My directing professor is friends with Dana Ivey and he told me she workshopped the Witch at one point.
Oh wow, I would have loved seeing her in the role. She must have been fabulous.
I doubt Buckley was good in the role and the idea of Rashad doesn't really excite me either.
I wish I had seen Marin Mazzie go on (if she ever did), since she understudied the part.
I thought Ellen Foley did the role in the San Diego tryout -- when was Betty Buckley involved?
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Pretty sure I've heard LuPone was offered the role as well, but turned it down for the Anything Goes revival...
Why was Ellen Foley the Witch in San Diego? I never understood that. The most random casting.
Phylicia took over once Bernadette left. She performed at the Tony Awards. Did anyone see her interpretation? I've got a feeling she wasn't very good, at least from the Tonys clip.
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