Stage performers and observers of theatre history know the usual heartbreaking story by heart: an actor makes a hit creating a character in a play or musical; the show becomes that rare piece of theatre that is made into a film; then the movie director hires no one in the original cast, but fills the parts with movie stars with no familiarity with the play. See: Mame; Hello, Dolly!; Chicago; Doubt; Proof; Guys and Do…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:30PM on June 16, 2014