Hank Azaria Departure Dates????

[SFFrontRow]

Posted: 4/19/05 at 2:52pm

Decided to start a new thread - I have been trying to get information on the dates that Hank Azaria will be out of Spamalot to film his Showtime series "Huff".

Anyone have any info on the dates? I am seeing the show June 18th regardless, but would like to know.

[EponineThenardier]

Posted: 4/19/05 at 4:07pm

I'd really like to know too. No one knows at all??

[bwaylvr]

Posted: 4/19/05 at 4:49pm

wow eponine ur icon brings back memories!!!

[SFFrontRow]

Posted: 4/27/05 at 2:43pm

OK - someone had to have seen Letterman on 4/26. I fell asleep just before Hank Azaria came on as a guest. Did he say when he was leaving the show to film Huff?

ANY HELP????

[wendy72]

Posted: 4/27/05 at 2:50pm

He was very funny, charming..and said, he'd be leaving in June (assume after the Tonys) and returning around Thanksgiving. Nothing more specific than that.

[Gpvegas]

Posted: 4/27/05 at 3:55pm

Wow until Thanksgiving. Are you sure that is correct, seems like a very long time. I thought I had read a month or 2. I have tickets tony day, so hopefully the entire cast will be intact.

[wendy72]

Posted: 4/27/05 at 4:10pm

I am sure...he said it directly "Thanksgiving".

[EponineThenardier]

Posted: 4/27/05 at 4:44pm

bwaylvr, Me looooooooove unicorns! Especially the last one!

I just hope he's there when I have tickets.

[Feathah]

Posted: 4/27/05 at 7:53pm

I wonder who will be replacing him. That's rough - gone all summer!

[DreamFlyer22]

Posted: 4/27/05 at 10:10pm

The bad thing of this... I KNOW I won't get to see him (tickets for June 28th... *sigh*). The good thing however is that he's given the creative team PLENTY of advance warning to find a replacement. I'd be surprised if they're not persuing a "big name" to fill the gap. Especially since he's going to be gone for 4-5 months!

[wendy72]

Posted: 4/27/05 at 11:34pm

Actually, I would be surprised if the got a "name". A "name" would want to originate a part, not take over. Aren't the characters Hank plays somewhat obscured by the costumes? So it wouldn;t matter..

[wendy72]

Posted: 4/27/05 at 11:34pm

Updated On: 4/27/05 at 11:34 PM

[Ladyofthe Lake]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 12:20am

I just hope that whoever they get to replace Hank, whether a "name" or not, realizes it's very much an ensemble show. I cringed when I read the rumors about Robin Williams...not because I don't think Robin Williams could do a good job, but more because I can't see him melting into the ensemble. It would become "Robin Williams' Spamalot", which would throw the show out of balance and be a gross disservice to the other talented people on that stage. It's one thing if a show is designed as a vehicle for a particular actor; "Spamalot" very much is not.

[DreamFlyer22]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 12:27am

Well, it IS a unique situation... regardless of the love/hate relationship audiences (and people on this board, I see) have with this show, there are lots of actors who would jump at the chance to star in a Monty Python musical. And I'm willing to bet several of those are "names." Whether the producers go that route or not, I really don't know. And wouldn't much care either way. I'll still enjoy myself.

And as far as concealed behind costumes goes... I thought that was more the comment about Christopher Sieber's myriad of roles? Certainly Azaria is prominant enough as Lancelot. *scratches head*

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 4/28/05 at 12:29am

"big names" take over roles all the time. Just look at Brooke Shields...