Posted: 11/16/16 at 2:15pm
Was pretty surprised to see this ... Guess I'll be seeing him in Philly next summer
http://www.playbill.com/article/wicked-will-welcome-andy-mientus-isabel-keating-and-more
Updated On: 11/16/16 at 02:15 PM
Posted: 11/16/16 at 3:22pm
Maybe he's hoping to hop back to Broadway after doing his time with the tour
Posted: 11/16/16 at 3:33pm
Hey he's an actor and this is a gig with a good paycheck.
Posted: 11/16/16 at 3:36pm
It's not like this is the bus & truck company of Wicked. Good for him!
Posted: 11/16/16 at 4:45pm
Thought he'd be Fiyero, but Boq...really?
Posted: 11/16/16 at 5:29pm
Any reason I have to look at Andy is good enough for me!
Posted: 11/16/16 at 5:35pm
Unless the requirements have changed, Andy isn't tall enough to be Boq. Wicked has/had height requirements for Boq and Fiyero. Fiyero needs to be 5'11" or taller, whereas Boq can't be over 5'7".
Posted: 11/16/16 at 5:50pm
^ Wasn't Norbert Leo Butz (original Fiyero) shorter than that? I wonder when they settled on the height requirements.
Posted: 11/16/16 at 8:28pm
He doesn't have the voice to sing Fiyero.
Posted: 11/16/16 at 9:36pm
MikeInTheDistrict said: "^ Wasn't Norbert Leo Butz (original Fiyero) shorter than that? I wonder when they settled on the height requirements."
Norbert himself has joked about that. He's only around 5'7. He was also the only Fiyero that was wigged.
Posted: 11/16/16 at 10:39pm
oncemorewithfeeling2 said: "Unless the requirements have changed, Andy isn't tall enough to be Boq. Wicked has/had height requirements for Boq and Fiyero. Fiyero needs to be 5'11" or taller, whereas Boq can't be over 5'7".
"
I think you mean he isn't tall enough to be Fiyero.
5'10" and taller is the height requirement for Fiyero. 5'7" and shorter for Boq.
Posted: 11/16/16 at 11:06pm
Tag said: "Thought he'd be Fiyero, but Boq...really?"
He's not a Fiyero type.
Posted: 11/16/16 at 11:27pm
^I know, but Boq is a step-down for him.
Posted: 11/16/16 at 11:30pm
Perhaps, but it's a production contract.
Posted: 11/16/16 at 11:46pm
Most actors just want to be working actors. No step down involved.
Posted: 11/16/16 at 11:51pm
At around 5'8, he's too short to be Fiyero and too tall to be Boq, based on the casting office's breakdown. And frankly, as a 5'3 actor who can rarely even get *seen* for Wicked, this is a slap on the face. That said, I'm a fan and am sure he'll be great.
Posted: 11/17/16 at 12:01am
addicted said: "He doesn't have the voice to sing Fiyero."
Are you implying he has the voice to sing Boq? Because...
Posted: 11/17/16 at 12:56am
This really surprised me. Were he cast as a Boq replacement on Broadway, I'd still be quite shocked. That it's the touring production is stunning but as others have said, work is work.
Posted: 11/17/16 at 4:30am
He doesn't have the voice to sing Fiyero.
Yes, because we've all heard about the countless actors who have shredded their vocal chords singing Fiyero, or as I call it, the male Evita. Gimme a break.
Posted: 11/17/16 at 8:21am
Hahahah. I was by no means suggesting it was a hard role to sing. Rather, I was suggesting that he doesn't have a very good voice.
Posted: 11/17/16 at 9:14am
This is going into the territory of unsolicited gossip, but wonder if he took the tour simply to have something to do while Michael Arden's busy with Merrily.
Posted: 11/17/16 at 9:33am
I'm always amazed by comments that presume any kind of work for a Broadway actor is stepping down from what they've done before. While to you as a fan, Andy Mientus may be a 'star' of some kind, but the truth is he's just a working actor. The life of a working Broadway actor is not a glamorous one. You don't make the kind of money from a single gig to retire, or take years off until the next great role comes along. There are plenty of stories about actors who have been nominated for Tony Awards only to have to get sales jobs in retail stores the next season. The tour of WICKED is a production contract which is as good as it gets for musical theatre. Good for him!
