| I really liked what Robert Sean Leonard did with the part in the 2000-01 revival. He did NOT try to replicate Robert Preston, which I thought really weakened Craig Bierko's performance. Bierko seemed to be doing almost like an impersonator show of Preston, down to exact line readings. Some have posted they liked that, but I hated it. Robert Sean Leonard, on the other hand, used his excellent acting chops to interpret the part in his own way. And yet, he had enough musical comedy joy and pizzaz to honor the classic canon musical he was appearing in. RSL did start out in musicals, working with James Lapine on workshop of "Into the Woods", so he "knows the territory!" |
