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YF Tour - is there precedent for 2 Tony winners on tour -

YF Tour - is there precedent for 2 Tony winners on tour -

bwaybri2
#1YF Tour - is there precedent for 2 Tony winners on tour -
Posted: 8/25/09 at 10:01pm

Just wondering which shows in recent memory have had this many cast members of a Bway show play their same role on tour?

And 2 Tony Winners - it seems like a great cast -

Thanks -

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BobbyBubby
#2re: YF Tour - is there precedent for 2 Tony winners on tour -
Posted: 8/25/09 at 10:03pm

Who wants to take this one?

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millie_dillmount
#3re: YF Tour - is there precedent for 2 Tony winners on tour -
Posted: 8/25/09 at 10:11pm

Well many of the Elphabas/Glindas flip-flop between Wicked on Broadway and the tour. Georgia Engel who played Mrs. Tottendale in the original cast of Drowsy Chaperone toured as Mrs. Tottendale. Kyle Riabko and Blake Bashoff, formerly of the Spring Awakening tour, also played their roles on Broadway. It is not that uncommon of an occurrence...

The YF tour isn't going to sell on the basis of having 2 Tony Award-winning actors.


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Updated On: 8/25/09 at 10:11 PM

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Yankeefan007
#5re: YF Tour - is there precedent for 2 Tony winners on tour -
Posted: 8/25/09 at 10:15pm

When touring was still a respectable form of theater, name actors would tour all the time. Lest ye forget Yul Brenner. If you know who he is.

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BobbyBubby
#6re: YF Tour - is there precedent for 2 Tony winners on tour -
Posted: 8/25/09 at 10:23pm

YankeeFan, you're forgetting that theatre was not invented before Wicked and Young Frankenstein.

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theaterkid1015
#7re: YF Tour - is there precedent for 2 Tony winners on tour -
Posted: 8/25/09 at 10:28pm

HEY, that's not true, BobbyBubby. There was that show about the flapper chick who belts.


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EugLoven
#8re: YF Tour - is there precedent for 2 Tony winners on tour -
Posted: 8/25/09 at 11:09pm

DOUBT National Tour featured Cherry Jones and Adriane Lenox reprising their Tony Award-winning roles.
Updated On: 8/25/09 at 11:09 PM

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#9re: YF Tour - is there precedent for 2 Tony winners on tour -
Posted: 8/25/09 at 11:10pm

Cherry who? Did I see her in Phantom or Les Mis?

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theatreguy
#10re: YF Tour - is there precedent for 2 Tony winners on tour -
Posted: 8/25/09 at 11:29pm

Didn't Chita Rivera do the Spider Woman tour?

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once a month
#11re: YF Tour - is there precedent for 2 Tony winners on tour -
Posted: 8/26/09 at 9:14am

Years ago, when the original CHICAGO toured, Chita Rivera and Jerry Orbach reprised their roles, as did Barney Frank.

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CapnHook
#12re: YF Tour - is there precedent for 2 Tony winners on tour -
Posted: 8/26/09 at 9:18am

Didn't Bernadette Peters and Joanna Gleason both tour together in INTO THE WOODS and both had a Tony?

As humorous as the original posting was -- I am now DETERMINED to find a recent tour which included in its cast three or more Tony winners...


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husk_charmer
#13re: YF Tour - is there precedent for 2 Tony winners on tour -
Posted: 8/26/09 at 9:45am

^ NO.

The tour featured Cleo Laine and Betsy Joslyn as the Witch, and Mary Gordon Murray as The Baker's Wife.

To my knowledge, Peters hasn't toured a show since Gypsy in the 60s, and Gleason hasn't toured.


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Updated On: 8/27/09 at 09:45 AM

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#14re: YF Tour - is there precedent for 2 Tony winners on tour -
Posted: 8/26/09 at 10:27am

Gwen Verdon, Chita Rivera and Jerry Orbach all reprised their roles in the tour of the original CHICAGO. To the best of my knowledge, Barney Frank has never appeared in a musical on or off Broadway.

Unless you count the Washington Follies.


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RentBoy86
#15re: YF Tour - is there precedent for 2 Tony winners on tour -
Posted: 8/26/09 at 11:27am

Who is in the YF Tour?

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#16re: YF Tour - is there precedent for 2 Tony winners on tour -
Posted: 8/26/09 at 11:42am

Well, Roger Bart and Schuler Hensley (sp?) are reprising their roles.


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dapperchapper
#17re: YF Tour - is there precedent for 2 Tony winners on tour -
Posted: 8/26/09 at 11:55am

Well another tour with its Broadway Stars... Mary Poppins.
Updated On: 8/26/09 at 11:55 AM

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ErinDillyFan
#18re: YF Tour - is there precedent for 2 Tony winners on tour -
Posted: 8/26/09 at 12:40pm

Both Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin toured in Evita.

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madbrian
#19re: YF Tour - is there precedent for 2 Tony winners on tour -
Posted: 8/26/09 at 12:47pm

"Barney Frank has never appeared in a musical on or off Broadway. Unless you count the Washington Follies."

I assume the original poster meant character actor Barney Martin (Liza's dad in Arthur), who was the original Amos Hart.


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#20re: YF Tour - is there precedent for 2 Tony winners on tour -
Posted: 8/26/09 at 8:02pm

Both Gwen Verdon and Richard Kiley went on tour with REDHEAD following their wins as Best Actress/Best Actor In A Musical.


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#21re: YF Tour - is there precedent for 2 Tony winners on tour -
Posted: 8/26/09 at 8:18pm

Roger Bart sucked in the role on Broadway. They shouldn't have taken him to do the tour.

#22re: YF Tour - is there precedent for 2 Tony winners on tour -
Posted: 8/26/09 at 10:41pm

What is YF?

Ashley Brown is touring in Mary Poppins along with Gavin Lee although she didn't win a Tony. Tommy Tune toured in My One and Only back in the 80's.

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millie_dillmount
#23re: YF Tour - is there precedent for 2 Tony winners on tour -
Posted: 8/26/09 at 11:21pm

Young Frankenstein


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#24re: YF Tour - is there precedent for 2 Tony winners on tour -
Posted: 8/26/09 at 11:46pm

MR toured in QTOF after the Broadway run. FI did the Boston and Los Angeles stops of YFJMD and BF toured extensively in FDS and MDAK, recreating his original roles in each.