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Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15
#25Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15
Posted: 11/9/10 at 6:32pmNobody thought he was going to be good in Fiddler and he was better than Alfred Molina, and he will be better than Hodge actingwise and vocally. A true legend will be back on B'way reprising a role he wrote! Fabulous, I might have to go see this again. He is 1st class.
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#26Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15
Posted: 11/9/10 at 6:42pmYou think they'll bring I Am What I Am back to its original key? hrm...
#27Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15
Posted: 11/9/10 at 6:43pmI admit it is a wonderful opportunity for the writer to star in his own show. I just have reservations about the state of Harvey's voice...
#28Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15
Posted: 11/9/10 at 7:04pm
Good: He probably knows the role best of anyone who has ever played it.
Bad: Good God, that voice!
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#29Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15
Posted: 11/9/10 at 7:14pmCan't wait this will bring me back to see the show.
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#30Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15
Posted: 11/9/10 at 7:18pmI really hope he has heaps of line flubs at his first performance (I mean, is that irony?)
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#31Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15
Posted: 11/9/10 at 7:24pmIs he really That Big a name to keep ticket sales going? It seems like he is only well known in the theatre community, and a large portion of those people know enough to stay the heck away. Was absolutely no one else available? ICK. Will not be revisiting. Much respect for the man and what he's done to the Bway community, but I do NOT enjoy his performances.
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#32Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15
Posted: 11/9/10 at 7:27pm
Nobody thought he was going to be good in Fiddler
Actually, quite the contrary. Most people (including this board) thought he was going to be excellent in that production.
That being said, this just sounds awful. It was bad enough hearing Hodge croak his way through the songs.
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#33Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15
Posted: 11/9/10 at 7:33pmSad that just about my favorite current production on Broadway is having this happen to it. Yeah, Harvey wrote a terrific book. But as a musical theatre performer, he is horrendous. His voice... ugh.
#34Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15
Posted: 11/9/10 at 7:56pmI wouldn't go so far as to call him "horrendous"...I saw him in Fiddler a few years back and he was lightyears better than Alfred Molina in the part, and he had some really great tender moments, particularly with the actresses playing his daughters. He's an excellent actor and I think that if nothing else this will be interesting, even though he's not everyone's cup of tea.
#35Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15
Posted: 11/9/10 at 8:35pmI get it that he's a Broadway legend. I get it that he's one of the creators of the "La Cage" musical. He was fantastic in "Torch Song Trilogy"..and loved him in "Sissy Duck". But none of that can obscure the fact that he doesn't really sing. They're just noises that come out of his mouth. I'm sure that there was someone out there with an exceptionally talented voice who could've done justice to the role. I'm not about to pay good money to hear audio torture. I didn't have the heart to comment what I really thought of him on the La Cage Facebook page. The mental image of Harvey "singing" "I Am What I Am" gives me a fright. from RC in Austin, texas
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#36Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15
Posted: 11/9/10 at 8:39pmHe is one of the only working major musical theatre actors with any distinguishable personality.
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#37Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15
Posted: 11/9/10 at 8:54pmWith Priscilla running at the same time, there'll be dueling Drag Queens on Broadway. If The Scottsboro Boys is still running, there'll be three musicals featuring drag.
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#38Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15
Posted: 11/9/10 at 9:04pmFor those complaining about his voice... is someone holding a gun to your head to go see him? Don't like him? Don't go.
#39Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15
Posted: 11/9/10 at 9:45pmDarn, even though it would have never happened I wanted Nathan Lane to come do the role. Well, we just have to wait for who is taking over for Georges.
#40Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15
Posted: 11/9/10 at 9:55pmNo disrespect to Harvey, but his voice is just terrible. I couldn't understand a word he said in HAIRSPRAY or A CATERED AFFAIR. He is a brilliant actor, but he needs vocal coaching or something.
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#41Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15
Posted: 11/9/10 at 10:14pmAmy, the rule is every show must appeal to everybody and if a casting decision is made that does not please every single audience member, then it is a grave error that deserves public scorn. It's informally known as The Roxy Rule.
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#42Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15
Posted: 11/9/10 at 10:34pm
I can't wait. I loved him in Hairspray. I loved him in Torch Song (the movie--I was too young to see it on stage). I love him as a writer, as a persona, and as a performer. Will the songs be pretty when he sings them? No. Will he extract every ounce of humor and pathos out of them? Likely.
I adore Douglas Hodge in the role, but he's also not delivering a performance that's terribly dependent on fabulous singing. I think and hope that he'll bring something extraordinary to the show. So excited!
#43Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15
Posted: 11/9/10 at 10:36pmI'd much rather see him as Georges.
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#44Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15
Posted: 11/9/10 at 10:37pmAmy....it's my party/opinion....and I'll cry/express myself if I want to. from RC in Austin, Texas... P.S. I listen to Sirius XM on Broadway whenever I drive. Whenever I hear that Harvey "voice" is approaching... I immediately turn it off or go to the Escape channel.
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#45Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15
Posted: 11/9/10 at 10:48pmI thought Amy Archer was dead!
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#46Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15
Posted: 11/9/10 at 10:52pmNo Phyllis. Just my career.
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#47Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15
Posted: 11/9/10 at 10:55pm
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#48Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15
Posted: 11/9/10 at 11:03pmThis will be theater history.
#49Harvey Fierstein to Join LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Albin February 15
Posted: 11/9/10 at 11:05pm
I think this is inspired casting. As has been mentioned, Harvey literally wrote the book. He's a Broadway star, terrific in musical comedy. I saw him in the Fiddler tour and on Broadway in Hairspray. He's a good actor with great comic timing, who's able to use is, uh, unusual voice to his advantage.
Further, consider the songs he will be singing as Albin, such as (A Little More) Mascara, With You on My Arm (somewhat similar to You're Timeless to Me from Hairspray), The Best of Times, I Am What I Am. While a big soaring voice would be nice, who says that the character of Albin is necessarily a great singer with a heavenly voice? The same might be said of Tevye or Edna Turnblad. It's not like he's playing Emile de Becque.
I trust Harvey's acting ability to give powerful meaning to I Am What I Am, great comedy to Masculinity (as he did with Do You Love Me? in Fiddler) and joy to The Best of Times (as he did with You Can't Stop the Beat in Hairspray). Go Harvey!
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