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re: Bway replacements who outshine the originals
Last Edit: PlayWiz 06:50 pm EST 12/20/18
Posted by: PlayWiz 06:46 pm EST 12/20/18
In reply to: re: Bway replacements who outshine the originals - dbg 05:40 pm EST 12/20/18

Debbie Reynolds in "Woman of the Year" - they added so much dancing for Reynolds; they were throwing her around unbelievably. I think she blacked out during a performance, and it closed soon after - very energetic performance

Jane Powell was equally good as Debbie Reynolds in "Irene" and added back "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" which is on the recording but had been cut in the show

Reba in "Annie Get Your Gun"

Elaine Paige in "Sunset Blvd" had both the vocals and the acting chops

Dixie Carter in "Master Class" - more impressive than Zoe Caldwell, I thought

Michael Crawford in "Barnum" - fabulous physical performance - saw him in London, and he did even more circus stunts than Jim Dale

Jonathan Pryce - "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"

Keith Michell - "La Cage Aux Folles" - as Georges - better voice and more elegant than Gene Barry

Bernadette Peters - "A Little Night Music"

Marin Mazzie - so pleased to have seen her Anna in "King and I" - she was much more committed and playing it for very high stakes, and she still had the chops

Sergio Franchi - "Nine" - sang it better, though I think Raul Julia acted it better

Most of the guys who played Marius after the original Broadway one in "Les Miz" (during the original run!) - don't know how he got the part

Angela Lansbury as Anna in "King and I", who did it while Yul Brynner and Constance Towers were on vacation -- didn't care for Towers as Anna
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