When are they replacing these replacements?

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 5/11/06 at 1:23pm

When are they going to replace Matt Caplan in Rent?

Also the one I really care about-John Treacy Egan in The Producers? It`s my favorite show and I can finnally see it! BUT I don`t like a no-name playing Max!

Is Patti coming back to "Sweeney" after Gypsy in Chicago?

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 5/11/06 at 1:26pm

"BUT I don`t like a no-name playing Max!"

Well, you're gonna have to get used to the fact that there are TALENTED no-names out there who will play Max.

Is anyone else freaked out by the comment and user name...?

Updated On: 5/11/06 at 01:26 PM

[Dolly_Levi]

Posted: 5/11/06 at 1:59pm

John Treacy Egan is FANTASTIC (great singer, very funny) in THE PRODUCERS and should remain in residence at the St. James for quite a while ...

[bially082]

Posted: 5/11/06 at 2:32pm

I'd like to know when Blanchard will be replaced at Beauty and the Beast

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 5/11/06 at 2:44pm

I know there are talented no-names to! (I`m one of them!) but it went from Nathan Lane to a chorus member! What`s with that? Why not Richard Dreyfuss,Jason Alexander,or Kelsey Grammer? It used to be impossible to get tickets to it and now people don`t even wanna see it! If they brought in bigger names it would run longer!

[Calvin]

Posted: 5/11/06 at 2:58pm

How about Cheryl Ladd?

[Fosse76]

Posted: 5/11/06 at 3:03pm

Maybe people would go see it if it were an actual GOOD show. Nathan Lane was not replaced by a chorus member...so perhaps you should get your facts straight before ranting about absurd things.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 5/11/06 at 3:06pm

Christopher Hanke is replacing Matt Caplan in RENT in July.

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 5/11/06 at 3:07pm

I`m not saying Nathan was replaced by a chorus member first! But it WENT FROM Nathan to someone who was off-broadway in the swings of Bat Boy the exact same year it opened!!!!!!!! I like John but I just don`t want to see him in the role!

AND IT`S A FANTASTIC SHOW!!!!!!!

[SweetQintheLights]

Posted: 5/11/06 at 3:10pm

NathanLaneStalker- are you a n00b or a newbie?

I want to thank you for letting me know you are stalking Nathan Lane- it's something I've always been interested in, especially since I am an undercover cop.
Ok- seriously, what state of mind were you in when you created that SN?

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

Posted: 5/11/06 at 3:16pm

Oof. Erm, just, well, there's supposed to be a space after the comma... Yeah. And there's nothing wrong with a replacement not being a name, that means that the show is strong without having to do stunt-casting...

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 5/11/06 at 3:20pm

John Tracey Egan is a brilliant MAX.
He was Franz and a cover for Max before this.
And remember you gotta start somewhere!
Updated On: 5/11/06 at 03:20 PM

[mrkringas]

Posted: 5/11/06 at 3:20pm

So do you have a problem with Brad Oscar in the role too? Or all the other talented Broawday vets who have stepped up to take on the Nathan Lane mantle?

Cause they tried "star" casting and a fresh approach before. Henry Goodman and Richard Dreyfuss. Neither quite worked out!

Although I am sure Richard Kind was fabulous just that he himself noted that he didnt have the vocal stamina. And Jason Alexander doesnt count cause that was LA

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 5/11/06 at 3:32pm

SweetQintheLights and anyone else who wants to know- MY USERAME IS A JOKE!!!!!! JUST FOR FUN!!!!!!! COME ON!!!!!! I wouldn`t go through all the trouble to stalk someone. I have better things to do!

The only reason I didn`t like Brad Oscar in the role was because he originated the role of Franz and....well....he was good but.....I liked him as Franz better.

Same w/Roger Bart

Richard Dreyfuss never got to play the role. He was going to originate it in London but he slipped a disk in his back and Nathan Lane stepped in for him.

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 5/11/06 at 4:23pm

bump

[Horton]

Posted: 5/11/06 at 4:26pm

According to Nathan, Richard Dreyfuss just could not handle the demands of the role.

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 5/11/06 at 4:44pm

Well,that`s what I read on broadway.com

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 5/11/06 at 9:34pm

bump

[acrocksyo]

Posted: 5/11/06 at 10:21pm

Finally Matt Caplan is leaving RENT! Geeze, he's been in it forever!

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 5/11/06 at 10:50pm

Christopher Hanke is replacing Matt Caplan in RENT in July.

Well, I will see RENT again for that!

Go JT!

[Patronus]

Posted: 5/11/06 at 10:51pm

Yeah, I'd be all over JT as Mark!

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 5/11/06 at 11:47pm

Matt Caplan has been in the role waaaaaaaaaaaaaay to long! Who`s Christopher Hanke?

I remember when I was like "WHEN IS BRAD OSCAR GONNA LEAVE THE PRODUCERS AS MAX!?!?!?!?".......I wish he were back.

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 5/11/06 at 11:51pm

"It used to be impossible to get tickets to it and now people don`t even wanna see it! If they brought in bigger names it would run longer!"

If you look at the box office grosses, although it isn't selling like it used to, it isn't doing horribly. You're speaking as if it will close in a couple of weeks.

[mandy2loveRB]

Posted: 5/12/06 at 12:07am

...and Roger Bart would come back to the show...I know some migh say "not again" but I cannot get enough his LEO. The show is like a huge family and I just want to enjoy as is. If they leave, good for them, if not, also good for them. (Sorry, a bit off-topic but you guys were talking about The Producers so much...)

[NathanLaneStalker]

Posted: 5/12/06 at 12:21am

I`ve heard that it`s closing in December. Is this true?