Definitely, Maybe: The Musical

Maya: Anastasia Korbal
Will: Andrew Kober
April: Allison Case
Emily: Caissie Levy
Summer: Aleque Reid

Gender-bent Next to Normal

Dan: Heidi Blickenstaff
Diana: Steel Burkhardt
Natalie: Marshal Kennedy Carolan
Gabe: Laura Dreyfuss
Henry: Kaitlin Kiyan
Doctors: Kacie Sheik

Country Strong

Kelly (Gwyneth Paltrow): Aleque Reid
James (Tim McGraw): Gavin Creel
Beau (Garrett Hedlund): Marshal Carolan
Chiles (Leighton Meester): Meghann Fahy

Desperate Housewives: The Musical

Creating dreamcasts in your head is equally fun with things that will obviously never ever happen, such as Desperate Housewives: The Musical.
I've been watching Desperate Housewives since its very beginnings, and so it was inevitable that I would recast it at one point or another.
So, here it is- Wisteria Lane Pre-Death-of-Mary-Alice.

Marin Mazzie as Lynette Scavo
(originally played by Felicity Huffman)

Jason Danieley as Tom Scavo
(originally played by Doug Savant)

Caren Lyn Tackett as Susan Mayer
(originally played by Teri Hatcher)

Bryan D'Arcy James as Karl Mayer
(originally played by Richard Burgi)

Leah Greenhaus as Julie Mayer

(originally played by Andrea Bowen)

Laura Benanti as Bree Van de Kamp
(originally played by Marcia Cross)

Jeremy Kushnier as Rex Van de Kamp
(originally played by Steven Culp)

Jessica Phillips as Mary Alice Young
(originally played by Brenda Strong)

Stephen Spinella as Paul Young(originally played by Mark Moses)

Mandy Gonzalez as Gabrielle Solis
(originally played by Eva Longoria)

Christopher Jackson as Carlos Solis
(originally played by Ricardo Antonio Chavira)

Sherie Rene Scott as Edie Britt

(originally playes by Nicollette Sheridan)

Let me just emphasize one more time that, unlike the Across the Universe dreamcast, this is totally just in good fun. Damn, a Desperate Housewives musical would be an utter disaster. 

An Across the Universe stage musical, on the other hand, would not. I may have mentioned that already. Once or twenty times.

Also, casting Marin and Jason as Lynette and Tom was totally an accident but I also think it works. Same with Mandy Gonzalez and Chris Jackson. But I enjoy these coincidences. 

:)

Across the Universe: Lucy

Evan Rachel Wood's deep voice fit the songs in the movie beautifully, but I picture Lucy having a sweeter, more innocent voice, a la Laura Dreyfuss.

Also, she looks the part.
Also, she's just great and needs to be cast in every show.

Not much else to say aside from that, really.

All the love for Laura Dreyfuss.

Can Kacie Sheik just be cast to play every gypsy in every show ever?


This past Thursday I got to see Kacie in a new musical called February House - currently playing at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut - where she played Gypsy Rose Lee. And all biases aside- she was effin' fantastic and the absolute standout in this production.

Basically, Kacie just needs to always be playing either gypsies or rockstars. 


I am too tired to say anything clever.




(photo via http://longwharf.org/)

Across the Universe, part two.

So here's the thing about Paris Remillard: he could sing just about anything and sound absurd in the best possible way.


I was in the car with my sister a little while after I created the Across the Universe theoretical cast in my head, and the version of Girl from the movie came on, and I said, "picture Paris Remillard singing this song." And she just looked at me and said "OH MY GOD."
As in, "oh my god, that would be fuckin' awesome."
Which it would.


And what's more- he would probably actually do justice to the song Revolution, which is the only song in the movie that I dislike. It kind of makes me cringe and I think John Lennon cries in his grave whenever it's played.
Just an opinion. Don't kill me.


But I think John Lennon would quite approve of Paris Remillard singing his songs. Especially eight times a week as Jude in a stage adaptation of Across the Universe.


Dear Casting Gods,
You know...think about it.
Love and stuff,
Addie

Across the Universe Casting Explained, Part One

Kacie Sheik is a Rockstar with a capital R.
I've been a huge fan of hers since the very first time I saw Hair in July of 2009. Her portrayal of Jeanie was stunning and she truly became that character- anyone who has seen her in the role would agree that her performance is unmatched by any other.
Kacie departed from the show on September 10th, 2011 - a show which I was lucky enough to be able to attend - but that is beside the point. After that show, Paris Remillard said something I had been trying to properly word for months before- that this is just where her talent starts; there is so much more to her that Hair didn't show.
So, as an example, I present Kacie Being A Rockstar; Exhibit A.

Told you.

She would kick ass as Sadie in Across the Universe. Just picture her singing Oh, Darling! or Don't Let Me Down. Kacie's voice would fit perfectly with those songs, and as a bonus, she looks the part.

Dear Casting Gods,
If a stage musical of Across the Universe is ever a thing that happens, please take this suggestion into strong consideration. You know as well as I do that Miss Sheik would be magical as Sadie.
Love and things,
Addie.

Across the Universe

Stage musical adaptation of the motion picture


Dream cast:

• Paris Remillard as Jude (originally played by Jim Sturgess) 
• Marshal Kennedy Carolan as Max (originally played by Joe Anderson) 
• Laura Dreyfuss as Lucy (originally played by Evan Rachel Wood) 
• Kacie Sheik as Sadie (originally played by Dana Fuchs) 
• Jen Sese as Prudence (originally played by T.V. Carpio) 
• Mike Evariste as Jojo (originally played by Martin Luther McCoy)

Gem of the Ocean by August Wilson

Dream cast:


Eli: Kent Overshown
Citizen: Nkrumah Gatling
Aunt Ester: Viola Davis
Black Mary: Tanesha Ross
Selig: Ed Harris
Solly: Al White
Caesar: Wallace Smith