longest time in one show?- Page 2

[defyinggravity42694]

re: longest time in one show?#25

Posted: 9/25/08 at 8:21pm

double post

Goodbye

Updated On: 9/25/08 at 08:21 PM

[Dollypop]

re: longest time in one show?#26

Posted: 9/25/08 at 8:36pm

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"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[Drunk Chita Rivera]

re: longest time in one show?#27

Posted: 9/25/08 at 8:39pm

Shaun Earl was in Rent for many years a think since 1998? He also had the best attendance in the cast.

[orangeskittles]

re: longest time in one show?#28

Posted: 9/25/08 at 9:28pm

Justin Johnston didn't join the Broadway cast of Rent until 2002. He doesn't compare with most of these, so it's sad that he's the first person you thought of.

Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never knowing how

[Drunk Chita Rivera]

re: longest time in one show?#29

Posted: 9/25/08 at 9:57pm

Well when you think of a show you know... then you think of a cast member. Not everyone knows Phantom.

[ThankstoPhantom]

re: longest time in one show?#30

Posted: 9/25/08 at 10:14pm

And Marilyn Caskey is slated to return as Madame Giry whenever she finishes up at Gypsy. She is a fabulous actress.

Several ensemble members of The Lion King have been there the whole time.

Tom Alan Robbins as Pumba has been there forever as well (not sure if he still is).

How to properly use its/it's: Its is the possessive. It's is the contraction for it is...

[italianpride888]

re: longest time in one show?#31

Posted: 9/25/08 at 10:37pm

Well.. to be honest Skittles, I am not a huge broadway buff. Now, I love musicals, plays, etc. But I couldnt tell you who played who in whatever musical. I know who the actors and actresses are, but I don't know back stories... ergo I ask my question.
Updated On: 9/25/08 at 10:37 PM

[jonartdesigns]

re: longest time in one show?#32

Posted: 9/25/08 at 10:51pm

I know steve blanchard was involved in beauty and the beast for the bulk of its run.

despite not being in the OBC Karmine Alers was the original choice and partial inspiration for Mimi in Rent

"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel

[Little-Lotte]

re: longest time in one show?#33

Posted: 9/25/08 at 11:04pm

Don't forget that Marilyn Caskey played Carlotta before she did Madame Giry...though I believe she took significant time off from the show before returning as Giry.

Richard Warren Pugh was in Phantom 18 years from the show's first preview until he died 2 years ago, and I don't think he ever took a leave to do anything else, so he is definitely up there as far as longest in one show.

Phantom really seems to have some long runners in their company over the years. Though it must be nice to have that type of job security, especially in this industry.

[Dover]

re: longest time in one show?#34

Posted: 9/26/08 at 1:28am

George has done 8,000-something performances of Phantom. He's in the Guiness Book of Records, I think the exact category is longest-running actor in a Broadway show. He has taken leaves of absence, but never left the show.

[blaxx]

re: longest time in one show?#35

Posted: 9/26/08 at 1:39am

Bill Nabel was with Beauty and the Beast from
workshops to the final performance (Ensemble, u/s Lumiere, u/s Cogsworth, u/s Maurice, u/s Monsieur D'Arque)

I think he wins.

Do you know how to count?! He obviously doesn't even come close.

Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE

[gilvisto]

re: longest time in one show?#36

Posted: 9/26/08 at 12:20pm

8000? Holy smokes!
I was just going to mention that Donny Osmand did Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat for what I seem to remember being close to 3000...
I personally think I would kill myself after that many times of any show... Which is why I have such great respect for the brilliant men and women on the Broadway stage.

It's not impossible...

[JRybka]

re: longest time in one show?#37

Posted: 9/26/08 at 12:48pm

I have played the same role for 35 years in "My Life is Like a Musical"

does that count? And I never got an understudy.

"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."