Let's dream cast a revival of ANYONE CAN WHISTLE.....
Let's dream cast a revival of ANYONE CAN WHISTLE.....
#1Let's dream cast a revival of ANYONE CAN WHISTLE.....
Posted: 4/29/20 at 11:55am
OK i will start,,,
BERNADETTE PETERS...Cora Hoover Hooper
JAKE GYLLENHAAL...J Bowden Hapgood...
and???
#2Let's dream cast a revival of ANYONE CAN WHISTLE.....
Posted: 4/29/20 at 12:05pm
Agreed Bernadette as Cora. Patina Miller as Fay? I would love to hear her sing Trumpets and the title song.
Where is that bloody Jay Records recording???
"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
#3Let's dream cast a revival of ANYONE CAN WHISTLE.....
Posted: 4/29/20 at 12:07pm
Kate Baldwin might be just a tad too old for Fey, but boy would she be divine.
#4Let's dream cast a revival of ANYONE CAN WHISTLE.....
Posted: 4/29/20 at 12:28pmI’m still bummed we didn’t get a cast album of the Encores cast with Sutton Foster and Raúl Esparza.
#5Let's dream cast a revival of ANYONE CAN WHISTLE.....
Posted: 5/2/20 at 6:25am
i would think in this time of forced isolation this a fun game to play...but only a few have commented here or even look at this thread in the first place...people there is nothing wrong with speculation...why even the Hairspray suggestion for a revival getting more looks...after watching the Sondheim 90th Birthday event last Sunday, songs from ANYONE CAN WHISTLE stood out to me...this is a game people...
#6Let's dream cast a revival of ANYONE CAN WHISTLE.....
Posted: 5/2/20 at 9:22amChristine Ebersole as Cora.
#7Let's dream cast a revival of ANYONE CAN WHISTLE.....
Posted: 5/2/20 at 10:04amMmmm yes I would love to hear Ebersole sing the role!
"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
#8Let's dream cast a revival of ANYONE CAN WHISTLE.....
Posted: 5/2/20 at 10:07amEbersole would be great but I just want Bernadette to do it so she can check off another Sondheim show on her resume.
#9Let's dream cast a revival of ANYONE CAN WHISTLE.....
Posted: 5/2/20 at 10:17am
I'd also like to see Amber Gray as Cora one day. I bet Benanti would ham it up as Cora too.
bwayobsessed
Broadway Star Joined: 5/28/13
#10Let's dream cast a revival of ANYONE CAN WHISTLE.....
Posted: 5/2/20 at 10:41amI think Benanti as Fay would be fun too.
#11Let's dream cast a revival of ANYONE CAN WHISTLE.....
Posted: 5/2/20 at 11:46am
Can’t someone do a covid performance of Whistle with Bernadette or Sweeney Todd with Bernadette as Lovett so we can finally get our bucket lists complete?
Raul Esparza come on please go and organise Sweeney with Bernadette - you can play Sweeney!!!!
"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
#12Let's dream cast a revival of ANYONE CAN WHISTLE.....
Posted: 5/2/20 at 1:59pm
Bernadette has already played Fay in a concert version of Anyone Can Whistle, so if we're just keeping track of which Sondheim shows she's done, than we can already check this one off the list. But still it would be great to have her return to the piece in a different role.
#13Let's dream cast a revival of ANYONE CAN WHISTLE.....
Posted: 5/2/20 at 2:09pmThat’s very true and we need to see her Mrs. Lovett ASAP.
#14Let's dream cast a revival of ANYONE CAN WHISTLE.....
Posted: 5/2/20 at 3:41pm
Bernadette as Madame Armfeldt! She's gotta be the right age now.
#15Let's dream cast a revival of ANYONE CAN WHISTLE.....
Posted: 5/2/20 at 3:52pmShe’s gonna find you and hunt you down for making that comment.
#16Let's dream cast a revival of ANYONE CAN WHISTLE.....
Posted: 5/2/20 at 4:02pm
Gurl has at least 5-10 years left in her before she has to resort to Madame Armfeldt!
"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
#17Let's dream cast a revival of ANYONE CAN WHISTLE.....
Posted: 5/2/20 at 4:25pm
A number of actors have played Madame Armfedlt in their early to mid 70s, including Hermione Gingold at age 76, and (the one I saw most recently) Dana Ivey at age 73.
The thing about Bernadette is just that she looks so much younger than she is. It may be another 15-20 years before she reads old enough onstage to play the role.
rattleNwoolypenguin
Broadway Star Joined: 10/11/11
#18Let's dream cast a revival of ANYONE CAN WHISTLE.....
Posted: 5/2/20 at 7:13pm
I’m a huge Sondheim fan and besides the score man oh man does this show not do it for me at all.
The only show of Sondheim’s I would call pretentious.
I GET that it’s supposed to be absurdist but it just does nothing for me.
the best and most beautiful songs from it work wayyy better out of context.
#19Let's dream cast a revival of ANYONE CAN WHISTLE.....
Posted: 5/2/20 at 7:25pm
Baranski or Catherine O Hara as Cora, Bernie Feldstein as Faye, Larry Owens as Hapgood.
chrishuyen
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/12/14
#20Let's dream cast a revival of ANYONE CAN WHISTLE.....
Posted: 5/3/20 at 1:51am
As far as alternate roles go, I think Sutton Foster as Cora could also be fun to see. I'd love to have "There's Always a Woman" reinstated as well
#21Let's dream cast a revival of ANYONE CAN WHISTLE.....
Posted: 5/3/20 at 2:24am
rattleNwoolypenguin said: "
I’m a huge Sondheim fan and besides the score man oh man does this show not do it for me at all.
The only show of Sondheim’s I would call pretentious.
I GET that it’s supposed to be absurdist but it just does nothing for me.
the best and most beautiful songs from it work wayyy better out of context."
I agree the show doesn’t work. Even Donna Murphy, Foster and Raul couldn’t make it work imo. The whole structure and timing of the show feels weird to me. More reason why a covid concert might be a better presentation, although even then maybe what we really need is just another cast recording.
I could see a covid Sweeney being actually quite fun and creative - people using their kitchen, dining room as a set. ‘By the Sea’ would have extra subject too. If someone was really ambitious it could really work!
"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
#22Let's dream cast a revival of ANYONE CAN WHISTLE.....
Posted: 5/3/20 at 12:01pm
LuPone sounds great here singing "Me and My Town"! (The Link is on YouTube, it seems someone might have removed it, maybe because it's a bootleg...though funny how when it is 15 years old and the performance would otherwise be lost suddenly it doesn't really matter anymore).
"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: 5/3/20 at 12:01 PM
wiggum2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/21/03
#23Let's dream cast a revival of ANYONE CAN WHISTLE.....
Posted: 5/3/20 at 1:41pm
One of the first Sondheim shows I ever saw was Anyone can whistle at Ravinia, Patti and Audra were great(I don't remember a lot about Cerveris though) I never understood Audra before seeing her in person. I think that was the first time I saw Patti as well(but I may have been to a concert of hers though)
Updated On: 5/3/20 at 01:41 PM
Owen22
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/24/11
#24Let's dream cast a revival of ANYONE CAN WHISTLE.....
Posted: 5/3/20 at 1:51pm
wiggum2 said: "One of the first Sondheim shows I ever saw was Anyone can whistle at Ravinia, Patti and Audra were great(I don't remember a lot about Cerveris though) I never understood Audra before seeing her in person. I think that was the first time I saw Patti as well(but I may have been to a concert of hers though)"
Oh ****. I forgot about an Anyone Can Whistle done with this cast. Now to be depressed for another 10 years that I didn't get to see it...
I also don't think we're going to get a better casting than the Encores version. And I once saw Bernadette, Madeline Kahn and Scott Bakula do it in concert!
If the show is revived it has to completely embrace that weird 60s aura and mixture of innocent, farcial liberalism and over-the-top, spoofy political cynicism. It should look reminiscent to an old episode of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.
#25Let's dream cast a revival of ANYONE CAN WHISTLE.....
Posted: 5/4/20 at 12:36am
rattleNwoolypenguin said: "
I’m a huge Sondheim fan and besides the score man oh man does this show not do it for me at all.
The only show of Sondheim’s I would call pretentious.
I GET that it’s supposed to be absurdist but it just does nothing for me.
the best and most beautiful songs from it work wayyy better out of context."
I think Sondheim would entirely agree. In his FINISHING THE HAT, he says something like "We were too smart-ass for our own good."
I saw a production at the York in late, last century and it really does not work (except for the musical numbers). One hardly knows who anyone is until Act II, which is really late to begin to care about characters in a musical.
I think if we're "dream casting", we should choose a new book writer first.
