Kevin Spirtas in Boy from Oz
Kevin Spirtas in Boy from Oz
MrMidwest
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/8/05
#0Kevin Spirtas in Boy from Oz
Posted: 10/16/05 at 11:53pm
Did he ever go in for Hugh Jackman? Anyone see him?
#1re: Kevin Spirtas in Boy from Oz
Posted: 10/17/05 at 12:01am
No he never went on. And when Hugh took vacation, the show shut down for that period.
Wasn't he on Days of Our Lives?
MrMidwest
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/8/05
#2re: Kevin Spirtas in Boy from Oz
Posted: 10/17/05 at 12:04amYup.
#3re: Kevin Spirtas in Boy from Oz
Posted: 10/17/05 at 1:32amthat is kinda sad that they shut down when jackman wasnt there.
#4re: Kevin Spirtas in Boy from Oz
Posted: 10/17/05 at 2:14amfun fact I suppose... Kevin canceled an extended one week retern engagement of COMPANY at Starlight Theatre here in San Diego in order to join the cast of THE BOY FROM OZ. then, of course, never went on...
Type_A_Tiff
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/25/04
#5re: Kevin Spirtas in Boy from Oz
Posted: 10/17/05 at 4:53amHe was so great in Days. I bought my BFO ticket so I could see Hugh, but I wouldn't exactly be crying into my soup if Kevin had gone on instead. (I suppose I'm that very, very tiny minority.) What a shame about the other show, CatsNY!! How depressing must that be? But at the same time, he's getting paid to be sitting in a coffee shop around the block from the Imperial every single show night!
"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater
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#6re: Kevin Spirtas in Boy from Oz
Posted: 10/17/05 at 5:53amDidn't Michael Halling take over for him?
jo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#7re: Kevin Spirtas in Boy from Oz
Posted: 10/17/05 at 5:55am
I did see him in one of the performances as a replacement for John Hill ( who was playing the role of Mark Heron, Judy's husband) who was out for the night. Maybe it was because he had not been on a live performance in TBFO before, but he was a little wooden. I was wondering then how he could replace Hugh if the latter was suddenly indisposed.
IssaMe
Broadway Star Joined: 5/15/03
#8re: Kevin Spirtas in Boy from Oz
Posted: 10/17/05 at 7:46amYes, Kevin never went on for Hugh and eventually left the cast early and did not stay for the whole run.
sondheimfan2
Swing Joined: 9/20/05
#9re: Kevin Spirtas in Boy from Oz
Posted: 10/17/05 at 9:02amHe also was in one of those Mature Audience features you get On Demand - lots of him naked. He has a great rear.
#10re: Kevin Spirtas in Boy from Oz
Posted: 10/17/05 at 11:28amI've seen Kevin Spirtas locally as Rapunzel's Prince in Into the Woods and Joe Hardy in Damn Yankees. He was ok as the Prince, but downright hideous as Joe. Talk about wooden, he played Joe like a 12-year-old boy, with zero charisma OR evidence or real acting choices. And he doesn't have much of a voice either. I remember laughing out loud when I first read that he was Hugh's standby for Boy From Oz.
#12re: Kevin Spirtas in Boy from Oz
Posted: 10/17/05 at 1:34pmI think he was also in, "Meet Me in St. Louis".
#13re: Kevin Spirtas in Boy from Oz
Posted: 10/17/05 at 2:11pmWho was he on days. Was he married to the chubby lady , chole's mom.
Type_A_Tiff
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/25/04
#14re: Kevin Spirtas in Boy from Oz
Posted: 10/17/05 at 3:22pmYup, that's the one - Dr. Craig Wesley.
"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater
"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell
MackieManiac
Understudy Joined: 8/9/05
#15re: Kevin Spirtas in Boy from Oz
Posted: 10/17/05 at 3:58pm
I liked him on Days... forgot he was in FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH part 7 (i think) ... He is cute on film and cuter live .. saw him at Starbucks one day while he was standing by in OZ.
As for his Joe Hardy.. working opposite Mary Ann Lamb could not have helped his performance. She was so miscast as Lola!
Updated On: 10/17/05 at 03:58 PM
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