Star replacements who were actually incredible. — Page 3

Mary Faber in Avenue Q

Lea Salonga in Les Miserables (Fantine and Eponine)
Will Chase in Miss Saigon
Megan Hilty in Wicked
Shoshana Bean in Wicked
Josh Tower in Lion King
Aaron Lazar in The LIght in the Piazza

I thought the point of this post was "star" replacements , meaning people who were stars before they took over a role. With the exception of Wicked freaks, who knew who Ana Gastyer, Megan Hilty or Shoshana Bean were? They were , outside Broadway insiders, nobodies, not stars.

Updated On: 5/13/07 at 01:52 PM

"Sandy Duncan was one of the best Roxie replacements...nailed pretty much everything about the character..."

If you go to "that site" you can find clips of her "Roxie" monologue and she is fantastic! It practically turns into a piece of stand up comedy.

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Yeah, what do we mean "star replacements". I love all (if not, most) of the replacements people are mentioning, but I thought stars meant relatively well-known celebrities?

I'm gonna go ahead and add love for Reba though. I always hated country music, so when I started hearing things about Reba and musicals I was like "Are people completely insane?" but then I started watching her sitcom and listening to her performances of the shows and I fell in love with her. We are now best friends. Yes we are.

So get back to me on the whole "well-known celebtiry versus..you know, whoever we think is a Broadway star" thing because I have a lot of favorites for replacements but I wouldn't quite call them well-known star replacements who surprised everyone by being really good.

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I love how people are naming actors like Megan Hilty, Josh Tower, Greg Stone. Nobodies, the lot of them.

Ana Gasteyer, on the other hand, is a star. Of both stage and screen.

South FL Marc: It's a signature on a broadway message board for gosh sakes. Have your political views, plug them if you must, but that's longer than the majority of posts you'll ever make.

I enjoyed Huey Lewis as Billy Flynn in Chicago.

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