Official I Think _____ Should Play Charity Thread
Official I Think _____ Should Play Charity Thread
DramaDork925
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/4/05
#0Official I Think _____ Should Play Charity Thread
Posted: 12/10/05 at 7:20pmBecause eventually every female celebrity will have their own thread...
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popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#1re: Official I Think _____ Should Play Charity Thread
Posted: 12/10/05 at 7:22pm
True, and I'm willing to bet this thread doesn't stop that 
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#3re: Official I Think _____ Should Play Charity Thread
Posted: 12/10/05 at 7:24pm
Patronus, we know she can sing it. She's more than proven that. But can she dance? She's the right age range, but I don't think she looks the part at all.
My vote goes to Addy.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#4re: Official I Think _____ Should Play Charity Thread
Posted: 12/10/05 at 7:25pm
Valerie Pettiford
Updated On: 12/10/05 at 07:25 PM
#6re: Official I Think _____ Should Play Charity Thread
Posted: 12/10/05 at 7:27pmDancing it or not, I'd fork up the rush ticket price to come see you, dear.
DramaDork925
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/4/05
#7re: Official I Think _____ Should Play Charity Thread
Posted: 12/10/05 at 7:27pmI hope you're kidding, Theatahguy
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#8re: Official I Think _____ Should Play Charity Thread
Posted: 12/10/05 at 7:28pm
You're sweet, Pat.
And Dramadork, why? I think Brittany Murphy is perfect, if perhaps a bit youthful.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
Updated On: 12/10/05 at 07:28 PM
#9re: Official I Think _____ Should Play Charity Thread
Posted: 12/10/05 at 7:32pm
Yeah, I don't have a problem with Britney Murphy either. I think it'd suit her well actually. Her voice is probably better than Christina Applegates truth be told.
I wouldn't mind seeing Jane Krakowski in the role. And possible in a few years, Amber Benson.
#10re: Official I Think _____ Should Play Charity Thread
Posted: 12/10/05 at 7:34pm
Murphy's voice is definitely better than Applegate's. She is a bonafide singer.
Krakowski is a good idea too.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#11re: Official I Think _____ Should Play Charity Thread
Posted: 12/10/05 at 7:35pmBritney would have been good as Charity. The thing is that Christina Applegate can't really sing...so any girl who can dance could do it.
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#12re: Official I Think _____ Should Play Charity Thread
Posted: 12/10/05 at 8:18pm
Regardless of what you or I think of her talent, Brittany Murphy is too big of a film star to replace anyone on Broadway right now. Don't look for that career move anytime soon.
Lightening up a bit, I suppose this is more of a "dream" situation than a realistic one, which is fine by me.
Then if I were going to "dream" (pun intended) about who I'd like to see take over the part, I'd say Beyonce... but she's a little busy right now, too.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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Updated On: 12/10/05 at 08:18 PM
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#13re: Official I Think _____ Should Play Charity Thread
Posted: 12/10/05 at 9:00pmyes, my suggestion of Brittany was definitely a dream situation. i truly think she'd be perfect, yes, even tho she's a bit youthful. much more believable as a downtrodden hooker-with-a-heart-of-gold than Applegate (who i loved, for the record). i think she's a terrific actress.
#14re: Official I Think _____ Should Play Charity Thread
Posted: 12/10/05 at 9:23pmSarah Gettelfinger would be amazing in this role. IMO.
"The only way we live beyond our lives is to connect and carve ourselves into the souls of those we love." -Little Fish
#15re: Official I Think _____ Should Play Charity Thread
Posted: 12/10/05 at 9:39pm
Jane Krakowski is clearly a great choice but as I've learned from others on the board, she was actually supposed to open the show and got fired because apparently she considered the book to be sexist and so Neil Simon decided that she was not going to be Charity.
I believe Sarah Jessica Parker is the perfect actress for this role, her singing voice is good enough for Charity, I'm sure she can dance the role too, and she has perfect comic timing.
And if we are going for dream situations, then Charlotte D'Amboisse should replace Applegate but the Weisslers would never let her play this role full-time unless the show becomes an established hit, and I don't think that's gonna be happenning anytime soon.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
jasobres
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/9/05
#16re: Official I Think _____ Should Play Charity Thread
Posted: 12/10/05 at 9:44pmAnn Reinking!! We really need to get the redheads back on Broadway!!!!!!!
"Ev'ry-buddy wants ta get into de act!"
- Jimmy Durante
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Posted: 12/10/05 at 9:45pmRosie O'Donnell
Pretty pretty please don't you ever ever feel like you're less than f**ckin' perfect!
#18re: Official I Think _____ Should Play Charity Thread
Posted: 12/10/05 at 9:46pm
carol channing.
stritch can do her matinees.
#19re: Official I Think _____ Should Play Charity Thread
Posted: 12/10/05 at 9:47pmAnn Reinking seems an obvious choice but 1.She's probably too old for the show,2.She replaced Debbie Allen in the Fosse-directed 1986 revival and I've heard/read that she was less than stellar. The show closed during her run. I wasn't even a year old back then so I'm not saying this from personal experience.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#20re: Official I Think _____ Should Play Charity Thread
Posted: 12/10/05 at 9:54pm
If you're looking for a redhead AND a non-celeb, Karen Ziemba would certainly more than do justice to the role. I saw her in a performance of Dorothy Fields' work last spring where she did If My Friends Could See Me Now and Hey Big Spender. Sang, acted, and danced the hell out of both of them. I looked around at the audience hoping to see Fran and Barry eating their hearts out (they offered her Nicky originally - she said thanks, but no thanks).
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
Updated On: 12/10/05 at 09:54 PM
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#21re: Official I Think _____ Should Play Charity Thread
Posted: 12/10/05 at 10:08pmLa Chanze
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.
#22re: Official I Think _____ Should Play Charity Thread
Posted: 12/10/05 at 10:21pmHarvey Fierstein.
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DramaDork925
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/4/05
#23re: Official I Think _____ Should Play Charity Thread
Posted: 12/10/05 at 10:30pmI just think Brittany Murphy is WAY to young for the role and her acting has always bugged me.
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#24re: Official I Think _____ Should Play Charity Thread
Posted: 12/10/05 at 10:36pmLaChanze would be superb.
