Marlee Matlin to join Broadway's SPRING AWAKENING- Page 2

[adamgreer]

Posted: 7/21/15 at 1:23pm

A wonderful actress!! Loved her on The West Wing. 

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 7/21/15 at 3:23pm

"No, if memory serves, Phyllis Frelich was in the B'way production (opposite John Rubenstein) and won a Tony for her equally fine efforts."

Who needs memory when you have Playbill Vault?

http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/Cast/6882/Children-of-a-Lesser-God-at-Longacre-Theatre 

[Stew123]

Posted: 7/21/15 at 3:52pm

Isn't her part a very minor role?

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 7/21/15 at 4:45pm

The Adult Mother & Father do not sing solo, but their parts are equal in size to the supporting characters, and actually appear onstage more often than Isle and many other characters.

And I'm terribly excited Matlin is involved with this. She's one of my favorites on The West Wing. 

Updated On: 7/21/15 at 04:45 PM

[PepperedShepherd]

Posted: 7/22/15 at 2:43pm

"The Adult Mother & Father do not sing solo, but their parts are equal in size to the supporting characters, and actually appear onstage more often than Isle and many other characters."

Unless they make changes from L.A. due to casting Marlee, then, yes, her part would be fairly small in this particular production.

As previously mentioned in this thread, the Adult roles in L.A. were split between hearing and deaf performers.  The deaf actress played Melchior's mother, not Wendla's or the schoolteacher.

I could see them possibly having Marlee play the schoolteacher, too, but I hope they will continue to use a hearing actress for Wendla's mother. Having a mix of hearing & deaf performers share scenes is part of the point of this production.