Will Lansbury return to the stage?
Will Lansbury return to the stage?
#1Will Lansbury return to the stage?
Posted: 8/14/08 at 11:42am
I read an interview with Angie that was conducted in the fall of 2007. At the end of the piece she's asked about returning to the stage. She said she didn't want to anchor a production but would be interested in doing a Stritch/Arthur-esque one woman show or playing a supporting role (she mentioned Madame Armfelfdt in "A Little Night Music").
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#2re: Will Lansbury return to the stage?
Posted: 8/14/08 at 11:44amDuring DEUCE, she said that it would be her final full-time engagement on Broadway.
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Roscoe
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#2re: Will Lansbury return to the stage?
Posted: 8/14/08 at 12:43pmShe'd probably do a small role in something, if only to wash out the taste of that vile DEUCE thing.
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#3re: Will Lansbury return to the stage?
Posted: 8/14/08 at 12:51pmi now pray for a little night music revival with lansbury for the sake of seeing her one last time.
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Ed_Mottershead
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/20/05
#6re: Will Lansbury return to the stage?
Posted: 8/14/08 at 1:13pm
IMO, Madame Arcati in the play Blithe Spirit would be a nice fit for Angela at this point. The character does not have to carry the show, although a good actress can steal it. Remembering how great she was playing a ditz in Death on the Nile, I'd really like to see her consider it.
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Updated On: 8/14/08 at 01:13 PM
philcrosby
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/17/04
#7re: Will Lansbury return to the stage?
Posted: 8/14/08 at 1:17pm
Some dream casting:
Madame Armfeldt: Angela Lansbury
Desiree: Meryl Streep
Frederick: Jeremy Irons
Anne: Anne Hathaway
Henrik: John Lloyd Young
Charlotte: Christine Baranski
Count Malcolm: Brian Stokes Mitchell
#9re: Will Lansbury return to the stage?
Posted: 8/14/08 at 4:01pmi would be first in line for tickets if that cast ever did come into fluition.
<------ Me and my friends with patti Lupone at my friends afterparty for her concert with audra mcdonald during the summer of 2007.
"I am sorry but it is an unjust world and virtue is only triumphant in theatricle performances" The Mikado
"I am sorry but it is an unjust world and virtue is only triumphant in theatricle performances" The Mikado
#10re: Will Lansbury return to the stage?
Posted: 8/14/08 at 4:24pmWhat about throwing Lansbury into the planned UK revival with Emma Thompson?
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#9re: Will Lansbury return to the stage?
Posted: 8/14/08 at 6:53pmI saw Angela in Deuces last year. But it was a very stationary show as you all know about performers watching a tennis match. We had just had a big dinner, and to tell you the truth, we were all nodding off. She is excellent but quite up there in years.
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