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how did (insert name) never play (insert role)
IsolatingAge
Leading Actor Joined: 12/18/05
#25re: how did (insert name) never play (insert role)
Posted: 12/31/05 at 1:06pm*shrugs* sorry.
You must think I'm still sixteen.
I dropped out of high school for a reason.
And I don't care if you're pretty. I'm not admitting you are right.
My soul is not a stage.
I won't pretend I'm anything I'm not
futurewinnerbud
Understudy Joined: 2/23/04
#26re: how did (insert name) never play (insert role)
Posted: 12/31/05 at 1:21pm
How did Ethel Merman never play Margaret Johnson in The Light in the Piazza?
"LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVE's a fake. LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVE'S a faaaaa-bul"
hahaha... wow that'd be sweet...
Blanche
Stand-by Joined: 10/1/04
#27re: how did (insert name) never play (insert role)
Posted: 12/31/05 at 1:22pm
"How did Donna Murphy didn't play Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire? (I wanna see her in a straight play) (Still hoping she'll play Amanda Wingfield or Blanche when she gets older)"
Ray, she's old enough to play Blanche now (Amanda too, for that matter). The character of Blanche is not that old, she's only in her thirties. Murphy is in her mid 40's. And it would be an interesting casting choice, I agree.
Updated On: 12/31/05 at 01:22 PM
Stand-by Joined: 12/31/69
#28re: how did (insert name) never play (insert role)
Posted: 12/31/05 at 1:31pm
FWIW, Michael Ball was offered the Phantom a couple of times and Lea was offered Belle on Broadway. WHY they declined the roles would be a better question 
Marguerite Chauvelin
Broadway Star Joined: 7/19/05
#29re: how did (insert name) never play (insert role)
Posted: 12/31/05 at 3:53pm
This may have happened but I never heard of it -->. Why has James Barbour never played Sweeney Todd? (could still happen)
I'm still wondering why Julia Murney hasn't been considered for London Evita.
If Percy Blakeney were in Les Mis....
Percy: Sink me! If it isn't Javvurt!
Javert: Zsah-vair, it's pronounced Zsah-vair.
Pecry: But it's spelled J-A-V-E-R-T Javvurt.
Javert: Repeat after me Zsah...Zsah....
Percy: Oh! Zsa-Zsa! Like the Gabor sister! Well I personally have always prefered Eva.
Javert: (Looks for gun)
Percy: Sink me! If it isn't Javvurt!
Javert: Zsah-vair, it's pronounced Zsah-vair.
Pecry: But it's spelled J-A-V-E-R-T Javvurt.
Javert: Repeat after me Zsah...Zsah....
Percy: Oh! Zsa-Zsa! Like the Gabor sister! Well I personally have always prefered Eva.
Javert: (Looks for gun)
Broadway_freak
Broadway Star Joined: 11/4/04
#30re: how did (insert name) never play (insert role)
Posted: 12/31/05 at 4:46pmHow did Karmine Alers never play Miss Lovett?
BreeDaniel
Broadway Star Joined: 1/25/04
#31re: how did (insert name) never play (insert role)
Posted: 12/31/05 at 5:28pm
This one's so easy it's sad, how did Orfeh never play Amneris and/or Maureen?! How did her husband, Andy Karl never play Radames or Rojer? And more recently Link in Hairspray? How did Anika Noni Rose never play Aida? I know they're all cast by the same company so that falls under the "things that make you go Hmmm", catergory.
And just to correct the poster who said Menzel turned down Evita in London, never happened, she turned down the AUDITION. And that is a fact.
Updated On: 12/31/05 at 05:28 PM
Cenoern
Stand-by Joined: 10/26/05
#32re: how did (insert name) never play (insert role)
Posted: 12/31/05 at 7:26pm
How did [insert name of any young, white male on broadway] never play Roger?
'Cause really, having played Roger in RENT SOMEWHERE is like a rite of passage haha.
Updated On: 1/1/06 at 07:26 PM
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#33re: how did (insert name) never play (insert role)
Posted: 12/31/05 at 8:10pmHow have *I* never played Bobby in COMPANY?
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
#34re: how did (insert name) never play (insert role)
Posted: 1/1/06 at 4:14am
People!
IT IS SPELLED "SALONGA."
Note: there is only ONE "O" IN HER SURNAME.
Aaaaaahhhhh!!!!!!!!
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#35re: how did (insert name) never play (insert role)
Posted: 1/1/06 at 2:18pm
How did Karmine Alers never play Amneris?
How did Cary Shields never play Leo in The Producers? (Still time for this one)
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
Sant
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/12/04
#36re: how did (insert name) never play (insert role)
Posted: 1/1/06 at 3:38pm
How did Hugh Panaro never play Billy Flynn in CHICAGO? (Still time for that, so let's keep hoping!)
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#37re: how did (insert name) never play (insert role)
Posted: 1/1/06 at 4:51pm
actually christiane WAS available to do Les Miz and auditioned for it at least ONCE..i was at the audition with her and heard her sing I Dreamed a Dream. it was amazing and effortless. the role at that time went to Jacquelyn Piro...not to say that Jacqui didn't deserve to do the role AGAIN...but i think it was a great shame no one got to see christiane as fantine..
sorry i don't pay attention to caps and lower case as much as you'd all like!!!! eeek!!!
Mamie
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/26/04
#38re: how did (insert name) never play (insert role)
Posted: 1/1/06 at 5:29pm
"How did Daniel Jenkins never play Leo BLOOM???? "
I couldn't agree more about this one. I was also talking to someone earlier about Daniel Davis and getting him back on stage this year. I think he was born to be King Arthur - in Camelot OR Spamalot!
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EdmundOG
Broadway Star Joined: 7/9/05
#39re: how did (insert name) never play (insert role)
Posted: 1/2/06 at 11:32am
How did Phil Hartman never play Harold Hill?
How did Phil Hartman never play Officer Lockstock? (Well, I know how there, but it's a damn shame.)
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#40re: how did (insert name) never play (insert role)
Posted: 1/2/06 at 12:05pmHow did Judy Garland never play Mama Rose?
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#41re: how did (insert name) never play (insert role)
Posted: 1/2/06 at 12:08pmHow did Judy Kuhn never play Evita?
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#42re: how did (insert name) never play (insert role)
Posted: 1/2/06 at 12:09pmHow did John Cullum never play Sweeney Todd?
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#43re: how did (insert name) never play (insert role)
Posted: 1/3/06 at 12:13am
ooooooooooo...that was a good one..john cullum as sweeny!! he would have been amazing!
how did lauren kennedy never play Ellen in Miss Saigon!
JoeGillis
Understudy Joined: 3/28/05
#44re: how did (insert name) never play (insert role)
Posted: 1/3/06 at 12:22amhow did Deborah Gibson never play Maureen and/or Amneris
JHartnow
Featured Actor Joined: 11/24/04
#45re: how did (insert name) never play (insert role)
Posted: 1/3/06 at 10:46amI *know* why Andrew McArdle didn't play Maureen in RENT!
artsamore
Understudy Joined: 8/26/04
#46re: how did (insert name) never play (insert role)
Posted: 1/3/06 at 1:06pm
How did Shuler Hensley not play Sweeney?
How did Sara Ramirez not play Aldonza?
sanda
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/10/04
#47re: how did (insert name) never play (insert role)
Posted: 1/3/06 at 1:15pm
How did James Barbour never play Javert
the answer is he was offered the role but at that time he wanted to go for Enjolras.
How did James Barbour never play Stone
How did Anthony Warlow never play Anatoly
How did Brian Stokes Mitchell never play Tevye
sanda
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/10/04
#48re: how did (insert name) never play (insert role)
Posted: 1/3/06 at 1:20pmBTW, I remembered John Lithgow did play Henry Higgins , not on Broadway, but in LA/
BwayBaby18
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/19/05
#49re: how did (insert name) never play (insert role)
Posted: 1/3/06 at 1:36pmHow did Karen Ziemba never play Flaemmchen in Grand Hotel?
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