AMERICAN IDIOT - understudies?- Page 3

[sorano916]

Posted: 7/30/10 at 7:02pm

As far as I can tell...

Van Hughes is on for Johnny (John Gallagher, Jr.)
Joshua Kobak is on for St. Jimmy (Tony Vincent)
Libby Winters is on for Heather (Mary Faber)
Gerard Canonico is on for Theo Stockman
Omar Lopez-Cepero is on for Gerad Canonico
Sydney Harcourt is on for Declan Bennett

Aspen Vincent is on for someone, either Libby or someone else. However, that means that there's one pair of substitutions.

ETA: Aspen posted the list.
She's on for Alysha and Corbin is on for Libby.
Updated On: 7/30/10 at 07:02 PM

[singalongsong2]

Posted: 7/30/10 at 7:30pm

The understudy list from Aspen Vincent's twitter:
http://yfrog.com/hqmavmj Updated On: 7/30/10 at 07:30 PM

[theatrebelle37]

Posted: 7/30/10 at 8:51pm

Dang! What is going on with the cast tonight?

[dramamama611]

Posted: 7/30/10 at 9:01pm

As previously stated, Theo is out on an injury...so that takes care of his name and then domino effect: Gerard and Omar's names.

This is the first time I've heard of Gallagher being out during the NY run -- he's got a great work ethic.

[sorano916]

Posted: 7/30/10 at 9:18pm

I have been told that Alysha is up at Vassar as Anika Noni Rose's replacement in "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever."

Declan and Mary have been out for a while due to injury and sickness. Tony's also been dealing with a sinus infection since Sunday.

Gallagher is the only one who's unaccounted for, in terms of why he's out. And yeah, it's the first time he's been out in NY.

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 7/30/10 at 9:26pm

Why would Anika need in a replacement in ON A CLEAR DAY..., sorano916?

I heard she was phenomenal at the final dress rehearsal.

[sorano916]

Posted: 7/30/10 at 9:27pm

Why would Anika need in a replacement in ON A CLEAR DAY..., sorano916?

I heard she was phenomenal at the final dress rehearsal.

I have no clue. I was just told that. *shrugs*

[dramamama611]

Posted: 7/30/10 at 10:13pm

Unaccounted for? Does he need to answer to you? It's none of our business.

[sorano916]

Posted: 7/30/10 at 10:22pm

Unaccounted for? Does he need to answer to you? It's none of our business.

I didn't mean it like that. I meant that it's just unknown; he doesn't have to explain why he's out, etc. Sorry if I did the wrong word choice there. Don't need to snap at me.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 7/30/10 at 10:50pm

Glad that you didn't mean it that way -- but you can see how it seemed.

[everythingtaboo]

Posted: 7/31/10 at 1:23am

I'd just like to mention, if anyone gets a chance to see Joshua Koback as St. Jimmy (it's still undetermined if he'll be on Saturday 7/31), it's definitely a must see. Tony Vincent is amazing, but Joshua Koback totally takes it to another level.

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 7/31/10 at 1:54am

I can't talk about the show, due to the nature of the workshop setting, but Anika Noni Rose was FANTASTIC, a revelation, etc. at the final dress of CLEAR DAY.

But yes, due to personal reasons Rose had to exit today, not sure if it's for the performance on Sunday as well (they have no performance on 7/31).

I hope she is able to make it back.

[sgv123]

Posted: 7/31/10 at 11:45am

Josh is on as St. Jimmy and Van is on as Johnny for both shows today.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 7/31/10 at 12:23pm

looks like they hired those extra swings just in time.

[wickedfan11]

Posted: 7/31/10 at 12:32pm

The cast today is the same as last night, except for Leslie!Heather and Corbin!Leslie.

[rokyerhartout]

Posted: 7/31/10 at 2:12pm

As per John Gallagher Jr.'s twitter:

"I got shut down and bed ridden by sickness this weekend. My true apologies to all seeing American Idiot. It is killing me to not be there."

http://twitter.com/JohnGallagherJr

[everythingtaboo]

Posted: 7/31/10 at 7:00pm

Apparently that apology made some in the cast personally upset:

@JohnGallagherJr Not sure what to make of that. We miss you but apologizing to those seeing the show devalidates us still kicking ass here

apologize to people that were hoping to see you. But don't apologize for the quality of the show while you're gone. Uncool.

When someone commented on the intent, she replied:

Well you have to be careful with a limited # of characters and many of our cast took offense. I'm just the one saying it.

It goes on from there...

Either way, I'm still going and seeing the show tonight. It's just sad to see Twitter flare ups like that.

http://twitter.com/aspenvincent

Updated On: 7/31/10 at 07:00 PM

[florida theatre kid]

Posted: 7/31/10 at 9:40pm

Wow that little "Twitter Battle" was....bizarre?

[sorano916]

Posted: 7/31/10 at 10:34pm

Heh... Michael Esper's tweets on the whole thing are pretty amusing:

@aspenvincent @johngallagherjr that was the most polite Twitter-beef ever. Could you please try a bit harder? Listen to NWA or something?

Also? I'm making "Team John" and "Team Aspen" shirts right now.

Also, I just want to apologize to everyone for being in the show tonight.

http://twitter.com/airstreamrally

BTW, he's the only one who hasn't called out in Berkeley or Broadway.
Updated On: 7/31/10 at 10:34 PM

[Lavieboheme3090]

Posted: 7/31/10 at 10:35pm

Yeah, it sounded to me that he felt bad for not being able to be there for his cast and fans. I guess tensions are running high with so many swings and understudies going on. But when it rains it pours.

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 7/31/10 at 11:33pm

That was just...odd. He could've worded it better but she also took it way out of proportion.

That said, everyone was wonderful. I really enjoyed Van Hughes as Johnny.

[aasjb4ever]

Posted: 7/31/10 at 11:35pm

Seems Aspen's quite a firecracker

[florida theatre kid]

Posted: 8/1/10 at 12:22am

Reading John's tweet I just felt like it was so obvious he was in no way putting down the show, and I really don't know how she got that vibe.

[sgv123]

Posted: 8/1/10 at 12:57am

She did say that she knew what he meant...so pretty much the argument was pointless.

[CarPooper]

Posted: 8/1/10 at 1:03am

I've seen Andrew Call as St. Jimmy's understudy, and he was pretty good..