Well, if we’re going back that far, Rex Everhart stepping in for Howard da Silva while he recovered from his heart attack during the original album of 1776! But those are all good ones.
I was thinking more along the lines of clear starring roles - e.g., if there was a case I wasn’t aware of where, say, a Madeline Kahn hadn’t been recorded and the album was instead eventually issued with a Judy Kaye…. For example, his performance is so indelible due to the filmed documentary that it’s hard to believe Dean Jones’s run in Company was so brief - barely 6 weeks including previews - that by the time the album was actually released, no one picking up the record would’ve ever had a chance to see him actually play the part. So wondering if there was a case like that I was forgetting, where (in this hypothetical example) a Larry Kert had actually been on the ‘original cast’ CD instead of a Dean Jones. But then I realize I weakened my own question by bringing in an ensemble show like Grand Hotel. |
