Roles they DIDN'T get....
May 19
2011, 01:11:25 PM
I remember reading in the newspaper back in the early 1980's that Ann Reinking had the lead role in the Broadway version of Cats. I'm not sure if they were talking about Grizabella.
And speaking of Cats, how can we forget that Dame Judi Dench was the original Grizabella in the London version until she broke her foot or ankle (?).
I also remember reading that in the mid-1980's a rock musical movie version of Oliver Twist was being planned with Tina Turner as Fagin and Madonna
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Oscar Nominee Jackie Cooper and Tony Winner Marian Mercer have died.
May 5
2011, 01:30:39 AM
Marian Mercer was the best thing about "It's a Living".
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2011 Tony Award Nomination Discussion thread
May 3
2011, 12:54:15 PM
I can't remember a year that so many previous winners have been nominated in the same year:
Brian Bedford
Al Pacino
Mark Rylance
Vanessa Redgrave
Billy Crudup
Norbert Leo Butz
Sutton Foster
Beth Leavel
Donna Murphy
Laura Benanti
Victoria Clark
Patti LuPone
Edited to add Joel Grey (for Best Director)
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re: Where the heck is LELAND PALMER? these days?
Aug 30
2010, 08:51:22 PM
I always found it very strange that she shared a name with the killer from Twin Peaks.
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Barnes & Noble by Lincoln Center to close January 2011
Aug 30
2010, 03:32:28 PM
Oh no! This is so sad - I love this store. Are we coming now to a time where we are going to say, "Remember going to a bookstore? Remember going to a record store?"
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re: Most Uncomfortable Theatre Moments with your parents
Jun 20
2008, 03:12:01 PM
Right after I graduated from college, I did telemarketing for the Roundabout Theatre Company while I was job hunting. Through the job, I received free tickets for "Privates on Parade". This would have been in the Fall of 1989. I took my sister.
Well, much to my surprise, there was a full-frontal nude shower scene with four or five men. I was a big fan of the late Olympic gold medalist in skating, John Curry. I really did not want to see him naked. Neither did my sister. I was ve
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re: Long Discussed Musicals That Never Made It
Jul 19
2006, 05:50:04 PM
The Great Gottschalk
Booth is Back in Town
The Honeymooners
All of the above were mentioned as coming to Broadway at one time or another.
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re: random star spotting
May 10
2006, 04:20:48 PM
Alec Baldwin walking down the street
Andrea MacArdle walking down the street
Maureen O'Hara at Saint Patrick's Cathedral
Tom Selleck as he was leaving the theatre (when he was in "A Thousand Clowns")
Beverly Sills sat two rows in front of me at the Met
Stephanie Zimbalist in the lobby of a building
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re: Bigger Stars taking over for Big Stars
May 10
2006, 04:06:22 PM
Jim Dale took over for Robert Lindsay in "Me and My Girl".
Richard Burton took over for Anthony Hopkins in "Equus".
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re: Broadway revival of Hair
May 10
2006, 03:38:01 PM
Could someone please post details about the production at NYU? I can't find anything on the NYU Website.
Thanks!
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re: Revival Cast Recordings Worth Buying.
May 10
2006, 03:26:58 PM
Sorry - here is one revival NOT worth buying. I recently purchased the 1991 London Palladium Revival Cast of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" with Jason Donovan and Linzi Hatley. After listening to it straight through, my first reaction was - "This recording has completely destroyed every note of the show!" Hatley's version of the Narrator is an abomination compared to Laurie Beechman in the 1982 Broadway Cast with Bill Hutton. And the orchestrations in this 1991 version (which
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re: If You Could Dine With Any Broadway Star, Who Would You Pick?
Apr 5
2006, 11:10:52 AM
Donna McKechnie
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I'm going to have to say....
Apr 3
2006, 03:40:36 PM
Back in 1985, I saw an off-Broadway musical called "Surf City: The Beach Boys Musical" which was horrible. It closed during previews - I was not surprised!
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re: London Wicked
Mar 31
2006, 11:06:36 AM
I thought I read somewhere that Elaine Page might be Glinda, or is she too old?
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re: Will any reviews or opinions matter in the case of Julia Roberts!??
Mar 31
2006, 11:02:48 AM
Is Julia Roberts still the highest paid actress in Hollywood?
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