Profile for AC126748

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 

jacobsnchz14 said: "https://www.instagram.com/p/DZ5AEOOOKVG/?igsh=MTc5cHBudDFtbWNx


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.

Understudies.com is now listing Sophie Hayden as appearing in all remaining performances through the closing date, June 21. I really hope Marylouise is okay. 

This was from last year:

Now that Sink’s done a play on Broadway, is a musical next?

Sink answers with a very firm and fast no. “That vocal technique and stamina, I don't think I'm ready to take that on,” she says. 

A lot can change in a year, though. Between John Proctor and Romeo and Juliet, she's clearly enjoying being back on stage.

https://playbill.com/article/how-gaten-matarazzo-inspired-sadie-sink-to-go-back-to-broadway

Obviously things can change, but didn't Sadie Sink say in an interview that she wasn't interested in returning to musical theater?

CoffeeBreak said: "Casting rumors ?"

They're doing an open casting call for all roles next month. Even if they have their eyes on specific performers already, I doubt they're going to announce anyone before those happen.

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "EDSOSLO858 said: "Or Matias - feels like I haven't heard his name pop up since GREAT COMET."

Really? He works constantly. He still does almost all of Dave M’s shows, and is also working with Duncan Sheik and theBengsons.

https://www.abouttheartists.com/artists/432499-or-matias"

He was also just appointed Dean of Musical Theatre at Manhattan School of Music.

Off-Broadway revival at Studio Seaview, directed by Danya Taymor and choreographed by Celia Rowlson-Hall, beginning in the fall (no precise dates announced).

There will be an open casting call for all roles next month.

https://www.theatermania.com/news/spring-awakening-to-be-revived-off-broadway-this-fall_1841409/

Regarding "shortest run of a Best Musical winner" history:


If we're talking official (i.e., post-opening) performances, Passion takes the title with 280. However, if you factor in previews, it's A Strange Loop (293 performances + 13 previews), followed by Hallelujah Baby! (293 performances + 22 previews). Passion then falls to #3 (280 performances + 52 previews).

 

Playwrights Horizons settled their lawsuit with Lynch, which was a mistake.

Wicked, on the other hand, has some of the deepest pockets in the industry. Let's hope they don't back down and turn this into a very expensive folly for him.

willep said: "I don't believe Nathan and Laurie do the stage door at all."

Nathan never stages doors. Laurie hasn't been for this production. She usually has in the past, but it's understandable given how intense this show is. The rest of the cast signs pretty regularly.