A BRONX TALE Casting Announced!

I wonder who's going to be replacing Nick Cordero in Waitress...
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Nick-Cordero-Richard-H-Blake-Bobby-Conte-Thornton-Ariana-DeBose-and-More-to-Lead-A-BRONX-TALE-on-Broadway-20160831

From the looks of it, most of the Paper Mill cast did. The only two main changes are Jason Gotay and Coco Jones are out as Calogero and Jane. But I think it's predominately most of the same cast. I'm super super excited for this show!!!

Sorry for my ignorance but I have no idea how this stuff works! What's the deal with Nick leaving Waitress? Would it have been written into his contract that he's able to leave or has he come to the end of his contract?

Yes, it's written into contracts that actors can leave for new jobs. Almost always.

HenryTDobson said: "I'm sad there's no Jason Gotay - love his voice."

 

I do too, but I've seen Bobby Thornton in lots of things, and he's really great! A total star on the rise. 

 

I think they just haven't cast his role yet. I'd be shocked if he didn't transfer though.

I'd love to see them bring back Joe Tippett who played the part in Cambridge (at the ART) before it went to Broadway.  He was actually better in the role. I found Cordero's Nick to be completely unredeemable - why did Jenna ever fall in love with him?  Tippett's had a sort of dark charm underneath that made you see how she could have fallen for him in the first place.