Beth Leavel to Join YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN? — Page 2

#26

re: Beth Leavel to Join YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN?

Posted: 6/23/08 at 12:05pm

I wonder if Leavel agreed to work for cheap?

According to the Reidel article, they told the leads to either take a 50% paycut, or leave the cast. I can't imagine Bart, Hensley, or Fitzgerald would accept such a drastic paycut, considering two of them are Tony winners.

#27

re: Beth Leavel to Join YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN?

Posted: 6/23/08 at 12:06pm

All three of them have kids to support, so I'm sure they'll stick around even with the pay cut.

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#28

re: Beth Leavel to Join YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN?

Posted: 6/23/08 at 12:13pm

Now, if they could only get Douglas Sills to take over for Bart, it MIGHT be worth seeing again.

#29

re: Beth Leavel to Join YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN?

Posted: 6/23/08 at 12:15pm

Why, Beth, WHY?

#30

Beth Leavel to Join a lousy show

Posted: 6/23/08 at 12:32pm

I love Beth Leavel - but I can't think of a single reason to see that mess of a show again.

#31

re: Beth Leavel to Join YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN?

Posted: 6/23/08 at 12:40pm

I think Beth Leavel is a wonderful performer. I haven't seen YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN - it just doesn't look like something I'd really enjoy. But it saddens me to see some of these comments - as if replacing someone on Broadway is the death knell for a person's career. Once upon a time there were lots of new shows going up on Broadway. That number is not so big anymore. If Beth Leavel has a chance to be in a Broadway show and wants to take it then I say more power to her! I don't doubt there are Beth Leavel fans out there that will go to the show just to see her in it.

#32

Beth Leavel to Join a lousy show

Posted: 6/23/08 at 12:40pm

I'll definitely go back to see the show with Leavel...very odd casting but I'm sure she'll pull it off.

I have faith in her.

#33

Beth Leavel to Join YF

Posted: 6/23/08 at 12:41pm

I bet she'll be absolutely fantastic! I think Beth is the perfect choice.

Albeit, it is odd that she'd do a replacement role... but as someone said: "Girl's gotta eat!"

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#34

Beth Leavel to Join YF

Posted: 6/23/08 at 1:14pm

I'm excited, I think she'll be fantastic!

#35

Beth Leavel to Join YF

Posted: 6/23/08 at 1:28pm

It is one of the best roles in the show. Iconic. And Leavel with surely score with "He Was My Boyfriend". Perhaps, she could care less about career moves and just wants to play a great role where the show isn't on her shoulders.

#36

Beth Leavel to Join YF

Posted: 6/23/08 at 1:36pm

I'll probably see the show a second time for Beth Leavel, but I wish she was taking over the Megan Mullally role. That would get me back to see the show a lot faster.

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#37

Beth Leavel to Join YF

Posted: 6/23/08 at 5:16pm

Or maybe she is just killin' time till "Dancing in the Dark" finds its theatre?

I agree that i would love to see Leavel as Elizabeth.

#38

Beth Leavel to Join YF

Posted: 6/23/08 at 5:52pm

no she's too perfect for Frau

#39

Beth Leavel to Join YF

Posted: 6/23/08 at 5:52pm

no she's too perfect for Frau

#40

Beth Leavel to Join YF

Posted: 6/23/08 at 6:30pm

Damn, that means she probably won't be doing Billy Elliot

#41

Beth Leavel to Join YF

Posted: 6/23/08 at 6:39pm

But it saddens me to see some of these comments - as if replacing someone on Broadway is the death knell for a person's career.

I think people mean that Young Frank. is a career killer...

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#42

Beth Leavel to Join YF

Posted: 6/23/08 at 6:43pm

Young Frankenstein isn't the best show but it's not as bad as everyone is making it out to be, and i definatly don't think it's a career killer, for an example Sutton Foster already has another leading role in Shrek

#43

Beth Leavel to Join YF

Posted: 6/23/08 at 7:53pm

Beth Leavel will be AMAZING in anything that she will ever do. I think its good how she did the opposite of what everybody else thought and did somthing different. She is going to be FANTASTIC and I cant imagine how it would do anything bad to her career.

#44

Beth Leavel to Join YF

Posted: 6/23/08 at 9:17pm

I feel so sorry for Beth. She's too amazing a performer to be stuck in this truly bad show. She deserves better.

#45

Beth Leavel to Join YF

Posted: 6/23/08 at 9:18pm

I really like this show---and I just ordered tix to see (hopefully), both Beth and Megan (before she's scheduled to leave). I think Beth will make a great Frau B. (maybe they'll put a drink in her hand---she plays a great drunk!)

#46

Beth Leavel to Join YF

Posted: 6/24/08 at 12:29am

I'm sure she wouldn't have done it if she didn't want to. You guys are acting like she's been forced to do this show. It's her career. I'm sure she could do something else, but the fact is, it's a leading role in a well-known stage musical on Broadway.

#47

Beth Leavel to Join YF

Posted: 6/24/08 at 12:31am

hey andrea martin is doing the part she's a Broadway legend, well at least I think so

#48

Beth Leavel to Join YF

Posted: 6/24/08 at 12:51am

I'm sure she'll be great in it and it's possible that she won't be there for long before either Dancing In the Dark comes to Broadway or another show comes along that she'll be in.

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#49

Beth Leavel to Join YF

Posted: 6/24/08 at 3:38am

This is not a "career killer." It certainly makes ME want to see the show again.

I'm sure it's temporary. Beth is much "in-demand" these days.

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#50

Beth Leavel to Join YF

Posted: 6/24/08 at 4:15am

Well, this most certainly means that Leavel is not going to be in BILLY ELLIOT as everybody else has stated. I do wonder how long she is contracted with the show though.
Although I prefer Andrea Martin, I do think that she will be a hoot in the show. Now if only the rest of the replacement cast were in the same caliber as Leavel...that would have been fantastic.

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