Taylor Hicks to Join GREASE Cast- Page 5

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 12:11pm

I don't think he'll be bad at all. But every time I think of him I can't help but think of those car commercials that were played rather incessantly when he won.

If it keeps our NY actors employed, by all means, bring him in.

[acrocksyo]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 12:19pm

He's got a decent voice, and it's a tiny part. It's not like he is actually taking over a leading role, it's a cameo. Yeesh! If you weren't planning on seeing Grease before then why would you go see it now?

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 12:25pm

Oh my gosh, GET OVER IT.

He has talent and will play the part fine and maybe sell a few tickets.

It's not like he is playing Iago in a Peter Brook's production of Othello.

He is playing a small part in a commercial show for a commercial audience on Broadway. And the people who see the show will probably love the fact that they can tell their friends that they say an AI winner on Broadway. And Broadway, like it or not, is as commercial as theatre gets.

And, I mean, this show was cast using reality TV. So is it really that big a deal when they cast a winner from the most popular reality show on television?

[Cape Twirl of Doom]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 12:29pm

It's GREASE, not SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE. Who gives a crap? The only reason this revival of GREASE exists is because of a reality show anyway.

Posted: 5/16/08 at 12:45pm

OMG! Taylor would be AMAZING as George in SITPWG! Imagine him opposite Kelly Clarkson as DOT!

I'm not going to be able to sleep tonight imagining that cast!

[Calvin]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 12:50pm

No Pork Chop?

He could be the crusty boatman. He was born to be bad. Of course, they'll have to Ned Flanders up the lyrics a bit, but I'm sure Sondheim won't mind.

Posted: 5/16/08 at 12:54pm

I'm hoping that David Archuleta gets cast in as Henrik in the upcoming Little Night Music revival. Inspired, no?
Updated On: 5/16/08 at 12:54 PM

[Calvin]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 1:06pm

A bit safe and predictable, but it's a-ight for me.

[Cape Twirl of Doom]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 1:13pm

Reuban Studdard for Bobby! Anyone? Anyone?

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 1:55pm

The "You just don't like him because you're jealous!" arguments are even more pathetic than the people bashing him. Not everyone on this board aspires to star on Broadway (and even if they do, hopefully they'd have higher dreams for themselves than Teen Angel in a bad production of Grease).

Posted: 5/16/08 at 1:59pm

Nice Try. How about this fact: Not one poster on this board has achieved as much in his or her chosen profession, no matter what it is, as Taylor Hicks has achieved in his.


Edited to add: Except, arguably, Marc Shaiman. Updated On: 5/16/08 at 01:59 PM

[Calvin]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 2:02pm

Yeah, but my hair's still it's natural color. So there.

Under the highlights, I mean.

Posted: 5/16/08 at 2:07pm

I've been meaning to tell you for years- You should keep your hair natural, like mine!

[Calvin]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 2:11pm

buuuuuuut sweeeeee-eee-eee-tieeeee

[jackson992]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 3:48pm

I'd rather be associated with Grease than SINTWG anyday. Grease is a much better show.

[allofmylife]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 6:14pm

Guy comes to Broadway with no practical experience in theater.

Can't dance. Sings pretty well.

Acting is better than many people thought possible.

Really only a name in the Jazz world.

Has the nerve to take a lead role.

And every single person on this site would sell (and many have) their mammas to get front-row tickets for his next show.

Harry Connick Jr.

Updated On: 5/16/08 at 06:14 PM

[allofmylife]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 6:17pm

And while we are at it, Bob Hope (a professional boxer) Phil Silvers (a carnival barker) Milton Berle (a child model) Burt Lahr (a vaudeville performer) Dame Edna (don't start) and on and on.

Let's become a board that comments after a performance, not one notorious for judging before we've seen the goods.

[myshikobit]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 6:46pm

"I'm hoping that David Archuleta gets cast in as Henrik in the upcoming Little Night Music revival. Inspired, no? "

They would not, could not let Archuleta just wouldn't ruin Little Night Music!!!! I couldn't bear him in a show of repute. Sure, put him in Grease, but Sondheim? Sondheim is reserved for people who have the emotional width to play the character that Sondheim has created with his amazing musical. Crap, now I'm ranting.

"Nice Try. How about this fact: Not one poster on this board has achieved as much in his or her chosen profession, no matter what it is, as Taylor Hicks has achieved in his. "

I have an excuse; i'm fifteen, and my parents are the anti-stage parent. Taylor Hicks is... blecchh with muscle spasms.

[allofmylife]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 7:14pm

you get to use that excuse just once.

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 7:20pm

JoeKv99: Jason Robert Brown posts on this board, too.

[Lynnespock2]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 10:17pm

"Nice Try. How about this fact: Not one poster on this board has achieved as much in his or her chosen profession, no matter what it is, as Taylor Hicks has achieved in his."

Not everyone on this board has ambitions to act. I am very happy with my career and have been very successful in it as well.

I do, however, LOVE generalizations.

Updated On: 5/16/08 at 10:17 PM

[roquat]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 10:30pm

"Nice Try. How about this fact: Not one poster on this board has achieved as much in his or her chosen profession, no matter what it is, as Taylor Hicks has achieved in his."

How the hell would you know? And if that's your idea of a worthy achievement, you're REALLY sad.

[SweetQintheLights]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 10:46pm

What should would be best for these two?





She bangs!

[Lynnespock2]

Posted: 5/16/08 at 10:53pm

This thread has become absurd. There have been reality shows long before AI. There was the Amateur night at the Apollo, Ted Mack's Amateur Hour, Star Search and many others.

Taylor Hicks is neither going to ruin Broadway or revolutionize it. Get over it people!

Posted: 5/16/08 at 11:02pm

I stand by my statement. I love generalizations, too, like when people say someone "Will be" awful in part before they've even gone into rehersals for it.