"Basically 'the [title of show] show' became our out-of-town tryout," Mr. Bowen said.
After three tryouts, Mr. Ste.
During tryouts Mr. Cacoyannis was said to have despaired at some of the candidates as he tried to convey to them the depth of the tragedy.
The producers opted for extensive New York previews — 71 — to save money on a tryout, to Mr. Laurents's chagrin, he said Tuesday.
Being shocked by any aspect of "Clybourne Park" was something the actors had overcome by the time they were told the news, in January during the Los Angeles tryout, that Mr. Rudin was withdrawing as lead producer of the Broadway transfer.
The producers had been planning to mount "Flashdance" in Toronto in August; initially they had seen it as a pre-Broadway tryout, but Mr. Routh said that idea changed and the Toronto run became part of a North American tour of the show that will be separate from the Broadway production.
He was called in for a tryout, and when Mr. Harrelson got a look at his 89 miles-per-hour fastball, he was signed to a contract.
Over the last several months, Ms. Ripa did three tryouts, and Mr. Gelman was convinced she was the one -- not the others who had appeared next to Mr. Philbin during that time, like the comedian Joy Behar, the actress Bernadette Peters amd the financial television newswoman Maria Bartiromo.
When Mr. Cronyn reminded Miss Fontanne of his failed tryout she said, "You know, Mr. Cronyn, Alfred made a mistake".
The back-to-back tryouts, first with Mr. Pawlenty, and then with Mr. Portman flipping pancakes with Mr. Romney on Sunday and standing alongside him for much of the day, provided a chance for the campaign to assess how Mr. Romney and either of the two would look as a ticket.
Mr. Thies had a tryout with the Jets after college, he said, but did not make the team.
