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RainbowJude

PROMISES, PROMISES Revival with Sean Hayes/Kristin Chenoweth

Variety has reported that following the LA production of Parade, Rob Ashford will begin prepping a Broadway revival of Promises, Promises.

Gordon Cox wrote:
(Rob Ashford is) on board to helm a potential revival of Promises, Promises that could materialize on the Rialto in the spring.... (The show) has Craig Zadan, Neil Meron and the Weinsteins on the list of attached producers.

When this production was first mentioned on Playbill over a year ago, Sean Hayes and Anne Hathaway, who did a reading of the show, were attached to the project. It seems that Sean Hayes is definitely still on board, but the female lead doesn't seem to be a sure thing yet. Yesterday, there were rumours that Scarlett Johansson would star in the revival, which was described as "Mad Men with a pop vocal score", but these have been swiftly debunked by Johannsson's representatives:

Broadway.com wrote:
A rep for Scarlett Johansson is denying published reports that the movie star may be headed to Broadway in a revival of the musical Promises, Promises. The rumor “is simply not true,” her publicist says. “She hasn’t even been approached about it.”

It's probably just as well, as both of the above-mentioned leading ladies aren't really quirky enough for the role as it's written. To date, the only other actresses that hve been mentioned as a possibility are Zooey Deschanel, who might be a better choice and, according to Playbill, the latest name in connection with the possible Promises, Promises revival is Kristen Chenoweth. I guess we'll have to wait and see.

It's all only whispers, perhaps - but exciting ones nonetheless. It's about time Promises, Promises had a revival on Broadway.

Later days
David
RainbowJude

Revival Confirmed

Details for the Promises, Promises revival have been confirmed: it's opening next Spring, with Rob Ashford at the helm and starring Kristen Chenoweth and Sean Hayes.

Now will Ashford keep the original "Turkey Lurkey Time" choreography....?
Brock07

I LOVE SEAN HAYES!!!!!!!!!!
Apples2for10

I love Sean Hayes as well, but I also love Jerry Orbach, who orignated the Chuck Baxter role. Orbach had a very rich bass-baritone voice, and Hayes is at the exact opposite end of that spectrum. Plus, everyone still associates Hayes with the Jack McFarland role, so he may not be taken very seriously as a romantic lead in a musical.
RainbowJude

Poster

And we have a poster:



Looks cool! I like it.
Monsieur D'Arque

Hayes looks exactly like Jon Cryer now.
Beagle On Stage

^ That isn't a very nice thing to say about Sean Hayes.

I wonder if difficult negotiations were in the works with Chenoweth all along. She seems the obvious choice for this particular role, and it surprised me to read that Anne Hathaway or any of the others would be considered before her. Jane Krakowski is the only other person I would have expected to be considered.
Monsieur D'Arque

Well then, let's just say Matthew Broderick instead of Jon Cryer. Same difference nowadays- Two and a Half Men makes the same joke all the time.
Brother Marvin Hinten, S.

If you ask me, I'm as big a fan of Sean Hayes as the next person, but they should have picked someone who could act convincingly heterosexual. Yeah, I said it. He's too flamingly gay to come across right. Anyone who saw him play Mr. Applegate in Damn Yankees as a piano-playing extension of Jack McFarland will agree.
SomeoneLikeYou

I actually think the poster is really cute. Smile
Beagle On Stage

Monsieur D'Arque wrote:
Two and a Half Men makes the same joke all the time.

I agree. It's nothing but toilet humor and cheap sex talk, yet it's one of the most popular TV shows. It just goes to show what garbage television has become.
faefabla

KRISTIN CHENOWETH

Cheno ROCKS! She is AMAZING! Anything she's in will be amazing!
RainbowJude

PROMISES, PROMISES Revival

"I Say a Little Prayer" will be incorporated into the revival, I suspect for no other reason that to give Chenoweth a hit song to sing in the first act.
Salome

Re: PROMISES, PROMISES Revival

RainbowJude wrote:
"I Say a Little Prayer" will be incorporated into the revival, I suspect for no other reason that to give Chenoweth a hit song to sing in the first act.


ugh.

can i say how wrong that woman is for Fran Kublick?????


it REALLY should have been Zooey Dechanel.
Brock07

Not really pertinant, but Sean Hayes just came out of the closet this week.

Not wanting to start an argument, I'm just saying.
SmallTownIngenue

Brock07 wrote:
Not really pertinant, but Sean Hayes just came out of the closet this week.

Not wanting to start an argument, I'm just saying.


Wait...I thought he had before?????
Beagle On Stage

Also, Roseanne announced this week that she is fat.

Furthermore, Pamela Anderson admitted that she is a blonde.

And while I don't have a firsthand source for this, I'm pretty sure Hugh Hefner just might be old.
Monsieur D'Arque

I heard a rumor that Elton John is gay too... but that was just a rumor, mind you. Don't go spreading it around.
Jman383

Sean Hayes had NEVER been out before. He always kept his personal life a secret, as a means to be cast in straight roles. Just because he played Jack so well, doesn't mean he had to be gay. Any competent straight actor could have done as good a job as him.
Beagle On Stage

Jman383 wrote:
He always kept his personal life a secret, as a means to be cast in straight roles. Just because he played Jack so well, doesn't mean he had to be gay. Any competent straight actor could have done as good a job as him.

That he kept his personal life secret is what made people always assume it. If he were straight, he would have just said so. If he were gay, that wouldn't be the kiss of death for straight roles (Neil Patrick Harris). I doubt anyone thought he was gay just from his performance in Will and Grace. An over-the-top gay guy is a snap to play and anyone who can get into character can do it. But his signature character combined with a seal of secrecy... well, the public put the pieces together long before the supposed revelation.
Jman383

That's not true at all, actually. I wouldn't call his performance a "snap" by any means, even for a competent gay actor as himself. Sure, it was a stereotype of an entire culture of people, but it still took a lot of work and preparation for him to do it well. My point was, that hard work and preparation *could* have been done by any skilled actor. And no, just because an actor says they're straight doesn't mean anything necessarily. Look at Rosie O'Donnell or Ellen. For years they claimed the same thing, and that didn't turn out so well.

Point blank though, Sean was doing what he thought was right at the time. It shouldn't be held against him or made a mockery of.

And also, I'm incredibly tempted to get on a soap box and say that most people will never know the strains of coming to terms with your identity as a homosexual, and where that puts you in society. But I won't. Just be thankful you don't have to understand it.
Beagle On Stage

Jman383 wrote:
And no, just because an actor says they're straight doesn't mean anything necessarily.

That isn't what I'm saying. I'm saying if he had said he was straight or gay, people generally would have accepted it. What made people suspect he was gay was that he refused to take a stance - in the public's eyes, if he weren't trying to hide something, why would be be deliberately unclear?
Jman383

Beagle On Stage wrote:
Jman383 wrote:
And no, just because an actor says they're straight doesn't mean anything necessarily.

That isn't what I'm saying. I'm saying if he had said he was straight or gay, people generally would have accepted it. What made people suspect he was gay was that he refused to take a stance - in the public's eyes, if he weren't trying to hide something, why would be be deliberately unclear?

In his eyes, and again, not that I'm agreeing with this, to have a certain amount of versatility as an actor. This is a quote directly from him regarding the issue:

"Being an actor, the less people know about my personal life, the more open-minded they can be about each role I play."

Does this make it any clearer?
Beagle On Stage

I understand what he is thinking, but I don't agree with it, and I cite Neil Patrick Harris again as a supportive example of why I think what I do on the subject. In the end, the result has been the same anyway, but in addition people are now laughing about it a little because so many assumed all along. Honesty is the best policy.
Monsieur D'Arque

Beagle, I agree completely. Neil Patrick Harris has achieved a rank and status that has remained unfilled since James Dean- to become the super-guy, a revered symbol of masculinity in both gay and straight culture.
Jman383

I'm not disputing you guys, but at the same time, Neil Patrick Harris is not only one of the ONLY actors to do this, but also, was no where NEAR being out of the closet when Hayes had to make his decision back in '98. There was no precedent, and to a degree, there still isn't. Harris is an incredible exception. Again, just playing Devil's Advocate here.
Beagle On Stage

I don't like to be in conversations where someone is "just playing devil's advocate." I prefer a reality-based, common sense approach to life. I'm not interested in going around in circles if anyone in the discussion is holding out just to hold out.
Jman383

Lol, the funny thing is, what I was doing was what you JUST said you prefer, looking at "the common sense" of the issue. The fact of the matter is, you're saying Hayes is foolish for not doing what Harris did. I'm saying that's irrelevant because Harris is truly a very rare exception, and had no precedent at the time of Haye's decision. Therefore, Hayes is justified for what he did IMO. There ya go.
Beagle On Stage

Playing devil's advocate is holding out and arguing for the other side just for the sake of argument, not because it's what you think. If that's what you're doing, it is NOT the reality-based, common sense approach I described.
Jman383

Well, I think the "IMO" I just described says exactly what I feel in the matter, esp. regarding the irrelevance of Harris.
Beagle On Stage

Then you're not playing devil's advocate, you're just representing a differet opinion. Which is great, but it sure changes the dynamic of the conversation.
Jman383

Well honestly, at first I didn't know exactly what to think of the matter, and was thus just trying to present both sides of the argument in an unbiased fashion, for my own sanity, not yours. But now that I see how irrelevant NPH truly is to this argument, as his coming out was so recent, and also the fact that he's never actually played a gay role, I do agree with the decision Hayes made at the time.
Brock07

Yeah...remember that time I said I wasn't looking to start any arguments...lol
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