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    Broadway Brings Back Carrie's Bloody Prom And The Addams Family

    Dr. Horrible 2 Has Songs, A Title, And Nathan Fillion

    Dr. Horrible's Emmy Announcement: Television Is Dead, Long Live Musical Blogs!

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    Image of cletar cletar
    11/17/09

    In reply to Broadway Brings Back Carrie's Bloody Prom And The Addams Family
    So, apparently there's a law now requiring Nathan Lane in every Broadway production? #carrie
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    11/17/09

    @cletar: That law has been on the books for a while. #carrie
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    Image of darkmoonfirelyte darkmoonfirelyte
    11/18/09

    @Annalee Newitz: It's actually illegal to not at least consult him on any production that has a musical number in it. Joss Whedon had him perform a blessing on the script for the Buffy musical episode before it was filmed.
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    11/17/09

    In reply to Broadway Brings Back Carrie's Bloody Prom And The Addams Family
    Broadway sucks.Look at all their bright ideas...remind you of corporate YARM Hollywood.
    what a bunch of losers making musicals of films instead of writing new original musicals. #carrie
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    11/18/09

    @gorehound: Why don't you just go write your own movie...or in this case musical theater?
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    Image of MonkeyT MonkeyT
    11/17/09

    In reply to Broadway Brings Back Carrie's Bloody Prom And The Addams Family
    The first Addams Family movie was really weak. Addams Family Values succeeded largely because of a brilliant script by Paul Rudnick (who also wrote "I Hate Hamlet" and the first draft of "Sister Act"). I don't know if he has a hand in this - he's done a lot of broadway work - but Rudnick's other productions have been niche successes at best ("Jeffrey"), historic flops at worst ("Isn't She Great" and "The Stepford Wives"). I hope he's involved because I want more fast witty Addams-worthy dialogue, but even if he is, this project scares me. #carrie
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    Image of capnrob capnrob
    11/17/09

    In reply to Broadway Brings Back Carrie's Bloody Prom And The Addams Family
    I approve of most of the casting - I really, really do, in the case of Bebe Neuwirth - but Nathan Lane has *got* to stop getting cast in wholly inappropriate roles in revivals. Seriously; the man destroyed the revival of _The Man Who Came To Dinner_ that screened on Great Performances a few years back, he was the second-worst thing about the _The Producers_ musical movie (the script was the worst - it's a shambling zombie, compared to the original) ... and now he's Gomez?

    Lane is an accomplished actor, but he's found his star character, and *it bloody isn't* Gomez Addams ... either John Astin's Gomez or Charles Addams's original cartoon Gomez, which Raul Julia did an impressive job playing. Astin's Gomez is one of the great, great, great characters of sitcom history ... he goes from cheerful to lustful to enthusiastic to bizarre without changing gears or breaking character *at all* ... and since it's Astin's Gomez that, pretty much, established the concept as a viable property for stage and screen, you have to at least acknowledge that performance when you do it. Julia's Gomez did that, but played it darker, straighter, with more attention paid to the outright sadism of the Addams cartoons.

    Lane, on the other hand, took the role of Sheridan Whiteside, one of the great, big, sadistic, gleeful, cheerful, whiny, demanding roles, a role that demands only the best in scene-stealing power from the actor portraying the character ... and turned him into a petulant child. Sheridan Whiteside is ... well, evil and manipulative, not because he IS evil and manipulative ... as _The Man Who Came To Dinner_ shows us at the end, he's decent at heart ... but because it's so damn much fun. Lane can have fun with a role, but it's not a *big* fun ... his schtick is a kind of timid I-can-be-big-but-I-don't-have-to-be-please-please-please-like-me thing.

    Now, if he could get away from his traditional performance, and disappear into the character, as he did at times with Timon, he might be able to not hurt the performance ... but he's not just Nathan Lane, actor, now, he's Nathan Lane, STAR, and he *WILL* use his traditional star role, as he did in _The Man Who ..._ ... and this show will be the worse for it. #carrie
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    Image of gods-n-clods gods-n-clods
    11/17/09

    @capnrob: Is Lane's "go-to-guy" status because of better professional aptitude for stage, or is it because he is positioned in such a way (read: a good agent)? His ubiquity has stepped over the line of matching actor-to-role.
    I imagine a harried theater production would try to court a "proven earner" and tailor their show to a Big Man like Lane versus gambling on a name that must prove stage-value (Mrs. Tom Cruise?), or an unknown who has stage-chops but doesn't carry star-power (eg. who is this delicious Susan Egan?) Either way, don't Broadway productions behave sort of entitled to themselves? More incestuous than Hollywood I imagine, and fiercely territorial.
    One certainty: Bebe Neuwirth. Ohyes. #carrie
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    Image of capnrob capnrob
    11/18/09

    @gods-n-clods: I'd add a phrase there: "A proven earner _who's actually willing to do live theatre_." Many big name actors aren't interested in doing the seven shows a week (or whatever it is now) thing, I suspect. George S. Kaufman wrote a piece on the subject a few decades back, and even went so far to include a bit in _Hollywood Pinafore_ where the bad guy threatens a rising starlet with forcing her to appear on stage ... and that was written in a time when the relative power of Broadway was much, much higher in comparison to Hollywood than it is now.

    I can only imagine that Lane is, indeed willing, and is probably the biggest name they can get. It is a pity, though, that, say, Alan Tudyk isn't a big enough name to headline this.
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    Image of gods-n-clods gods-n-clods
    11/18/09

    @capnrob: I forgot about workload. Oy.
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    Image of korybing korybing
    11/17/09

    In reply to Broadway Brings Back Carrie's Bloody Prom And The Addams Family
    If the show is anywhere close to the brilliance of the movie I will watch it in a heartbeat. #carrie
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    Image of Perhaps Not Perhaps Not
    11/17/09

    In reply to Broadway Brings Back Carrie's Bloody Prom And The Addams Family
    Er... not quite. Ranson, Foster, Mazzie and Damiano are in a reading of Carrie. Most readings are either for charity or for some producer's education about how the musical sounds and rarely make it to the stage. And in the rare instances when they do become full productions, those productions almost never have the same cast. So no, Carrie is not coming back to Broadway, where, as you note, it has already been, so it can hardly be amping up for its "debut" even if it was definitely going to be produced.
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    Image of golddiggersof2033 golddiggersof2033
    11/17/09

    @Perhaps Not: Nuts! I'd like to see a jazzy little number called "Dirty Pillows (Keep 'em away from me!)" #carrie
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    Image of Darklighter Darklighter
    11/17/09

    @Perhaps Not: Wait, Foster's in a reading? But how will she use those spectacular legs in a reading? #carrie
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    Image of Elizabeth Weinbloom Elizabeth Weinbloom
    11/17/09

    In reply to Broadway Brings Back Carrie's Bloody Prom And The Addams Family
    Well... good excuse for an updated edition of Mandelbaum? #carrie
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    Image of goldfarb goldfarb
    11/17/09

    In reply to Broadway Brings Back Carrie's Bloody Prom And The Addams Family
    "Nathan Lane as Gomez and Bebe Neuwirth as Morticia"

    wow...that's great casting...
    Lilith FTW! #carrie
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    Image of Srynerson Srynerson
    11/17/09

    @goldfarb: I was literally just about to post the identical words when I spotted your post, so I'll just say, "+1" instead. #carrie
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    Meredith Woerner promoted this comment Srynerson was starred Srynerson was unstarred
    Image of Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.
    11/17/09

    @goldfarb: The only woman who could play the role better than Angelica. Mind you, that might be my libido talking... #carrie
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    Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. was starred Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. was unstarred
    Image of bookwench bookwench
    11/04/09

    In reply to Dr. Horrible 2 Has Songs, A Title, And Nathan Fillion
    Love, love, love love, crazy love...

    Now we just need Neil Patrick Harris. #drhorrible
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    Image of Alexis Alexis
    11/04/09

    In reply to Dr. Horrible 2 Has Songs, A Title, And Nathan Fillion
    This is the news I wanted to hear the other day when I saw the Horrible Turn trailer. #drhorrible
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    Image of spear401 spear401
    11/04/09

    In reply to Dr. Horrible 2 Has Songs, A Title, And Nathan Fillion
    Thanks to Nathan Fillion. He's always good to let the fans know what's going on. And that's how I found Dr Horrible to begin with...on Nathan's MySpace page.

    Fangirl time...SQUEE! #drhorrible
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    LittleDragon promoted this comment spear401 was starred spear401 was unstarred
    Image of Anekanta - former space marine Anekanta - former space marine
    11/04/09

    In reply to Dr. Horrible 2 Has Songs, A Title, And Nathan Fillion
    Happy Happy Joy Joy! Must have a resurrected Felicia Day, though... #drhorrible
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    Image of dumanue dumanue
    11/04/09

    @Anekanta - Go Play!: ooh ooh a zombie Felicia Day??

    I really should be a co writer with Joss Whedon ;) #drhorrible
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    Anekanta - Go Play! promoted this comment dumanue was starred dumanue was unstarred
    Image of Anekanta - former space marine Anekanta - former space marine
    11/04/09

    @dumanue: I was hoping for fully resurrected, not brain eating undead Felicia Day. #drhorrible
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    Image of joetato joetato
    11/04/09

    @Anekanta - Go Play!: I say we go the Buckaroo Banzai route and have a separated-at-birth twin named Peggy! Dr. Horrible vs The World Crime League anyone??? :-D #drhorrible
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    Image of Anekanta - former space marine Anekanta - former space marine
    11/04/09

    @joetato: There ya go! #drhorrible
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    Image of MargaretMoony MargaretMoony
    11/04/09

    In reply to Dr. Horrible 2 Has Songs, A Title, And Nathan Fillion
    YAY!!!! Can there be zombie!Penny? #drhorrible
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    Image of Cal Hawks Cal Hawks
    11/04/09

    @MargaretMoony: I always thought of her more as some sort of Franken-Penny myself. What with horrible being a mad scientist and all. #drhorrible
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    MargaretMoony promoted this comment Cal Hawks was starred Cal Hawks was unstarred
    Image of MargaretMoony MargaretMoony
    11/04/09

    @Cal Hawks: Oooh, that would be awesome. #drhorrible
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    MargaretMoony was starred MargaretMoony was unstarred
    Image of dumanue dumanue
    11/04/09

    @MargaretMoony: damnit margaret, I said zombie felicia day and I didnt even see you mentioned it before me :( my thunder has been stolen... #drhorrible
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    MargaretMoony promoted this comment dumanue was starred dumanue was unstarred
    Image of MargaretMoony MargaretMoony
    11/04/09

    @dumanue: Mwhahahaha. #drhorrible
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    Image of Althestane Althestane
    11/04/09

    In reply to Dr. Horrible 2 Has Songs, A Title, And Nathan Fillion
    As happy as this makes me, am I the only one that's kinda, well, fretful? One of the things i find so intriguing and amazing about "Dr. Horrible", is that it is this wonderful, encapsulated tale! It constructs itself, plays itself out, and resolves itself succinctly, leaving the audience with a great little story and a lot of things that they can mull over. It's a flash of awesome, and that naturally makes us want more awesome, but i wonder if fans confuse that with wanting more-of-the-same versus wanting similar quality but something different.

    Bottom line: I don't want to see "Dr. Horrible" stretched thin. Joss is talented enough to maybe make a sequel a fresh, stand-alone work, but I'd be just as happy, if not more-so, with an entirely new sing-along-blog. #drhorrible
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    geekgrrl promoted this comment Althestane was starred Althestane was unstarred
    Image of geekgrrl geekgrrl
    11/04/09

    @Althestane: I kinda felt the same way about Futurama. they ended it on an awesome note, then they did the more episodes/movie thing? more Futurama is always good, right? but I think I could have lived without the movies... #drhorrible
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    Image of Ghede Ghede
    11/04/09

    In reply to Dr. Horrible 2 Has Songs, A Title, And Nathan Fillion
    I won't be surprised unless I hear Felicia day is going to be in it. #drhorrible
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    11/04/09

    @Ghede: I believe a rumor was posted here that she is going to be in it somehow.

    So consider this a rumor of a rumor. #drhorrible
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    Image of Jesse Astle Jesse Astle
    11/04/09

    @Ghede: She just happens to have a twin sister. #drhorrible
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    Image of vinylrake vinylrake
    11/04/09

    @Jesse Astle: Or maybe a cousin; Maddie.

    Obviously the next Dr. Horrible will be a completely green screened story set in a hell dimension where Penny's soul unintentionally ended up because of the weird dimensional lenergy flux caused by the malfunctioning deathray . Both Dr. Horrible and Capt. Hammer (for very different reasons) will be in the hell dimension and will end up competing to see who can rescue her soul so she can finally rest in piece. It will be kind of like a mashup of "What Dreams May Come", the Buffy musical episode and one of those 1980's unexpected buddy road trip movies with Kurt Russell and Kid Rock. #drhorrible
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment vinylrake was starred vinylrake was unstarred
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