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| Extension for Three Tall Women? | |
| Posted by: Thom915 02:06 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
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| Now that Roseanne has been cancelled, might this play extend to Labor Day? I understand that one of the reasons an extension seemed unlikely but she will be free now. Glenda Jackson may not wish to extend even following her expected Tony win. Bringing in a replacement seems a bit counterproductive but if it wins best revival instead of "Angels in America", who knows? | |
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| Rumored Replacement Cast for Three Tall Women | |
| Posted by: Jax 03:20 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
| In reply to: Extension for Three Tall Women? - Thom915 02:06 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
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| Sally Field, Rhea Pearlman, and Linda Hunt. In heels. | |
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| re: Rumored Replacement Cast for Three Tall Women | |
| Posted by: Seth Christenfeld (tabula-rasa@verizon.net) 03:58 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
| In reply to: Rumored Replacement Cast for Three Tall Women - Jax 03:20 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
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| Her height aside, Sally Field would probably be an amazing B. Honestly, I just want to get her back to the stage again, dangit. Seth, even after Glass Menagerie |
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| So if Glenda Jackson doesn't want to extend they could hire Roseanne! | |
| Posted by: allineedisthegirl 02:58 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
| In reply to: Extension for Three Tall Women? - Thom915 02:06 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
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| I wouldn't mind seeing Estelle Parsons play "A" to Metcalf's "B." nm | |
| Posted by: kieran 12:00 am EDT 05/30/18 | |
| In reply to: So if Glenda Jackson doesn't want to extend they could hire Roseanne! - allineedisthegirl 02:58 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
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| re: So if Glenda Jackson doesn't want to extend they could hire another great actress | |
| Last Edit: PlayWiz 05:56 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 05:53 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
| In reply to: So if Glenda Jackson doesn't want to extend they could hire Roseanne! - allineedisthegirl 02:58 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
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| like Glenn Close or Meryl Streep, though thus far I don't think those ladies have ever done a replacement gig. If they want to do a great role, it wouldn't diminish their standing in the industry to do it, but that's sometimes how big stars think. Actually, two-Time Oscar winner Sally Field did a replacement gig in "The Goat" to her great credit. Come on, Barbra! (in our dreams) :) | |
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| re: So if Glenda Jackson doesn't want to extend they could hire another great actress | |
| Posted by: BruceinIthaca 06:21 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
| In reply to: re: So if Glenda Jackson doesn't want to extend they could hire another great actress - PlayWiz 05:53 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
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| Miss Stanwyck has been dead for some time (I know, I know different spelling, but surely Missy (as she was affectionately known to her crews and co-workers) would have made a fabulous A--and, as much as I admire Ms. Streisand, I do not see Albee's A as in her wheelhouse). Now, a tall woman I could also imagine would be Ellen Burstyn! My favorite (and only) Burstyn story is when I attended "The Testament of Mary" and I was in line to go onto the set before the show and two middle-aged women ahead of me whispered to each other, "WHo's that? She's somebody!" "She looks like Dorothy McGuire!" Then, before I could say anything, one turned to the tall woman approaching us and said, "Are you Dorothy McGuire," to which the women said, "No! Isn't she dead?" I said, "She has been for some time, but you are very much alive, Miss Burtyn." She smiled and proceeded on her way. Three weeks later, we were seated in the same row at "The Trip to Bountiful." So I can say Ellen and I are theatre buddies. | |
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| i wouldn’t be so sure Roseanne is done | |
| Posted by: dramedy 02:26 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
| In reply to: Extension for Three Tall Women? - Thom915 02:06 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
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| ABC dropped it, but another studio might pick it up. The shows ratings were too good and as bad as her tweet is it may not kill it. (and to be honest I think political correctness can go too far for tasteless jokes pandering to her base—I do hold the president to a different standard than actors) looks like Kathy griffin is finally going back on stage after a year banishment for her tasteless beheading of pres trump. So Metcalf might not be available, but a new studio might mean new contracts and she could pass. | |
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| Are you serious? | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 03:53 pm EDT 05/30/18 | |
| In reply to: i wouldn’t be so sure Roseanne is done - dramedy 02:26 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
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| It's done. No actors would participate. Advertisers wouldn't participate. Unless Roseanne was replaced with Sandy Duncan. | |
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| re: Are you serious? | |
| Posted by: Holland 10:02 pm EDT 05/30/18 | |
| In reply to: Are you serious? - KingSpeed 03:53 pm EDT 05/30/18 | |
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| Hahah -- The Hogan Family keeps popping into my mind, too! | |
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| re: Are you serious? | |
| Posted by: SRMHAYES 05:14 am EDT 06/01/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Are you serious? - Holland 10:02 pm EDT 05/30/18 | |
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| LOL!!! | |
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| re: i wouldn’t be so sure Roseanne is done | |
| Posted by: StageDoorJohnny 12:34 am EDT 05/30/18 | |
| In reply to: i wouldn’t be so sure Roseanne is done - dramedy 02:26 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
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| the show would still need advertisers . The current set was calling ABC to threaten departure if the network didn't do something. | |
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| re: Take a deep breath re Roseanne ... | |
| Posted by: NewtonUK 04:24 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
| In reply to: i wouldn’t be so sure Roseanne is done - dramedy 02:26 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
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| For an actor to join any production on Broadway (or off) the actor has to be approved by the Director, the author, and the producer. Can you imagine there is a world in which Joe Mantello, Scott Rudin, and the Albee estate would approve Roseanne Barr appearing in this play? I think not. And - oh yes- the character is rather aristocratic, Roseanne ain't that, and she could never act that. | |
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| re: Take a deep breath re Roseanne ... | |
| Posted by: Thom915 05:06 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Take a deep breath re Roseanne ... - NewtonUK 04:24 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
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| I don't think anybody for a moment seriously was suggesting Roseanne join this (or any Broadway) production. for one thing, the lines outside the theater would not be ticket buyers. | |
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| Take the fork out... | |
| Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 03:02 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
| In reply to: i wouldn’t be so sure Roseanne is done - dramedy 02:26 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
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| ... it's done. No network is going to be willing to publicly condone calling black people "apes". That's not political correctness; it's human decency. | |
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| re: i wouldn’t be so sure Roseanne is done | |
| Posted by: Thom915 02:56 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
| In reply to: i wouldn’t be so sure Roseanne is done - dramedy 02:26 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
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| Another studio might indeed pick it up but a new network would include new contracts and it is doubtful that Metcalf would sign back on. Similarly Sara Gilbert is not going to damage her brand. The show has already lost Wanda Sykes following this morning's tweet. I don't think Whitney Cummings would sign back on either. All of these people will get jobs however. Unfortunately it will be in television not in theater where we could use such bright names. The people I feel sorry for are people like Lecy Gorensen and Michael Fishman and the new writers and cast members who thought they had settled into a nice multi year gig and now find the rug pulled out from underneath them. It is like if all of a sudden Harry Potter announced it was closing at the end of next week. The cast, the crew and all those new enthusiastic staff members at the Lyric would be confused and beside themselves. | |
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| Wow, thanks for leading me to Google that little OT subject in your post | |
| Last Edit: Ann 02:32 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
| Posted by: Ann 02:11 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
| In reply to: Extension for Three Tall Women? - Thom915 02:06 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
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| Wow is all I can say. I look forward to a statement by Laurie Metcalf. | |
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| So how long before we can all stop talking about this Roseanne situation and give her the anonymity she now so richly deserves? | |
| Posted by: EthelKatz 11:08 am EDT 05/30/18 | |
| In reply to: Wow, thanks for leading me to Google that little OT subject in your post - Ann 02:11 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
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| Personally, I'me over her already. Time to move on. | |
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| until Laurie Metcalf makes a statement. nmi | |
| Posted by: Ann 12:07 pm EDT 05/30/18 | |
| In reply to: So how long before we can all stop talking about this Roseanne situation and give her the anonymity she now so richly deserves? - EthelKatz 11:08 am EDT 05/30/18 | |
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| So will Laurie Metcalf be issuing a statement? | |
| Last Edit: WaymanWong 06:00 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 05:57 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
| In reply to: Wow, thanks for leading me to Google that little OT subject in your post - Ann 02:11 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
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| It's been hours since ABC's cancellation. Sara Gilbert, ''Roseanne'' exec producer and co-star, condemned Barr's comments as ''abhorrent.'' Wanda Sykes, a consulting producer, tweeted she wouldn't be returning (before ABC made its big announcement). Emma Kenney, who plays Barr's granddaughter on the show, tweeted that she had contacted her manager about quitting the show, only to learn it had already been canceled. And Bruce Helford, ''Roseanne's'' show runner, put out a statement saying he was ''personally horrified and saddened.'' If there's any silver lining, maybe Metcalf's schedule will be clearer whenever she gets to do ''Death of a Salesman'' with Nathan Lane ... |
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| I'd be surprised if she and Goodman don't release statements within 24 hours | |
| Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 05:58 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
| In reply to: So will Laurie Metcalf be issuing a statement? - WaymanWong 05:57 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
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| It's going to be the first question every future interviewer asks if they don't. Best to put a pin in it now. | |
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| re: I'd be surprised if Laurie Metcalf DID release a statement. | |
| Last Edit: keywslt 09:43 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
| Posted by: keywslt 09:35 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
| In reply to: I'd be surprised if she and Goodman don't release statements within 24 hours - MockingbirdGirl 05:58 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
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| “I'm hideously shy as myself but on stage I can run around naked and bite the heads off fish.” I've had a hard time finding a more personal statement from Laurie Metcalf online. It is both frustrating and welcome. |
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| re: I'd be surprised if she and Goodman don't release statements within 24 hours | |
| Last Edit: WaymanWong 06:58 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 06:56 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
| In reply to: I'd be surprised if she and Goodman don't release statements within 24 hours - MockingbirdGirl 05:58 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
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| Why would it even take 24 hours? If Metcalf and Goodman didn't want to be the first ones to comment, they've already got the ''cover'' of fellow actors and producers from ''Roseanne'' condemning Barr's despicable statements. Of course, they've also got the prerogative of saying nothing and silently supporting Barr, but given how racist Barr's tweets were, it seems so cowardly. Sadly, it's not even the first bigoted time that Barr called a black woman an ''ape.'' In 2013, she referred to Obama security adviser Susan Rice as ''a man with big, swinging ape balls.'' And then there's her history of calling people ''Nazis,'' dressing up as Hitler and attacking Muslims and trans people, etc. |
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| re: I'd be surprised if she and Goodman don't release statements within 24 hours | |
| Last Edit: MockingbirdGirl 07:33 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
| Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 07:29 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
| In reply to: re: I'd be surprised if she and Goodman don't release statements within 24 hours - WaymanWong 06:56 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
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| Why would it even take 24 hours? I never said it would. But if they're not on social media, it's going to be a statement drawn up by a publicist, which takes longer. And not for nothing, but Uma Thurman's statement on Weinstein lost none of its power for her waiting until, as she put it, she was "able to take her time" and express her thoughts. |
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| re: I'd be surprised if she and Goodman don't release statements within 24 hours | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 08:48 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
| In reply to: re: I'd be surprised if she and Goodman don't release statements within 24 hours - MockingbirdGirl 07:29 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
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| It doesn't take that long to put out a statement through a publicist. Bruce Helford, ''Roseanne's'' showrunner, put out his statement within about an hour of ABC's cancellation (10:47 a.m.). Another ''Roseanne'' actor, Michael Fishman, who played D.J., has chimed in and called Barr's comments ''reprehensible and intolerable.'' He added that ''to sit back or distance myself ... would unintentionally endorse or placate those statements which I find truly offensive.” |
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| It's all damage control and I don't want to lionize people in a desperate attempt to save their own skin. | |
| Posted by: portenopete 10:14 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
| In reply to: re: I'd be surprised if she and Goodman don't release statements within 24 hours - WaymanWong 08:48 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
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| Like all the supporting players in this new generation of real-life movies-of-the-week, Fishman and many of his co-stars are trying to save their own skin. They knew who they were getting into bed with and hoped that, maybe, she might have changed. Perhaps Metcalf and Goodman feel no need to exonerate themselves via the public confessional. They are both presumably very wealthy after years of regular series roles plus the myriad amount of one-offs and movies and plays. And maybe they don't feel the need to cry crocodile tears in order for people to understand that they don't share Roseanne Barr's views. As any relative of an addict knows- and I suspect that Barr is herself an addict of infamy and controversy- you are always giving them the benefit of the doubt and hoping that they had changed their ways. I can only assume that the players involved hoped that Roseanne had changed. Saying "I find her statements offensive" is not an act of bravery on the level of "I am Spartacus". |
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| re: I'd be surprised if she and Goodman don't release statements within 24 hours | |
| Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 08:54 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
| In reply to: re: I'd be surprised if she and Goodman don't release statements within 24 hours - WaymanWong 08:48 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
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| Look, I'm not going to argue with you about it. I'm already on the record several posts up as saying it's best they do so now... but I'm not going to be outside the Golden with a pitchfork if Laurie Metcalf fails to do so quickly enough to suit me. She's entitled to respond in her own time. | |
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| re: I'd be surprised if she and Goodman don't release statements within 24 hours | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 09:22 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
| In reply to: re: I'd be surprised if she and Goodman don't release statements within 24 hours - MockingbirdGirl 08:54 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
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| Nor am I holding a pitchfork. I've acknowledged that Goodman and Metcalf have every right to say nothing. But their silence is conspicuous. | |
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| re: I'd be surprised if she and Goodman don't release statements within 24 hours | |
| Posted by: portenopete 10:16 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
| In reply to: re: I'd be surprised if she and Goodman don't release statements within 24 hours - WaymanWong 09:22 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
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| To you, maybe. Not to a lot of people. Not to me. I think they are just sad and tired and shocked. And like I said earlier, of a generation that might not think the first thing to do is ring up a publicist and make a statement. I doubt they are trying to spare Roseanne's feelings. | |
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| I think it is no surprise... | |
| Posted by: Quicheo 04:04 pm EDT 05/30/18 | |
| In reply to: re: I'd be surprised if she and Goodman don't release statements within 24 hours - portenopete 10:16 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
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| ...that the most veteran members of the cast, those that have known their co-star and her temperament as adults for the longest, and who themselves are private, not-given-to-comment people, are taking whatever time they need to say anything. I don't find any fault with the people who have chosen to say their piece / peace. But I cannot imagine what Mr. Goodman and Ms. Metcalf are thinking and what is driving their choices. And whatever I could imagine would likely be wide off from the truth. I wish them all peace and future success. | |
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| re: I think it is no surprise... | |
| Posted by: bobby2 04:26 am EDT 05/31/18 | |
| In reply to: I think it is no surprise... - Quicheo 04:04 pm EDT 05/30/18 | |
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| Goodman said today that he is not going to say anything about it. (a reporter stopped him on the street). I'd guess Metcalf will do the same. She has always been a little press shy. There was talk that it hurt her Oscar chances this year since Allison Janney was out doing all sorts of events and gatherings and Metcalf didn't. |
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| A Goodman is hard to find, but he breaks his silence ... | |
| Last Edit: WaymanWong 08:28 am EDT 05/31/18 | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 08:21 am EDT 05/31/18 | |
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| Awards trivia: Though Goodman never won for ''Roseanne,'' he did win an Emmy for Guest Actor in ''Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.'' | |
| Link | Deadline.com: John Goodman reacts to 'Roseanne' cancellation |
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| re: Wow, thanks for leading me to Google that little OT subject in your post Roseanne | |
| Posted by: Duke1979 02:22 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
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| Since she is now out of work perhaps Roseanne would like to play A since she has proven that she is one. Or perhaps Trump will put her in his cabinet. Sorry for Laurie and others who will be out of a job because of her ignorance. | |
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| re: Wow, thanks for leading me to Google that little OT subject in your post Roseanne | |
| Posted by: Kjisgroovy 02:52 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Wow, thanks for leading me to Google that little OT subject in your post Roseanne - Duke1979 02:22 pm EDT 05/29/18 | |
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| I like and respect the whole supporting cast (and I've even liked the show) but they knew what they were getting into. Lie down with dogs... |
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