the list of whedon connections to wicked continues....lets hope the next addition is joss as director of the feature film!

yamsham | January 05, 18:28 CET

"I didn't realize that he was such a Broadway hoofer!"

John Rubinstein has been a mainstay of Broadway for decades. Unlike someone like Jerry Orbach or John Cullum I always associate him more with plays than musicals, but he has certainly done more than his share.

I would really like to catch a performance of Wicked somewhere. I have never seen the show.

newcj | January 05, 18:44 CET

John Rubinstein was the original 'Pippin' opposite Ben Vereen...not associating him with musicals? Bah! I can never see him but think, musicals. Of course, being a musical theater performer myself, there is a tiny bit of bias there. ;)

fey_girl | January 05, 19:03 CET

fey_girl, small point but I said I associate him "more with plays" not that I don't associate him with musicals. For some reason I always think "Children of a Lesser God" first. What can I say? The guy has done a lot. ;-)

I actually always forget he was on Ats. It took me a little while to realize that the post was actually about John Rubinstein. Linwood was not ringing a bell and I was looking for someone I did not expect to be in a musical. Sometimes I'm just a little slow...

[ edited by newcj on 2007-01-05 21:28 ]

newcj | January 05, 19:16 CET

I'added some character info to the subject line just so people knew who he played in Angel.

Simon | January 05, 22:25 CET

Oh I am so excited. I already have my Wicked Tickets for March 11th at the Pantages.

SillyD | January 06, 03:43 CET

I heart John Rubinstein. I wore out my album of Pippin back in the day, then later on saw him on Broadway in Children of a Lesser God. I am so blessed to have seen that performance. Then this morning I saw Linwood get his head lopped off in W&H conference room (Angel plays on TNT 6-7 a.m. Pacific time). Talk about an eclectic career!

Tonya J | January 06, 03:43 CET