A friend of mine, after reading my blog entries of all the Broadway shows I saw this past month, challenged me to take a look at these shows and self-cast myself in them. I took an honest look and came up with these conclusions:
The Best Man: In a few years more, I’d love to play Mrs. Sue-Ellen Gamadge (Angela Lansbury’s part)
Clybourne Park: I’d love to do Betsy/Lindsey, the part who is pregnant thru the show. I’d love the challenge of being deaf on stage, and to have such a fiery attitude in the second act.
Nice Work if You Can Get It: The Dutchess Dulworth (in a few years). Hands down, no question.
Evita: While I’d love to revisit Eva, I’d definitely be cast in the non-dancing-but-vocally-challenging ensemble, hitting the high E’s during “And The Money Kept Rolling In”
Spider-Man: the Aunt May/Teacher/Ensemble track, and also Emily Osborn.
More musings: A while ago, during my acting-class days in The Beverly Hills Playhouse, my acting teacher told many of us that our careers wouldn’t take flight until after we “grow into” our casting. I’d like to think that, with my more mature voice and…ahem…zaftig figure, I will be picked up casting-wise in my later years for the more mature character roles. They certainly are the roles that I played in High School and college, and I always seem to be cast as the younger-version-of in current musicals. I’m actually looking forward to my future years as an actress, and if the late Kathryn Joosten‘s career teaches us, it’s never too late to start and one should never give up if one is passionate about this craft!
