Ken Howard question

[WhizzerMarvin]

Posted: 9/22/08 at 11:13am

I was talking with some friends yesterday commenting on how Ken Howard played Thomas Jefferson in both 1776 and 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

We were trying to figure out if anyone else played the same character in two seperate musicals, especially Broadway musicals. Does anyone know of another instance, or does Ken Howard alone hold this distinction?

[WestVillage]

Posted: 9/22/08 at 12:10pm

Chita Rivera played Rose in Bye Bye Birdie, and its sequel Bring Back Birdie.

[Eris0303]

Posted: 9/22/08 at 12:15pm

Oh you beat me to it!

[Ed_Mottershead]

Posted: 9/22/08 at 12:23pm

This may be irrelevant, but didn't Dorothy Loudon play Miss Hannigan in Annie and the same role in Annie Two (or whatever it was called) when it was in Washington or some tryout city? I'm pretty sure she never played it in NYC.

[Hanna from Hamburg]

Posted: 9/22/08 at 12:54pm

Carol Channing also played Lorelei in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Lorelei (the sequel).

[Neverandy]

Posted: 9/22/08 at 12:56pm

I don't know any specifics, but I am sure that someone must've played the the phantom in both the ALW and the Kopit/Yeston versions.

[Jon]

Posted: 9/22/08 at 1:03pm

Re Phantom:

Not on broadway, since Yeston's never played there.

If we are gonna cross mediums, Ed Herrmann played FDR in a TV miniseries, and in the movie of Annie.

Linda Emond played Abagail Adams in the 1776 revival and in a PBS special about the Declaration of Independence (Simon Russell Beale as John Adams, James "the beast" Barbour as Jefferson).

Updated On: 9/22/08 at 01:03 PM

[Sandy in Sable]

Posted: 9/23/08 at 11:26pm

Ken Howard also played Garrett Boydston in Dynasty AND The Colbys.

[BigFatBlonde]

Posted: 9/24/08 at 12:06am

Was LORELEI a sequel or just a revamped version of BLONDES?

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 9/24/08 at 12:11am

Lorelei was a re-vamp to expand Carol's part.

[HITcards]

Posted: 9/24/08 at 1:01am

Interesting though that it seems that Ken Howard is the only person to play the same role in 2 unrelated musicals. Pretty cool trivia. Thanks Whizzer.

[misto625]

Posted: 9/24/08 at 1:04am

Anne Nathan was an u/s for Emma Goldman in Ragtime, and played Emma Goldman in Assassins.

Ken Page has played the Lion in The Wiz on Broadway and Wizard of Oz at Madison Square Garden and national tour.

I'm sure there are other examples which I can't think of right now.

[Paul W. Thompson]

Posted: 9/24/08 at 10:31am

Wait until Phantom II. Maybe all the characters will be played by people from Phantom I, and that will blow this thread wide open!!

I am reminded of that guy who played Mr. Drucker on both "Petticoat Junction" and "Green Acres," simultaneously.

That's television, for all you young whippersnappers.

And yes, I know the difference between TV and Broadway, I'm just sayin' I am reminded!..........

[best12bars]

Posted: 9/24/08 at 10:57am

Stephen Spinella won two Tony Awards for the "Angels In America" plays. He played the same character in both shows.

Updated On: 9/24/08 at 10:57 AM

[Jon]

Posted: 9/24/08 at 11:16am

Hell - on TV, Richard Belzer has played Detective Muntz on:

HOMICIDE
LAW AND ORDER
L&O: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT
L&O: CRIMINAL INTENT
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
and
THE SIMPSONS

[Paul W. Thompson]

Posted: 9/24/08 at 2:20pm

But can he sing? lol