Question about Nick Wyman and DRS
Question about Nick Wyman and DRS
eyekanspehl
Chorus Member Joined: 4/13/06
#0Question about Nick Wyman and DRS
Posted: 8/15/06 at 1:45amI was wondering if someone could help me out. I noticed on ibdb.com that Nick Wyman was the standby for Lawrence with the original cast of DRS. Does anyone know if he ever went on? I realize that as the standby, he'd get first dibs at going on, BUT I don't know how long he was there, how often John Lithgow called out, if ibdb is correct, etc. Anyone know for sure?
JerseyScoundrel
Leading Actor Joined: 1/26/06
#1re: Question about Nick Wyman and DRS
Posted: 8/15/06 at 2:30am
I think he had a prior commitment.
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Updated On: 8/15/06 at 02:30 AM
eyekanspehl
Chorus Member Joined: 4/13/06
#2re: Question about Nick Wyman and DRS
Posted: 8/15/06 at 2:41ammeaning what? That he never went on?
JasonGreen
Understudy Joined: 11/18/04
#3re: Question about Nick Wyman and DRS
Posted: 8/15/06 at 2:47amIndeed - he never performed the role.
#4re: Question about Nick Wyman and DRS
Posted: 8/15/06 at 8:19amHe never went on as far as I know. John Lithgow is very reliable. He was a pretty good Thenardier in LES MIZ and I can see him as Lawrence. Maybe he'll get a shot with the tour on even back on Broadway sometime soon... with the next cast change.
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wickedrentq
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/6/04
#5re: Question about Nick Wyman and DRS
Posted: 8/15/06 at 10:06amHe never went on...he was actually fired because they felt he was too "dark" to play the role. This happened before Lithgow's first vacation, so Tom Galantich went on then, and then they hired the, uhh, new standby. Gawd do i wish they kept Wyman.
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#6re: Question about Nick Wyman and DRS
Posted: 8/15/06 at 11:45am
you beat me wickedretnq.
and yes, they should have kept him.
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Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#7re: Question about Nick Wyman and DRS
Posted: 8/15/06 at 11:46amI was wondering what happened with that. I saw him in the audience during one of the first previews. He was very excited to be a part of it.
#8re: Question about Nick Wyman and DRS
Posted: 8/15/06 at 11:47amWho is the new standby?
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Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#9re: Question about Nick Wyman and DRS
Posted: 8/15/06 at 12:06pmDenis Parlato is and has been since Nick left.
#10re: Question about Nick Wyman and DRS
Posted: 8/15/06 at 12:09pmThat's what I thought. I figured he'd be good.
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#11re: Question about Nick Wyman and DRS
Posted: 8/15/06 at 12:11pm
wickedrentq--
I'm assuming you mean that the powers that be felt that his "take" on Lawrence was too "dark?" Anyway, that sucks...
wickedrentq
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/6/04
#12re: Question about Nick Wyman and DRS
Posted: 8/15/06 at 12:13pmI'm not entirely sure Baritone. I just saw very vague things posted when it happened.
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Nydiva
Understudy Joined: 5/15/03
#14re: Question about Nick Wyman and DRS
Posted: 8/15/06 at 1:45pm
Nope. Nick never went on. Great pity.
However, right NOW he's in the Fringe production of "The Fartiste" in a really nice role that shows just how GREAT his singing voice really is.
And he'll be in the upcoming "Desperate Measures" production at the New York Musical Theatre Festival.
But the sooner he gets back to Broadway the better. My fingers are crossed.
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NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#15re: Question about Nick Wyman and DRS
Posted: 8/15/06 at 1:51pm
Never saw him. But when I saw the show for the first time back in Nov (That was when i was looking forward to see John Lithgow.) I saw Denis Parlato. He was good and a very nice man!
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eyekanspehl
Chorus Member Joined: 4/13/06
#16re: Question about Nick Wyman and DRS
Posted: 8/16/06 at 1:06amThank you everybody. It's a pity he never went on; I can see him potentially being really good.
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