Not sure about the opening of the second act. But the original Moore was Martin Vidnovic who was replaced in previews. There was a reason...can't recall right now...
Interesting! At one point on the video they had to stop and go back so he could correct his flub. He seemed very good. Pretty gesture-happy, though.
Updated On: 10/13/06 at 12:53 PM
I recall from an interview with director Walter Bobbie shortly after Footloose opened that he was good long-time friends with Martin Vidnovic, but that during previews he just felt that he wasn't what the role required. Bobbie said he felt the blame was his own for casting the wrong person and that there was no bad blood between them over what was essentially an artistic decision. Stephen Lee Anderson took over during previews and opened the show.
All I know is that Stephen Lee Anderson's lisp on the cast album provided my friends and I with hours of entertainment when we performed the show in high school.
"You're the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber!" --Family Guy
"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.
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Kitzy, for some more fun lisping, listen to Violet. I don't own the Footloose album but at least it confirms it's not just me wondering about Anderson's lisp.
Stephen Lee Anderson is in thr tour of WICKED (now playing Toronto) and understudies the role of the Witch's father. On opening night this week he was on in that role. I reminded my friend that we had seen him on Broadway in FOOTLOOSE and my friend commented that he remembered his "Soft S" from that show.
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks." Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
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