Encores! Girl Crazy Casting?

[Basely Tearful]

Posted: 10/26/09 at 7:59pm

Was thing announced? I can't find any info on casting and the show is less than a month away (I realized the rehearsal period is short but usually the leads are announced by now). Anyone know?

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 10/26/09 at 8:01pm

It's not announced yet & some of the cast is already rehearsing.

[ljay889]

Posted: 10/26/09 at 8:06pm

^ Are you sure? Encores! concerts usually only get 2 weeks of rehearsals.

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 10/26/09 at 8:08pm

I know they might bring an ensemble in a little early for a particularly dance heavy show (I think No, No Nanette had some of the cast in early for that reason), but I'm not sure if that'd be the case here.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 10/26/09 at 8:10pm

My friend who is in it is still a senior in high school so they may be giving him a longer rehearsal period.
Updated On: 10/26/09 at 08:10 PM

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 10/26/09 at 8:18pm

They're not planning on releasing the cast until the first performance.

[matineeidol2013]

Posted: 10/26/09 at 8:41pm

do you have any news you would be kind enough to share regarding casting, yankeefan?

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 10/26/09 at 8:45pm

I would take it that if he did know that he wouldn't be able to say due to liability.

[Sauja]

Posted: 10/26/09 at 9:12pm

Yankee, I actually can't tell if you're being serious or not, possibly just because I find it so, so strange that they haven't announced anyone yet but find it even stranger that they wouldn't announce at all.

Is it conceivable that the cast has so few "names" that announcing it would be worse than announcing no one at all?

I mean--I'm going no matter what--the score is to die for. It just gives me the weirds.

[Pianolin717]

Posted: 10/26/09 at 9:19pm

In another thread about this, somebody said Becky Newton (from Ugly Betty) is in it and that she confirmed it in an interview.

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 10/26/09 at 9:19pm

I thought they announced the cast for last season's On the Town relatively close to the show's run, and a quick google check brought up an article from exactly a year ago in Variety with a cast announcement. So I imagine the cast for Girl Crazy will be announced within the week. There was another thread that said Becki Newton and her husband were going to be in the show.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 10/26/09 at 9:21pm

Oh, I'm just being facetious.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 10/26/09 at 11:17pm

The leads are Harry Groener and Jodi Benson.

[Basely Tearful]

Posted: 10/27/09 at 7:23am

You had me for a second Gotham.

Yankee I thought they usually didn't start rehearsing until the second performance. They must be getting more ambitious!

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

Posted: 10/29/09 at 2:19am

Any casting rumors/ news yet?

[SingMeASong]

Posted: 10/29/09 at 8:22pm

playbill.com announced it today!
Girl Crazy Casting