Richard H. Blake Is Hairspray's New Link Larkin - broadway.com

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Richard H. Blake Is Hairspray's New Link Larkin - broadway.com

Posted: 1/14/04 at 8:31pm

ahh! I am soooo sad that Matt left the part He was SO GREAT and I will miss him in it but hopefully this guy will measure up!

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re: Richard H. Blake Is Hairspray's New Link Larkin - broadway.com

Posted: 1/14/04 at 8:34pm

PLEASE tell me you knew about this before today.............

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Posted: 1/14/04 at 8:34pm

thank you master of the obvious

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Posted: 1/14/04 at 11:30pm

a few days late!

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Posted: 1/14/04 at 11:33pm

I think it's great the judge is letting him do Hairspray while he's on trial. I think Robert Blake's a bit old for the part, but the presumption of innocence is strong!

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Posted: 1/15/04 at 10:09am

Robert Blake? No, Richard Blake.

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Posted: 1/15/04 at 10:16am

Has anyone seen him yet? any reviews?

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Posted: 1/15/04 at 10:18am

I saw him when he was standby for Radames in Aida. Granted, I was disappointed at not seeing Adam Pascal, but he was really good, and I could definitely picture him doing a good job with Link.

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BOTH REPLACEMENTS ARE GREAT

Posted: 1/15/04 at 12:38pm

Both the Link and Corny replacements are doing a super job. The cast loves them as do the audiences.

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Posted: 1/15/04 at 12:40pm

Do you feel the love?

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Posted: 1/15/04 at 12:41pm

Someone needs to.

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Posted: 1/15/04 at 12:42pm

Put a little love in your heart...

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"I'm learning to dig deep down inside and find the truth within myself and put that out. I think what we identify with in popular music more than anything else is when someone just shares a truth that we can relate to. That's what I'm searching for in my music." - Ron Bohmer

"I broke the boundaries. It wasn't cool to be in plays- especially if you were in sports & I was in both." - Ashton Kutcher

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Posted: 1/15/04 at 12:43pm

I won't go there because Craig will delete it but let's keep the love at heart level.

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Posted: 1/15/04 at 12:44pm

Oh my!

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"I'm learning to dig deep down inside and find the truth within myself and put that out. I think what we identify with in popular music more than anything else is when someone just shares a truth that we can relate to. That's what I'm searching for in my music." - Ron Bohmer

"I broke the boundaries. It wasn't cool to be in plays- especially if you were in sports & I was in both." - Ashton Kutcher

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Posted: 1/15/04 at 12:51pm

and then the lull came over everyone.

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Posted: 1/15/04 at 1:23pm

I saw Richard Blake as Tony in Saturday Night Fever on tour. Of course, Tony was originally played by James Carpinello, who was in rehearsals for Link in Hairspray, before leaving and being replaced by Matt! Small theatre world.

I also saw Richard as Radames. He was no Adam, but really good.

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Posted: 1/15/04 at 1:55pm

I will be perfectly honest, Richard H. Blake is the one casting choice I have been unhappy with as far as Hairspray goes.. I have never liked Blake in the shows I have seen him in

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Posted: 1/15/04 at 2:18pm

I agree bg2. I also can't picture him being a heart throb...sorry if that offends people who do like him but I just do not know.

Now adam is a hottie. haha

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Posted: 1/15/04 at 2:21pm

Adam is a tastey little dish.. as is Jeff..

I was pulling for one of them to get it.... or for me... LOL

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Posted: 1/15/04 at 2:22pm

to be honest, i saw richard and the new corny yesterday and they are amazing... the new corny is HILARIOUS...he is A LOT different from clarke...but, he is super confident and has a good voice. Richard to be honest...it's PLEASANT to listen to him. After a while, Matt got on my nerves when he sang because he had a huge lisp when he sang his "s's". Richard has a great voice...while I admit he is still getting used to the role, he looks like hes been doing it for longer than 2 days.

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Posted: 1/15/04 at 2:40pm

How's Richard's chemistry with Kathy?

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Posted: 1/15/04 at 2:47pm

Matt has a lisp? never noticed. I know richard sounds good. BUT I just can't picture wanting to run home from detention to turn him on..sorry mean I know.

How come they didn't offer the part to someone in the cast I wonder?

I know jonathan is good I saw him in tommy and met him actually, I was in high school then and we had a meet the cast. I LOVE his voice.

what different things does he do, would love to hear?

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Posted: 1/15/04 at 4:26pm

Hey, I just realized that I saw Richard in AIDA in December understudying for Will Chase. He was good and he looks hot, but having seen Matt on the same week in Hairspray, i don't think he comes close. Just my opinion. Matt blew me away in Hairspray, Richard was just good in Aida.

Take care

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Posted: 1/15/04 at 4:47pm

I have to trust that the casting people at "Hairspray" know what they are doing, since they did a phenomal job of casting the tour and the Broadway replacements. I've seen both productions and can't wait to see the Broadway company and it's new replacements next month.

Richard looked very tan compared to Matt in the pictures from Matt's good-bye party, but I still think he's good looking.

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Posted: 1/15/04 at 7:02pm

I'm going to give these guys a while to get comfortable in the roles before I go again. When Kerry, Corey, Laura Bell, etc all left I saw the replacements the first week they were there and I was pretty disappointed, but now I think they're comfortable and confident and wonderful. I can't deny Ive got a bias on this one but I think I can still know a good performance when I see one. The people Ive talked to whove seen it already have all basically said it isnt the same.

-Christina