Posted: 3/28/16 at 10:58pm
Jill Paice as Miss. Honey.
Posted: 3/28/16 at 11:02pm
I mean you could probably say this for anyone who were replacements in featured roles in their younger years. Marin Mazzie for example was a replacement Rapunzel I believe during the original run of INTO THE WOODS.
Or anyone who did a regional run of something. For example Beth Leavel once played the Witch in a Pittsburgh production of INTO THE WOODS.
Posted: 3/28/16 at 11:10pm
Renee Elise Goldsberry played Nettie in the original production of The Color Purple.
Judy Kuhn played Amalia Balash in the 1993 revival of She Loves Me.
Posted: 3/28/16 at 11:12pm
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Posted: 3/28/16 at 11:19pm
phan24 said: "Renee Elise Goldsberry played Nettie in the original production of The Color Purple.
Judy Kuhn played Amalia Balash in the 1993 revival of She Loves Me."
This first one I did kind of forget until recently but the second one I think about pretty frequently...especially how they recorded it without her. One of the true lost recordings in my opinion.
Posted: 3/28/16 at 11:35pm
Since she is so well known, I feel like most probably don't know that Idina Menzel was a replacement Amneris in Aida in 2001.
Posted: 3/28/16 at 11:46pm
as recently discussed in another thread, Robert Preston as Henry II, Christopher Walken as Phillip II, and James Rado as Richard the Lionheart in The Lion in Winter, original cast
Posted: 3/28/16 at 11:52pm
One I was shocked to discover, Christine Ebersole as Ado Annie in the 1980 revival of OKLAHOMA, as well as Guenevire in the '80s CAMELOT.
Posted: 3/29/16 at 12:38pm
If memory serves, Carol Channing played Ruth in the National Tour of the original production of Wonderful Town.
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Posted: 3/29/16 at 2:40pm
Maybe others already knew this but I was stunned to find out Jane Krakowski made her Broadway debut in Starlight Express.
Posted: 3/29/16 at 2:53pm
Bebe Neuwirth as Aurora in Kiss of the Spider Woman
Posted: 3/29/16 at 3:24pm
Kristen bell in the adventures of Tom Sawyer musical.
Posted: 3/29/16 at 3:33pm
Wow - "forgotten" is clearly one of the most relative of relative terms.
Posted: 3/29/16 at 3:44pm
Christopher Walken also played one of the Baker Street Irregulars , along with Tommy Tune, in Baker Street
Posted: 3/29/16 at 4:02pm
vampire musical said: "Maybe others already knew this but I was stunned to find out Jane Krakowski made her Broadway debut in Starlight Express.
I saw her in that! I also saw her in "Grand Hotel".
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Posted: 3/29/16 at 4:03pm
This is the most ambiguous thread I've ever seen.
Posted: 3/29/16 at 5:47pm
Sarah Jessica Parker replaced Megan Mullally in the 1995 revival of HOW TO SUCCEED so she was co-starring with then boyfriend/now husband Matthew Broderick.
Pop star Britney Spears and Oscar winner Natalie Portman were understudies for Laura Bell Bundy (as Tina) in the original Off-Broadway production of RUTHLESS: The Musical.
Louise Lasser was Barbra Streisand's understudy in the original 1962 Broadway production of I CAN GET IT FOR YOU WHOLESALE.
Lainie Kazan was Streisand's standby/understudy in the original 1964 Broadway production of FUNNY GIRL.
JoAnne Worley was Carol Channing's standby in the original 1964 Broadway production of HELLO, DOLLY!
Multi-award winner Cloris Leachman was Mary Martin's understudy in the original Broadway production of SOUTH PACIFIC.
Its endless.
Posted: 3/29/16 at 5:56pm
I guess these are more like forgotten or not known by people who aren't big fans of Broadway.
Posted: 3/29/16 at 6:00pm
noradesmond said: "If memory serves, Carol Channing played Ruth in the National Tour of the original production of Wonderful Town.
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I don't know about the tour (thought I trust your memory), but Channing replaced Russell as "Ruth" on Broadway.
Posted: 3/29/16 at 8:02pm
Andy Karl as an ensemble member in "Disney on the Record"
Posted: 3/29/16 at 8:08pm
Carol Channing went brunette and replaced Rosalind Russell in the original "Wonderful Town"
Beatrice Lille replaced Rosalind Russell toward the end of "Auntie Mame" before taking the play to London.
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Posted: 3/29/16 at 8:12pm
Janice Paige replaced Angela Lansbury in Mame
Posted: 3/29/16 at 8:12pm
Karen Black as Philia in Forum (pre-Broadway)
Posted: 3/29/16 at 8:23pm
Jane Morgan replaced Janis Paige in "Mame"
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