Eddie Izzard to Replace Spader in RACE on Broadway
Eddie Izzard to Replace Spader in RACE on Broadway
#2Eddie Izzard to Replace Spader in RACE on Broadway
Posted: 5/13/10 at 4:35pmI just had a stroke. That's incredible casting.
#2Eddie Izzard to Replace Spader in RACE on Broadway
Posted: 5/13/10 at 4:37pmI really hope this stunt casting works cuz now I really want to go.
#3Eddie Izzard to Replace Spader in RACE on Broadway
Posted: 5/13/10 at 4:42pmWhat is this I don't even.
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Pianist3912
Leading Actor Joined: 7/12/07
#4Eddie Izzard to Replace Spader in RACE on Broadway
Posted: 5/13/10 at 4:48pmI heard this last week, and got really excited this was happening. The producers apparently think this will boost the attendance greatly.
#5Eddie Izzard to Replace Spader in RACE on Broadway
Posted: 5/13/10 at 4:55pmThats amazing casting! Stroke of genius, Mamet!
#6Eddie Izzard to Replace Spader in RACE on Broadway
Posted: 5/13/10 at 4:55pmThats amazing casting! Stroke of genius, Mamet!
#7Eddie Izzard to Replace Spader in RACE on Broadway
Posted: 5/13/10 at 5:16pm
"I really hope this stunt casting works cuz now I really want to go."
Casting a respected Tony nominated actor in a replacement role does not stunt casting make
Jeff Foxworthy replacing Spader. That'd be stunt casting.
"Broadway...I'll lick you yet!"
Morgaine885
Featured Actor Joined: 4/4/06
#9Eddie Izzard to Replace Spader in RACE on Broadway
Posted: 5/13/10 at 6:32pmIndeed - definitly not stunt casting. He is an experienced stage actor with many credits. He also happens to be a comedian and a TV actor but stunt implies a lack of credentials.
Vespertine1228
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/30/05
#10Eddie Izzard to Replace Spader in RACE on Broadway
Posted: 5/13/10 at 6:54pmI absolutely hated Race, but I would see it again in a heartbeat to see Eddie Izzard. Awesome.
beautywickedlover
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/07
#11Eddie Izzard to Replace Spader in RACE on Broadway
Posted: 5/13/10 at 7:13pmHim voicing Reepichep in "Prince Caspian" was one of the only reasons I liked that movie.
#12Eddie Izzard to Replace Spader in RACE on Broadway
Posted: 5/13/10 at 7:56pmEddie could be cast as Grizabella in CATS for all I care, I'd still run out and buy tix. Can't wait to finally see RACE now.
#13Eddie Izzard to Replace Spader in RACE on Broadway
Posted: 5/14/10 at 12:24amWhile I love Izzard and am mezzo-mezzo on Haysbert, I'm kind of fascinated to see both/each of them play these roles specifically and deliver that dialogue. Should be interesting...
Morgaine885
Featured Actor Joined: 4/4/06
#14Eddie Izzard to Replace Spader in RACE on Broadway
Posted: 6/23/10 at 2:16pmHas anybody seen them yet?
#15Eddie Izzard to Replace Spader in RACE on Broadway
Posted: 6/23/10 at 2:43pm
I went Monday. They started out a bit roughing, going over eachother's lines. At one point Eddie apologized in character to Hank Brown for talking over him.
They settled in quite nicely by the second act though. Haysbert is a complete 180 from Grier, but I think it works really well. He's a much more composed, believable lawyer and when then everything starts going downhill his reaction to the events is much more powerful.
Eddie is drawing laughs out of lines that Spader didn't. "Well where DID you get the documents" a seemingly innocuous line got a bunch of laughs.
With the first cast I felt that the cast was elevating a so-so play, but once they got going I started to think that the play itself was a lot stronger than I originally thought it was, in that they were drawing out aspects of it that I hadn't thought of.
Morgaine885
Featured Actor Joined: 4/4/06
#16Eddie Izzard to Replace Spader in RACE on Broadway
Posted: 7/28/10 at 11:10am
http://www.wowowow.com/culture/liz-smith-race-david-mamet-eddie-izzard-youll-be-dying-know-487262
Liz Smith LOVED the new cast.
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