I just sent Ms. Channing a little letter along with a Playbill for her to sign for me. The Playbill is from the 50s and it's "The Vamp". It's not a Broadway Playbill. It's from some regional theatre in Washington...what are my chances on getting this back? lol.
Seussical The Wedding Singer Butley (revival) The Odd Couple (revival) Chita Rivera: A Dancer's Life Legally Blonde The Goodbye Girl Sweet Smell of Success A Year With Frog and Toad
Roger Bart in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Tour as Bud Frump Norbert Leo Butz in Cabaret tour and on Broadway as Roger in RENT Ashley Brown on tour with "Disney’s On the Record" Hunter and Sutton Foster in a regional production of Evita Nathan Lane in Merlin
Flops I saw live: Tarzan (Didn't enjoy it) The Wedding Singer (Thought it was fun and funny. Not amazing though) Jay Johnson: The Two and Only! (Sadly, it never found an audience.) Flops I saw in OTHER ways. Merlin Seussical Bring Back Birdie All Shook Up Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life Chitty Chitty Bang Bang The Rocky Horror Show (revival) The Music Man (Revival w/Eric Mcomick) Into the Woods revival The Last 5 Years Dance of the Vampires
"Um, I would definitely say that Hannah Montana, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, etc... are much more entertaining..." I strongly disagree, but everyone to his own.
Just wanted to put a list on here about the understudys and standbys that became stars: Gary Beach Shoshana Bean Megam Hilty Eden Espinosa Cheynne Jackson Laura Bell Bundy Ann Harada Jenn Gambatese Mark Price Kevin Cahoon Felicia Finley Merwin Foard (Who still does understudy and ensemble jobs) Walter Charles Bernadette Peters Sutton Foster Hunter Foster Jennifer Cody Christian Borle Stephen DeRosa Michele Pawk Mary Louise Wilson (Stanby for Rose in Gypsy...I would have loved to have seen tha...