Jeffrey Tambor Withdraws from LA CAGE AUX FOLLES- Page 5

[jonartdesigns]

Jeffrey Tambor Withdraws from LA CAGE AUX FOLLES#100

Posted: 2/28/11 at 4:49pm

i'm laying odds that it's Dick Latessa.

"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel

[Dollypop]

Jeffrey Tambor Withdraws from LA CAGE AUX FOLLES#101

Posted: 2/28/11 at 4:50pm

Loretta Swit

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[givesmevoice]

Jeffrey Tambor Withdraws from LA CAGE AUX FOLLES#102

Posted: 2/28/11 at 4:56pm

I thought Dick Latessa, too, but wouldn't they want to bring in the replacement sooner than he'd be available?

When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain. -Kad

[TheatreFan4]

Jeffrey Tambor Withdraws from LA CAGE AUX FOLLES#103

Posted: 2/28/11 at 4:56pm

Dick Latessa is doing Little Miss Sunshine at La Jolla right now.

[Annas_Priest]

Jeffrey Tambor Withdraws from LA CAGE AUX FOLLES#104

Posted: 2/28/11 at 5:10pm

Mandy Patinkin.

[bwayfan7000]

Jeffrey Tambor Withdraws from LA CAGE AUX FOLLES#105

Posted: 2/28/11 at 5:13pm

After the tweet, my first thought was Latessa, too. I wonder who else could be considered one of his "favorite people"?

"Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos."-Stephen Sondheim

[ljay889]

Jeffrey Tambor Withdraws from LA CAGE AUX FOLLES#106

Posted: 2/28/11 at 5:14pm

Even if it were Latessa, isn't he a bit old? He's 80.
Grammer was 56. and Harvey is 58.
Updated On: 2/28/11 at 05:14 PM

[bwayfan7000]

Jeffrey Tambor Withdraws from LA CAGE AUX FOLLES#107

Posted: 2/28/11 at 5:23pm

Yeah, I was gonna say...Latessa would be wrong for the role at this point.

I really hope it's not someone that will lure me back for a third time. Loved this revival, but I think twice was enough.

"Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos."-Stephen Sondheim

[JOak]

Jeffrey Tambor Withdraws from LA CAGE AUX FOLLES#108

Posted: 2/28/11 at 5:24pm

Georges should be around 40 years old .

[perfectlymarvelous]

Jeffrey Tambor Withdraws from LA CAGE AUX FOLLES#109

Posted: 2/28/11 at 5:30pm

But isn't Jean-Michel 24? Not that it isn't possible for him to have gotten Sybill pregnant when he was 16 but I think it's more likely that he was in his early 20s, in which case Georges should be about 50.

[JOak]

Jeffrey Tambor Withdraws from LA CAGE AUX FOLLES#110

Posted: 2/28/11 at 5:37pm

Yes, you're right. Georges says he's 20 but he corrects him. My bad.

[AC126748]

Jeffrey Tambor Withdraws from LA CAGE AUX FOLLES#111

Posted: 2/28/11 at 5:37pm

I haven't read the libretto recently, but I always thought that Jean-Michel had just turned 21. I think a 45-50 year old Georges sounds the most appropriate, although I had no problem with Grammer, and I wouldn't have any with Patinkin.

I'm leaning towards Mandy. He finishes up COMPULSION next week, and Harvey has said in the past how much he loves the idea of Mandy playing Georges. It would be a coup.

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

[JOak]

Jeffrey Tambor Withdraws from LA CAGE AUX FOLLES#112

Posted: 2/28/11 at 5:43pm

To clarify:

Georges: ...You're twenty years old, Jean-Michel, there's plenty of time for other women besides Annisette.
Jean-Michel: Her name is Anne. And I'm twenty-four.

[The Josh]

Jeffrey Tambor Withdraws from LA CAGE AUX FOLLES#113

Posted: 2/28/11 at 5:53pm

It could be Matthew Broderick.

Still hoping it's Victor Garber, though.

[Unknown User]

Jeffrey Tambor Withdraws from LA CAGE AUX FOLLES#114

Posted: 2/28/11 at 6:38pm

Matthew Brodrick is certainly one of Harvey's favorite people, having made their Broadway debut together and co-starred in the film. He's 49 this month and a box office name.

[Jordan Catalano]

Jeffrey Tambor Withdraws from LA CAGE AUX FOLLES#115

Posted: 2/28/11 at 6:49pm

Twenty bucks says it'll be Tom Wopat.

[alliez92092]

Jeffrey Tambor Withdraws from LA CAGE AUX FOLLES#116

Posted: 2/28/11 at 6:51pm

Tom Wopat seems to be the most likely. He's not necessarily a draw for tickets but let's be honest, Jeffrey Tambor wasn't much of a draw either.

[CockeyedOptimist2]

Jeffrey Tambor Withdraws from LA CAGE AUX FOLLES#117

Posted: 2/28/11 at 6:52pm

Are you guys kidding? Isn't Tom Wopat in rehearsals for Catch Me If You Can?

[Jordan Catalano]

Jeffrey Tambor Withdraws from LA CAGE AUX FOLLES#118

Posted: 2/28/11 at 6:53pm

Oh good point. I forgot he was doing that. Maybe it's Orfeh.

[bwayfan7000]

Jeffrey Tambor Withdraws from LA CAGE AUX FOLLES#119

Posted: 2/28/11 at 6:54pm

Broderick would be pretty exciting...

"Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos."-Stephen Sondheim

[TheatreDiva90016]

Jeffrey Tambor Withdraws from LA CAGE AUX FOLLES#120

Posted: 2/28/11 at 6:55pm

Charlie Sheen

"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>> “I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>> -whatever2

[Jordan Catalano]

Jeffrey Tambor Withdraws from LA CAGE AUX FOLLES#121

Posted: 2/28/11 at 6:55pm

Who needs Ambien when we've got Broderick.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Jeffrey Tambor Withdraws from LA CAGE AUX FOLLES#122

Posted: 2/28/11 at 7:48pm

Charlie Sheen.


Because no one seems to be talking about him enough, these days.

"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>> “I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>> -whatever2

[shrekster224]

Jeffrey Tambor Withdraws from LA CAGE AUX FOLLES#123

Posted: 2/28/11 at 9:08pm

Harvey fb-ed that he has to wait until tomorrow to announce it, but it was none of the commenters guesses. Victor Garbor was one of them, so he's out. Someone said they were very surprised about it. Hmmmm

[broadwayguy2]

Jeffrey Tambor Withdraws from LA CAGE AUX FOLLES#124

Posted: 3/1/11 at 1:44am

I'd like to see Lee Roy Reams take a crack at it.