Wishful Thinking- What Role Do You Want Audra To Play?
Wishful Thinking- What Role Do You Want Audra To Play?
Lanie J
Chorus Member Joined: 11/27/19
#1Wishful Thinking- What Role Do You Want Audra To Play?
Posted: 8/2/20 at 12:51pm
I dream of her playing Margaret in The Light in the Piazza. Just a little fantasy of mine. What other roles do you want her to play? What could possibly be next for her once Broadway is open and back to normal?
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#2Wishful Thinking- What Role Do You Want Audra To Play?
Posted: 8/2/20 at 1:06pmRose, Mrs. Lovett, Dolly Levi, The Witch, so many. But I also randomly imagined her in Victor/Victoria a while ago and now I can’t get it out of my mind.
#3Wishful Thinking- What Role Do You Want Audra To Play?
Posted: 8/2/20 at 1:59pmYes absolutely, Piazza with Denée Benton as Clara
Scott Stephen
Understudy Joined: 10/21/19
#4Wishful Thinking- What Role Do You Want Audra To Play?
Posted: 8/2/20 at 2:48pmI would love to see her as the Witch in ITW. Also as any of the adult female characters in Once on this Island.
Damiensta
Stand-by Joined: 5/11/12
#5Wishful Thinking- What Role Do You Want Audra To Play?
Posted: 8/2/20 at 2:51pm
She should of been one of the Dolly, too bad production had that producer
rattleNwoolypenguin
Broadway Star Joined: 10/11/11
#6Wishful Thinking- What Role Do You Want Audra To Play?
Posted: 8/2/20 at 3:20pm
They should have let her be Cinderella in Into the Woods once upon a time.
bwaylvsong1
Understudy Joined: 11/15/13
#7Wishful Thinking- What Role Do You Want Audra To Play?
Posted: 8/2/20 at 3:48pm
Hanna in The Merry Widow
Desiree in A Little Night Music
#8Wishful Thinking- What Role Do You Want Audra To Play?
Posted: 8/2/20 at 4:13pmNorma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard. With her pipes and radiant beauty, I’d love to see her in those costumes. She could’ve replaced Glenn Close in the revival.
#9Wishful Thinking- What Role Do You Want Audra To Play?
Posted: 8/2/20 at 4:38pm
I really wish we could have seen a young Audra play Eliza in Hamilton.
Or Eliza in My Fair Lady, come to think of it.
A Director
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/18/07
#10Wishful Thinking- What Role Do You Want Audra To Play?
Posted: 8/3/20 at 3:22am
Enough with revivals; she should do a new play.
ahhrealmonsters
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/11/10
#11Wishful Thinking- What Role Do You Want Audra To Play?
Posted: 8/3/20 at 7:29am
I'd love to see her play Helen in an all Black production of Fun Home with Cynthia Erivo as Alison that's never going to happen - I'd be happy with her singing "Days and Days" in concert, though.
#12Wishful Thinking- What Role Do You Want Audra To Play?
Posted: 8/3/20 at 8:08am
Sally in Follies
"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
#13Wishful Thinking- What Role Do You Want Audra To Play?
Posted: 8/3/20 at 11:47am
A Director said: "Enough with revivals; she should do a new play."
I'd love to see her in a new play too! But given that this is a dreamcasting thread, we can't very well dreamcast her in something that doesn't exist.
Sally in "Follies," and Helen in "Fun Home" are my 2 favorite ideas mentioned in this thread so far!
I'd also love to see her do some more Shakespeare: maybe Cleopatra, Lady Macbeth, Queen Margaret in "Henry VI," Beatrice in "Much Ado."
As for other classic roles: Mary Tyrone, Linda Loman, Amanda Wingfield - any and all of those great roles. We almost had her as Blanche Dubois! So disappointing! Hope it still ends up happening after COVID.
Lisalemann
Chorus Member Joined: 9/14/19
#14Wishful Thinking- What Role Do You Want Audra To Play?
Posted: 8/3/20 at 11:51am
I really was rooting for her to play Marian in the Sound of Music - but the Sutton Foster announcement killed that dream...
Too bad - while I like Sutton - I think Audra and Hugh Jackman would have made a fantastic pair. Still haven't heard any evidence of Sutton's actual soprano voice - but I'm withholding judgement until I see them in November 2021. But Audra would have killed that role.
#15Wishful Thinking- What Role Do You Want Audra To Play?
Posted: 8/3/20 at 12:35pm
Missy in "Purlie". I think she would sing the hell out of "Down Home" and "He Ca Do It".
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Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#16Wishful Thinking- What Role Do You Want Audra To Play?
Posted: 8/3/20 at 12:39pm
Any role honestly. As long as I can hear her gorgeous voice, it doesn't really matter to me.
#17Wishful Thinking- What Role Do You Want Audra To Play?
Posted: 8/3/20 at 12:41pm
For plays... I'd love to see her do August Osage County. Doesn't even matter which part, I think she'd kill both female leads when she's age appropriate for them.
Caption: Every so often there was a rare moment of perfect balance when I soared above him.
whatdoesntkillme
Featured Actor Joined: 8/15/16
#18Wishful Thinking- What Role Do You Want Audra To Play?
Posted: 8/3/20 at 2:09pm
She has always said she wants to play Sweeney Todd. I agree.
Loopin’theloop
Leading Actor Joined: 1/9/18
#19Wishful Thinking- What Role Do You Want Audra To Play?
Posted: 8/10/20 at 6:59am
Damiensta said: "She should of been one of the Dolly, too bad production had that producer"
They suggested varies replacements but Jerry Herman had approval and he wouldn’t agree to any of the names.
wiggum2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/21/03
#20Wishful Thinking- What Role Do You Want Audra To Play?
Posted: 8/10/20 at 8:34am
Loopin’theloop said: "Damiensta said: "She should of been one of the Dolly, too bad production had that producer"
They suggested varies replacements but Jerry Herman hadapproval and he wouldn’t agree to any of the names."
Not that I think Audra would have been a 3rd replacement but are you saying that Jerry Herman would have vetoed Audra?
