And Walter Charles, Hearn's understudy, was 38 when the show opened. He was 39 when he opened the national tour as Albin. And he was 40 when he replaced Hearn on Broadway. He probably read older than his age. And legit baritones like Hearn and Charles sound older than Cahoon probably sounds now.
Lee Roy Reams was supposed to take over in November 1987, when the production was to move to the Hellinger, but it closed instead. He would have been 45.
Coincidentally, Michel Serrault was 48 or 49 when the film La Cage aux Folles was being shot, and Nathan Lane ditto when The Bird Cage was being shot. |
