Who could replace Ben Platt in
Who could replace Ben Platt in
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#1Who could replace Ben Platt in
Posted: 4/17/17 at 8:22pm
Hi… Through a very lucky connection I was able to see "Dear Evan Hansen" April 12th. Incredible seats… Katie Holmes was sitting behind us! I was fortunate to grow up in New York City.... Have seen a lot of shows both musicals and straight plays over the years...including Angela Lansbury's "Gypsy" back in the day…but I have never ever in my life seen such an epic performance like Ben Platt is giving. Absolutely completely blew me away. Jaw dropping....especially at the end where he is hitting notes and crying all at the same time. Talk about leaving it all on the stage…As I've been saying to people "I don't think Meryl Streep herself could've pulled that off like he did!" Unlike "Hamilton" where the show is the star and has remained successful and quite good with other people playing major roles… You need somebody with really strong acting chops besides a voice to pull that performance off and make the show work. And dare I say "charisma." Who do the producers pull in when he's finally completely exhausted and gives the show up? Or even for the eventual touring companies? I would no longer consider myself an expert on the current crop of young actors available… So I defer to all of you. Open casting calls and hopefully find the next wunderkind? Or is there an obvious choice out there?
PS...I hope the producers are smart enough to film this original cast like they did for "Hamilton"… His performance deserves to be preserved and not just by the bootlegged pieces that have shown up on YouTube.
#2Who could replace Ben Platt in
Posted: 4/17/17 at 8:24pm
Colton Ryan
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Updated On: 4/17/17 at 08:24 PM
#3Who could replace Ben Platt in
Posted: 4/17/17 at 8:26pm
whoa there are bootlegs on youtube?!?!? Wow I hope they delete those soon. As far as filming the original cast, NYPL has done that since 1970.
https://www.nypl.org/about/divisions/theatre-film-and-tape-archive
As for a replacement, I heard Colton Ryan was amazing last week when he performed as Evan.
#4Who could replace Ben Platt in
Posted: 4/17/17 at 8:30pm
Betty Buckley.
"Broadway...I'll lick you yet!"
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#5Who could replace Ben Platt in
Posted: 4/17/17 at 8:41pm
There's already a thread started on this topic:
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.php?thread=1098499#4886375
#6Who could replace Ben Platt in
Posted: 4/17/17 at 8:48pm
Mildred Plotka wrote: Betty Buckley
Mildred, I LOVE your posts!!
#7Who could replace Ben Platt in
Posted: 4/18/17 at 8:12am
It's very difficult to see how they could replace him, but they managed to replace Alice Ripley in n2n successfully (at least in my eyes) so perhaps we will see. I'm also thinking that to be honest his somewhat over the top theatrics (and I mean this affectionately because it is one of the best performances I have ever seen) are probably not necessary for the show to succeed.
"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
#8Who could replace Ben Platt in
Posted: 4/18/17 at 8:48am
MichelleCraig said: "Mildred Plotka wrote: Betty Buckley
Mildred, I LOVE your posts!!
"
Thanks Michelle! Shine it On!
I think Platt owes much of his singing technique to Buckley.
"Broadway...I'll lick you yet!"
