Monday, November 11, 2013

AS YOU WISH:Even though a prior effort to musicalize it fell apart at a late stage over money disputes, William Goldman has signed with Disney theatrical to bring The Princess Bride to the stage.  Dreamcast away! (Christian Borle as Humperdinck?  Joel Grey as Grandpa?  Colin Donnell as Westley?)

18 comments:

  1. The Pathetic Earthling5:20 PM

    Just spitballing here, but that Mandy Patinkin guy might work as Inigo Montoya.

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  2. bellawilfer6:14 PM

    NPH and Anne Hathaway! (I'm just thrilled to be first to the joke...though I think NPH is probably a better Humperdinck and Anne H is probably too old for Buttercup by now...just please no Lea Michele...)

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  3. bill.6:16 PM

    Definitely, has to at least open with Mandy.



    I'll suggest Shuler Hensley for Fezzik as he's kind of the go to tall guy for Broadway.

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  4. Adam C.6:48 PM

    WAITWAITWAITWAIT. Shouldn't Patinkin be the one and only choice for Grandpa? (Of course, Grandpa would have to sing.)

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  5. bill.7:02 PM

    You want someone else to sing "You killed my father, prepare to die"?

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  6. Adam C.7:14 PM

    If this were an album entitled "An All-Star Cast Sings The Princess Bride," then no. But I'm pretty sure I'd want someone who's not 60 years old playing Inigo on stage.

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  7. bill.7:23 PM

    Patinkin keeps in decent shape and with a wig and mustache who can tell? Just keep him in the role for a couple months to get it open.


    I'd also consider ditching the whole grandpa reading a story framing and dive right in.

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  8. guest7:47 PM

    Saul Berenson is not in decent shape. Not Inigo Montoya shape, anyway.

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  9. Jordan8:34 PM

    I hope they do something interesting with the framing, since it's an important part of the story (in the book, there's no grandfather/grandson, the framing/interruption is done by "William Goldman" who "edits" and editorializes over "S. Morganstern's" work).

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  10. Eric J.8:42 PM

    What if the framing device is a retiring Inigo Montoya, about to hand the mantle of Dread Pirate Roberts to someone new, telling the story of how he got the job. That way Mandy Patinkin can play Inigo Montoya without doing any strenuous swordfighting (and importantly, keep Saul's beard.) I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard to have him say The Line, at least once.

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  11. Jordan10:07 PM

    That's kinda perfect. And in the book he has a much bigger part/backstory.

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  12. Adam C.10:41 PM

    Brilliant!

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  13. Adam C.10:51 PM

    I'd be fully on board with Eric J.'s elegant solution below.

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  14. Buttercup is blonde and very ingenuey, I would think. She's a little old, but Beth Behrs? (Yes, she can sing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jDfqgm9p5w).

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  15. bill.7:33 AM

    I'd watch that.

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  16. littleredyarn8:16 AM

    Inconceivable!
    I'm really not happy with Disney trying to stage this as a musical. Why mess with perfection?

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  17. Saray9:50 AM

    Ehhhhhhhhhhhh.

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  18. Joseph Finn8:49 PM

    Close. But are we all forgetting Baily Buntain already? http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTU1NDg3MTIwOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMDUyMDYwMDE@._V1._SX364_SY604_.jpg

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