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Original stars who could never be topped
Original stars who could never be replaced #25
Posted: 3/29/19 at 2:20pm
Patrick page is hadestown(or anything he’s in) is another. Are there even anymore bass’ left on broadway besides him? His voice is like a character on its own.
Original stars who could never be replaced #26
Posted: 3/29/19 at 2:45pm
Farrah Fawcett In BOBBI BOLAND
Suzanne Somers in THE BLONDE IN THE THUNDERBIRD
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
Original stars who could never be replaced #27
Posted: 3/29/19 at 4:04pm
Jarethan said: "I think the problem is with the title...how about we change it to 'never be topped'."
(no, it's too easy.)
Understudy Joined: 12/26/16
Original stars who could never be replaced #28
Posted: 3/29/19 at 5:24pm
Shuffle Along closed because they could not replace Audra McDonald in the eyes of ticket buyers, despite having announced that the incredibly talented but far less well known Rhiannon Giddens would be the replacement.
Original stars who could never be replaced #29
Posted: 3/29/19 at 5:35pm
Lauren2 said: "I would say Anthony Boyle in Cursed Child. I know others have come in and taken over the role and people like it but Anthony’s performance was phenomenal and no one will play it like he did. "
While I of course loved Anthony (saw him 3 times), I loved Jonathan Case (currently in the West End) as much, if not a little more. The role of Scorpius is the best written character in the show. There will be many great portrayals of the role. Albus is the trickier one and Sam Clemmett did such an amazing job making a slightly unlikeable character on paper into one of the most sympathetic in the whole canon of Harry Potter. The same cannot be said for the current West End Albus.
Original stars who could never be replaced #30
Posted: 3/30/19 at 4:47amOk. That’s just my opinion. I bet there are many other good people that have taken over the role of Scorpius and might come close but in my opinion no one will touch Anthony Boyle. His facial expressions, his emotions, his physically in the role and the voice are just phenomenal.
Original stars who could never be replaced #31
Posted: 3/30/19 at 7:48amI know Anastasia closed because it wasn’t really making money, but who do we think could’ve replaced Christy if she chose to leave? It would’ve been so difficult.
Original stars who could never be replaced #32
Posted: 3/30/19 at 8:58am
^
Literally any girl who graduated from AMDA in the last three years.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
Original stars who could never be replaced #33
Posted: 3/30/19 at 9:09am
GF21 said: "Shuffle Along closed because they could not replace Audra McDonald in the eyes of ticket buyers, despite having announced that the incredibly talented but far less well known Rhiannon Giddens would be the replacement."
That’s one theory
mine is that it wasn’t a good show
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
Original stars who could never be replaced #34
Posted: 3/30/19 at 9:11am
GF21 said: "Shuffle Along closed because they could not replace Audra McDonald in the eyes of ticket buyers, despite having announced that the incredibly talented but far less well known Rhiannon Giddens would be the replacement."
That’s one theory
mine is that it wasn’t a good show
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
Original stars who could never be replaced #36
Posted: 3/30/19 at 11:59am
Apparently Okieriete Onaodowan in Great Comet...
Too soon?
Original stars who could never be replaced #37
Posted: 3/30/19 at 2:46pm
a12la said: "Apparently Okieriete Onaodowan in Great Comet...
Too soon?"
Too late.
Original stars who could never be replaced #38
Posted: 3/30/19 at 2:54pm
Stars that could never be topped...
Hmm let's see... I'm guessing that would knock out Nathan Lane, Alan Cumming and Joel Grey for a start...
Broadway Star Joined: 2/27/06
Original stars who could never be replaced #39
Posted: 3/30/19 at 5:43pm
I’m surprised no one has mentioned Robert Preston in The Music Man or Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady or Yul Brynner in The King & I. Of course, the original Broadway runs were long ago & maybe not many people here saw them. I didn’t. But we do have the movie performances.
I’ve seen quite a few Music Man revivals with good Harold Hills, but never one who quite had what Preston had.
Up until I saw the current revival I would have said the same thing about Harrison in My Fair Lady. But I’ve seen Hadden-Paton twice now as Higgins and I think he’s just fantastic. I think he’s grown in the role and, especially the second time I saw him, I didn’t think about Harrison once.
I can’t comment on King & I since I haven’t seen any revivals to compare those Kings with Brynner.
Original stars who could never be replaced #40
Posted: 3/30/19 at 6:01pm
Pippin said: "^
Literally any girl who graduated from AMDA in the last three years. "
HAHAHA!!! One of the greatest/shadiest replies I’ve ever seen on this board! Brava Pippin!!
Original stars who could never be replaced #41
Posted: 3/30/19 at 6:25pm
I thought that Ben Platt could never be topped but according to his recent music videos, Charlie Carver topped him
Original stars who could never be replaced #42
Posted: 3/31/19 at 11:08am
Although it seems Bernadette Peters is making the last half of her career taking on the great roles of Ethel Merman being Annie Get Your Gun, Gypsy, and finally Hello Dolly there really was no other besides Bernadette who could have topped Merman! Whats left is Call Me Madam and that was done recently by Encores, but don't hold your breath if Bernadette does that one too.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/14/12
Original stars who could never be replaced #43
Posted: 3/31/19 at 11:38am
"I think Nathan Lane as Max Bialystock comes close to being truly irreplaceable"
I agree, that show was not the same without him and they had to bring him back to revive the show for awhile.
Original stars who could never be replaced #44
Posted: 3/31/19 at 12:16pmI’ve seen every actor that has played Evan Hansen on Broadway (besides Roman Banks), and no actor has given a performance anywhere near the caliber of Ben Platt (besides Michael Lee Brown, whos performance is superb, but his vocals are weaker than Platts). I don’t doubt that there are actors capable of exceeding Platt’s performance, but I disagree with many of the choices the casting team has made with their Evans.
Original stars who could never be replaced #45
Posted: 3/31/19 at 1:06pm
magictodo123 said: "I know Anastasia closed because it wasn’t really making money, but who do we think could’ve replaced Christy if she chose to leave? It would’ve been so difficult."
Literally any female with a pretty voice could have replaced Christy.
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