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re: Bobby Moynihan (nm)

Posted by: mattyp4 10:28 am EDT 08/06/14
In reply to: Bobby Moynihan (nm) - Chazwaza 04:45 am EDT 08/06/14

Are we just naming funny actors/comedians now? :P


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re: Bobby Moynihan (nm)

Posted by: Chazwaza 02:31 am EDT 08/07/14
In reply to: re: Bobby Moynihan (nm) - mattyp4 10:28 am EDT 08/06/14

Ha, no. I just think he's pretty ideally suited for it. He can sing. He's great live. He's very very funny. He does lots of characters. He can roll with the punches. I think he'd bring a lot to it and not take too much from it, like some other modern performers with names might.

I doubt he's big enough as a name yet to headline the revival... but more people know him by far than know Corden, even though he has a Tony for Best Actor.


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Bobby Moynihan is an inspired choice

Posted by: rifletwirlingtenor 01:01 pm EDT 08/06/14
In reply to: re: Bobby Moynihan (nm) - mattyp4 10:28 am EDT 08/06/14

Bobby Moynihan did musical theater growing up and in college at the University of Conencticut. I know somewhere along the line he's been in productions of "My Fair Lady" and "Hair." He sings and dances (notice that whenever there is some singing and/or dancing to be done on a sketch on SNL, he and Taran Killam are always pressed into service--because they can). I read in an interview that part of his initial SNL audition was a tap dance routine. I think he would be an excellent (not to mention unexpected) choice.


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re: Bobby Moynihan is an inspired choice

Posted by: squincy 02:37 pm EDT 08/06/14
In reply to: Bobby Moynihan is an inspired choice - rifletwirlingtenor 01:01 pm EDT 08/06/14

I've seen Bobby Moynihan do improv with the Upright Citizen's Brigade, and he's terrific on stage. He's certainly got the comedic range for Pseudolus.

I also loved Christopher Fitzgerald's Pseudolus at the Williamstown Theater Festival, but maybe he's not a big enough name.


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re: Bobby Moynihan is an inspired choice

Posted by: MikeR 01:18 pm EDT 08/06/14
In reply to: Bobby Moynihan is an inspired choice - rifletwirlingtenor 01:01 pm EDT 08/06/14

Of course he'd have to leave SNL in order to do it. Maybe he'd be willing... he's been a cast member since 2008. But clearly, there's no way to do a Broadway show and be on SNL at the same time.


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re: Bobby Moynihan is an inspired choice

Posted by: perfectlyfrank 01:06 pm EDT 08/06/14
In reply to: Bobby Moynihan is an inspired choice - rifletwirlingtenor 01:01 pm EDT 08/06/14

I think that's a wonderful choice.


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