Posted: 4/9/15 at 5:07pm
If Edmond reunited with him for this....Perfection.
Posted: 4/9/15 at 6:09pm
"Remind me HOW he lost the Tony for his Buddy in FOLLIES again? To quote Fred Willard in A MIGHTY WIND..."Wha' happened?"
I mean, Mme. Pretentious was doomed...I mean, bound to win for DIANE PAULUS' PORGY AND MESS from the minute she signed the contract, but how did Burstein lose? Really? I guess I'm just stirrin' up an ol' can of worms here, so never mind."
Because Follies had already closed by the time the Tonys came along that year.
Posted: 4/9/15 at 6:15pm
"If Edmond reunited with him for this....Perfection."
Do you mean Linda Emond? That was be spectacular!
Posted: 4/9/15 at 7:18pm
With this announcement I'd now put money that fiddler takes the Broadhurst.
Posted: 4/9/15 at 8:48pm
I just really want Ben Fankhauser to play Motel.
And the Broadhurst now seems like a safe bet.
Posted: 4/9/15 at 8:50pm
If Bartlett Sher wants the scale of this revival to be big, then to the Imperial it goes. If it's smaller, then the Broadhurst is perfect.
Posted: 4/9/15 at 8:57pm
"I just really want Ben Fankhauser to play Motel."
The only problem with that is that Fankhauser is gonna be playing Barry Mann in the national tour of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.
Posted: 4/9/15 at 9:04pm
""I just really want Ben Fankhauser to play Motel."
The only problem with that is that Fankhauser is gonna be playing Barry Mann in the national tour of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical."
Please excuse me while I go freak out and then buy tickets...source???
Posted: 4/9/15 at 9:05pm
I forgot to say this: If FIDDLER does play at the Imperial, then it would be a revival that plays in the very theater the original production premiered in many years ago; the original production in late 1964 opened in the Imperial Theater with Zero Mostel playing Tevye.
Posted: 4/9/15 at 9:15pm
"I just really want Ben Fankhauser to play Motel."
"The only problem with that is that Fankhauser is gonna be playing Barry Mann in the national tour of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical."
"Please excuse me while I go freak out and then buy tickets...source???"
Posted: 4/9/15 at 9:16pm
I can't see Les Mis closing yet
Posted: 4/9/15 at 9:25pm
I know that this could mean nothing, but Les Mis did just (about 4 days ago) release another block of tickets. They are now selling into March 2016.
Posted: 4/10/15 at 8:30am
Burstein spent much of 2013-14 playing Buddy in FOLLIES.
Is Buddy an "Eastern European Jew"? Somebody forgot to tell Gene Nelson.
Posted: 6/30/15 at 2:20pm
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Posted: 6/30/15 at 2:29pm
Interesting, outside-the-box casting in both cases. This revival is shaping up nicely.
Posted: 6/30/15 at 2:32pm
I feel like after playing Jamie in L5Y, it shouldn't be a surprise that they went with Kantor. He will be good I think
Posted: 6/30/15 at 2:57pm
Holy fvck Jessica Hecht!!!! Oh my God, yes! Such inspired casting, genius, genius
Posted: 6/30/15 at 3:12pm
Kantor doesn't really come off as ... young to me.... isn't Motel suppose to be pretty young?
Posted: 6/30/15 at 3:15pm
yeah they are supposed to be the young lovers. He shoulda cast me
Posted: 6/30/15 at 3:17pm
Adam Kantor is...28? 29? He's slightly older than Austin Pendleton was when he originated the role (24) and younger than John Cariani, who received a Tony nomination for the last revival (35).
I don't think it will be an issue.
Posted: 6/30/15 at 3:19pm
Posted: 6/30/15 at 3:26pm
"Adam Kantor is...28? 29? He's slightly older than Austin Pendleton was when he originated the role (24) and younger than John Cariani, who received a Tony nomination for the last revival (35).
I don't think it will be an issue."
Leonard Frey was also only 32 years old when they filmed the movie.
Posted: 6/30/15 at 3:31pm
I love Danny Burstein, and I will see him in just about anything, but I feel like he's been playing some variation of the Eastern European Jewish man for the last couple of years.
Hey, a guy's gotta eat.
Posted: 6/30/15 at 3:40pm
Can the title of the thread be changed to "...Will Open on Broadway this December."?
