Every time a Broadway musical gets made into a feature film"which isn't nearly often enough"a groan goes up in the world of theater lovers as casting announcements are made. Almost without exception, the great theatrical actors who mesmerized audiences on stage are summarily replaced with big names from the world of film and TV whose closest connection to the Great White Way was standing in the TKTS line as kids.
SOURCE: parade.condenast.com at 08:36AM on June 8, 2014