Nick Jonas to replace Darren Criss in How to Succeed
Nick Jonas to replace Darren Criss in How to Succeed
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#1Nick Jonas to replace Darren Criss in How to Succeed
Posted: 9/7/11 at 12:10pm
http://www.broadway.com/shows/how-succeed-business-without-really-trying/buzz/157567/nick-jonas-to-follow-darren-criss-and-daniel-radcliffe-in-how-to-succeed/
My reaction?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31g0YE61PLQ&feature=youtu.be
hyperbole_and_a_half
Leading Actor Joined: 3/21/11
#2Nick Jonas to replace Darren Criss in How to Succeed
Posted: 9/7/11 at 12:14pmOnly on Broadway: 40 year old Fiyeros and 16 year old World Wide Wicket CEOs
jacobsnchz14
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#2Nick Jonas to replace Darren Criss in How to Succeed
Posted: 9/7/11 at 12:16pmNo. Just, no. Girls are gonna start a campaign/online petition to get this on DVD, movie theaters, or a new cast album because their mamas are not gonna pay for them to fly to NYC... unless they're bratty children... did you WATCH the Hairspray @ Hollywood Bowl videos?
#3Nick Jonas to replace Darren Criss in How to Succeed
Posted: 9/7/11 at 12:17pm
I second Johnny's reaction.
His performance in Les Mis (both the actual show and the O2) was terrible. The fangirls are going to turn the show into a screaming mess.
Seems to me the producers are now just aiming to milk $$$ from the fangirls with Criss and Jonas. Not that Radcliffe doesn't have his fangirls, but they aren't AS bad.
Oh lord.
#4Nick Jonas to replace Darren Criss in How to Succeed
Posted: 9/7/11 at 12:30pm
He wasn't right for Marius at all and was way out of his league for the concert. That said, this is the type of role I can really see him doing well in, if his fans let him.
From the videos of the Bowl's production he looked like a good Link, who would have been better given more rehearsal. His fans were the problem, never letting him get a word in.
I saw him in both Les Mis and Annie Get Your Gun when he was a kid, and he was great in both.
David walked into the valley
With a stone clutched in his hand
He was only a boy
But he knew someone must take a stand
There will always be a valley
Always mountains one must scale
There will always be perilous waters
Which someone must sail
-Into the Fire
Scarlet Pimpernel
#5Nick Jonas to replace Darren Criss in How to Succeed
Posted: 9/7/11 at 12:31pmGreat Casting! I always thought J. Pierrepont should look constipated the entire show!
"Broadway...I'll lick you yet!"
loverly
Understudy Joined: 8/6/06
#7Nick Jonas to replace Darren Criss in How to Succeed
Posted: 9/7/11 at 12:41pmI think he's cute--not as exciting as Darren Criss but still cute.
#8Nick Jonas to replace Darren Criss in How to Succeed
Posted: 9/7/11 at 12:50pmI'm not sure- he did seem to be a capable Link, so he's obviously not untalented. But he was WAY out of his depth as Marius. I suppose from a business view they're trying to avoid a steep drop when Radcliffe leaves. Should be interesting at least!
loverly
Understudy Joined: 8/6/06
#9Nick Jonas to replace Darren Criss in How to Succeed
Posted: 9/7/11 at 12:51pmI don't know anything about the Jonas Brothers. Which one has the most fans?
#10Nick Jonas to replace Darren Criss in How to Succeed
Posted: 9/7/11 at 1:09pmI'd rather see Brian Justin Crum.
"The price of love is loss, but still we pay; We love anyway."
broadwayjim42
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/19/03
#11Nick Jonas to replace Darren Criss in How to Succeed
Posted: 9/7/11 at 1:11pm
LOL Mildred...so true!
Since my daughter is a fan of both Criss and Jonas, I'm hoping she'll be satisfied with one or the other.
#12Nick Jonas to replace Darren Criss in How to Succeed
Posted: 9/7/11 at 1:12pm
I don't know anything about the Jonas Brothers. Which one has the most fans?
I don't know much but of the three brothers I think Nick is the cutest and Nick is the only know I know by name.
"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney
We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".
SondheimFan5
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/10
#13Nick Jonas to replace Darren Criss in How to Succeed
Posted: 9/7/11 at 2:01pm
""Great Casting! I always thought J. Pierrepont should look constipated the entire show!""
this will be the 2nd time....Broderick was the first.
#14Nick Jonas to replace Darren Criss in How to Succeed
Posted: 9/7/11 at 2:31pm
Money makes da vorld go 'round.
Jut close the damn thing and be done with it. I know that's harsh, but it's a business in every sense of the word.
I know you.
I know you.
I know you.
Tony2600
Understudy Joined: 12/5/09
#15Nick Jonas to replace Darren Criss in How to Succeed
Posted: 9/7/11 at 2:35pmDamn! I was so hoping he’d do Porgy instead of this.
#16Nick Jonas to replace Darren Criss in How to Succeed
Posted: 9/7/11 at 2:42pm
Great Casting! I always thought J. Pierrepont should look constipated the entire show!
Well, he looks like he's pooping his pants in the promo shot, so maybe that won't be a problem anymore!
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
ahhrealmonsters
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/11/10
#17Nick Jonas to replace Darren Criss in How to Succeed
Posted: 9/7/11 at 2:47pmBobby Steggert must be pissed. He's talked about this being his dream role, and he's lost it to Harry Potter, the Glee kid, and a Jonas Brother. Sorry, Bobby. I'll buy you a drink to console you.
#18Nick Jonas to replace Darren Criss in How to Succeed
Posted: 9/7/11 at 2:53pmThen I bet Hunter Foster's pissed too.
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
#19Nick Jonas to replace Darren Criss in How to Succeed
Posted: 9/7/11 at 3:05pm
Jut close the damn thing and be done with it. I know that's harsh, but it's a business in every sense of the word.
Which is why it's called "Show Business" and not "Show Charity". They're going to keep it running as long as they're making money. Every show is like that - not just this one.
"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney
We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".
#20Nick Jonas to replace Darren Criss in How to Succeed
Posted: 9/7/11 at 3:23pm
I think the other Jonas is hotter. The one who kind of smolders, the one who looks like a model. I forget all their names, not like it matters. But he can't sing at all, so he'll never do stage work.
You couldn't pay me to sit through that musical with him. I was hoping Adam Pascal would take over.
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
#21Nick Jonas to replace Darren Criss in How to Succeed
Posted: 9/7/11 at 3:44pm
Who is his acting coach? Nick Adams?
If Mormon runs years, will Justin Bieber join the cast?
Do you know what happens when you let Veal Prince Orloff sit in an oven too long?
showchoirguy
Broadway Star Joined: 7/14/10
TimmyJ51
Swing Joined: 1/20/06
#23Nick Jonas to replace Darren Criss in How to Succeed
Posted: 9/7/11 at 4:06pm
Must EVERY response be SO jaded, bitchy, and elitist? It's a fairly lightweight role, he's an amiable enough singer, and I think he has enough presence to pull the role off.
Personally, I never go into a show wanting any of the actors to suck, and I'd like to reserve judgment until he actually opens in the role. Are the fan girls going to be annoying? Hell yes. However, if Nick Jonas can keep a good production of a classic Broadway musical open - and, in turn, keep many Broadway actors employed - then I'm all for it. I doubt he's going to be the abomination that everyone seems to want him to be.
#24Nick Jonas to replace Darren Criss in How to Succeed
Posted: 9/7/11 at 4:47pm
It's a tie between madbrian and fflag for the win.
I personally think he'll do fine in the role. Granted I've never seen him perform before but he can obvioulsy sing and dance.
As far as the show is concerned, I think the producers hit the jackpot. I'm not crazy about the theater turning into a pre-teen mob 8 times a week, but what can you do?
But the REAL questions are:
1)What is the Jonas equivalent of a Claymate called?
2)When will they descend upon this board in a rage fueled mania to destroy every poster who dares utter a bad word about their diety?
....but the world goes 'round
