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re: Josh Gad

Posted by: KingSpeed 01:49 am EDT 08/09/14
In reply to: re: Josh Gad - bruceb 04:49 pm EDT 08/08/14

When Lane did Forum, he was Tony-less and was most famous for playing Timon in The Lion King..


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re: Josh Gad

Posted by: Singapore/Fling 02:59 pm EDT 08/09/14
In reply to: re: Josh Gad - KingSpeed 01:49 am EDT 08/09/14

"Forum" opened on Broadway a month after Nathan Lane starred in "The Birdcage", which was a big hit nationwide and made him a hot commodity with the public.

Prior to this, he was already Broadway famous, on the back of his work in "Guys and Dolls" and "Love! Valour! Compassion!". You may recall that he co-hosted the Tonys in 1995 Tony Awards, with Glenn Close and Gregory Hines.

So he was already a big name, and "Forum" was part of what sent him into the stratosphere (although he was never able to turn that into true movie or TV stardom).


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re: That is totally not true...

Posted by: bruceb 02:30 pm EDT 08/09/14
In reply to: re: Josh Gad - KingSpeed 01:49 am EDT 08/09/14

Yes, it was perhaps his best known Film Voice in THE LION KING at that tie but Lane was a Broadway critics darling from almost the first time he stepped on stage

He had already done on Broadway:

Love! Valour! Compassion!
Laughter on the 23rd Floor
Guys and Dolls
On Borrowed Time
Some Americans Abroad
Wind in the Willows
Merlin
Present Laughter

And just two of his Off-Broadway roles were in:

Lips Together Teeth Apart
Lisbon Traviata

He had not only voiced Timon in THE LION KING FILM he had several small or supporting roles in films of note which garnered notice.

He may have been Tony-less at that time but he certainly was considered a possibility for GUYS AND DOLLS.

So I would say he was quite the draw when he got to FORUM - I mean just taking in the GUYS AND DOLLS factor which he had already done.

You make it sound like he was nothing prior to Forum... yes, he hadn't hit Superstardom like Mostel or Silvers but he was well on his way - and as I stated before in this thread - a large enough comic force to be give Pseudelus with producers probably smelling his Tony win when he accepted the role.


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