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Andrew Rannells to replace NPH in HEDWIG

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#100Andrew Rannells to replace NPH in HEDWIG
Posted: 6/13/14 at 2:54pm

"Whoa, chill out. I have no inside scoop, just pure speculation. There was an article awhile back reporting that Pink was in talks for the role."

You also said you were 80% sure...which suggests you know something and are offering more than conjecture. Perhaps reduce the odds a bit next time when ya got nothing more than hopes and wants!!

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#101Andrew Rannells to replace NPH in HEDWIG
Posted: 6/13/14 at 3:00pm

I think Pink is a fine singer and all, but I am completely mystified by all the talk on here about how perfect she'd be in the role.

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#102Andrew Rannells to replace NPH in HEDWIG
Posted: 6/13/14 at 3:03pm

Is Mandy Patinkin too old for this?

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#103Andrew Rannells to replace NPH in HEDWIG
Posted: 6/13/14 at 3:28pm

HEDWIG is ageless.

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#104Andrew Rannells to replace NPH in HEDWIG
Posted: 6/13/14 at 3:37pm

Mandy as Hedwig and Patti as Yitzhak.

In all seriousness, Billie Joe Armstrong would be such an interesting choice.


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#105Andrew Rannells to replace NPH in HEDWIG
Posted: 6/13/14 at 3:59pm

Billie Joe would be interesting and I also cannot unseen Tim Michin since someone else suggested it in this or a different thread.

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#106Andrew Rannells to replace NPH in HEDWIG
Posted: 6/13/14 at 4:01pm

I'd still love to see Ewan McGregor. I think Raúl Esparza would be pretty awesome, too. Happy about Rannells's casting, though...he'll do a great job with it!

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#107Andrew Rannells to replace NPH in HEDWIG
Posted: 6/13/14 at 4:09pm

I think the show has legs here and abroad, any West End possibilities?


Stephanatic

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#108Andrew Rannells to replace NPH in HEDWIG
Posted: 6/13/14 at 4:21pm

"I think Raúl Esparza would be pretty awesome, too. "

RAUL is dying to play Hedwig. I don't see it, personally.


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#109Andrew Rannells to replace NPH in HEDWIG
Posted: 6/13/14 at 4:26pm

"RAUL is dying to play Hedwig. I don't see it, personally."

Ooh, really?! I'll hold out hope that he'll get a shot at it, then. I would LOVE for him to do it. Then again, I'd also happily sit and listen to him sing from the phone book...

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#110Andrew Rannells to replace NPH in HEDWIG
Posted: 6/13/14 at 4:30pm

"No one from the Jane Street run would be any more of a draw than Andrew Rannells except John Cameron Mitchell."

Not so sure about that. NPH is a huge tv sar. People from all over have seen him and love him. JCM, although we on the theater scene would give our right arms to see, is an unknown to the tourist trade.


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#111Andrew Rannells to replace NPH in HEDWIG
Posted: 6/13/14 at 4:34pm

^Their loss for not owning The Secret Garden cast recording. Andrew Rannells to replace NPH in HEDWIG

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#112Andrew Rannells to replace NPH in HEDWIG
Posted: 6/13/14 at 4:36pm

This thread contains everything that is exasperating and hilarious about these boards. Often at the same time.


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#113Andrew Rannells to replace NPH in HEDWIG
Posted: 6/13/14 at 4:37pm

"I think the show has legs here and abroad, any West End possibilities?"

Trask said he would like to take it to London with Neil Patrick Harris, but nothing specific.

FindingNamo
#114Andrew Rannells to replace NPH in HEDWIG
Posted: 6/13/14 at 4:38pm

The show has not proven to have legs before. But maybe things have changed.


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#115Andrew Rannells to replace NPH in HEDWIG
Posted: 6/13/14 at 4:39pm

Oh, JCM won't be a draw on the level of a tv/film/music star, but there'd be a contingent of people who'll come to see him. Certainly more people than would be drawn by Michael Cerveris, say.


"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

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#116Andrew Rannells to replace NPH in HEDWIG
Posted: 6/13/14 at 4:40pm

Alix, I could also enjoy hearing Raul sing the phone book! he doesn't seem right to me for Hedwig, but stranger things have happened. BTW, it was during the Jane St. run when he told me he'd like to do Hedwig, but who knows if he still feels that way.


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#117Andrew Rannells to replace NPH in HEDWIG
Posted: 6/13/14 at 4:42pm

Speaking of THE SECRET GARDEN, could Daisy Eagan do it? She has short hair now...

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#118Andrew Rannells to replace NPH in HEDWIG
Posted: 6/13/14 at 4:45pm

...and Raul does seem to be fairly busy with TV work. Time will tell, I suppose.

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#119Andrew Rannells to replace NPH in HEDWIG
Posted: 6/13/14 at 4:48pm

Also, at this stage of his career, would Raul do a takeover role? I doubt it.


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#120Andrew Rannells to replace NPH in HEDWIG
Posted: 6/13/14 at 6:10pm

I tihnk he'd takeover for Hedwig. It's not like he's joining Mamma Mia or Wicked. It's a headlining role early in its run.


"I saw Pavarotti play Rodolfo on stage and with his girth I thought he was about to eat the whole table at the Cafe Momus." - Dollypop

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#121Andrew Rannells to replace NPH in HEDWIG
Posted: 6/13/14 at 8:09pm

Have to respectfully disagree here--- Ceveris without a doubt, and to a lessor extent, Kevin Cahoon!!!

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#122Andrew Rannells to replace NPH in HEDWIG
Posted: 6/13/14 at 8:32pm

I think Andrew Rannells is a great choice! Hedwig is kind of my thing. Some (my mom) might say it's my sickness.

I've seen... jCM 14 times, Michael Cerveris two times, Kevin Cahoon once (my least favorite) and Matt McGrath... Oh, I have to add NPH 3 times. So why not throw Rannells into the mix? I don't think he'll be as big of a draw as NPH, but the NY theater crowd certainly loves him. On Girls, he's got some edge. I think he's got the wit. And hopefully it can coast on that Tony win, I'd still give my right arm for JCM, but until then, I'll probably see AR once or twice.

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#123Andrew Rannells to replace NPH in HEDWIG
Posted: 6/13/14 at 11:25pm

Jordan Catalano: "Or Lena Dunham."

Isn't Lena Dunham playing Yitzhak... in the nude


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#124Andrew Rannells to replace NPH in HEDWIG
Posted: 6/14/14 at 3:22am

I don't know where/how to search--but was NPH a popular choice on here when it was announced that he was Hedwig?


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