I Finally Get It!! — Page 2

I refuse to see any musical until Idina comes back.

"I think one of the best examples is the OLB of Into The Woods. There just can be no other Red Riding Hood than Danielle Ferland, no other Jack than Ben Wright, and no one but Bernadette will do as the witch. Joanna Gleason and Chip Zien cannot be replaced as the Baker and his Wife. Right down the line. I am so glad I saw this cast with all present and accounted for. Perhaps they even made the show a little better than it is. Well, no, that's impossible, isn't it?"

I agree about RRH, Baker's Wife and Baker, but I think Bernadette can be replaced. At least, she was the person I missed least in the revival.

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I feel the same way about Bernadette in Into the Woods as I do about her in Sunday in the Park with George... While the revival was an amazing production, Dot just really wasn't Dot without Bernadette. Not to say that Jenna Russell isn't great in her own right, of course, but her almost cockney accent really didn't do it for me. I kinda felt the same way about Daniel Evans (not Mandy Patinkin) as George, as well.