Wasn't Britney Spears supposed to replace Christina Applegate in Sweet Charity?
Wasn't Britney Spears supposed to replace Christina Applegate in Sweet Charity?
NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#0Wasn't Britney Spears supposed to replace Christina Applegate in Sweet Charity?
Posted: 8/10/06 at 1:32pm
I remember last Thanksgiving my friend (and several other people) told me that Britney was supposed to replace Christina (Which would've been dreadful) and then next month the show suddenly closed? Was that true? I also remember hearing she was taking dance class so she could do it.
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
#1re: Wasn't Britney Spears supposed to replace Christina Applegate in Sweet Charity?
Posted: 8/10/06 at 1:33pm
there was talk that she would, but it was never official.
thank goodness it didn't happen or the diva's lament in spamalot would have been a little too real.
#2re: Wasn't Britney Spears supposed to replace Christina Applegate in Sweet Charity?
Posted: 8/10/06 at 1:43pmYes, she was supposed to do it, but she has her "tragic" knee accident while shooting one of her videos. I'm glad that she didn't, though, because she got knocked up, and a pregnant Charity would've been a little awkward.
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HereNowhere
Understudy Joined: 7/21/06
#3re: Wasn't Britney Spears supposed to replace Christina Applegate in Sweet
Posted: 8/10/06 at 1:48pmShe turned it down, and the show closed, instead of searching for a different celebrity to replace Christina.
JakeB
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#4re: Wasn't Britney Spears supposed to replace Christina Applegate in Sweet
Posted: 8/10/06 at 1:50pmI thought the official line from the Weisslers was that it was all set but her husband wouldn't move for it.
#5re: Wasn't Britney Spears supposed to replace Christina Applegate in Sweet
Posted: 8/10/06 at 1:51pmSmart Idea. Glad that they didn't try to replace Christina. However, I think that Sherie Renee Scott could've done a good job at it.
"Broadway is a very special place, filled with very special people, people who can sing and dance, often at the same time!
They are a different people, a multi-talented people, a people...who need people...and who are, in many ways, the
luckiest people in...the world." --Spamalot
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NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#6re: Wasn't Britney Spears supposed to replace Christina Applegate in Sweet
Posted: 8/10/06 at 1:52pm
Ooo! I never thought of Sherrie, she would've been great. But they were looking for a celeb not a broadway star.
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
C is for Company
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/16/05
#7re: Wasn't Britney Spears supposed to replace Christina Applegate in Sweet
Posted: 8/10/06 at 1:52pmWonder why Brooke Shields wasn't called in to save yet another Weissler show.
#8re: Wasn't Britney Spears supposed to replace Christina Applegate in Sweet
Posted: 8/10/06 at 1:57pm
Brooke Sheilds as CHARITY?? I think not.
I think we should all brainstorm some idea of who could've played Charity. (too bad that they were a money hungry show. Sherie could've done a great job).
I think that if they REALLY needed it, Renee Zelweger (sp?) could've have given it a shot.
((OffTopic: I LOVE Nathan Lane. He has a sense for REAL comedy. I love him in the "Producers", but did you see him in "The man Who Came to Dinner"? Utterly fantastic. Words cannot describe.))
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They are a different people, a multi-talented people, a people...who need people...and who are, in many ways, the
luckiest people in...the world." --Spamalot
<^>BROADWAY is LOVE<^>
<^>RENT is LOVE<^>
<^>WICKED is LOVE<^>
<< Me and Norbie. I look icky becuase I was FREAAAAKKKIIINNNGG out.
<^>BROADWAY is LOVE<^>
<^>RENT is LOVE<^>
<^>WICKED is LOVE<^>
<< Me and Norbie. I look icky becuase I was FREAAAAKKKIIINNNGG out.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#9re: Wasn't Britney Spears supposed to replace Christina Applegate in Sweet
Posted: 8/10/06 at 1:58pmThey really wanted Marian Seldes but she was busy.
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
#10re: Wasn't Britney Spears supposed to replace Christina Applegate in Sweet
Posted: 8/10/06 at 2:02pmDo any of you guys think that it woul've lasted even WITH a big celebrity? I want other opinions, but I don't think that it woul've lasted.
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NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#11re: Wasn't Britney Spears supposed to replace Christina Applegate in Sweet
Posted: 8/10/06 at 2:03pm
OFF TOPIC:
broadwayxminixidina - Yes. I have seen Nathan in EVERYTHING he has ever done! Even a Vick's Nyquil (sp?) commercial! And a Alice in Wonderland special for TV in 1983....i've seen EVERYTHING.
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
C is for Company
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#12re: Wasn't Britney Spears supposed to replace Christina Applegate in Sweet
Posted: 8/10/06 at 2:04pmHey Dolly, at least we would know we aren't seeing an understudy then!
#13re: Wasn't Britney Spears supposed to replace Christina Applegate in Sweet
Posted: 8/10/06 at 2:06pm
Oh wow. Britney Spears would've been interesting, to say the least. Or, well, to say the most.
I mean, I certainly would've gone to see it. I like having stories to tell at dinner parties.
NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#14re: Wasn't Britney Spears supposed to replace Christina Applegate in Sweet
Posted: 8/10/06 at 2:07pm
Well, i'd rather any show close than have Britney Spears in it.
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
C is for Company
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#15re: Wasn't Britney Spears supposed to replace Christina Applegate in Sweet
Posted: 8/10/06 at 2:08pmI wouldn't, I'd probably have gone and seen it, that was one good ensemble of people. Too bad the choreographer muddled all the classic choreography, I would have loved to see the talented Corinne McFadden actually doing the REAL Frug
NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#16re: Wasn't Britney Spears supposed to replace Christina Applegate in Sweet
Posted: 8/10/06 at 2:11pm
What about Stephanie D'Abruzzo? She would've been a good choice.....i think.
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
#17re: Wasn't Britney Spears supposed to replace Christina Applegate in Sweet
Posted: 8/10/06 at 2:11pm
There was one girlwho stated "Wouldn't Paris Hilton be a great girl to play Christine in DRS if Sherie ever left?" I almost died. She wasn't being sarcastic either. Paris Hilton and Britney Spears would corrupt Broadway.
However, it would've been FANTASTIC to see how Nathan would respond to them being on Broadway. Almost makes me wish that they would go on. Then get shot.
P.S. I am a big Nathan fan also. Did you watch him on Ellen whenhe was promoting the movie of "The Producers"? I love when he started taklking on his cellular!
"Broadway is a very special place, filled with very special people, people who can sing and dance, often at the same time!
They are a different people, a multi-talented people, a people...who need people...and who are, in many ways, the
luckiest people in...the world." --Spamalot
<^>BROADWAY is LOVE<^>
<^>RENT is LOVE<^>
<^>WICKED is LOVE<^>
<< Me and Norbie. I look icky becuase I was FREAAAAKKKIIINNNGG out.
<^>BROADWAY is LOVE<^>
<^>RENT is LOVE<^>
<^>WICKED is LOVE<^>
<< Me and Norbie. I look icky becuase I was FREAAAAKKKIIINNNGG out.
#18re: Wasn't Britney Spears supposed to replace Christina Applegate in Sweet
Posted: 8/10/06 at 2:11pmThank God Britanny Spears didn't replace Christina. The day Spears gets on Broadway is the day Broadway dies.
#19re: Wasn't Britney Spears supposed to replace Christina Applegate in Sweet
Posted: 8/10/06 at 2:12pm
They wanted Brittany Murphy to replace Applegate initially, and she was interested, but she bailed out to do a film (her people said the producers couldn't match what she would make for the movie, hence why she chose it over the show.)
From what I hear, Spears wanted her husband to be hired in addition to her (I assume as a dancer.) They met her monetary demands (which was 10% of the weekly gross in addition to a set salary I believe.) The plan was to move the show to the Hilton once she came on board, but in the end, she just decided it wasn't in her "best interest." Thank god.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Updated On: 8/10/06 at 02:12 PM
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#20re: Wasn't Britney Spears supposed to replace Christina Applegate in Sweet
Posted: 8/10/06 at 2:14pm
Brittany Murphy would've been...good.
Britney Spears and Denis O'Hare a couple? Picture it.
broadwayxminixidina - Yes I did! Hilarious!
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
#21re: Wasn't Britney Spears supposed to replace Christina Applegate in Sweet
Posted: 8/10/06 at 2:31pmYes Britney Spears was and the world is a better place because she didn't.
#23re: Wasn't Britney Spears supposed to replace Christina Applegate in Sweet
Posted: 8/10/06 at 2:44pmWhile a great talent, Snow would have never worked in the role of Charity. The character is supposed to be young but "over the hill." Snow doesn't really fit that description, just because of her age.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#24re: Wasn't Britney Spears supposed to replace Christina Applegate in Sweet
Posted: 8/10/06 at 2:49pmI love Nathan. Thanks for being more obsessed than me.
"Broadway is a very special place, filled with very special people, people who can sing and dance, often at the same time!
They are a different people, a multi-talented people, a people...who need people...and who are, in many ways, the
luckiest people in...the world." --Spamalot
<^>BROADWAY is LOVE<^>
<^>RENT is LOVE<^>
<^>WICKED is LOVE<^>
<< Me and Norbie. I look icky becuase I was FREAAAAKKKIIINNNGG out.
<^>BROADWAY is LOVE<^>
<^>RENT is LOVE<^>
<^>WICKED is LOVE<^>
<< Me and Norbie. I look icky becuase I was FREAAAAKKKIIINNNGG out.
NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#25re: Wasn't Britney Spears supposed to replace Christina Applegate in Sweet
Posted: 8/10/06 at 2:50pmHaha
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
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