Profile for AC126748

Nataki Garrett bungled her tenure at OSF so badly that she basically made herself unemployable and had to rebrand herself as an executive coach. (Sharif is one of her clients, prominently featured on her website — natch.) She did experience genuine racism during her time in Ashland, but that doesn’t obscure the fact she was woefully unqualified for her position and likely would have been relieved of her duties had she tried to stay. She really is the last person who should be weig

When the full story comes out, the people who knee-jerk rushed to defend her based on optics are going to look really stupid. 

uncageg said: "This may have been answered in another thread but what is happening with this Jack O'Brian tour of "The Sound of Music"?We are getting it in late July."

The touring production has dates scheduled through June 2027 at the moment, so theoretically it will still be on the road when the LCT production opens.

It's important to remember sometimes that this board is very Broadway centric. Lear has been a fixture in the downtown/Off-Broadway scene since the early 2000s; I remember first encountering her work in 2006 or 2007. She's not new at all unless Broadway or Encores are your only metric.

Obviously we don't have a right to Ms. Burke's personal information, but it's extremely odd the production never publicly acknowledged that she left the show, for all intents and purposes. Did Sophie Hayden end up giving as many or more performances?

This past season: Samuel and LaTanya Jackson, Edie Falco, and Hugh Dancy and Claire Danes at the final Saturday matinee of Oedipus. Tony Kushner and Mark Harris sitting directly in front of John Kander and his husband at Marjorie Prime. Tony Shalhoub and Brooke Adams at Little Bear Ridge Road. Lynn Ahrens and Jules Fisher at Art.

Did Michaela Jae perform yesterday? If the 21st was always her scheduled departure date, it's very odd that it wasn't announced in advance and there doesn't seem to be a replacement lined up. It's particularly strange when you consider her primary understudy is also covering the Magenta track until Sherie starts later this week. I know MJ missed 

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LCT is announcing what appears to be Sound of Music! I’ve heard rumblings of the two stars, so we will see if those get announced tomorrow too besides the run itself."

Jasmine Amy Rogers and Patrick Wilson

Kad said: "AC126748 said: "I read an interview with Debbie Gravitte on TheaterMania that said her son Sam Gravitte was appearing in this show. I don’t see him on the website cast list. What role is he playing, or is he an understudy?"

He's currently in A Walk on the Moon at the Pels, not in this."

Right, thanks. I guess the copy didn’t get a diligent fact check before it was published. 
 

TheaterMania recently spoke to Gravitte about why she wanted to play Polly, working with both Matthew Morrison and current star Jeremy Jordan as Bobby, her time away from Broadway, and her relationship with son Sam Gravitte (a former Fiyero in Wicked), who will star in the off-Broadway play Birthright.

I read an interview with Debbie Gravitte on TheaterMania that said her son Sam Gravitte was appearing in this show. I don’t see him on the website cast list. What role is he playing, or is he an understudy?

Mystic Pizza was no masterpiece, but it was a hell of a lot more entertaining than Beaches. And at least the music was good!

It's a leave of absence. Tony's back in September. I get why he and Hannah stay with the show -- it's a steady Broadway paycheck with flexibility to take time off and do other projects.

Unless there are a bunch of unannounced shows, I'm seeing a handful of concerts over the course of a week in September and two concerts in October. I would not assume she's leaving or the show is closing based on that. Remember that Shoshana was a late addition to the cast, and it's highly likely she would have negotiated time off for previously scheduled concerts.