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Taylor Hicks to Join GREASE Cast
MungoGypsy8232
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/07
#50re: Taylor Hicks to Join GREASE Cast
Posted: 5/15/08 at 10:47pmHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA hilarious. As least the Claymates had somethign to be proud of...if any Hicks stop the Grease bashing I swear to god.
Yelliphant
Leading Actor Joined: 6/24/07
#51re: Taylor Hicks to Join GREASE Cast
Posted: 5/15/08 at 10:48pmNo No No. That's his Fake girlfriend. Didn't he hire her because she looks like that news anchor?
#52re: Taylor Hicks to Join GREASE Cast
Posted: 5/15/08 at 10:51pm
Isn't he kinda... sorta... ------- old?
Hey! He's two years older than me!
He just LOOKS old.
zamedy
Broadway Star Joined: 6/27/07
#53re: Taylor Hicks to Join GREASE Cast
Posted: 5/15/08 at 10:51pmDiana Degarmo was a runner-up on American Idol... but at least she has charisma and talent. She was GREAT as Penny in HAIRSPRAY. And Fantasia garnered a lot of high praise for her work in TCP.
MassiveMeGo
Featured Actor Joined: 1/19/08
#54re: Taylor Hicks to Join GREASE Cast
Posted: 5/15/08 at 10:52pm
“It’s a cool song,” Hicks said. “I can see myself being able to Taylorize it. Who knows? Maybe I’ll do the Elvis meets Aretha Franklin meets Joe Cocker version of ‘Beauty School Dropout.’ I don’t think anybody’s taken that approach yet. I’ll get with the producers and sink my teeth into the role.”
al,com
#55re: Taylor Hicks to Join GREASE Cast
Posted: 5/15/08 at 10:53pmYeah, but HAIRSPRAY and COLOR PURPLE were good shows.
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broadwayfan202
Swing Joined: 7/13/07
#57re: Taylor Hicks to Join GREASE Cast
Posted: 5/15/08 at 11:12pmthere is no way in the world that taylor hicks is going to do a good job as the teen angel. he doesn't deserve to be the teen angel.
#58re: Taylor Hicks to Join GREASE Cast
Posted: 5/15/08 at 11:13pm
You know, I hate to say this, but I have a feeling this will actually work. (Ticket-wise, that is.)
American Idol is a very popular tv show, and there are going to be a lot of tourists without tickets looking to see a show who will choose Grease because they want to see Taylor Hicks live.
It's terrible casting and a little bit strange (considering stage time), but it will probably help ticket sales (Not that they need help.)
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#59re: Taylor Hicks to Join GREASE Cast
Posted: 5/15/08 at 11:25pm
"What's it feel like to be so much less successful than someone you think is talentless?"
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And that is it in a nutshell. And thanks for saying "successful" and not "talented." Because it's all about the belief here that AI contestants somehow "cheated" to get to Broadway.
This is nothing new. As each gutsy AI contestant finds their way to Broadway, each one gets the same treatment no matter how great a job they do. Diana gets occasional props for hangin’ in there the longest. LOL Folks here are all wannabeIdinas, have likely ALL tried out numerous times themselves for Idol and been rejected, or are just not smart or risky enough to take the big leap in that direction.
For chrissakes people! It’s the biggest show on TV and the biggest audition opportunity that exists! And, it’s a natural fit. There is nothing cheesier than the Broadway musical. Patriot music may carry more cool cachet! At least the producers get it.
I respect the Idol contestants. They are just like all other performers looking for a break. They are smart enough to actually go out and risk it all. You don’t get a job if nobody notices you. There are tons of great performers walking around New York not getting the notice they deserve. The Idol contestants are just the ones who’ve figured out how to leapfrog over everybody else into the limelight. Which is where every, single, last performer wants desperately to be!
Don’t let them bull**** anybody. It pains them to see people just like them NOT have to drive cabs, wait tables or do a variety of non-entertainment related day jobs while pounding the daily pavement facing rejection after rejection. It makes them bitter.
Watch out! More are coming! LMFAO!
choderman
Chorus Member Joined: 7/23/07
#60re: Taylor Hicks to Join GREASE Cast
Posted: 5/15/08 at 11:43pmWell I kinda have to agree with you. Taylor is very talented, and has a ton a people that love him! "Grease" will do well with him in the cast. Sorry folks, the Producers of "Grease" know how to make money!
#61re: Taylor Hicks to Join GREASE Cast
Posted: 5/15/08 at 11:45pmMy problem isn't that he's from AI.... I just don't think he's right for the part at all. He definitely is talented.
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#62re: Taylor Hicks to Join GREASE Cast
Posted: 5/16/08 at 12:00am
He's 32 years old. He has a gold record. He has money in the bank. He's had meaningful gigs in his life. Apparently, he's a hard worker, a decent singer and, according to the photograph on this thread, he has experienced the touch of another human being.
That pretty well puts him miles ahead of some of the people on this thread who are ****ting all over him.
Oh yeah, and he's about to appear ON Broadway, not blog about it from their parents' basement.
Why is it always the same avatars when the **** is being flung?
Get a life.
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Cartwheel
Broadway Star Joined: 6/24/07
Tom1071
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/1/04
#65re: Taylor Hicks to Join GREASE Cast
Posted: 5/16/08 at 12:30amBroadway has just hit an all time low. I wouldn't walk to the end of my hall to see that.
popular_elphie
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/3/05
#66re: Taylor Hicks to Join GREASE Cast
Posted: 5/16/08 at 12:37amEw. I could see him as Vince Fontaine, but he's not really a Teen Angel. And this is just gross stunt casting. I wish they'd bump Josh Franklin up - he's hilarious.
jackson992
Broadway Star Joined: 12/25/04
#67re: Taylor Hicks to Join GREASE Cast
Posted: 5/16/08 at 1:02amThis should be great. Another reason why Grease is so great!
jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#68re: Taylor Hicks to Join GREASE Cast
Posted: 5/16/08 at 1:04am
well in the last revival everone and their mothe played teen angel (including Billy Porter.Chubby Checker, Mary Bond Davis, Jennifer Holliday, Al Jarreau and Darlene Love) you car really do no wrong with this role. Give him a chance
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#69re: Taylor Hicks to Join GREASE Cast
Posted: 5/16/08 at 1:08amThe role is hardly brain surgery, and as noted above was ripe for stunt casting in the last revival, I'm sure it will be fine.
broadwayjim42
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/19/03
#70re: Taylor Hicks to Join GREASE Cast
Posted: 5/16/08 at 8:41am
Is it any coincidence that the lowest-selling American Idol winner goes into the lowest common denominator show?
That said, I could see him as Vince Fontaine...and all this fuss over a five-minute role?
#71re: Taylor Hicks to Join GREASE Cast
Posted: 5/16/08 at 8:51am
Well said, allofmylife 
Here's more info:
https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080516/ap_en_mu/people_taylor_hicks
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Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#72re: Taylor Hicks to Join GREASE Cast
Posted: 5/16/08 at 9:19am
Flashbacks to GREASE 2:
Des! Per! A! Shun!
Desperation..
Put that stunt cast-ing to work
Des! Per! A! Shun!
Desperation...
Any no-talent will work..
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Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#73re: Taylor Hicks to Join GREASE Cast
Posted: 5/16/08 at 9:29am
I don't understand how people can be so upset about this... Has anyone seen Max Crumm?? And he opened the show.
And let's not lose sight of the fact that the whole production seems to have been born of the reality-show tie-in.
The bar for the production was set pretty low from the start, I don't see why this should be shocking people. It actually seems pretty par for the course.
Updated On: 5/16/08 at 09:29 AM
#74re: Taylor Hicks to Join GREASE Cast
Posted: 5/16/08 at 9:34amBorastBoy... I must be totally desperate seeing as I loved Grease 2.... okay I know it is crap but I loved it like I loved Showgirls and Can't Stop the Music and the movie version of Xanadu... it is so bad it is great!
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Broadway Star Joined: 6/24/07
#75re: Taylor Hicks to Join GREASE Cast
Posted: 5/16/08 at 9:36am
"Any no-talent will work.."
Why don't you go compete with 100,000 other people and win. Then we'll talk about talent.
