Original stars who could never be topped - Page 2

[Call_me_jorge]

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.

[quizking101]

Posted: 3/29/19 at 2:45pm

Farrah Fawcett In BOBBI BOLAND

Suzanne Somers in THE BLONDE IN THE THUNDERBIRD

[henrikegerman]

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.)

 

[GF21]

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.

[LesWickedly]

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.  

[Lauren2]

Posted: 3/30/19 at 4:47am

Ok. 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.

[magictodo123]

Posted: 3/30/19 at 7:48am

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.

[Pippin]

Posted: 3/30/19 at 8:58am

^

Literally any girl who graduated from AMDA in the last three years.

[henrikegerman]

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 

[henrikegerman]

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 

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 3/30/19 at 9:13am

Elaine Stritch AT LIBERTY

[a12la]

Posted: 3/30/19 at 11:59am

Apparently Okieriete Onaodowan in Great Comet...

Too soon?

[TotallyEffed]

Posted: 3/30/19 at 2:46pm

a12la said: "Apparently Okieriete Onaodowan in Great Comet...

Too soon?"

Too late.

[Someone in a Tree2]

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...

Updated On: 3/30/19 at 02:54 PM

[karen24]

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.

[Call_me_jorge]

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!!

[bwaylinds]

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

[EdEval]

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.

[yankeefan7]

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.

[BroadwayBoy24601]

Posted: 3/31/19 at 12:16pm

I’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.

[bwayphreak234]

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.