Laura Benanti wants to do Follies with Kelli
Laura Benanti wants to do Follies with Kelli
#1Laura Benanti wants to do Follies with Kelli
Posted: 5/7/19 at 1:55pm
https://twitter.com/LauraBenanti/status/1121146806358949888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheatreboard.co.uk%2Fthread%2F1654%2Ffollies%3Fpage%3D166
I can't help but wonder if Laura either reads these boards, or has friends that reads these boards who talk about it with her - she has now publicly expressed 'joking' interest in both Company and Follies that have been discussed here.
Kelli replied "You are on"
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
Updated On: 5/7/19 at 01:55 PM
#2Laura Benanti wants to do Follies with Kelli
Posted: 5/7/19 at 2:02pm
They both want it, so make it happen.
GeorgeandDot
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/16
#3Laura Benanti wants to do Follies with Kelli
Posted: 5/7/19 at 2:18pmThis NEEDS to happen. Directed by Bart Sher.
#4Laura Benanti wants to do Follies with Kelli
Posted: 5/7/19 at 2:32pm
Yea bring it on in 10 years with Bart and his team at LCT!
"Anything you do, let it it come from you--then it will be new."
Sunday in the Park with George
#5Laura Benanti wants to do Follies with Kelli
Posted: 5/7/19 at 2:32pm
Yea bring it on in 10 years with Bart and his team at LCT!
"Anything you do, let it it come from you--then it will be new."
Sunday in the Park with George
#6Laura Benanti wants to do Follies with Kelli
Posted: 5/7/19 at 2:42pm
Cynthia Erivo and Marisa Jaret Winokur also expressed interest. Would love!
#7Laura Benanti wants to do Follies with Kelli
Posted: 5/7/19 at 2:49pm
If they need a 'name', what about Catherine Zeta-Jones for Carlotta?
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
JVJ93
Featured Actor Joined: 3/27/16
#8Laura Benanti wants to do Follies with Kelli
Posted: 5/7/19 at 3:53pm
In addition to O’Hara and Benanti, my dream cast for this would be
Celia Keenan Bolger/Chris Fitzgerald as Emily/Theodore
Stephanie J Block or Catherine Zeta Jones as Carlotta
Steven Pasquale as Ben Stone
Julia Murney as Hattie (Broadway Baby)
Patina Mailler as Stella (Who’s That Woman)
Bertie Carvel as Buddy
nasty_khakis
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/15/07
#9Laura Benanti wants to do Follies with Kelli
Posted: 5/7/19 at 3:58pm
I know it's HIGHLY impractical for many reasons but I'd love for them to True West/Little Foxes and alternate roles. I think type-wise Laura is more a Phyllis and Kelli is more a Sally but they each have aspects that are suited for both characters.
JVJ93
Featured Actor Joined: 3/27/16
#10Laura Benanti wants to do Follies with Kelli
Posted: 5/7/19 at 4:00pmOh! And I forgot Katrina Lenk as Solange
#12Laura Benanti wants to do Follies with Kelli
Posted: 5/7/19 at 10:30pmI think it’s funny she mentions 2034, when they will be the ideal ages in about 10 years. Sally and Phyllis are both 49.
