Bill Burr starring in Glengarry Glen Ross on Broadway

[Roslyn Vampire]

Here’s an actor that was able to seamlessly switch over to also being a great comedian:

This guy is really good. This is like that intellectual Woody Allen style comedy so I don't really understand it but I can definitely recognize a high quality performance when I see one.

You're a civilian, did you sit at the table in the Cellar?

It was funny when the troll looking man in his bathrobe hit the pizza from the blue collar every-man's hands.

Also, they made fun of retards. No one does that.

 

[TorpidSloth]

Nailed it. I saw a report that had Burr as Moss and Odenkirk as Shelley Levine. Moss is a punching bag in one of the biggest scenes. It'd be funny seeing Burr get dressed down by whoever plays the Alec Baldwin role. "My wife is a 20 year old white supermodel. What color is your wife?"

They'd have to go with the movie script, Baldwin's character isn't in the play. That would be great though, "I'm going home to 22 year old Norwegian pussy, what are you going home to? A menopausal gorilla with 2:1 gum to teeth ratio?"

 

[DooDooBrown]

Big comedian yes - but he's not one of the biggest actors on the planet - he's still a D-list actor and this is stunt casting at its best - the whole point of which is to sell tickets (and they will sell).

What exactly do you think the point of literally all live performances is, besides to sell tickets?

Are we really trying to pretend Burr isn’t a star because he’s a libtard who married a black?? Lotta Nanas in here.

I can’t name many comedians bigger than him. He had a tv series on Netflix that he created, wrote, and starred in, they don’t do that for D listers. He had a movie that he wrote, directed, and starred in on Netflix, it was absolute dogshit as most of them are, but they’re not going to invest that amount of money into a D or C list performer. You may not like him but it’s just being willfully ignorant to say a guy that’s been nominated for Grammys and Emmy’s who sells out huge venues, who’s included in casting announcements like this, isn’t a star.

 

[StlakerFatti]

i've been told that Bill Burr is an N-Lister

 

[RealTonySchiavone]

i've been told that Bill Burr is an N-Lister

"N" standing for his wife's name, of course. Ni**a.

 

[TheGhostOfBernellTrammell]

A always
B be
C marrying Harambe

Always
Betroth
Coons

 

[RealTonySchiavone]

Someone here once said that Bill "picked up Nia at a roadside zoo" and I always think about it and laugh. It's not like calling her a gorilla is particularly witty, but I think it's just the mental image of dumb Bill Burr pulling up to a roadside zoo (do those even exist anymore?) in his Prius, playing Skid Row, sheepishly trying to lure Nia out of a cage with a banana. "Do you guys even like bananas? Eh what do I know, I'm just a dumb white guy who doesn't read."

 

[lowend73]

Lotta Nanas in here.

Very true

 

[Mick_Mickerson]

Here’s an actor that was able to seamlessly switch over to also being a great comedian:

Am I the only one who really enjoyed Lucky Louie? The shitty set and everything worked for the show and it rewatches pretty good too

 

[The Shah of Iran]

Probably be better casting, but the fact that he's top billing suggests he's one of the main characters. He's too young to play the Machine, but greasy enough for Roma

I looked this up. You were right

Culkin will play Richard Roma, Odenkirk will play Shelly Levene and Burr will play Dave Moss.

Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk and Bill Burr to Star in Broadway Revival of ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’

Odenkirk and Burr will make their Broadway debuts in the 2025 production of the David Mamet play.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[LingerLonger]

Are we really trying to pretend Burr isn’t a star because he’s a libtard who married a black??

Have you seen anything with Burr in it other than O&A shows? Or maybe Breaking Bad? Because I haven't. He's only big because he's in stuff that is mass advertised like a Star Wars show. A Star Wars show that has little kids as fans not people who want to see a live show about stockbrokers on Broadway for $200 a ticket. And he's not the draw there....Star Wars is the draw. No one knows the actor who played Luke Skywalker outside of Star Wars because anyone could have played that part.

People might travel to NYC to see Hugh Jackman or Meryl Streep live. Not Bill Burr. Unless he's doing standup. He's doing this play because his manager probably bloated his head with the idea of getting an EGOT.

 

[HeyItsVos]

Am I the only one who really enjoyed Lucky Louie? The shitty set and everything worked for the show and it rewatches pretty good too

The superior Louie show.

 

[IGotATreeOnMyHouse85]

I looked this up. You were right

Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk and Bill Burr to Star in Broadway Revival of ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’

Odenkirk and Burr will make their Broadway debuts in the 2025 production of the David Mamet play.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

I figured Burr in the Ed Harris role but thought Odenkirk would be in Arkin or Kevin spacey’s role.

 

[DooDooBrown]

A report just came out that Hulu paid Burr $15 million for his newest special. Not bad for a washed up nobody.

 

[TorpidSloth]

Have you seen anything with Burr in it other than O&A shows? Or maybe Breaking Bad? Because I haven't.

We watched that Netflix Dads movie he did. While it was completely forgettable, it did make me laugh out loud a couple of times - which hasn't happened watching a comedy made after 2008 in a long time. He didn't exactly carry the movie, but he didn't shit the bed either.

 

[I'm Not Loying]

BILL, PUT YOUR GODDAMN CLOTHES BACK ON

 

[HeyItsVos]

I figured Burr in the Ed Harris role but thought Odenkirk would be in Arkin or Kevin spacey’s role.

Bill’s persona makes him an obvious choice for the Harris role, but his real demeanor makes him come across as the Arkin character to me.

 

[IanCurtis]

What exactly do you think the point of literally all live performances is, besides to sell tickets?

Are we really trying to pretend Burr isn’t a star because he’s a libtard who married a black?? Lotta Nanas in here.

I can’t name many comedians bigger than him. He had a tv series on Netflix that he created, wrote, and starred in, they don’t do that for D listers. He had a movie that he wrote, directed, and starred in on Netflix, it was absolute dogshit as most of them are, but they’re not going to invest that amount of money into a D or C list performer. You may not like him but it’s just being willfully ignorant to say a guy that’s been nominated for Grammys and Emmy’s who sells out huge venues, who’s included in casting announcements like this, isn’t a star.

Sigh...

'Stunt casting' is the term used when someone gets a role not because they necessarily deserve it (due to their long career building working as an actor in their chosen medium) or are most appropriate for the role but because they have some sort of cache that will bring an audience in - e.g. casting a famous comedian in a role normally played by a theatre actor.

Sigh...

No. We aren't 'pretending' Burr' isn't a comedy 'star' because he married a black woman - you're inserting that in an entirely different conversation about how Burr is 'not an actor' and isn't considered an 'A-list' actor in any way shape or form. That's what you're doing.

You can't name any comedians bigger than him - that's great. You're proving my point. Here's some 'actors' bigger than him:

• Brad Pitt
• Tom Cruise
• George (fucking) Clooney (and ex-TV actor by the way)

See how Burr is in no way on the same A list level as these guys - that's what I've been saying all along. He's a D/C-list actor FFS.

No one's being 'willfully ignorant' except you - no one said he's not a star, except you - I sad he's D/C list in the world of actors, especially on the stage and he is.

No more responses to retards, I'm done.

Have a great night all.

 

[IanCurtis]

Have you seen anything with Burr in it other than O&A shows? Or maybe Breaking Bad? Because I haven't. He's only big because he's in stuff that is mass advertised like a Star Wars show. A Star Wars show that has little kids as fans not people who want to see a live show about stockbrokers on Broadway for $200 a ticket. And he's not the draw there....Star Wars is the draw. No one knows the actor who played Luke Skywalker outside of Star Wars because anyone could have played that part.

People might travel to NYC to see Hugh Jackman or Meryl Streep live. Not Bill Burr. Unless he's doing standup. He's doing this play because his manager probably bloated his head with the idea of getting an EGOT.

This is it exactly - Streep has theatrical chops too and Jackman's been doing musical theatre his entire professional life (even before making it as Wolverine). They're both legit theatre stars. Brian Dennehy - who had a career in both cinema and theatre - became a theatre legend after his movie/TV career died down - it was a whole nother level to his acting career, I'll always regret not seeing him on the stage.

 

[whyarewedoingthisagain_mybb]

Bill is only doing this because he heard about the Glengarry Ross play on o&A from 20 years ago. DUDE IM DOING THA GLENGARRY GLENN ROSS PLAY, NONE OF THAT FAGGY SHAKESPHERE STUFF! A MANS PLAY!