Original stars who could never be topped — Page 2

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.

Jarethan said: "I think the problem is with the title...how about we change it to 'never be topped'."

(no, it's too easy.)

 

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.  

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 

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

Too soon?"

Too late.

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.

I thought that Ben Platt could never be topped but according to his recent music videos, Charlie Carver topped him

"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.

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.