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| re: Why didn't they replace Dean Jones pre-opening? | |
| Posted by: ablankpage 05:28 pm EDT 08/20/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Why didn't they replace Dean Jones pre-opening? - WaymanWong 03:11 pm EDT 08/20/21 | |
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| Add me to the Jones camp too! YouTube has the doc footage as well as a recording from the concert. Both stunning. | |
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| re: Why didn't they replace Dean Jones pre-opening? | |
| Posted by: showtunetrivia 07:15 pm EDT 08/20/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Why didn't they replace Dean Jones pre-opening? - ablankpage 05:28 pm EDT 08/20/21 | |
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| I saw Jones in 1990 as John Adams in 1776. He was a solid Adams, if not my favorite of those I’ve seen on stage. Laura |
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| Was Larry Kert hired after they knew Jones would be leaving? | |
| Posted by: bobby2 11:37 pm EDT 08/21/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Why didn't they replace Dean Jones pre-opening? - showtunetrivia 07:15 pm EDT 08/20/21 | |
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| Wouldn't he have been too big a star to be doing standby work if he didn't know the role would be his in a month? | |
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| re: Was Larry Kert hired after they knew Jones would be leaving? | |
| Last Edit: Chromolume 11:53 pm EDT 08/21/21 | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 11:53 pm EDT 08/21/21 | |
| In reply to: Was Larry Kert hired after they knew Jones would be leaving? - bobby2 11:37 pm EDT 08/21/21 | |
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| I don't think we can say that Kert was a "big star" at that point. WSS was a ways back by then, and I think his only other major claim to fame before Company was playing Cliff in Cabaret toward the end of its run. That, and I don't think everyone puts "star status" ahead of getting work. Besides, it was a chance to work with Sondheim again, and a lot of other major talents. And he was the standby to the role that would carry the show, were he to go on. What's to turn down? |
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| re: Was Larry Kert hired after they knew Jones would be leaving? | |
| Posted by: bobby2 03:14 am EDT 08/22/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Was Larry Kert hired after they knew Jones would be leaving? - Chromolume 11:53 pm EDT 08/21/21 | |
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| that makes sense. (for some reason I thought Kert had been in a TV series around this time that made him famous. checked his credits and looks like I was wrong.) |
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| re: Was Larry Kert hired after they knew Jones would be leaving? | |
| Last Edit: BroadwayTonyJ 10:06 am EDT 08/22/21 | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 10:05 am EDT 08/22/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Was Larry Kert hired after they knew Jones would be leaving? - bobby2 03:14 am EDT 08/22/21 | |
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| Maybe you are confusing Larry Kert with Kenneth Nelson, who were the same age and sort of resembled each other. Prior to The Fantasticks, Nelson had roles on two TV series, Captain Video and The Aldrich Family. Larry Kert after West Side Story appeared in 3 short lived Broadway failures, A Family Affair, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and La Strada. |
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