Applegate Will Take Over As Max Bialystock in London
By: BWW News Desk Apr. 07, 2005
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Following in the footsteps of current Max Brad Oscar, Applegate will step into The Producers at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on April 25th. Joining him will be John Gordon Sinclair, who will replace Lee Evans as Max' meek sidekick Leo Bloom.
Applegate's casting might come as suprising to those who were expecting a bigger name. Yet his starry predecessors have faced problems that demanded either dismissal or early departures. Both Richard Dreyfuss and Nathan Lane bowed out due to back problems (although some have speculated that Dreyfuss was let go during rehearsals for his unimpressive performance). Brad Oscar, an experienced Broadway Bialystock, took over for the injured Lane and is currently playing the role.
The American Applegate (who is going to London as part of an Actors' Equity exchange program) has played Bialystock for over 800 performances on Broadway and on tour. He played another Max in the 1998 Broadway revival of The Sound of Music, and was Cogsworth in an LA production of Beauty and the Beast.
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