[Blind Gossip] Last night on Watch What Happens Live, Jada Pinkett Smith and Queen Latifah discussed their upcoming movie, Girl’s Trip, with host Andy Cohen. Andy asked them some questions on behalf of the audience.
ANDY: [Latifah], Lauren B. wants to know: “Please tell me when you’re going to finally going to make your Broadway debut. I need to see you in Chicago!” Who even knows if that would be the role you would go into?
LATIFAH: Yeah. No, I’ll probably do something else. There was a big production that was offered to me and it became very successful and gained some Tony Awards and everything, but I just couldn’t work it into my [schedule]…
ANDY: Can you say what [production] it was?
LATIFAH: No.
ANDY: Was it recent?
LATIFAH: Mind your neck! I would love to do Broadway, but it would just have to be the right project and I just have to have the time. I’m very serious about Broadway. I’m not going to play around with that. I’ve got to come correct.
BG Notes: Mind your neck = None of your business/Mind your own damn business. Come correct = Do something right/Do something respectfully.
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Broadway show she turned down:
[Optional] In what Broadway show/role would you like to see Latifah?
slantrhyme says
July 21, 2017 at 11:18 amKinky Boots? Hello Dolly?
I love her, I’d see her in anything.
RANYDAYS says
July 21, 2017 at 11:23 amHamilton
buddypal says
July 21, 2017 at 11:31 amBroadway show she turned down: The Little Mermaid? I could see her as Ursula
kimmukwest says
July 23, 2017 at 4:30 pmWasn’t she Ursula for the Annie Leibovitz Disney shoot?
TwistedSweetness says
July 21, 2017 at 11:37 amShowstoppers
She didn’t participate because they booked Trump’s Inauguration.
angelbratt says
July 21, 2017 at 11:40 amHamilton.
Optional: gypsy rose lee
ArcticFantasy says
July 21, 2017 at 12:49 pmColor Purple. Probably as Celie.
dberlcri says
July 21, 2017 at 2:12 pmI love to watch her in anything. She’s very talented.
stolidog says
July 21, 2017 at 2:26 pmHamilton, she would have been great, but it would have been unnecessary celebrity casting
amulbunny says
July 21, 2017 at 4:45 pmShe was so good in Chicago as the warden, I can see her doing it on Broadway. She probably turned down The Color Purple.
bertwheeler says
July 21, 2017 at 6:16 pmHello Dolly
Gummeduptheworks says
July 21, 2017 at 6:27 pmHello, Dolly.
Tinkerbell says
July 21, 2017 at 7:38 pmHamilton?
jbj2016 says
July 21, 2017 at 8:39 pmHamilton is a musical I can see her justifiably turning down, despite her being a rapper, because the female parts wouldn’t match her level of celebrity. However, The Color Purple would have been a great opportunity for her to make her Broadway debut, since could sing and be the lead, but wouldn’t have to be the character who sings the best.
Brunettetalk says
July 22, 2017 at 7:52 amThat’s hard: her talent is so narrow. Eliminate:
– classics like Ibsen or Tennessee Williams or August Wilson — her line readings would be laughable
– Chicago or Bandstand — she cant dance
– Andrew Lloyd Weber musicals. Wicked. Sondheim — she’s got no revocable range
– Miss Saigon and the Book of Mormon for obvious reasons
They used to say a face made for radio. She’s a talent made for talk TV
RayneQueen says
July 22, 2017 at 3:18 pmYou’re a fan then
jbj2016 says
July 24, 2017 at 9:39 amOkay…well she was actually in Chicago and was terrific!
Brunettetalk says
July 22, 2017 at 7:53 amThat was “vocal” range
Reggie5561 says
July 22, 2017 at 8:27 amHamilton
sassykitty says
July 22, 2017 at 11:34 amThe Color Purple or Hamilton. Inappropriate for Celie, but just right for Shug Avery. Much better casting choice than Jennifer Hudson. Possibly Angelica from Hamilton.
guessingnotknowing says
July 28, 2017 at 3:36 amI’m in the minority, so this must be about me, and not about her, but I really don’t like her. I probably wouldn’t see anything that she was headlining… I very very rarely get to Broadway, so for that once in a few years time when I’d go see a show, I’d choose someone who I was really a diehard fan of.