What Broadway performers deaths have surprised/saddened?- Page 5
What Broadway performers deaths have surprised/saddened?
wonkit
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/30/08
#100re: What Broadway performers deaths have surprised/saddened?
Posted: 10/9/08 at 8:39pmIan Richardson. An actor of extraordinary subtlety and one of the most glorious speaking voices ever.
Mattbrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
#101re: What Broadway performers deaths have surprised/saddened?
Posted: 10/9/08 at 9:02pmwonkit, I'm in agreement with you. And I had just finished watching the House of Cards miniseries just prior to his death. Feels like he was gone the next day.
#102re: What Broadway performers deaths have surprised/saddened?
Posted: 10/10/08 at 12:03amI will third Carl Anderson. A brilliant performer, and an incredible friend.
bossbear062
Understudy Joined: 9/5/08
#103re: What Broadway performers deaths have surprised/saddened?
Posted: 10/10/08 at 12:31amNot neccasarily an actor but i really felt for Bernedet Peters when I found out her Husband died
bossbear062
Understudy Joined: 9/5/08
#104re: What Broadway performers deaths have surprised/saddened?
Posted: 10/10/08 at 12:32amSame with Audra Mcdonald when her father died during the time of 110
Tsao5
Stand-by Joined: 2/7/06
#105re: What Broadway performers deaths have surprised/saddened?
Posted: 10/10/08 at 1:15amKevin Marcum; He was the original Broadway Brujon and was set to take over as Valjean when Colm Wilinson left. Had that happened he would have been the first American actor to play the role full time. Sadly, after not coming to work for a few days, he was found dead in his apartment in a drug related incident. I remember seeing Anthony Crivillo and Jenny Butt on tv being interviewed about it. So shocking. The role then went to Gary Morris.
Speed
Broadway Star Joined: 7/12/03
#106re: What Broadway performers deaths have surprised/saddened?
Posted: 10/10/08 at 4:15am
Jason Raize's death knocked me out. He was wonderful in The Lion King. Beautiful, beautiful voice. And one story that always inspired me was that apparently, back in 1997, he had just been cast as a swing in the tour of The King of I so Jay Binder would not see him for The Lion King. So Jason went to the open call and booked Simba from that open call! As an actor, that always gave me confidence that I could book a role from an open call and sure enough, from an open call, I booked my Broadway debut. I told his story to people all the time. When I heard he died, I was stunned.
Was he bipolar? I am bipolar and I have felt the pains that lead people to kill themselves. If he was bipolar, I'm sorry he wasn't able to get the help he needed to stay alive.
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