Broadway Actors and Law & Order

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

Posted: 6/17/05 at 11:37pm

is it just me, or has almost every broadway actor imaginable been on this show at least once? lol. must be some sort of rite of passage...
Updated On: 6/17/05 at 11:37 PM

[Aigoo]

Posted: 6/17/05 at 11:37pm

*Rite of passage.

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

Posted: 6/18/05 at 12:04am

oops. edited.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 6/18/05 at 12:06am

Yep, pretty much EVERY stage actor in New York does a few guest spots on Law and Order. I've seen Playbills where 90% of the cast lists it as a credit.

[broadway betty]

Posted: 6/18/05 at 12:13am

Everyone except for Christopher Seiber. :)

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

Posted: 6/18/05 at 12:14am

haha good, im glad its not just me who has noticed this.

[PJ]

Posted: 6/18/05 at 12:17am

Sieber's "has not appeared on Law & Order" from his Playbill bio is rather funny.

[Jon]

Posted: 6/18/05 at 7:39am

The three L&O shows and the awful "Hope and Faith" are the only shows shot in NYC, so you see lots of Broadway talent on them. "Spin City" (when Michael J. Fox was on it)and both "The Cosby Show" and "Cosby" were also shot in NYC.

I always thought shows like "Friends", "Seinfeld" and "Mad About You" would have been better if they were shot in New York, using New York actors in supporting roles.

[bdwybelle]

Posted: 6/18/05 at 10:13am

Every show I go to I count the number of cast members that have been on Law and Order. My neighbor works on the show, and every time I tell her a show that I've seen, she names the number of people she has worked with from that show lol.
I love it though. It is great to see theater people on tv - but I still prefer stage.

[Therese]

Posted: 6/18/05 at 5:27pm

I like the L&O ep with Ruthie Henshall and Linda Emond, where Ruthie is the British crime novelist who is shot and wounded (and her manager?/agent? killed) on the street, and Linda and her husband are the married FBI agents, and the husband was helping Ruthie with research on her new book, and the police are convinced Ruthie was having an affair with him, but... Every time I see Ruthie Henshall mentioned on BWW, I think of L&O.

[Thespianchick87]

Posted: 6/28/05 at 2:23pm

thank you dirty rotten I thought I was the only one who noticed

[Unknown User]

Posted: 6/28/05 at 2:26pm

I love S(weet) Epetha Merkinson... But no, the only actors I've noticed was that special with Angela Lansbury and Alfred Molina.

Then I saw the black guy (I'm horrible with names, sometimes) at the Tonys.

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

Posted: 6/28/05 at 2:29pm

this is my favorite playbill bio it mentions L&O too, it's Andrew Asnes form DRS:

ANDREW ASNES (Ensemble). Bosses: Jack O'Brien, David Leveaux, Paul Taylor, Susan Stroman, Twyla Tharp. Jobs: dancer, actor, choreographer, caterer, director, writer, producer, taxidermist. Hobbies: surfing, skiing, guitar, deep-sea welding. Never been on "Law & Order." Member of Actors' Equity.

[mominator]

Posted: 6/28/05 at 2:31pm

Yes it now seems that they list that they HAVEN'T been on Law and Order.

[One Song Glory]

Posted: 6/28/05 at 8:46pm

I like Jesse L. Martin on Law & Order. I'm the only person in my family who watches it but I like it.

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 6/28/05 at 8:50pm

My family (including myself) are all L&O junkies
And they always ask me "Recognize anyone?"

[ProducersFan]

Posted: 6/28/05 at 8:54pm

My mom loves that show and likes to tell me all of the people who have guest starred in each episode.

I've only seen one that I've actually fully watched - one in which Roger appeared.

They were filming a scene outside of our studio in TriBeCa a couple of weeks ago and I got to watch it for a bit. Didn't see anyone I knew, but I don't really know any of the "major" cast members. But if you are watching next season and it involves a car crash on Greenwich Street - that's the one.

~Jessica

[GirlforTartaglia]

Posted: 6/28/05 at 9:28pm

Anthony Rapp played Dr. Matt Spevack in an episode and Jane Kracowski (sp?) played his sister!
2 in one episode!!

[nmartin]

Posted: 6/28/05 at 10:16pm

Elaine Stritch was on Law and Order twice. Priceless.

[nmartin]

Posted: 6/28/05 at 10:50pm

Mandy, you are not alone. I watch those marathons whenever they are on.

[Broadwaylady]

Posted: 6/28/05 at 10:56pm

Yes, I remember seeing different Broadway actors on Law and Order. The latest, L&O SVU, my friend, Albert Insinia, who is in an Off Broadway show now, just taped his second L&O SVU episode as I-T's old boss which will be shown in October.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 6/30/05 at 9:09am

I remember dying because of Anthony and Jane on one episode, and I also think I saw an episode with Lillias and one with Capathia Jenkins from Caroline, or Change. I really love the show, I only watch SVU though.

[mandy2loveRB]

Posted: 6/30/05 at 9:40am

Somehow, SVU interests me most, too...oh wait, I like the original one, too...oh wait, CI...no, no, SVU...
I saw David Harbour again on CI the other night (rerun).

PS: Thanks nmartin. I don't feel like a complete loser now...Guess it's many people's hidden pleasure

[Dziadzan]

Posted: 6/30/05 at 9:42am

My personal favorite was the now cancelled Trial By Jury. But I'm a Bebe Neuwirth fanatic.

[bdwybelle]

Posted: 6/30/05 at 10:16am

I love all of them but SVU and Trial By Jury are my favorite.
RANDY GRAFF was on last night!!!!