Tovah Feldshuh Leaving PIPPIN? — Page 2

"She needs to rest from 5 bway shows in nearly 10 years? And she was through with Anything Goes over 2 years ago. So again, what does she need to REST from?"

She left Anything Goes for Bunheads, a gem of a show on ABC Family. Unfortunately, it didn't mesh well with the other programming so it was canceled a few months ago. She has been doing concerts and her Mother also died recently. So....yeah.

Updated On: 11/16/13 at 04:21 PM

Sutton is coming in this season in a RTC production at the AA theatre.

Not "The Real Thing". That's coming in the Fall. This will be a musical filling the AA til fall.

One would think the musical in question is a transfer of VIOLET, no?

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I've heard rumblings of a VIOLET production as well. I liked (but didn't love) the concert version, so I'd be anxious to see how they improve it for a more sustained, substantial run.

I imagine scheduling is the primary sticking point complicating a continued life for VIOLET, since Leigh Silverman is tied up with KUNG FU at Signature Theatre Company through February (a production they're rumored to be working toward transferring quickly thereafter).

Back on topic- if anyone should replace Tovah in PIPPIN, I agree that there is no choice more ideal than Beth Leavel.

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Updated On: 11/17/13 at 12:57 AM

I've said it before, I'll say it again.

Julie Halston.

Just to let everybody know on broadway.com it say's that Tovah will be taking a short break from Pippin to do Golda's Balcony bit she is coming back!

Amazed how this thread went from Tovah to Patina!

Wish Chita would take on Bertha!

Then I laughed at how no one suggested Audra as Leading Player but then I realized how silly cause she couldn't win a Tony! Why would she take on a role without the Tony being handed to her just for taking on a role.

bwayphreak234 wrote: "Well, by all means, take their word for it because those fans obviously know everything."

Yeah, I know - I was trolling. Though there was this guy there who was all talking big like he knew sh*t, that even as a tourist made me roll my eyes.

kad wrote: "We'll find out soon enough. Roundabout has to get the tickets out to the nursing homes where their subscribers live asap. "

Now taking this more off-topic: WTF is up with the subscribers there? I went to Bad Jews and when I asked the usher if it was selling out due to reviews she said that it was filling but that night would be especially full as it was a subscriber night. So here I am in a back row centre, and anytime I loudly loudly laughed or snorted, this lady in front of me turned her f*cking head around like the child in Poltergeist or whatever and stared at me like I was doing something wrong. When I came mincing in, all 250 pounds of me, I got plently of looks from the more conservative Jew types and you could tell they were like Oy look at what we got here - but at the end when I was sobbing these very same ones were the first to come up to me and pat me on the shoulder and ask if I was gonna be OK... but this WASP bitch and her stares I cannot get over.

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Sam Harris...last time I thought of him was when I saw him in The Life in 1997!

How about Carol Burnett as Berthe?

I just finished a marathon Oz binge, so the idea of Rita Moreno sounds fabulous right now. The key to Berthe, it seems, is finding someone who would bring the surprise factor. We KNOW what the Berthe routine is, but it's still surprising to think of Tovah Feldshuh and Andrea Martin doing the act.

Beth Leavel would be a dream. Throw a wig on her and the audience will think she's old enough.