Photo Countdown to the NY closing

[jsd337]

Sorry, I was under the impression OBC was a common known term to mean Original Broadway Cast. I was wrong anyway, Trevor wasn't original Broadway, but still!

http://tessanetting.tumblr.com

You might have to go through some other posts, she posts a lot of pictures

[ERinVA]

Thanks for the link. OBC might be common usage in some circles (e.g. Broadway fans), but this forum includes fans of all productions, and from many countries, so that abbreviation would not make sense to them, and indeed, not necessarily to all US members either.

For example, we could have OLC = Original London Cast, OCC = Original Chicago Cast, OTC = Original Toronto Cast or Original Tour Cast, OAC = Original Australian Cast, OKC = Original Korean Cast. So it's best to stick with words instead of abbreviations.

[Billy Whiz]

And now back to the Photo Countdown

Today's NY Countdown photo is of Alex Ko. Kiril left BETM in early October, 2009, and Alex replaced him - and what a superb replacement he was.

[maria]

Another great photo.

David, thank you very much for doing this countdown (and many others as well!). The photos are wonderful, and it also represents a countdown to what promises to be a memorable weekend in NYC with many BE (super) fans from around the world.

Much appreciate all your hard work with these!
maria

[ERinVA]

I certainly second that.

[Billy Whiz]

Today's NY Countdown photo is of Tanner Pflueger with his two dads - real and pretend. Tanner was a London Billy who came over to NY to fill in for Tommy Batchelor who was injured. Even though he was performing in London, Tanner is actually from Nebraska. I was fortunate to see Tanner make his debut in London as well as his last shows in both NY and London.

[angelenroute]

Love Alex and will continue to follow his career! And Tanner I missed! =( He was a hard one to catch, especially since I wasn't seeing the show as often as I have been lately. But I'm so happy he got to star on Broadway for a while!!!! =)

Sean

[ERinVA]

On one of my visits to London during his time there, I booked four shows at the VP (but not all in succession), and believe it or not, I saw Tanner for three of them! The other Billy I saw was Brad Wilson. When Tanner was in NY, I was fortunate enough to see him there as well, so he became one of my most seen Billys. Did I mind? Definitely not! Thanks for making sure Tanner made the countdown, David.

[Rich B]

Thanks for making sure Tanner made the countdown, David.

Ditto from me. Tanner seems to be left out of the 'official' NY Billy count, so it was nice to include him, David.

[Billy Whiz]

Thanks for the comments everybody.

There was no way that I could leave Tanner out. It really annoys me that he seems to get forgotten - but not by the fans.