Profile for AC126748

Anyone know if there will be significant Year 2 cast changes for THE NOTEBOOK (beginning September 22 in Detroit)? Makena Jackson took over as Younger Allie earlier this month, and Sharon Catherine Brown gave her last performance as Older Allie last Sunday, although the website/IBDB haven't been updated yet with her replacement. Will any of the other principals definitely be leaving (or continuing)?

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broadway86 said: "As for the criticisms of his acting, he's the only cast member to get multiple awards and nominations for his performance in the final season. Go figure..."Multiple awards and nominations is stretching it a bit, isn't it? I see one win from something called the Critics Choice LGBTQ+ Awards, and one Saturn Award nomination (in a category where Sadie Sink was also nominated).

You couldn’t pay me to watch another Jean Lichty vanity project after enduring her horrendous NIGHT OF THE IGUANA a few years ago.

Peters is the only Rose I’ve seen whom I actually believed could have had a career if she hadn’t been “born too soon and started too late.”

It seems like HADESTOWN is moving to a model of turning over the principal cast every 6 months.

Complete touring cast announced:https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Full-Cast-Set-For-MAYBE-HAPPY-ENDING-North-American-Tour-20260810Interesting bit of casting: while the actor playing Gil Brentley will be male, both the covers for the role are women. A fun choice considering the prevalence of female jazz singers of that era.

Moore is a luminous film actress, but she was just okay in THE VERTICAL HOUR — which, to be fair, wasn’t a great play to begin with. I recall at the time she spoke about finding the rigors of a Broadway run grueling, so I hope this is a play she felt was worth coming back for.

Sweaty knows he has no story here, which is why his “revelations” are all smoke and mirrors. It’s fairly well known in the theater community that Ben Davis has dated younger women. Insinuating that consensual relationships with an age gap is on par with spousal abuse or transphobia is offensive and insulting to survivors. He’s positioning himself lately as a kind of social justice crusader for the theater community because he believes it gives him more credibility than simply being a gossip m...

I remember loving the last production of THE WINTER'S TALE in the Park, in 2010 -- especially Marianne Jean-Baptiste's regally elegant Paulina and Ruben Santiago-Hudson's dignified and genuinely remorseful Leontes. Linda Emond was a moving Hermione too, if slightly old for the role. I've been on the fence about this production, but it definitely sounds like it needs more time.

Kad said: "Booster would be a good pick for Mary's Teacher at some point, though."I was wondering if he or Matt Rogers had been approached for Mary's Teacher. They all have a history with Cole.

Kad said: "I suspect an announcement is very imminent though I would imagine is being timed so as not to step on the tour cast announcement. I've heard from a credible source that it may finally be Bowen Yang's turn to don the bratty curls."On Joel Kim Booster's podcast this week, he was talking about how there was a big casting announcement soon for OH MARY, but it wouldn't be him going into the show. It would make sense that he was referring to Bowen Yang, given their history. Yang was offe...

quizking101 said: "EDSOSLO858 said: "Starting September 1 in the Broadway company:Amber Iman as PersephoneNorbert Leo Butz as HermesJasmin Savoy Brown as EurydiceKayko as OrpheusGeno Segers as Hades"Thank you, Gay Jesus, for Amber Iman as Persephone.I’m sad John-Michael Lyles isn’t staying on for longer. He’s terrific"I'm guessing John-Michael Lyles was brought in with the understanding that it would always be a limited run this go-around. If Joshua Colley was originally slated to be with the...

Artistic directorships in general should turn over more frequently than they currently do. This is a problem especially in regional theatre but also in the NYC nonprofit world. We should be moving away from these quarter-century-plus tenures and from creating an environment where the individual essentially becomes the institution.

Corey Mach was very good on the tour. It's great that he'll get the chance to play Shakespeare on Broadway.And Ben Jackson Walker seems to be the show's ultimate utility player. After he left the Broadway production, he jumped into the UK tour after the original Romeo took ill and withdrew. No he's going back into Broadway. A good gig for him.

Meg posted on Instagram that she plans to be back in the show tonight. I think it’s worth remembering that Maya got sick and missed a few shows during the second week of her run — then came back recovered and had perfect attendance otherwise.

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "AC126748 said: "I really can't imagine some of the performances from the Steppenwolf/Playwrights cast being bettered -- especially Freeman, Guinan, Hopper, and Murphy. I could picture a commercial production wanting to bring in some bigger names, but I hope there's a balance with actors who have history with the piece."Ok but hear me out... Tom Hanks or John C. Reilly or John Goodman in the Francis Guinan role, and Colman Domingo in the K. Todd Freeman role. May...

I really can't imagine some of the performances from the Steppenwolf/Playwrights cast being bettered -- especially Freeman, Guinan, Hopper, and Murphy. I could picture a commercial production wanting to bring in some bigger names, but I hope there's a balance with actors who have history with the piece.If this is the case, that DOWNSTATE is the play here, I'm sure we can expect some controversy given the subject matter and how it's presented.

Mixed review from Elisabeth Vincentelli in the Times.https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/theater/giulia-poison-queen-of-palermo-review-nettles.htmlAs an aside, it's so odd to me that Helen Shaw hardly ever reviews musicals.

Ensemble1698878795 said: "SeanD2 said: "Kad said: ""White acknowledged that he saw people leave meetings with Sharif in tears, but does not think it was right to blame her. “It’s not about her behavior; it’s about their ability to receive,” he told DCTA."This is a wild statement. White does a remarkably terrible job of defending Sharif throughout this."Based on all of White’s comments in this defending Sharif’s behavior I’m terrified for the future of Wooly Mammoth!"Of course you’re concerned...