Original Passion Cast Question
Original Passion Cast Question
Johnnytoc
Broadway Star Joined: 12/19/04
#0Original Passion Cast Question
Posted: 3/31/05 at 8:48pm
With Passion being on PBS, it reminded me of a question I had:
Did the man who originally played Giorgio (Jere Shea) ever do anything else that anyone saw or heard of?
Johnnytoc
Broadway Star Joined: 12/19/04
#2re: Original Passion Cast Question
Posted: 3/31/05 at 9:09pmi think he kind of settled down and became a family man. but he's very talented!
#3re: Original Passion Cast Question
Posted: 3/31/05 at 10:07pmibdb.com lists PASSION as his only Broadway credit. Too bad; he was so damn good as Giorgio.
Johnnytoc
Broadway Star Joined: 12/19/04
#4re: Original Passion Cast Question
Posted: 3/31/05 at 10:09pm
That's what I was thinking mef...
Thanks for checking anyways.
#5re: Original Passion Cast Question
Posted: 3/31/05 at 10:13pm
No problem.
If you pick up the PASSION DVD, I know that he does commentary. I have it, but have never listened to it with the commentary track on.
#6re: Original Passion Cast Question
Posted: 3/31/05 at 10:13pmhe sang the role amazingly, but his acting was a little stiff....
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wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
#7re: Original Passion Cast Question
Posted: 3/31/05 at 11:01pmWasn't he going to be Joe Hardy in the DAMN YANKEES revival? I remember something about him and Jarrod Emick switching roles around that period.
theatreguy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/31/03
#8re: Original Passion Cast Question
Posted: 3/31/05 at 11:29pm
Originally Jere Shea was cast as Joe Hardy in Damn Yankees (and, I believe, played it in the San Diego tryout). Around the same time, Passion was having a workshop with Peter Gallagher as Giorgio. After the workshop, Gallagher left the show to do something else (a movie maybe?) and Jere Shea was offered the role. So after the San Diego tryout, he left Damn Yankees with Jarrod Emick taking over his role.
That is what I think happened, but I don't remember exactly.
#9re: Original Passion Cast Question
Posted: 3/31/05 at 11:35pmhe taught acting at my school last year.
Mattio98
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/10/03
#10re: Original Passion Cast Question
Posted: 3/31/05 at 11:37pmWow. Peter Galagher would've been interesting. I've always wanted to see Edelmann or maybe even Jeff McCarthy take a crack at that role.
#11re: Original Passion Cast Question
Posted: 3/31/05 at 11:46pmJere is so interesting to listen to on Passion's DVD commentary. Just a laid back guy doing something he loved.
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