figured Eddie in his early to mid-30's. 

I think Roundabout would do a lovely job. Their "Anything Goes" and "She Loves Me" stand up against most large-scale commercial revivals. Lincoln Center could also do it justice. Bart Sher was supposed to direct it when it came up on the radar a few years ago with Lauren Ambrose. I'd be happy to see him tackle this problematic piece, with Jessie as the star.

 


 

 

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[Sunny11]

Posted: 4/10/17 at 1:53am

Does Ryan Murphy still have the US rights to Funny Girl? He was talking about producing it with Lea Michele as Fanny a couple of years ago. 

Updated On: 4/10/17 at 01:53 AM

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 4/10/17 at 10:26am

He revealed a few years ago that he put those plans on hold, partly due to the fact that they kind of already did Funny Girl on Glee.

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 4/10/17 at 12:02pm

Hopefully retirement.

[icecreambenjamin]

Posted: 4/10/17 at 12:14pm

muscle23ftl said: "Hopefully retirement.

 

How rude.  This is bullying and I hope the mods do something about you.  You've been trolling thread after thread about how much you hate everything.  Your behavior is positively disgusting.

Everything you post is either talking about Sunset Blvd tickets or about how The Great Comet is the worst show you've ever seen.  Your vile opinion is not shared by everyone on this board.  You are the very definition of a troll and you should be banned.  Find another hobby other than being mean and rude.  Jessie Mueller is one of the greatest modern musical theatre performers of this generation.  She is a brilliant chameleon with a beautiful voice.  What have you done other than sit behind a screen and make rude comments about people who are doing brilliant work in their field.  Honestly, if you hate everything, maybe theatre isn't your thing.

Updated On: 4/10/17 at 12:14 PM

[NJ_BroadwayGirl]

Posted: 4/10/17 at 4:50pm

icecreambenjamin said: "How rude.  This is bullying and I hope the mods do something about you.  You've been trolling thread after thread about how much you hate everything.  Your behavior is positively disgusting.

Everything you post is either talking about Sunset Blvd tickets or about how The Great Comet is the worst show you've ever seen.  Your vile opinion is not shared by everyone on this board.  You are the very definition of a troll and you should be banned.  Find another hobby other than being mean and rude.  Jessie Mueller is one of the greatest modern musical theatre performers of this generation.  She is a brilliant chameleon with a beautiful voice.  What have you done other than sit behind a screen and make rude comments about people who are doing brilliant work in their field.  Honestly, if you hate everything, maybe theatre isn't your thing."

THIS

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 8/7/18 at 7:47pm

Now that she's free, can we get a Funny Girl revival going before Mueller ages out of Fanny, please?

Updated On: 8/7/18 at 07:47 PM

[HenryTDobson]

Posted: 8/7/18 at 8:03pm

She would be a marvelous Fanny, but I want to see her continue to explore new works. Just don't leave us for TV!!

[bwaylyric]

Posted: 8/7/18 at 8:04pm

She can go back to Beautiful and close the show, too. 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/7/18 at 8:07pm

^ I was just going to say the same thing about WAITRESS.

[GeorgeandDot]

Posted: 8/7/18 at 8:34pm

Hopefully Funny Girl.