Lena Hall Replacement ?
Lena Hall Replacement ?
RW3
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#1Lena Hall Replacement ?
Posted: 6/14/14 at 12:20amSince we know that Andrew Rannells is replacing NPH, who would you want to replace Ms. Hall as Yitzhak?
#2Lena Hall Replacement ?
Posted: 6/14/14 at 12:22amBailey Hanks
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#2Lena Hall Replacement ?
Posted: 6/14/14 at 12:29amMary Bridget Davies?
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#3Lena Hall Replacement ?
Posted: 6/14/14 at 12:50amNo one!!! Love her---- I think she's gonna be with the show until it closes
#4Lena Hall Replacement ?
Posted: 6/14/14 at 1:24amCan't they just clone her so she never has to leave?
brettarnett
Featured Actor Joined: 5/2/09
#5Lena Hall Replacement ?
Posted: 6/14/14 at 1:24amI remember people saying Morgan James was up for it initially (and also Lindsay Mendez? but that might have just been a rumor on here.)
RUkiddingme
Leading Actor Joined: 12/9/11
#6Lena Hall Replacement ?
Posted: 6/14/14 at 1:32ammaybe Lena Hall can change her name again and replace herself?
#7Lena Hall Replacement ?
Posted: 6/14/14 at 2:34amEhh. I don't blame her for changing her name. Carvajal sounds like V cream.
#8Lena Hall Replacement ?
Posted: 6/14/14 at 9:47amMorgan James has a kick-a$$ voice, but not sure if she is right for this score
#9Lena Hall Replacement ?
Posted: 6/14/14 at 10:00amI've always thought Leslie Kritzer would be an incredible Yitzhak, though I agree that Lena Hall will stay with the production past Neil Patrick Harris.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#10Lena Hall Replacement ?
Posted: 6/14/14 at 10:15amMax Crumm, because when I first saw Lena onstage, I actually thought it was him for a second.
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#11Lena Hall Replacement ?
Posted: 6/14/14 at 10:57amYeah Max, I mean the crazy people who think A woman could play Hedwig should also go for a guy for Yitzhak!
jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#12Lena Hall Replacement ?
Posted: 6/14/14 at 11:59amI'd imagine Lena will play out the run, barring some really spectacular offer for her. A little on the nose, but Lea DeLaria would be a hoot.
"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel
#13Lena Hall Replacement ?
Posted: 6/14/14 at 12:27pm
"A little on the nose, but Lea DeLaria would be a hoot."
I'd never thought of Yitzhak as being an unbearably annoying person with a shrill screech of a voice, but I guess it could work!
TalkinLoud
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/3/09
kade.ivy
Broadway Star Joined: 7/28/13
#15Lena Hall Replacement ?
Posted: 6/14/14 at 1:30pm
Lena isn't leaving with NPH. It sounds like she will at least be there through Rannells's scheduled run. On the show's Facebook page this morning, they announced that a new block of tickets had been released for the show "starring Andrew Rannells and Lena Hall."
https://www.facebook.com/HedwigOnBway
Updated On: 6/14/14 at 01:30 PM
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#16Lena Hall Replacement ?
Posted: 6/14/14 at 1:33pmDeLaria is too obvious a choice, but she actually has a terrific voice. Get her jazz CD and find out.
Visceral_Fella
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/18/12
#17Lena Hall Replacement ?
Posted: 6/14/14 at 1:59pm
Hell no to Lindsay Mendez. I know it's something that she can't really control and it's a matter of taste, but I cannot stand her tone.
Adrienne Warren would be absolutely fantastic.
#18Lena Hall Replacement ?
Posted: 6/15/14 at 1:59amLindsay Mendez has bad tone but Adrienne Warren would be "absolutely fantastic"? Oof.
#19Lena Hall Replacement ?
Posted: 6/15/14 at 2:03amLOL to the Bailey Hanks comment
"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards
Visceral_Fella
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/18/12
#20Lena Hall Replacement ?
Posted: 6/15/14 at 3:43am
I didn't say she had bad tone. I said I don't like it. There are people who live for her voice, I'm just not one of them.
Exactly how many functioning illiterates do we have on this board?
Updated On: 6/15/14 at 03:43 AM
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#22Lena Hall Replacement ?
Posted: 6/15/14 at 7:19amLena's not going anywhere. As another poster said, unless an amazing offer comes her way, she'll stay with the show for its run. (Well, for at least a year, if it keeps its momentum.)
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
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