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thediaryofatheatrekid · 3 years

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In honor of it returning to Broadway. Could you do casting goals for Waitress?

Oof. I will try my best...

Rachelle Ann Go as Jenna Hunterson

Corbin Bleu as Dr. Jim Pomatter

Marcus Choi as Earl Hunterson

Lillias White as Becky

Brittney Johnson as Dawn

Patti LuPone as Josie

Anthony Ramos as Ogie Anhorn

Carmen Ruby Floyd as Nurse Norma (Becky u/s)

#What's the Buzz?#Casting Goals #Waitress #Rachelle Ann Go #Corbin Bleu #Marcus Choi #Lillias White #Brittney Johnson #Patti LuPone #Anthony Ramos #Carmen Ruby Floyd

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andrewlloydwebber · 5 years

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newyorktheater · 5 years

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When María Irene Fornés died last October at the age of 88, the many theatergoers who knew nothing about her suddenly learned how pioneering , prolific and influential a theater artist she had been; how beloved by critics, scholars, her downtown colleagues and her many students; and how fascinating the life of this Cuban immigrant, one-time lover of Susan Sontag, who was a painter until she saw the original production of Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot” in Paris, and although it was in French, a language she didn’t know, it convinced her to become a playwright and a director.

It took nine months for us to see just how gloriously entertaining Fornes work could be, when her 1965 musical “Promenade” was presented at City Center this past week for just two nights, as part of the Encores Off-Center summer concert series.

Promenade: Kent Overshown as 106, Bryonha Marie Parham as Servant, James T. Lane as 105

Bonnie Milligan as the Cake Girl

Saundra Santago as Mother, left

the ensemble promenading

Al Carmines

“Promenade” was launched at Judson Poets Theater, which was one of the four founding theaters of the Off-Off Broadway movement, housed in Judson Memorial Church, and presided over by the Rev. Al Carmines, one of the church’s pastors and a talented composer. Carmines (who died in 2005 at the age of 69) is another theater artist who should be better known. He supplied the remarkable, wide-ranging score for “Promenade,” while Fornes wrote the book and the lyrics. Unlike most Off-Off Broadway fare, the show was such a popular mainstream success that it moved Off-Broadway a few years later, with a cast that included future celebrated comic actress Madeline Kahn, to a new theater named after the show. (The Promenade Theater on 76th Street lasted for 36 years.) The Times critic gave it a rave review: “It is a joy from start to finish.” And so too was the production of it at City Center, thanks to director Laurie Woolery, the design team, the seven-member orchestra led by Greg Jarrett, and a uniformly superlative cast . One can pretend that “Promenade” has a plot, involving the peregrinations of two honest men who happen to be prisoners, known only as inmate numbers 105 and 106, (James T. Lane and Kent Overshown), until they escape from jail and start searching New York City for “the appearance of sin.” They are soon accompanied by an embittered servant (Bryonha Marie Parham), chased by a Keystone-like cop (Mark Bedard) and berated by an incompetent, narcissistic politician, the Mayor (Becca Blackwell.) But the show is really a collage of song and sketch that are vivid and vaudevillian in their presentation, but edged with sharp commentary on the gap between rich and poor.

The cast enters as if….well….promenading, in fur coats and glitter – costumes by Clint Ramos that simultaneously suggest pimp and runway, disco and derelict; later, Bonnie Milligan dressed in flouncy pink jumps out of a cake.

We are taken to (as the placards above each scene make clear) The Banquet, The Street, The Battlefield. There is an almost continuous flow of music, the 32 songs f in almost as many different styles — in turn, 20s burlesque, 30s big band, Noel Coward, Broadway, bluesy, even operatic (a stand-out moment: Carmen Ruby Floyd singing “A Flower”) The music slows down to a sad tinkle at one point as an old woman, listed in the program as Mother (Saundra Santiago), asks “Have you seen my babies? No?” The moment is memorable, reflecting Fornes and Carmines ability to move and amuse and suddenly sting: “He said he would kill for me,” Soara-Joye Ross sings in The Moment Has Passed. “And I said, ‘Like, for instance who?’ And he said, ‘Like, for instance you.’” At the end of this surreal and memorable show, 105 and 106 wind up back in jail, singing “All Is Well in the City” – and making clear they don’t believe it, and neither should we.

Promenade: María Irene Fornés and Al Carmines’ Edgy Entertaining Musical When María Irene Fornés died last October at the age of 88, the many theatergoers who knew nothing about her suddenly learned how pioneering , prolific and influential a theater artist she had been; how beloved by critics, scholars, her downtown colleagues and her many students; and how fascinating the life of this Cuban immigrant, one-time lover of Susan Sontag, who was a painter until she saw the original production of Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot” in Paris, and although it was in French, a language she didn’t know, it convinced her to become a playwright and a director.

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thediaryofatheatrekid · 3 years

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Casting Goals: Legally Blonde

This was so much harder than I thought it was gonna be... I also added an extra sorority girl and changed some of the tracks and the roles they play.

Dove Cameron as Elle Woods

Jordan Donica as Emmett Forrest

Anneliese Van Der Pol as Paulette Bonafonté

Brent Barrett as Professor Callahan

Tim Rogan as Warner Huntington III

Jessica Keenan Wynn as Viviene Kensington

Teal Wicks as Brooke Wyndham/Shandi

Katie Ladner as Enid Hoopes/Veronica

Casey Garvin as Kyle/Grandmaster Chad/Dewey (Warner u/s)

Cailen Fu as Serena

English Bernhardt as Margot (Elle u/s)

Zurin Villanueva as Pilar

Ahmad Maksoud as Padamadan/Ensemble (Warner u/s)

Carmen Ruby Floyd as Elle’s Mom/Whitney/Courtney/Ensemble (Paulette u/s)

Cicily Daniels as Judge/Store Manager/Ensemble (Paulette u/s)

Jacob Gutierrez as Nikos/Ensemble

Ted Keegan as Elle’s Dad/Winthrop/Ensemble (Callahan u/s)

Ashley De La Rosa as Cece/Ensemble (Viviene u/s)

Collette Guitart as Gabby/Ensemble (Enid u/s, Pilar u/s)

Courtney Bowman as Kate/Chutney/Ensemble (Enid u/s)

Kimberly-Ann Truong as Kirstine/Ensemble

Morgan Bryant as Leilani/Ensemble (Serena u/s, Pilar u/s)

Natalie Pilkington as Laura/Ensemble (Brooke u/s, Serena u/s)

Curtis Holland as Ensemble (Emmett u/s)

David Wright, Jr. as Ensemble

Michael Graceffa as Aaron/Guard/Ensemble (Kyle u/s)

Pedro Garza as Carlos/Ensemble

Usman Ali Ishaq as Ensemble (Emmett u/s)

Andrei Chagas as Swing

Jonalyn Saxer as Swing (Elle u/s, Margot u/s)

Mallory Maedke as Swing (Viviene u/s, Margot u/s)

Marcus Shane as Swing

Michael Maliakel as Swing (Callahan u/s, Kyle u/s)

Sydney Parra as Swing (Brooke u/s)

Honorable Mentions: Chelsea Emma Franko as Elle Woods Jon Jon Briones as Professor Callahan Marie Eife as Viviene Kensington Merle Dandridge as Brooke Wyndham/Shandi Norm Lewis as Professor Callahan Renée Rapp as Viviene Kensington Shoshana Bean as Paulette Bonafonté Taylor Louderman as Brooke Wyndham/Shandi

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fyeahshelovesme · 9 years

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Jessica Hershberg, Margot de la Barre, Rebecca Eichenberger, and Carmen Ruby Floyd backstage in Caramoor's production of She Loves Me

#jessica hershberg #margot de la barre #rebecca eichenberger #carmen ruby floyd #she loves me #person: jessica hershberg #person: margot de la barre #person: rebecca eichenberger #Person: Carmen Ruby Floyd #image #Production: 2013 Caramoor #bts

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broadwaycom · 10 years

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GLEE's Darren Criss has a swinging night out at Broadway's AFTER MIDNIGHT

#Darren Criss #Dule Hill #After Midnight #Carmen Ruby Floyd

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roavaswardrobe · 11 years

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I feel like explaining that these 3 women have played Gary Coleman is the best way you could possibly try to put Avenue Q into context.

#Avenue Q #Carmen Ruby Floyd #Danielle K Thomas #Trista Dollison

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thediaryofatheatrekid · 3 years

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Casting Goals: Effie White in Dreamgirls

Alex Newell

Carmen Ruby Floyd

Danielle Brooks

Renée Lamb

Ronda Felton

#Casting Goals #Character: Effie White #Dreamgirls #Alex Newell #Carmen Ruby Floyd #Danielle Brooks #Renée Lamb #Ronda Felton

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thediaryofatheatrekid · 3 years

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Casting Goals: Ghost

Ari'el Stachel as Sam Wheat

Melissa Benoist as Molly Jenson

Alistair Brammer as Carl Bruner

Danielle Brooks as Oda Mae Brown

Pomme Koch as Hospital Ghost/Ensemble (Carl u/s)

Ryan Vasquez as Willie Lopez (Sam u/s)

Heath Saunders as Subway Ghost/Ensemble (Willie u/s)

Lulu Fall as Clara/Ensemble

Carmen Ruby Floyd as Louise/Ensemble (Oda Mae u/s)

Alysha Deslorieux as Ensemble (Louise u/s)

Barnaby Hughes as Ensemble (Subway Ghost u/s)

David Wright, Jr. as Ensemble

Erik Martenson as Ensemble (Carl u/s)

Josh Drake as Ensemble (Willie u/s)

Kimberly-Ann Truong as Ensemble

Marsha Songcome as Ensemble (Molly u/s)

Milo Alosi as Ensemble (Hospital Ghost u/s)

Morgan Bryant as Ensemble (Oda Mae u/s, Clara u/s)

Samuel Edwards as Ensemble (Sam u/s, Hospital Ghost u/s)

Sharone Sayegh as Ensemble (Molly u/s)

Zurin Villanueva as Ensemble (Clara u/s, Louise u/s)

Ahmad Maksoud as Swing (Subway Ghost u/s)

Cherry Torres as Swing

Heeya Kim as Swing

Peter Houston as Swing

Honorable Mentions: Barnaby Hughes as Hospital Ghost (Carl u/s) Carleigh Bettiol as Ensemble (Molly u/s) Eva Noblezada as Molly Jenson Jarrod Spector as Sam Wheat Jessie Mueller as Molly Jenson Krysta Rodriguez as Molly Jenson Lillias White as Oda Mae Brown

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