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| Going back in time: Who should have replaced Lane? | |
| Posted by: tmwctd 04:57 pm EDT 08/03/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Prior casting miscalculation: Henry Goodman as Max Bialystock - Chazwaza 01:42 pm EDT 08/03/22 | |
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| With hindsight - who would you have cast instead of Goodman? No easy way out allowed like with Oscar - it has to be a name that sells tickets... | |
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| if up to me: Martin Short would have been the first Max replacement (plus some fun Leo picks!) | |
| Last Edit: Chazwaza 06:05 pm EDT 08/03/22 | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 05:55 pm EDT 08/03/22 | |
| In reply to: Going back in time: Who should have replaced Lane? - tmwctd 04:57 pm EDT 08/03/22 | |
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| He has a very different look and general sensibility, but comes from the same old school broad but smart theater musical comedy traditions and skills that Lane employs. And his name, especially then, I think would have sold tickets. I assume the producers decided a non-name who was making a fraction of what Lane was making (100k vs 15k/week) would be a safer bet for continued profit... with the show's title and reputation and Tonys sweep selling the tickets, and I can see why that'd be worth betting (it did for awhile after Lane left regardless of who was in... though not nearly as long as one might have assumed)... but I think Short would have been a big get and someone the audience is there warmly ready to laugh with and at no matter how similar or dissimilar his performance line for line would be to Lane's. With Short I'd have been happy to see a theater (and TV) pro like... let's say... Mark Linn-Baker... as Leo. I'd be curious also how someone like David Alan Grier might have done, or Michael Jeter (he may have been too ill at the time to consider it but still). Lee Wilcoff would also have been an interesting choice. David Hyde Pierce would have been obvious, but I'm sure he was too busy and too much $ at the time. Peter MacNicol or Greg Germann also would have been fantastic. |
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