Annaleigh Ashford's Wicked Vacation?

I read on Wikipedia that Annaleigh Ashford is going to be taking a break to play Wednesday Addams in a staged reading of the Addams Family Musical... I'm both wondering whether there's any validity to this (Being from Wikipedia, and all) and if anyone knows when this'll be. I'm planning to see her in Chicago on September 13, and I really will die if I paid top-dollar for an understudy.

you mean understudies like Annaleigh Ashford was on the first national tour?

I'll hazard a guess and say no, it's probably not true.

Plus, some of the best leading ladies/men in Wicked started off as stand-by's and understudies. Give them a break.

P.s Annaleigh Ashford as Wednesday Adams? I really, really don't see that.

Kalimba, what's wrong with you? I've never read one positive post of yours. It's like looking for Bigfoot.

Defyinggravity, nothing is wrong with me. I'm opinionated.

Oh by the way, here's a "positive" post from July 10 regarding the closing of Passing Strange:

I hope I'm not too late to get tickets to the final performance. I have a feeling it will be an event.

Neither of the witches are billed above the title. Since when do you get a refund if one of them calls out?

yeah I originally saw Annaleigh as an understudy. Be more open minded to who might be taking over.

isn't annaleigh not even in wicked anymore and kendra is playing Galinda?

ohhh, I did not know that, thanks for the information :)

I agree about the "I'll DIE if I get an understudy" sentiment. The first time I saw Wicked ~ while Idina was still in, and yes at the time she was the big draw for me ~ my parents had given me a ticket for my birthday for an evening when I was going to be in Princeton having just finished attending a conference. I had everything worked out and timed perfectly.

Well, other than rain, but I made the best of it and got to the Gershwin to find the understudy board up. With "In tonight's performance, the role of Elphaba will be played by Kristy Cates". I was upset, but I didn't know when I'd be able to get a ticket and get back up (moving here wasn't even a speck on the horizon at the time), so I opted to go ahead and see the show.

And I was blown away by Kristy. Turns out it was only her second time on, but she was incredible. She even won over the girls who were behind me who were with a group and complaining that their leader wouldn't let some of them leave since "Idina is the only part of this worth seeing and the only reason we wanted to come." They were among the loudest cheers for Kristy by the end.

Give the understudies a chance and don't automatically pitch a fit.

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I agree with what's been said regarding seeing understudies. That's the problem when people go to see a show ONLY for a particular person (I'm not saying that's what the OP is doing, just in general). I know people who only go to see shows for a huge celebrity and would absolutely die if they were out that day. It can be a huge disappointment if they're out. I admit that I've been attracted to certain shows because of certain actors/casts at the time, but mostly it's for the actual show. And trust me, I have been a little disappointed a time or two because of an understudy board. But the understudies are SO talented and do such a great job, you'll enjoy the show nonetheless.


millie - I think that defying's comment about Kalimba sounded like it wasn't necessarily about her opinion of Annaleigh (I know not everyone has liked Annaleigh in the role), but moreso about the negativity in Kalimba's posts (not just on this thread).

Yeah. I was upset at first, but I really wanted to see the show, so I did and loved it. Once I saw Kristy, I found it hard to imagine what Idina would have been like. And when Kristy went to Chicago and one of my friends was raving and raving about her I was all "Yeah...saw her second ever performance as Elphaba. She rocks it." That was fun!

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