This is exciting!
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Andy-Karl-Mark-Linn-Baker-Michael-McGrath-and-Mary-Louise-Wilson-Join-Cast-of-ON-THE-TWENTIETH-CENTURY-20141020
Broadway Star Joined: 7/12/07
Love this casting! Well I guess this is official confirmation that McGrath isn't continuing with Neverland.
Exciting and unexpected casting! Andy Karl should be great, and it'll be nice to see him in another comedic role!
Taking my sweetie on Valentines Day. Can't wait!
All good!
I would never have thought of Mary Louise Wilson. What a great choice!!
And I'm also very excited for Andy Karl. He was sensational in Rocky.
Andy Karl is a great but relatively unsung Broadway B-lister, who never gets the attention he deserves to be a superstar, but is almost always the high point of whatever he appears in.
He plays the Bass Man in Disney: On the Record, a revue based almost entirely on highly harmonized reimagining of Disney music, and his basement notes are breathtaking.
Yeah, guess McGrath is jumping ship. Interesting considering his paycheck was probably better in Neverland.
Kevin Kline won a Tony for that role - it'd be lovely to see Karl duplicate that.
Michael McGrath had already signed on to ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY when he agreed to do FINDING NEVERLAND in Boston. There's no "jumping ship" involved.
Featured Actor Joined: 5/6/13
Here I thought I'd never get to see Mary Louise Wilson on stage - so excited for February!
Now, knowing for sure that McGrath won't be on the Neverland soundtrack, I'm grateful that I got to see his spectacular Frohman/Hook at A.R.T.
And if they make a soundtrack of this ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY cast, I'll definitely buy it. (Not just because of him. The cast looks great.)
Updated On: 10/20/14 at 02:32 PM
Broadway Star Joined: 7/12/07
Well from the talk so far, it sounds like this was a Weinstein decision, not his to not continue with Neverland.
Please keep in mind that McGrath was only taking over after Roger Bart dropped out.
I love this casting. Perfect from top to bottom, and in unexpected ways (at least for me, and at least in theory.)
I loved Michael McGrath in Neverland so glad I got to see him!!! Absolutely love the rest of this casting. Andy is going to be awesome!
I really hope that they don't skimp on the size of the orchestra.
The orchestra in the new promo sounds incredibly thin.
The American Airlines has a very small pit. The Pajama Game had a 12 musicians - I wouldn't expect much more than that for this.
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