The 1956 Lerner and Loewe classic My Fair Lady starring Academy Award nominee Anna Kendrick as Eliza Doolittle, Oscar winner Kevin Kline as Henry Higgins and Kendrick's 'Into the Woods' co-star Chris Pine as Freddy Eynsford-Hill.ĭisney's Mary Poppins starring Oscar winner Anne Hathaway as the lovable nanny and Neil Patrick Harris as chimney sweep Bert. Also cast Amy Adams as Irene Molloy, Lea Michele as Minnie Fay, Telly Leung as Cornelius Hackle and Joseph-Gordon Levitt as Barnaby Tucker. Jerry Herman's Tony-winning 1964 musical Hello, Dolly! with country star Dolly Parton as Dolly Levi and Billy Crystal as Horace Vandergelder. We also pick Emma Stone for June and Chris Colfer as Tulsa. Welcome back previous Broadway Roses, including Tony winners Bernadette Peters, Patti LuPone and Tyne Daly as the 'Gotta Get a Gimmick' strippers Tessie Tura, Electra and Mazeppa. Gypsy, starring Meryl Streep as Rose, with her eldest daughter Mamie Gummer as Louise and Tom Hanks as Herbie. The 1991 Tony Award-winning musical The Secret Garden, starring Annie and 'Into the Woods' young leading actress Lilla Crawford as Mary Lenox, with Daniel Huttlestone as Colin, Audra McDonald as Lily, Hugh Jackman as Archibald Craven, Patrick Wilson as Neville Craven, Jonathan Groff as Dickon, Lea Michele as Martha and Kathy Bates as Mrs. Bring back the adorable Joe West, who played Kurt in The Sound of Music Live!, as Patrick, alongside Tony winner Christine Baranski as Vera Charles and Tina Fey as Agnes Gooch. Jerry Herman's Mame starring Cher as the eccentric aunt we all wish we had.

Darling, Michael Nigro as John, Joe West as Michael and Ariana Grande as Tiger Lily. Throw in a Peter and the Starcatcher twist with Christian Borle taking another stab at Captain Hook and Celia Keenan-Bolger as Wendy. Kristin Chenoweth in the title role of the 1954 musical Peter Pan. Since the film is untouchable, utilize the script from the 2008 Broadway version, which expands the well-known score to include additional Berlin songs including 'Let Yourself Go,' 'Let Me Sing and I'm Happy,' 'I Love a Piano' and more. Irving Berlin's beloved holiday classic White Christmas with Neil Patrick Harris as Phil Davis, Jeremy Jordan as Bob Wallace, Sutton Foster as Judy Haynes, Megan Hilty as Betty Haynes and Oscar winner Tom Hanks as Major General Thomas F. Keeping that in mind (as much as possible), what follows is 's list of musicals and the dream casts that might fit the bill. To read the musicals our readers picked, click here. Last week polled our readers to ask which musicals they'd like to see presented next. NBC Entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt, along with producers Neil Meron and Craig Zadan, previously stated that they were identifying musicals that were well-known titles with identifiable scores that the whole family could enjoy. After the acquisition by GE, Bob Wright became chief executive officer of NBC he would remain in that position until his retirement in 2007, when he was succeeded by Jeff Zucker.Stephen Moyer and Carrie Underwood in The Sound of Music Live! Photo by Will Hart/NBC GE immediately began to liquidate RCA’s various divisions, but retained NBC. In 1986, control of NBC passed back to General Electric (GE) through its $6.4 billion purchase of RCA. In 1932, GE was forced to sell RCA and NBC as a result of antitrust charges. At that time the parent company of RCA was General Electric (GE). It became the network’s official emblem in 1979.įounded in 1926 by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), NBC is the oldest major broadcast network in the United States. NBC is sometimes referred to as the “Peacock Network”, in reference to its stylized peacock logo, introduced in 1956 to promote the company’s innovations in early color broadcasting. The network is one of the Big Three television networks.

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