Friday, September 16, 2016

Casting Goals: August: Osage County

So I previously did a cast list for an African-American version of August: Osage County, but it's buried in the depths of my Facebook somewhere so I'm gonna make a new one. Now I know some of the ages of the actors aren't the right age for the role, but I mean come on this cast list is kick ass.

Oprah Winfrey as Violet Weston
(Oprah, The Color Purple, The Butler)
Audra McDonald as Barbara Weston-Fordham
(Porgy and Bess, Lady Day, Master Class)


Cynthia Erivo as Ivy Weston
(Sister Act, The Color Purple)

Raven-Symoné as Karen Weston
(That's So Raven, Sister Act)

Taye Diggs as Bill Fordham
(Rent, Hedwig and the Angry Inch)
Whoopi Goldberg as Mattie Fae Aiken
(Sister Act, The Color Purple, Ghost)
David Alan Grier as Charles Aiken
(Porgy and Bess, The Wiz Live!)
Leslie Odom. Jr. as "Little" Charles Aiken
(Smash, Hamilton)
Norm Lewis as Steve Heidebrecht
(Porgy and Bess, The Phantom of the Opera)
Shanice Williams as Jean Fordham
(The Wiz Live!)
Brian Stokes Mitchell as Beverly Weston
(Ragtime, Kiss Me, Kate, Shuffle Along)
Isaiah Johnson as Sheriff Deon Gilbeau
(The Color Purple, Side Show)

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