Actors who stayed with a role for a long time.........- Page 2
Actors who stayed with a role for a long time.........
#25re: Actors who stayed with a role for a long time.........
Posted: 2/9/05 at 7:34am
Schele Williams was with Aida for the entire run....if I can remember that.
and my friend Christiana Anbri holds the record for Broadway's Longes Running Young Cossette
#26re: Actors who stayed with a role for a long time.........
Posted: 2/9/05 at 9:14am
Marian Seldes has enormous staying power - from an article I found on Broadway.com:
Between 1974 and 1976, she racked up more than 900 performances in "Equus", first as the magistrate and later as the mother of the troubled boy at the heart of the play. For her more than 1,000 performance run in "Deathtrap" (as the playwright's murdered wife), Seldes landed a spot in "The Guinness Book of World Records" and to honor her, the producers elevated her name to above the title.
#27re: Actors who stayed with a role for a long time.........
Posted: 2/9/05 at 9:16amAndy! I'm falling down on the job. But yes, you're right. And she only actually went on for Aida an handful of times.
wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
#28re: Actors who stayed with a role for a long time.........
Posted: 2/9/05 at 9:27am
I saw Marian Seldes towards the end of those 1000 performances in DEATHTRAP and she was very strange indeed....
What is the name of the girl who was in OH! CALCUTTA! for hundreds of years? Was it Cheryl Hartley? She was certainly a record holder at the time.
Judy Holliday used to stay with shows for years; I think she was with BORN YESTERDAY for almost four.
Are there still people in the Broadway CHICAGO from the original cast, or have they all finally gone?
#29re: Actors who stayed with a role for a long time.........
Posted: 2/9/05 at 10:20amJacob Brent in Cats for 6 years!
Kris2
Featured Actor Joined: 9/30/04
#30re: Actors who stayed with a role for a long time.........
Posted: 2/9/05 at 1:05pm
Just a quick note: Yeah, Anthony was with Rent for a very long time, but Adam was with the show for a decent amount. He did off-Broadway, then Broadway for about a year and a half (he left 11/2/97) and then London. To nitpick, Anthony did the NYTW, then off-Broadway, then Broadway 'til 1/4/98, THEN the Angel Tour because he switched with Christian Anderson, and then he did London.
Carol Channing did over 5000 performances of Hello, Dolly! AND she didn't miss a scheduled performance?! Wow. That's really hard to imagine. And those few people who stayed with Cats for over a decade. Wow.
#31re: Actors who stayed with a role for a long time.........
Posted: 2/9/05 at 1:15pm
Well, I got some of that stuff... I just didn't know Anthony did the tour, and was a couple of months off on Adam's departure from Broadway. But *is proud* I was close! 
NBC
Broadway Star Joined: 6/5/03
#32re: Actors who stayed with a role for a long time.........
Posted: 2/9/05 at 1:41pm
J. Loefflelholtz has been the understudy for Mary Sunshine since the Chicago revival opened, and Michelle Robinson is stil with the show and she joined the cast soon after it opened as a swing...early enough to get on the cast recording, anyway!
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#33re: Actors who stayed with a role for a long time.........
Posted: 2/9/05 at 2:10pm
Carol Channing is a goddess.
How about Marian Seldes in DEATHTRAP? She stayed with the show throughout its entire run. Was that 4 years?
#34re: Actors who stayed with a role for a long time.........
Posted: 2/9/05 at 2:42pm
D. Sabella was the original Mary Sunshine in the revival of Chicago and I think that I saw on the website where he is still there, although he may have left in between.
Also, when you listen to his voice on the recording, it's easy to picture Miss Piggy singing.....
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#35re: Actors who stayed with a role for a long time.........
Posted: 2/9/05 at 2:45pm
Ok, Musetta may have to correct me,
Nick Wyman was with Les Mis for around 10 years I think....although he had a small vacation during the time...
Musetta1957
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/03
#36re: Actors who stayed with a role for a long time.........
Posted: 2/9/05 at 2:56pm
No, he started in 1997 and the show certainly closed before that, so not 10 years.
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#37re: Actors who stayed with a role for a long time.........
Posted: 2/9/05 at 3:06pmWasnt David Elder with the recent revival of 42nd Street for its entire run??
NBC
Broadway Star Joined: 6/5/03
#38re: Actors who stayed with a role for a long time.........
Posted: 2/9/05 at 3:06pmD. Sabella left Chicago in between stints...R. Bean played Mary Sunshine for a few years. (And Sabella has since left again.) And they were both fabulous, IMO!
Razz77
Broadway Star Joined: 11/22/04
#39re: Actors who stayed with a role for a long time.........
Posted: 2/9/05 at 3:34pm
john selya and michael cavenaugh have been with movin out since it opened...
also there are two people who have been with phantom for 17 years.
#40re: Actors who stayed with a role for a long time.........
Posted: 2/9/05 at 3:35pmI thought John Selya left? Maybe I'm thinking of someone else.
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#41re: Actors who stayed with a role for a long time.........
Posted: 2/9/05 at 3:37pm
My bust...
Well, he played Thenardier the longest anyhow...
And, well, John was with AQ for 5 years....
Musetta1957
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/03
#42re: Actors who stayed with a role for a long time.........
Posted: 2/9/05 at 3:38pm
"Well, he played Thenardier the longest anyhow..."
No, he didn't. JP Dougherty played Thenardier on tour from 1988 (or '89) to 2003.
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#43re: Actors who stayed with a role for a long time.........
Posted: 2/9/05 at 3:40pm
I was talking about on B'way...
by the way, I lost the site link....
there's a les mis site that lists evryone that has been in the show, when the entered, when they left...I'm sure you know the site...could you
PM me or post the link.
Thanks! It's been killing me!
Musetta1957
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/03
#44re: Actors who stayed with a role for a long time.........
Posted: 2/9/05 at 3:45pm
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#45re: Actors who stayed with a role for a long time.........
Posted: 2/9/05 at 3:46pm
thanks.....yeahm cause that was a hard one to forget
You just saved me from some more anguish!
Derek
Broadway Star Joined: 9/14/03
#46re: Actors who stayed with a role for a long time.........
Posted: 2/9/05 at 4:29pmRobert Preston stayed in The Music Man for over 2 years (896 performances)
#47re: Actors who stayed with a role for a long time.........
Posted: 2/9/05 at 4:39pmRebecca Luker played Marion for the entire almost two year run of the "Music Man" revival.
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#48re: Actors who stayed with a role for a long time.........
Posted: 2/9/05 at 5:57pmBryan Hull played Henry in THE FANTASTICKS for over 15 years.
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