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Gris - Mar 05, 2014 3:44:40 pm PST #26469 of 30000
Hey. New board.

My vote is Krysta Rodriguez for anything even remotely WSS related, though admittedly I've only seen her on screen in a tiny bit-part on Gossip Girl. On stage, she is one of my favorites of all time.

Karen Olivo was astonishingly good as Anita in the stage version of WSS. Maybe not better than Rita Moreno though. And Naya Rivera is excellent casting for that role.

The OBC Maria in the stage revival of WSS had a gorgeous voice but I doubt would be able to do well on screen. She was operatically trained and even on a Broadway style stage felt a little flat and wooden in anything acting-wise. Up close I don't think it would be pretty.

I think it would have to be an unknown to be amazing. Which makes me think it will be Anne Hathaway instead. Which, okay, I could like, but talk about not a Latina...

Una - Mar 05, 2014 4:03:30 pm PST #26470 of 30000
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.

I've never liked West Side Story either. I think it's might be due to Romeo and Juliet being pretty much my least favourite Shakespeare.

joining le nubian in the freak corner

Sophia Brooks - Mar 05, 2014 4:32:20 pm PST #26471 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

WSS was groundbreaking in terms of young people in musicals, and Anita is golden, but it has been ruined by too many high schools. I still remember making the horrible stage makeup and black streaks and tips our Sharks wore. It deserves a re-look, though-- like Carousel with Audra MacDOnald.

Frankenbuddha - Mar 05, 2014 6:16:21 pm PST #26472 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

How about smarmy milquetoast Richard Beymer?

Benjamin Horn milquetoast? NEVER! Smarmy? Without a doubt.

le nubian - Mar 06, 2014 11:40:53 am PST #26473 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Romeo and Juliet being pretty much my least favourite Shakespeare.

oh, this too.

Gris - Mar 06, 2014 5:27:11 pm PST #26474 of 30000
Hey. New board.

Some people have never read 2 Gentlemen of Verona. Or Comedy of Errors.

Not that I'm the biggest R&J fan, but Shakespeare wrote a lot of plays and the truly terrible ones don't get done much.

le nubian - Mar 06, 2014 6:23:30 pm PST #26475 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

point taken.

EpicTangent - Mar 06, 2014 7:10:45 pm PST #26476 of 30000
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty

I was gonna say - you've clearly never seen A Winter's Tale (just saw it last weekend - Shakespeare was clearly just in it for the paycheck. Cracktacular).

Burrell - Mar 06, 2014 7:37:43 pm PST #26477 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Not that I'm the biggest R&J fan, but Shakespeare wrote a lot of plays and the truly terrible ones don't get done much.

That's damning with faint praise, Gris. But I am in total agreement on both points.

Polter-Cow - Mar 06, 2014 9:06:27 pm PST #26478 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Comedy of Errors is fun! Come on, what's better than a set of twins? TWO SETS OF TWINS.

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