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Have Broadway actors ever returned to a role after leaving?
#25Have Broadway actors ever returned to a role after leaving?
Posted: 4/18/16 at 9:10pm
Richard Burton and Robert Goulet in CAMELOT...but Goulet became Burton later on.
Notreallysilent 2
Broadway Star Joined: 12/12/15
#26Have Broadway actors ever returned to a role after leaving?
Posted: 4/18/16 at 9:31pm
steven22 said: "WICKED cast members return all the time after they leave!
"Yeah a ton of them do. Off the top of my head I know Christine Dwyer actually returned 3 times to wicked in a matter of a year. And I guess more if you count going from the tour to Broadway.
#27Have Broadway actors ever returned to a role after leaving?
Posted: 4/18/16 at 9:31pm
Didn't Andrew Rannels replace him early on in the run for a short period of time?
pupscotch
Broadway Star Joined: 1/24/16
#28Have Broadway actors ever returned to a role after leaving?
Posted: 4/18/16 at 9:39pm
Alan Cumming returned to the Emcee in the last revival of the show.
#29Have Broadway actors ever returned to a role after leaving?
Posted: 4/18/16 at 9:42pm
non-stop26 said: "Didn't Andrew Rannels replace him early on in the run for a short period of time? "
If by "Rannels" you mean "Rannells," and by "him" you mean JCM, then yes.
http://www.playbill.com/personlistpage/person-list?production=00000150-aea8-d936-a7fd-eefc73630001&type=op#oc
#30Have Broadway actors ever returned to a role after leaving?
Posted: 4/18/16 at 9:49pm
BroadwayConcierge said: "non-stop26 said: "Jonathan Groff, Hamilton"
Well, this is just patently false (at least at this moment in time).
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Didn't Andrew Rannells replace him for a short period of time early on in the run though?
#31Have Broadway actors ever returned to a role after leaving?
Posted: 4/18/16 at 9:50pm
LizzieCurry said: "non-stop26 said: "Didn't Andrew Rannels replace him early on in the run for a short period of time? "
If by "Rannels" you mean "Rannells," and by "him" you mean JCM, then yes.
http://www.playbill.com/personlistpage/person-list?production=00000150-aea8-d936-a7fd-eefc73630001&type=op#oc
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I think non-stop was referring to the groff convo.
#32Have Broadway actors ever returned to a role after leaving?
Posted: 4/18/16 at 9:52pm
LizzieCurry said: "non-stop26 said: "Didn't Andrew Rannels replace him early on in the run for a short period of time? "
If by "Rannels" you mean "Rannells," and by "him" you mean JCM, then yes.
http://www.playbill.com/personlistpage/person-list?production=00000150-aea8-d936-a7fd-eefc73630001&type=op#oc
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Haha stupid auto correct, but I was trying to quote a different message and it didn't really work
#33Have Broadway actors ever returned to a role after leaving?
Posted: 4/18/16 at 10:10pm
Idina Menzel returned to Wicked for London.
Shoshaba Bean/ Megan stepped in for 3 stops on tour.
Laura Bell Bundy stepped in on tour for legally blonde.
Eden Espinoda / Megan did wicked LA...
#34Have Broadway actors ever returned to a role after leaving?
Posted: 4/18/16 at 10:32pm
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#35Have Broadway actors ever returned to a role after leaving?
Posted: 4/18/16 at 10:36pm
Nic Rouleau has returned to Elder Price in Book of Mormon several times, but he's never really left - just changed companies.
Alex10
Stand-by Joined: 11/18/15
#36Have Broadway actors ever returned to a role after leaving?
Posted: 4/18/16 at 10:37pm
Not quite the same thing, but Laura Michelle Kelly originated Mary Poppins in London and later played the role on Broadway.
#37Have Broadway actors ever returned to a role after leaving?
Posted: 4/18/16 at 10:39pm
My first thought was Carolee Carmello in Mamma Mia. She left to do Lestat and then returned to play the role for 3 more years.
@z5
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/30/15
#38Have Broadway actors ever returned to a role after leaving?
Posted: 4/18/16 at 10:40pm
Nathan Lane in It's Only a Play
Idina for If/Then, she toured on it on off, if that counts.
Michael C. Hall in Hedwig last year for a week after JCM was hurt.
Billy Porter in kinky Boots (I believe)
Queen of the Night
Featured Actor Joined: 6/12/07
#39Have Broadway actors ever returned to a role after leaving?
Posted: 4/18/16 at 11:21pm
Oh, and several of the ladies in Chicago keep coming back....like Amra-Faye Wright as the multi-repeat Velma and Charlotte D'Amboise as the eternal Roxie.
#40Have Broadway actors ever returned to a role after leaving?
Posted: 4/18/16 at 11:30pm
I was once in a midtown restaurant, and Idina Menzel was there with her party before a matinee and she was eating a bagel, but just barely picking on it, while they all talked. The entire party got up to leave, and Idina excused herself, doubled back, put the rest of the bagel in her purse, looked at me, put her finger over her mouth and said "Shhhh!" and then left the building. Does that count?
#41Have Broadway actors ever returned to a role after leaving?
Posted: 4/18/16 at 11:39pm
Jeff McCarthy, the original Officer Lockstock in Broadway’s URINETOWN, returned to the role to close the show in 2004.
How he didn't get a TONY nominations and win is beyond me...
Timmer
Broadway Star Joined: 2/21/06
#43Have Broadway actors ever returned to a role after leaving?
Posted: 4/19/16 at 12:22am
In Kelli O'Hara's case, I think she left South Pacific due to pregnancy. She was replaced by Laura Osnes. Then when her leave was up, she resumed the role. I believe that when she left the show again, they went back to laura Osnes. Replacing teh same actress in the same role in the same production twice is quite a feat!
sorano916
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/6/08
#44Have Broadway actors ever returned to a role after leaving?
Posted: 4/19/16 at 12:48am
Here's one that's a little bit interesting:
Joshua Henry originated the featured ensemble role of "Favorite Son" in American Idiot . He stayed from March 2010 to July 2010 before heading off to The Scottsboro Boys at the Guthrie and then Broadway, where it closed in December 2010. He then return to American Idiot back as "Favorite Son" from March 2011 to its closing about a month later. He received a Tony nomination as Best Actor that season for The Scottsboro Boys.
neonlightsxo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/08
#45Have Broadway actors ever returned to a role after leaving?
Posted: 4/19/16 at 8:02am
Nic Rouleau in Book of Mormon.
Also, Will Swenson came back to play Javert for awhile in the current Les Miz after he left the company. There are hundreds of examples.Updated On: 4/19/16 at 08:02 AM
#46Have Broadway actors ever returned to a role after leaving?
Posted: 4/19/16 at 8:34am
neonlightsxo said: "Also, Will Swenson came back to play Javert for awhile in the current Les Miz after he left the company."
Didn't he just take a 10-week leave of absence to do Bull Durham in Atlanta? Not sure he ever officially left the show and then returned.
neonlightsxo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/08
#47Have Broadway actors ever returned to a role after leaving?
Posted: 4/19/16 at 8:39am
This is a separate incident. He came back after officially leaving the show when Earl Carpenter was injured. But please, argue with me some more.
#48Have Broadway actors ever returned to a role after leaving?
Posted: 4/19/16 at 8:39am
^he actually returned, because the person who replaced him(earl carpenter?) received an injury.
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