Danny Burstein to Join MY FAIR LADY as Alfred Doolittle

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 10/16/18 at 6:19pm

GOD, YES.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Get-Him-To-The-Church-On-Time-Danny-Burstein-to-Join-the-Cast-of-MY-FAIR-LADY-20181016

[carnzee]

Posted: 10/16/18 at 6:22pm

I always confuse Burstein and Butz anyway, so this makes perfect sense!

[Catsbroadwayfan]

Posted: 10/16/18 at 6:22pm

we love a recasted moulin rouge!


Anyway this sucks. Now I have to go AGAIN, to see him!

[BroadwayBeebe]

Posted: 10/16/18 at 6:23pm

Well played Lincoln Center..... Make Sure everyone has their tickets to see Laura and then make us open our wallets again to see Danny!

[NYadgal]

Posted: 10/16/18 at 6:24pm

He’ll be fantastic!   

I didn’t have a desire to see it again without Lauren Ambrose, but, this may change my mind...

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 10/16/18 at 6:45pm

Catsbroadwayfan said: "we love a recasted moulin rouge!


Anyway this sucks. Now I have to go AGAIN, to see him! "

I don’t think Bernstein taking this on necessarily means he’s not doing Moulin Rouge.... who’s to say this will still be running when moulin Rouge gets to broadway.

[SomethingPeculiar]

Posted: 10/16/18 at 6:58pm

The article says "16-week limited engagement beginning Tuesday, January 8 through Sunday, April 28" so if MOULIN is still planning on a summer opening, he'll be just fine.

[Emmaloucbway]

Posted: 10/16/18 at 7:00pm

I can’t wait to see him in this role!!!
But yes I assume that his run in MFL is a limited engagement BECAUSE of Moulin Rouge. His last performance is 4/28 which would make sense if MR plans to open in the summer.

[Sauja]

Posted: 10/16/18 at 7:05pm

I didn’t like this production much when I saw it (no judgment on the people who loved it—different strokes), but I’ll be damned if I miss the chance to see Burstein and Benanti in it together in January. This is top notch recasting.

[oncemorewithfeeling2]

Posted: 10/16/18 at 7:07pm

This is basically casting perfection. 

Posted: 10/16/18 at 7:13pm

Brilliant! Can’t wait to see him and Laura! So curious to see who will play Eliza starting in February...

[EJ24642]

Posted: 10/16/18 at 8:23pm

Emmaloucbway said: "I can’t wait to see him in this role!!!
But yes I assume that his run in MFL is a limited engagement BECAUSE of Moulin Rouge. His last performance is 4/28 which would make sense if MR plans to open in the summer."

I agree, especially since they were in Boston the rumor was they were opening in the summer. I'm guessing he'll do this and Moulin Rouge will start late May/June

[laurensambrose]

Posted: 10/16/18 at 8:30pm

The fact that I'm not going to be in New York until May after he's left is breaking my heart because this casting is PERFECT. 

[quizking101]

Posted: 10/17/18 at 12:50am

Bart Sher is really playing his hand right getting his past collaborators to come back to play.

I don’t think I’ve seen a show with such stellar recasting choices in a very long time

[BwayLB]

Posted: 10/17/18 at 1:55am

I thought he was hilarious in South Pacific

[natashalost]

Posted: 10/17/18 at 7:46am

Some of the best casting I’ve seen in awhile! Might just have to make a second trip!

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 10/17/18 at 10:11am

Thank God this will be his return to Broadway and not Moulin Rouge!.

Updated On: 10/17/18 at 10:11 AM

[JSquared2]

Posted: 10/17/18 at 10:36am

Jeffrey Karasarides said: "Thank God this will be his return to Broadway and not Moulin Rouge!."

 

He's doing both.  He's only in MFL until April 28th and Moulin Rouge doesn't pick up until the summer.

 

[WayTooBroadway]

Posted: 10/17/18 at 10:49am

And last time I check, he's never left Broadway (or theatre in general).

[ChildofEarth]

Posted: 10/17/18 at 11:12am

I saw this yesterday and may have gotten a tear in my eye. What I would do for a Laura/Danny recording, though I know that's never gonna happen.

From what I've heard, Danny will be with Moulin Rouge, albeit in a beefed up role from what we saw in Boston (he's getting at least one more solo-ish number).

[thommg]

Posted: 10/17/18 at 2:22pm

I was very so-so about this production when I saw it right before it opened. But the thrill of seeing Benanti & Burstein in those roles means I'll be buying another ticket. Well played, Lincoln Center. Well played.

[MBFan]

Posted: 10/17/18 at 3:44pm

I'm just hoping and praying that Laura extends a few weeks to the end of Feb. Please!

[wonkit]

Posted: 10/17/18 at 4:53pm

OK - now I'm ready to see this production.

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 10/17/18 at 5:21pm

JSquared2 said: "Jeffrey Karasarides said: "Thank God this will be his return to Broadway and not Moulin Rouge!."

He's doing both. He's only in MFL until April 28th and Moulin Rouge doesn't pick up until the summer."

Sorry, what I meant was that I'm glad Moulin Rouge! won't be his first time back on Broadway since Fiddler on the Roof, and something a billion times more exciting like My Fair Lady will be instead.

[JVJ93]

Posted: 1/9/19 at 7:46am

Did anyone see him last night? Surprised there were no reports