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Who Played Guard in Epic Proportions

Guard is a role in Epic Proportions, a play that opened Broadway in 1999.

Epic Proportions is a play by Larry Coen and David Crane. Set in the 1930s, it tells the story of brothers Benny and Phil, who go to the Arizona desert to work as extras in the Biblical epic film Exeunt Omnes, directed by the mysteriously reclusive D.W. DeWitt. Thirteen years later, after 27 previews, the Broadway production, directed by Jerry Zaks, opened on October 1, 1999 at the Helen Hayes Theatre, where it ran for 93 performances. The cast included Kristin Chenoweth as Louise, Alan Tudyk as Benny, Jeremy Davidson as Phil, and Richard B. Shull as DeWitt. Shull died of a heart attack thirteen days after opening night.

3 actors have played Guard in Epic Proportions.

View full cast of Epic Proportions

Performer Production Opened
Larry Cahn Broadway Epic Proportions 1999
Richard Ziman Broadway Epic Proportions 1999
Ross Lehman Broadway Epic Proportions 1999

Other Roles in Epic Proportions

Role Production Opened
Benny Bennet Broadway Epic Proportions 1999
Brady Broadway Epic Proportions 1999
Cochette Broadway Epic Proportions 1999
Cochette's Assistant Broadway Epic Proportions 1999
Conspirator Broadway Epic Proportions 1999
D.W. DeWitt Broadway Epic Proportions 1999
Egyptian Broadway Epic Proportions 1999
Egyptian Dancing Girl Broadway Epic Proportions 1999
Executioner Broadway Epic Proportions 1999
Extra Broadway Epic Proportions 1999
Extra Extra Broadway Epic Proportions 1999
First General Broadway Epic Proportions 1999
Gladiator Broadway Epic Proportions 1999
Guard Broadway Epic Proportions 1999
Jack Broadway Epic Proportions 1999
Louise Goldman Broadway Epic Proportions 1999
Narrator Broadway Epic Proportions 1999
Octavium Broadway Epic Proportions 1999
Phil Bennet Broadway Epic Proportions 1999
Queen's Attendant Broadway Epic Proportions 1999
Second General Broadway Epic Proportions 1999
Shel Broadway Epic Proportions 1999
Slavemaster Broadway Epic Proportions 1999
The Queen Broadway Epic Proportions 1999

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The Color Purple Broadway 2015
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The Book of Mormon Broadway 2011
Legally Blonde Broadway 2007
Parade West End 2007
Twelve Angry Men Broadway 2004
Hairspray Broadway 2002
Jesus Christ Superstar Broadway 2000
Not About Nightingales Broadway 1999
The King and I Broadway 1996
Miss Saigon Broadway 1991
Fortune and Men's Eyes Off-Broadway 1987
The Bacchae Broadway 1980
Bent Broadway 1979
Hamlet Off-Broadway 1972
Antigone Broadway 1971
Exit the King Broadway 1968
The Apple Tree Broadway 1966
Man of La Mancha Broadway 1965
The Deputy Broadway 1964
Kean Broadway 1961
Mister Johnson Broadway 1956
Silk Stockings Broadway 1955
The Liar Broadway 1950
Catherine Was Great Broadway 1944
Dream With Music Broadway 1944
The Duke in Darkness Broadway 1944
The Hot Mikado Broadway 1939
Romeo and Juliet Broadway 1934
Howdy, King Broadway 1926
Tumble In Broadway 1919

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