PERFECT Casting Game

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Kritzer is PERFECT for Winnifred in Once Upon a Mattress. I want to see that SO bad.

Carol Burnett

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Burnett as The Grand Duchess in YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU

John McMartin

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John McMartin as Old Man in The Chairs

One of my favorites: Kim Crosby

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Crosby as Vera Simpson (although she'll always be perpetually young to me)

Julie White?

[Whatshisname]

Julie White- Regan in King Lear



Meryl Streep?

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Meryl Streep as Margaret of Anjou in Shakespeare's first tetralogy

Ed Norton

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Norton as Quentin in After the Fall

Robert Sean Leonard?

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Robert Sean Leonard as Kenneth Talley, Jr. in Fifth of July.

Marisa Tomei?

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Marisa Tomei as Bunny Flingus in The House of Blue Leaves.
(RSL already played Kenneth Talley, to much acclaim, at the Signature Theater in 2003)

Frank Wood?

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Ah, re: RSL already acing 5thoJuly, either I'm really good at this or I had known that, consciously forgotten, and subconsciously cheated.

I'd also love to see Robert as Joe in The Children's Hour.

Wood as Willy Loman

Angelica Huston?

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She's too old now, but a decade or so ago Huston would have made a perfect Jean Brodie. Has she done theatre in her career?

Jan Maxwell?

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I actually think a young Jan Maxwell could have made a great Billie Dawn in Born Yesterday.

Dana Ivey?

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Agreed that Jan Maxwell could've been a great Billie Dawn. (How old was Madeline Kahn when she played the role?)

Dana Ivey as Bessie Berger in AWAKE AND SING.

Sarah Paulson?

[madbrian]

Sarah Paulson as Jessie in 'night, Mother

Kathy Bates?

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I'm pretty sure someone said this earlier in the thread, but I love the idea of Kathy Bates as Mattie Fae in August: Osage County.

Jose Llana?

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I've always thought that Llana would be great as Curley in OKLAHOMA. Also, I remember watching him in THE KING AND I and thinking he'd make an amazing King the next time they did a revival. So, either of those.

Anna Paquin?

[madbrian]

Anna Paquin as Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker

Olga Merediz?

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Merediz as Joanne in COMPANY

Felicity Huffman?

[madbrian]

Felicity Huffman as Mame Dennis in Auntie Mame

Terrence Mann?

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I've always wanted to see Mann as Captain Von Trapp. Has he done it before, regionally?

Julia Murney

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Julia Murney in a rep season: Diana Goodman in Next to Normal, Constance of Brittany in King John, Jenny in Threepenny Opera

Fiona Shaw

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Fiona Shaw as Mary Cavan Tyrone
(Love the idea of Murney as Jenny, btw)

Rebecca Luker?

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Perhaps someone else can come up with a role for present-day Rebecca Luker, but I think that she could've made a wonderful Abigail Adams in 1776 (probably even around the time of the 1997 revival).
ETA: Scratch that: I'd love to see her really stretch her acting chops in a role like Margaret Johnson.


Erin Davie?

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Erin Davie as Honey in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Joan Allen?

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Erin Davie would be a dream as Liza Elliott in LADY IN THE DARK.

Anika Noni Rose?

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Joan Allen as Ranevskaya and Anika Noni Rose as Varya in The Cherry Orchard