Theodore Bikel
Lin-Manuel Miranda played Hamilton in the Original Broadway Production.
Reed Jones played Skimbleshanks on Broadway. Geoffery Garrett played Skimbleshanks in the original London production, as well in the popular movie.
In the original 1964 Broadway production of Hello, Dolly!, the title role was played by Carol Channing. She went on to play Dolly in the Broadway revivals in 1978 and 1995, as well as the 1979 West End production.
Lindsay Janisse was played the Witch's Mother in the Original Broadway Production.
In the original 1927 Broadway production, Joe was played by Jules Bledsoe.
Kendra Kassebaumplaying it twice on Broadway, original 1st national tour, and the San Fransico production
The character of the matchmaker in Fiddler on the Roof was named Yente. In the original Broadway production, Beatrice Arthur played Yente.
In Camelot, the musical, there was no such character. Nimue had the song: "Follow Me". I'll need to look up who the singer was on Broadway. In the movie version the song was instrumental.Now in Spamalot, the Lady of the Lake was played by Sara Ramirez in the original Broadway production.
Robert Stattel played Edgar in the 1968 Broadway production of King Lear.
Don't know how long Zero played in Fiddler, but he was replaced by Herschel Bernardi.
As a matter of fact, The Broadway production of "In The Heights" played its final performance on January 9,2011.
Sarah Brightman