I heard Jessie Mueller and Sierra Boggess were both in callbacks for this. That was about a month ago and I haven't heard anything since, so I can't speak to the current status on them.
Jessie Mueller will be in another show this coming season that's not SIDE SHOW, so I can confirm she won't be involved.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Oh god, Sutton Foster would not be good in Side Show.
“I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.”
``oscar wilde``
I don't want Sutton for this, but if she were involved I think Dee Roscioli would compliment her well as a sister. Dee and Alli Mauzey have an amazing I will never leave you.
I actually think that Sierra could hold her own in this show.
I hope the roles go to two newcomers. They can be star making performances, and Ripley and Skinner, who both had minor Broadway credits, became Broadway headliners after the show. I hope they give two new gals the chance.
Although in my heart of hearts they will cast Jackie Hoffman and Jayne Houdyshell in the roles!