Did 'Cheers' Detour Kelsey Grammer's "Acting" Career? Apparently So... - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 09-20-2011, 02:00 AM

He's a Shakespearean who became a clown. Grammer, who studied at the Juilliard School, got his first acting break when he was promoted from Lennox to Macbeth after the leading man quit a Broadway production. Then he spent 20 years as the orotund Frasier Crane. It was an unprecedented run in a comic role but stereotyped him as the fussy psychiatrist. Grammer tried reviving Macbeth on Broadway in 2001, but the New York Times dissed his performance as a "stodgy oratorical exercise." The show lasted just 13 nights. "That was a 22-year, very lucrative, extremely successful detour from who he really is."

"I like to do some different stuff," Grammer said as he shrugged off his suspenders after a day of playing Mayor Tom Kane. "Hollywood doesn't let you do that, so you've got to make it up yourself and get somebody to believe in it. It's a departure, but in terms of a 35-year career which started in drama, it doesn't really seem incongruous."

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep...ammer-20110911

Johnny be good! · 03-25-2012, 01:03 PM

He's going to be fine.

Schmoopie · 03-26-2012, 06:49 AM

Interesting learning about how he got his start but I for one am very glad that he took the role of Frasier Crane! And he's been successful in Boss as well; judging from his Golden Globe award. That's awesome!

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Schmoopie Keep Calm and Love Snoopy Forum Star Join Date: Jul 13, 2008 Location: Lynnwood, Washington Posts: 15,697	Interesting learning about how he got his start but I for one am very glad that he took the role of Frasier Crane! And he's been successful in Boss as well; judging from his Golden Globe award. That's awesome!
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