New Eponine Casting
New Eponine Casting
#0New Eponine Casting
Posted: 8/7/06 at 10:47pmThey are holding a round of auditions for the new Eponine in about a week.....any predictions? Do you think they will bump an understudy up and simply cast a new ensemble/cover track?
#1re: New Eponine Casting
Posted: 8/7/06 at 10:50pm
I'm all for getting a newcomer and/or bumping up an understudy.
If it doesn't work out, Jenna Leigh Green is my choice- she'll American Idol it up, but she has the high belt.
gavrochegirl
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/16/05
#2re: New Eponine Casting
Posted: 8/7/06 at 10:57pmMelissa Lyons.
What the puck?!
Updated On: 8/7/06 at 10:57 PM
#3re: New Eponine Casting
Posted: 8/7/06 at 11:01pmMelissa is amazing.
"I'll show you a laughgasm. I'll gasm all over this stage!"
"Interesting choice"
"Interesting choice"
ulkis
Chorus Member Joined: 6/5/06
#4re: New Eponine Casting
Posted: 8/7/06 at 11:01pmWhy are they casting again, if you don't me asking. What happened?
#5re: New Eponine Casting
Posted: 8/7/06 at 11:03pmLea Michele was cast as Eponine orignally, but she's going to Broadway with Spring Awakening instead.
gavrochegirl
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/16/05
#8re: New Eponine Casting
Posted: 8/7/06 at 11:08pmI saw Melissa recently. She was one of my favorite parts of the show. She would be great if they bumped her up.
"You know, with the right volume, Patti LuPone can make a car bounce, too...."
-Wonderwaiter
#9re: New Eponine Casting
Posted: 8/7/06 at 11:43pmMelissa really wasn't all that interesting to me. I must've seen her roughly 20 times in a row but never warmed to her. I didn't dislike her, but there are others I can think of...
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#10re: New Eponine Casting
Posted: 8/8/06 at 12:02amI thought Melissa Lyons was perfect. She did a very nice "On My Own" and, without insulting her, it made more sense artistically to not cast an ingenue--I never really bought Marius blowing off all of these really hot Eponines chasing after him.
#11re: New Eponine Casting
Posted: 8/8/06 at 12:28amDon't shoot me...I'd like to see Katharine McPhee, as long as she keeps the laryngitis and bronchitis at home!
Megan Mullally as Karen Walker on Will and Grace: "Tell me more. Tell me more. Like does he have a car?"
#12re: New Eponine Casting
Posted: 8/8/06 at 12:31amEden Espinosa.
"I never had theatre producers run after me. Some people want to make more Broadway shows out of movies. But Elliot and I aren't going to do Batman: The Musical." - Julie Taymor 1999
RunswithScissors
Chorus Member Joined: 8/7/06
#13re: New Eponine Casting
Posted: 8/8/06 at 1:19am
PLEASE....not Katherine McPhee
Updated On: 8/8/06 at 01:19 AM
#14re: New Eponine Casting
Posted: 8/8/06 at 1:24amI nominate WesternSky2.
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-Kad
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-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#15re: New Eponine Casting
Posted: 8/8/06 at 1:24am
Eden turned down any "Les Mis" offers to do another project. Most people here have already put two and two together and figured out what said project is.
She was being considered for Fantine anyway, not Eponine (they felt she was too old for the latter.)
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Updated On: 8/8/06 at 01:24 AM
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
gustof777
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/8/04
#16re: New Eponine Casting
Posted: 8/8/06 at 1:26amIt won't happen but I still would love to see Celia Keenan Bolger kick the sh*t out of the role!
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mijofly19
Broadway Star Joined: 6/14/05
#17re: New Eponine Casting
Posted: 8/8/06 at 1:30am
"I still would love to see Celia Keenan Bolger kick the sh*t out of the role!"
Agreed!
#18re: New Eponine Casting
Posted: 8/8/06 at 2:00amCelia rocks my socks.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
LostLeander
Broadway Star Joined: 3/18/05
#19re: New Eponine Casting
Posted: 8/8/06 at 2:07am
Wait, Eden in Les Mis?
Let's pick some people with at least a few acting chops, please.
What is her other project? Did I miss something?
Personally, I think I have too much bloom.
Updated On: 8/8/06 at 02:07 AM
Janelle188
Understudy Joined: 1/10/06
#20re: New Eponine Casting
Posted: 8/8/06 at 2:20amI could be wrong, but isn't Megan McGinnis in the ensemble? I think she'd make a good Eponine. They should move her up. I loved her in "Little Women." She does brave and tragic quite well. :)
Ebonic_Singer
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/18/04
#21re: New Eponine Casting
Posted: 8/8/06 at 2:32amI vote for Celia--it'd be perfect. I didn't even think of it.
#22re: New Eponine Casting
Posted: 8/8/06 at 2:33amYes, Megan is covering Eponine.
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#23re: New Eponine Casting
Posted: 8/8/06 at 3:00amWhat is Eden's other project?
Megan Mullally as Karen Walker on Will and Grace: "Tell me more. Tell me more. Like does he have a car?"
#24re: New Eponine Casting
Posted: 8/8/06 at 7:10am
Wow, I didn't know about this. How old is this news? Is this just a silly rumor or has it been confirmed?
Anyway!
I hate y'alls choices for Eponine! lol.
I would go with Eden. I think she'd be spectacular in the role.
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