| re: No. That isn't what I was suggesting. // I'd like to see one actual couple, though... | |
| Last Edit: GrumpyMorningBoy 01:07 pm EST 02/16/21 | |
| Posted by: GrumpyMorningBoy 01:03 pm EST 02/16/21 | |
| In reply to: re: No. That isn't what I was suggesting. // I'd like to see one actual couple, though... - Michael_Portantiere 10:45 am EST 02/16/21 | |
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| It's not like this is ever gonna happen, but yeah. That's what I'm suggesting. Of COURSE he's perfect for Joe. That's all we've ever seen him do. I want him to put on a lotta makeup and get uglier and play Tony. And yeah, I know that's unusual casting. But if we're making a fantasy movie musical, I don't want Tony to sound like an opera singer. I just want him to sound good. I really don't think every classic Golden Age musical's baritone role needs to sound like Ezio Pinza, Robert Goulet, or John Raitt. While I absolutely appreciate the contributions of Paulo Szot and Brian Stokes Mitchell, I really do think that somewhat more conventional musical theater singers like Hugh Jackman, Patrick Wilson and Joshua Henry -- each of whom have a vocal timbre which is beautiful, but not nearly as big and round -- sound just fine to a modern ear. They've all taken on those classic baritone roles in recent years and done very well by them. To be fair, my fantasy movie musical version of THE MOST HAPPY FELLA cuts some music. So the operatic nature would probably be toned down a bit, anyway. Kind of delighted that my tangential comment spawned so much good discussion though about what might have been! - GMB |
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