Replacements in Famous Shows
Replacements in Famous Shows
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#0Replacements in Famous Shows
Posted: 10/13/04 at 3:34pm
When I saw Funny Girl, Babs was out of it. I saw it with Mimi Hines & Johnny Desmond . I saw Mame with Janis Paige . When I went to see Hallelujah, Baby, Uggams was out & I saw Freda Payne
Who did you see in what ?
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Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#1re: Replacements in Famous Shows
Posted: 10/13/04 at 3:38pmI didn't think Babs ever missed a performance of that show!
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#2re: Replacements in Famous Shows
Posted: 10/13/04 at 3:39pm
I saw Nancy Hess in CHICAGO cause Bebe was out. 
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#3re: Replacements in Famous Shows
Posted: 10/13/04 at 3:40pm
I saw Linda Mugg....
Oh, nevermind.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
Oscar Jaffee
Stand-by Joined: 5/15/03
#4re: Replacements in Famous Shows
Posted: 10/13/04 at 3:40pmJudy Kaye in "On the Twentieth Century." I saw the show just a few months after the famous, or infamous, Madeline Kahn exit.
#5re: Replacements in Famous Shows
Posted: 10/13/04 at 3:55pmBarbra did miss one show, and Laini Kazan, who was her understudy, went on as Fanny. After Streisand left the production, Mimi Hines took over the role.
"Years from now, when you talk about this - And you will - Be kind. "
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#6re: Replacements in Famous Shows
Posted: 10/13/04 at 4:41pm
Linda Muggleston- WONDERFUL job replacing Donna...she was absolutley phenomenal!
Schele Williams replacing Saycon Sengbloh in Aida. I saw it a while ago but I remember giving her a standing ovation which is always good
#7re: Replacements in Famous Shows
Posted: 10/13/04 at 4:42pmOh when I went to see CABARET at Studio 54, the Emcee's u/s was in. Don't know his name but he was fantastic.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#8re: Replacements in Famous Shows
Posted: 10/13/04 at 4:43pmBwayLover, I honestly thought all these years that Kazan never once went on.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
Ruth Sherwood
Leading Actor Joined: 10/4/04
#9re: Replacements in Famous Shows
Posted: 10/13/04 at 4:43pmI saw Linda in W.T. on the 26th. Most of the cast was out. David Marguiles (sorry if I spelled that wrong) who plays Apopoluos, and is never out, was out that day. Everyone down to the Eskimo Pie man was out.
"Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one."
-Stella Adler
#10re: Replacements in Famous Shows
Posted: 10/13/04 at 4:49pm
Well, Kazan has changed her story over the years..I have heard her admit she went on. Now I think she just likes to say she never went on because of the reaction it gets and because, well, people will believe anything bad about Barbra Streisand.
When Barbra was on Rosie's show in 1997, Rosie asked her about it flat out, and Barbra said that the story of her being sick but still performing was true, but also that the next day, she really was too ill to perform and Laini did go on. Rosie then said - "But she told me she didn't!" , to which an amused Barbra replied, "yeah, she did."
"Years from now, when you talk about this - And you will - Be kind. "
Updated On: 10/13/04 at 04:49 PM
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#11re: Replacements in Famous Shows
Posted: 10/13/04 at 4:53pmOuch. So, I guess the idea of them doing a show together is out of the question?
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#12re: Replacements in Famous Shows
Posted: 10/13/04 at 5:02pmThe story goes much deeper....Kazan ended up marrying Streisand's long time friend and collaborator Peter Matz, and the two ladies have not been friendly since. So yeah- no chance of a joint show.
"Years from now, when you talk about this - And you will - Be kind. "
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#13re: Replacements in Famous Shows
Posted: 10/13/04 at 5:03pmMaybe not, but it sounds like an EXCELLENT story for a musical of it's own!
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#14re: Replacements in Famous Shows
Posted: 10/13/04 at 5:05pmLOL Perhaps.
"Years from now, when you talk about this - And you will - Be kind. "
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#15re: Replacements in Famous Shows
Posted: 10/13/04 at 5:06pmWhen we saw Wicked, Sean was in for Joel, and we really liked him. That's the only time I've ever seen an understudy.
#16Replacements in Famous Shows
Posted: 10/13/04 at 5:27pmSaw Belle Calaway in place of Ann Reinking in "Chicago". I was pleasantly surprised with Belle's performance. It was very well executed, and it sure helped that Ruthie Henshall was playing opposite her.
"Life without music equals death."
bjivie2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/04
#17Replacements in Famous Shows
Posted: 10/13/04 at 5:35pmI saw Shoshana Bean instead of Marissa Jaret Winokur. I saw Marissa in Seattle, and I must admit, although Shoshana was wearing a fat suit, I liked her performance better than Marissa's.
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Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#18Replacements in Famous Shows
Posted: 10/13/04 at 7:23pm
Kazan went on for Streisand ONCE and called all the NY theater critics!
They reviewed her performance and said it was in many ways better than Streisand's!
Streisand had Kazan FIRED!
Contract for new understudy stated that PRESS COULD NOT BE CONTACTED IN ADVANCE IF SHE WENT ON.
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#19Replacements in Famous Shows
Posted: 10/13/04 at 7:25pmLooks like Babs has not changed & has always been the same
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Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#20Replacements in Famous Shows
Posted: 10/13/04 at 7:27pm
I was fortunate enough to see Liza Minnelli as Roxie Hart in the original production of CHICAGO.
She was under-rehearsed, messed up quite a bit, but NO ONE sang "I Am My Own Best Friend" (they made it into a solo) like HER!
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#21Replacements in Famous Shows
Posted: 10/13/04 at 7:40pmi saw emily rozek in for susan egan the last wednesday matinee of millie...people going in thought i was insane since i was happy that an understudy was in (i had a preconcieved notion that i didn't want to see egan)....she was very good
"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel
bjivie2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/04
#22Replacements in Famous Shows
Posted: 10/13/04 at 7:48pm
"Kazan went on for Streisand ONCE and called all the NY theater critics!
They reviewed her performance and said it was in many ways better than Streisand's!
Streisand had Kazan FIRED!
Contract for new understudy stated that PRESS COULD NOT BE CONTACTED IN ADVANCE IF SHE WENT ON."
Wow, that's insane. I didn't know that. I think it sounds like a GREAT musical... 
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Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#23Replacements in Famous Shows
Posted: 10/13/04 at 7:50pmKazan has talent &, unlike Babs, do not think she has an attitude problem
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Updated On: 10/13/04 at 07:50 PM
#24Replacements in Famous Shows
Posted: 10/13/04 at 8:19pm
Saycon Sengbloh in for Deborah Cox.
Sean McCourt for Joel Grey.
Eden Espinosa for Idina Menzel.
Megan Hilty of Jennifer Laura Thompson.
All incredible.
"A little humility wouldn't hurt."
--Ellie, Constantine-Hellblazer, "Dangerous Habits"
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