Battle pulls out of Dracula
Battle pulls out of Dracula
Broadway Matt
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/17/03
#0Battle pulls out of Dracula
Posted: 6/16/04 at 4:01amjust saw this on Broadway.com. first i had heard Len Cariou mentioned for the role of Van Helsing, now this. maybe he got the memo.
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localonecrew
Broadway Star Joined: 8/31/03
#1re: Battle pulls out of Dracula
Posted: 6/16/04 at 11:40amhe was asked to leave because they felt he was too short.
mamamia sammy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/19/03
#2re: Battle pulls out of Dracula
Posted: 6/16/04 at 11:41amkoo koo
#3re: Battle pulls out of Dracula
Posted: 6/16/04 at 11:43amThis show is going through all kinds of problems.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
magruder
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#4re: Battle pulls out of Dracula
Posted: 6/16/04 at 11:50am
How so? Apart from Battle leaving, there haven't been any reported problems.
Incidentally, it can't be true that Hinton Battle was "too short". According to Broadway.com, the new Van Helsing is the wonderful Stephen McKinley Henderson (Jitney, Ma Rainey, King Hedley), who is shorter than Battle.
localonecrew
Broadway Star Joined: 8/31/03
#5re: Battle pulls out of Dracula
Posted: 6/16/04 at 11:51amwhether that was the real reason or not, thats what was told to the cast. too short.
#6re: Battle pulls out of Dracula
Posted: 6/16/04 at 12:19pm
mamamia sammy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/19/03
#7re: Battle pulls out of Dracula
Posted: 6/16/04 at 12:25pm
LocalOneCrew crazy? No! Tell me it's not so!
From the man who told us that "Raisin in the Sun" was going into the Shubert Theater?
localonecrew
Broadway Star Joined: 8/31/03
#8re: Battle pulls out of Dracula
Posted: 6/16/04 at 1:01pm
i love when you pull out that old chestnut. i always illustrates your stalker tendencies and your lack of real ammunition that forces you to continually trot that out. I WIN!!
PB ent-
i know it sounds crazy but that is seriously what they told people at the theater when asked why it happened. i didnt believe it either.
mamamia sammy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/19/03
#9re: Battle pulls out of Dracula
Posted: 6/16/04 at 1:15pm
Ah yes, the old LocalOne "I win". Speaking of no ammunition...
"i have pretty much stopped posting cause it seemed that no one wanted the info i had. now i just lurk.
toodles!"
Empty promises, LocalOne, empty promises.
#10re: Battle pulls out of Dracula
Posted: 6/16/04 at 1:22pm
localonecrew
Broadway Star Joined: 8/31/03
#11re: Battle pulls out of Dracula
Posted: 6/16/04 at 1:25pmyou must be high if you are taking this seriousely.
thebigkrakowski
Leading Actor Joined: 7/24/03
#12re: Battle pulls out of Dracula
Posted: 6/16/04 at 1:31pm
Does Stephen McKinley Henderson sing? I don't remember him in any musicals.
#13re: Battle pulls out of Dracula
Posted: 6/16/04 at 1:34pm
localonecrew
Broadway Star Joined: 8/31/03
#14re: Battle pulls out of Dracula
Posted: 6/16/04 at 1:40pm
i can only assume that they looked at him when they hired him. so all of a sudden they notice he is short?!? c'mon, there is no way you could have believed that!
i almost blew a snot bubble i laughed so hard when i saw you take it seriously.
mamamia sammy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/19/03
#15re: Battle pulls out of Dracula
Posted: 6/16/04 at 2:47pmStrike 3! You're out LocalOne!
localonecrew
Broadway Star Joined: 8/31/03
mamamia sammy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/19/03
#17re: Battle pulls out of Dracula
Posted: 6/16/04 at 3:20pm
i have pretty much stopped posting cause it seemed that no one wanted the info i had. now i just lurk.
toodles!
localonecrew
Broadway Star Joined: 8/31/03
#18re: Battle pulls out of Dracula
Posted: 6/16/04 at 3:22pm
now you are just getting repetitive.
now for other matters, judging by the 2 PM's i got you people think that i am serious about battle getting fired cause he is short. get real. i have no idea why he left. it was a joke. i forgot how seriously you all take things around here. jeez! my bad.
mamamia sammy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/19/03
#19re: Battle pulls out of Dracula
Posted: 6/16/04 at 3:25pm
i have pretty much stopped posting cause it seemed that no one wanted the info i had. now i just lurk.
toodles!
#20re: Battle pulls out of Dracula
Posted: 6/16/04 at 3:27pmGrow up kids. Or at least move this to a different off-topic thread. At the very least keep it in PM's
magruder
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#21re: Battle pulls out of Dracula
Posted: 6/17/04 at 10:53amThe word elsewhere on the internet was that Battle thought the part was larger than it is, and that he seemed somewhat uneasy in rehearsal.
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