Biggest Cast
Biggest Cast
broadwayfan24
Leading Actor Joined: 7/7/04
#0Biggest Cast
Posted: 3/24/05 at 5:10pmWhat shows have big casts? Past and present.I think 42nd St is the biggest of all time but I'm not sure.
bjivie2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/04
#1re: Biggest Cast
Posted: 3/24/05 at 5:11pm
The Lord of the Rings will have something like 62 cast members.
Beauty and the Beast is pretty gigantic.
#2re: Biggest Cast
Posted: 3/24/05 at 5:14pmRagtime was something like 40+
FosseBoi
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/30/04
#3re: Biggest Cast
Posted: 3/24/05 at 5:15pm
hOw meny were in 42nd street? what about B&B?
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#4re: Biggest Cast
Posted: 3/24/05 at 5:15pm
B&B WAS pretty huge...
I could be wrong, but weren't the casts of MISS SAIGON and LES MIS pretty big, too?
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#5re: Biggest Cast
Posted: 3/24/05 at 5:28pm
take me out had the biggest cast...
oh wait- you're talking about the number of people in the cast.
apdarcey
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/10/04
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#7re: Biggest Cast
Posted: 3/24/05 at 5:36pm
The Zeigfeld Follies 1931
Opened July 1, 1931. Cast: 98 people, but I think that includes 1 dog!!
theatreguy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/31/03
#8re: Biggest Cast
Posted: 3/24/05 at 5:37pmThe recent Show Boat revival had about 60-70 in the cast.
jim coleman
Stand-by Joined: 1/10/05
#9re: Biggest Cast
Posted: 3/24/05 at 5:42pmThe original cast of 42ND STREET had 55 people. Paper Mill's FOLLIES had over 40.
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