The Morning After, After: Praise for the Singing
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Amid all the hype and schadenfreude around Viva Laughlin this fall, it's worth noting that we already have a successful primetime TV musical on the air: ABC's Pushing Daisies. While the knives came out for Laughlin, Daisies has quietly--which is to say, not so quietly--been having characters burst into song, to charming and, as in Wednesday's episode, beautiful effect. That's a natural outgrowth, I suppose of the show's penchant for casting Broadway workhorses like Kristin Chenoweth, Ellen Greene and Swoosie Kurtz. (Mrs. Tuned In and I have been making running bets on which musical actor/tress shows up next. She's guessing Patti LuPone, but let's not forget that Mandy Patinkin has some time on his hands now that he bolted Criminal Minds--and a history with Bryan Fuller's Dead Like Me. I doubt we'll get a number from next week's guest star Mike White, but I wouldn't rule out Paul Reubens.)
Daisies is probably better suited to the musical format than Laughlin to begin with; it already has the built-in whimsy and suspension of realistic expectations, and Aunt Vivian's delivery of "Morning Has Broken," complete with a big synchronized-swimming finish, was weird and touching in a way that only this show can be.
Anyway, on the off chance that any Daisies fans are reading this on the morning after Thanksgiving, I ask you: What singing actor do you want Daisies to cast next? Bonus question: What do you want them to sing? That, or you can just make another turkey-and-sweet-potato sandwich and crawl back to bed.
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Ummmm, Kristen Bell? Girl has pipes....
I'd love to see Rita Moreno, too...and you know Nathan Lane will make an appearance eventually.
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2
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3
How about Sutton Foster - she played Bret's girlfriend Coco in Flight of the Conchords and has done some Broadway stuff (she's in Young Frankenstein now...but isn't Broadway on strike or something?)
Or maybe they'll have Kristin Chenoweth's cleavage sing a duet. Those puppies could be credited as series regulars at this point.
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4
I vote for BeBe Neuwirth. And get her to sing "Cell Block Tango" from Chicago with some of the other women on the show in a plot revolving a man who was murdered by one of his girlfriends (oh wait, they already made that a plot line, sorta)
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5
It's time to let the boys sing. How about Brian Stokes Mitchel? I know first hand he does a rousing "Impossible Dream."
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6
Let's round out the cast with Oklahoma ties (Lee Pace, Kristin Chenowith) by having Megan Mullally, who is currently playing Elizabeth in the new Broadway musical Young Frankenstein, make a guest appearance.
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7
The wing and a fine time.
Listening to the
sound of a delicate
hovel, and recalling
a wonder, I see
magic profiles near
the heart of a
luminous pine-tree;
the wind fades
away, the care of
a blackbird describes
and emotion and
always, in silence,
your beautiful mind
returns in the sky. -
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Antoher great episode! "Follow the yellow thick hose." I wonder if Pee Wee Herman is really going to uncover Chuck's secret in the future?
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I'd love to see Idina Menzel pop up in an episode and sing a duet with Cheno
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10
How about a reunion with K.C. and Matthew Broderick (they did "The Music Man" on ABC together a few years ago)....they could do some sort of spin on "Trouble in River City!"
Better yet, K.C. and Victor Garber! I don't care what song these two sing together!
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