Broadway Puzzler #69

Posted: 4/3/04 at 11:12pm

This musical performer has 3 Broadway credits to his name. One flop sandwiched between two hits. In the hits he was a replacement and was replaced.

Who is he?
Can you name all three shows?

Posted: 4/4/04 at 10:54am

HINT:

This actor also has 2 off-Broadway credits: one intimate musical and one classic dramatic piece. Updated On: 4/4/04 at 10:54 AM

[magruder]

Posted: 4/4/04 at 3:18pm

At long last, I figured this out.

Norbert Leo Butz.

Rent
Thou Shalt Not
Wicked

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 4/4/04 at 3:41pm

Well, given that Jose originally said three off-Broadway credits (since edited down to two) even somebody who actually knows what he's talking about, like Magruder, would be thrown off.

[Roddick19]

Posted: 4/4/04 at 4:09pm

Norbert isn't a Wicked replacement...he's been in the show since San Francisco. And he was a swing in the original company of Rent...but that's who I thought of first too!

Good question, Jose. I dunno!

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 4/4/04 at 4:17pm

No, see, Jose's slippery wording says, "In the hits he was a replacement and was replaced."

He meant Taye replaced Norbert for a while. Imagine if teachers gave quizzes that they edited after they handed em out! Why bother?

[magruder]

Posted: 4/4/04 at 4:34pm

What I believe Jose means is that Norbert (despite being a swing or understudy in Rent) was an eventual Roger replacement, and in Wicked was temporarily replaced by Taye Diggs. Norbert's two Off-Broadway credits are The Last Five Years (intimate musical) and Juno and the Paycock (classic drama), so I believe it all matches up.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 4/4/04 at 4:37pm

Yes, but should it be the responsibility of those playing the game to have to interpret the intentions of the "quizmaster?" I think not, but then again standards have slipped so badly in the modern era.

Posted: 4/4/04 at 5:26pm

You're on the nose Magruder. Why am I not surprised?

When I added the hint I orignally added his touring role of the Emcee in CABARET but decided that might make it too easy. So I deleted that part of the hint but didn't change the 3 to 2, until I caught that later. 3 is correct however as touring is off Broadway.

J. Updated On: 4/4/04 at 05:26 PM

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 4/4/04 at 5:30pm

Touring is SO not off Broadway. Could the original Bulldog please come back just for the responses to the quizzes?