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Post by shownut on Oct 31, 2024 17:32:04 GMT
Antonio Banderas for Perón then!!!! One can dream :-) Btw the idea of a full blown West End production at the Palladium or Drury Lane - possibly the two most prestigious houses in London - as a “pre-Broadway tryout” is hilarious (/naïve/condescending/insulting depending upon intent). It was not intended to be insulting nor hilarious. The point was that London would be a testing ground to see if the show is working/creating buzz enough for a Broadway move. This was tried by American producers with the recent KISS ME KATE at The Barbican which I think, given the less stellar results, informed them why taking it Bway might not be such a great idea. But Antonio as Peron? Would love that! |
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Post by SuttonPeron on Oct 31, 2024 17:39:59 GMT
Antonio´s wanted to do Perón, I know that. But there´s no way he´d get cast in the US given he is not Latin-American, and most recent casts of Evita in major US productions have been mostly or all Latin-American. Yeah, stupid considering how diverse Argentina was at the time, but oh, well
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Post by distantcousin on Oct 31, 2024 19:49:05 GMT
Antonio´s wanted to do Perón, I know that. But there´s no way he´d get cast in the US given he is not Latin-American, and most recent casts of Evita in major US productions have been mostly or all Latin-American. Yeah, stupid considering how diverse Argentina was at the time, but oh, well
Very stupid. Exactly who would be gatekeeping this?!
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Post by justsaying113 on Nov 1, 2024 7:20:46 GMT
Antonio´s wanted to do Perón, I know that. But there´s no way he´d get cast in the US given he is not Latin-American, and most recent casts of Evita in major US productions have been mostly or all Latin-American. Yeah, stupid considering how diverse Argentina was at the time, but oh, well He'd be brilliant - sinister and menacing, as Peron should be and, as you say, Argentina has always been the most European of Latin American countries with significant Spanish and Italian influences and heritage. |
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Post by apubleed on Nov 1, 2024 8:33:52 GMT
Antonio´s wanted to do Perón, I know that. But there´s no way he´d get cast in the US given he is not Latin-American, and most recent casts of Evita in major US productions have been mostly or all Latin-American. Yeah, stupid considering how diverse Argentina was at the time, but oh, well
Very stupid. Exactly who would be gatekeeping this?!
US ‘woke culture’. |
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Post by theatrefan62 on Nov 1, 2024 9:12:08 GMT
No not at all. If you told them she is the 'Angela Bassett did the thing' singer then they may recognise her, but considering how poorly that went down I don't think it would encourage people to book. Plus wasn't her solo show a slow seller? I think they would definitely need a big name as Che to help fill the Palladium Exactly! Ariana will have extremely limited box office appeal for, what, a 12-14 week season in one of the biggest houses. However, Evita stands (or doesn't) on the casting of 'Eva' so I'm all for someone who can sing the s*** out of that score - and she sounds like she'd have no problem doing that at all. Surely, the way forward is Harry Styles (or a.n.other) as 'Che'! Could she sing it though? I don't know, it's just the thing that stood out with that Bafta performance she did (aside the cringe) was how out of breath she sounded. |
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Post by alece10 on Nov 1, 2024 9:46:18 GMT
Exactly! Ariana will have extremely limited box office appeal for, what, a 12-14 week season in one of the biggest houses. However, Evita stands (or doesn't) on the casting of 'Eva' so I'm all for someone who can sing the s*** out of that score - and she sounds like she'd have no problem doing that at all. Surely, the way forward is Harry Styles (or a.n.other) as 'Che'! Could she sing it though? I don't know, it's just the thing that stood out with that Bafta performance she did (aside the cringe) was how out of breath she sounded. Absolutely. After seeing her London concert I would say she can definitely sing it. |
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