Anything new on the rumored Groban-lead Sweeney? — Page 8

Ke3 said: "singer234 said: "I believe Renee Rapp was part of the reading, but I doubt she’ll do the Broadway production with her tv/music career where it is at the moment."

Assuming this reading happened within the last six-ish months I can't imagine what would stop her from doing this. Her only current filming obligation is SLOCG. They've already filmed S2. With the changes over at HBO Max a third season seems iffy. As for her music, she's an independent artist. It's not like she has a label breathing down her neck about the time doing a Broadway run would take."



Maybe she feels as though a role like Johanna is a bit of a step backward, career-wise? Johanna has some beautiful music in the show, but acting/story wise, it's a fairly thankless role.

Granted, I'm notoriously terrible at assessing the "fame level" of people on TV; how popular is Sex Lives of College Girls? I actually don't know. But if she has become sufficiently well-known, she might feel like Johanna is below her pay grade.

Then again, if the reading really was that recent, then maybe you're right. Still, it's a lot easier to commit to a reading.

I don't necessarily want to weigh in on Peterson's tweets, because I think it's complicated, and I can see arguments on both sides.

But this whole logic of "he's angry about something that hasn't even been announced" doesn't really make sense. Even without Boroff's piece, it had been widely rumored, somewhat credibly, for months now. And I think Boroff's piece pretty much solidifies that the rumors are true, even if the show ultimately fails to capitalize, and move forward as planned.

At this point, I think it's fairly safe to assume that Groban and Ashford have been cast. So you can either be angry about the casting, or not be angry about the casting; you can either see merit of Peterson's takes, or not see merit in his takes (or have mixed feelings, like me, of course). But this whole business of mocking his outrage simply because it's "not even official yet" strikes me as a misassessment of the actual situation as it stands.

Updated On: 8/25/22 at 06:02 PM

But it is official, because they’ve been cast. Even if it doesn’t get capitalized, those actors have been cast. And he’s complaining about it. He’s not complaining about the show getting capitalized (something that hasn’t yet happened), he’s complaining about choices that have already been made.

Even if you disagree with that logic, let’s be real here: it will probably get capitalized. Expressing an opinion about a very real, imminent, and even LIKELY outcome, is a perfectly valid thing to do, even when it’s not 100% set in stone. I’m sure we all do that in various areas of our lives.

Again, your other arguments are your arguments, and I don’t feel like getting it into it, personally. I also said literally nothing about your character, or what he said about you. I’m just speaking to this one aspect of it.

Updated On: 8/25/22 at 08:07 PM

Just seems odd he's so angry about this and not like... Sara B and BDJ leading Into The Woods or all the other white shows. Like, we know 2% of the cast.

These are some interesting points everyone is making. I guess for me, although I think that having diverse casts is extremely important, to have some sort of unofficial rule that if a play or musical has a leading man and a leading woman that at least one of them needs to be POC, well…that is a slippery slope.

OK, in light of Hogan‘s post above, let me rephrase this point one more time to in a way that will meet those technical criteria. Then I’ll stop harping on this, for everyone’s sake:

The intent of the producers has been made known. They’ve made decisions, they’re apparently taking steps to act on those decisions, and they’re likely to pan out. It’s perfectly valid to express an opinion about an action someone is currently in the process of taking, based on decisions they have already made. Especially if they appear likely to come to fruition.

And using the marginal uncertainty as a tool to undercut someone’s point is a deflection from the actual content of the complaint.

That said, I realize that many people in this thread have also contributed actual arguments - as I said, I was just speaking to that one line of logic.

Updated On: 8/25/22 at 10:40 PM

Ke3 said: "singer234 said: "I believe Renee Rapp was part of the reading, but I doubt she’ll do the Broadway production with her tv/music career where it is at the moment."

Assuming this reading happened within the last six-ish months I can't imagine what would stop her from doing this. Her only current filming obligation is SLOCG. They've already filmed S2. With the changes over at HBO Max a third season seems iffy. As for her music, she's an independent artist. It's not like she has a label breathing down her neck about the time doing a Broadway run would take."

Definitely true. I was thinking more along the lines of “does Renee Rapp want Johanna in Sweeney on Bway to be her next career step”. I’m just guessing not, but could be totally wrong.

SouthernCakes said: "I just want to know dates."

I asked my agent friend, he said Lunt-Fontanne - rehearses late winter, Previews March, Opens April - dates tbd.

Interest and availability calls from Kail & Friedman's team etc. are going out to agents for the roles of: Anthony, Johanna, Pirelli, Judge Turpin, Tobias.

I heard it begins rehearsal in Dec

nativenewyorker2 said: "The obnoxious tik tocker says Gaten and Micaela Diamond have been casted so take that with what you will"

So much for inclusive / diverse casting.

nativenewyorker2 said: "The obnoxious tik tocker says Gaten and Micaela Diamond have been casted so take that with what you will"

He also said Patrick Page was the judge but Patrick is doing King Lear in DC in the Spring, so I don't think that will be happening.

https://www.shakespearetheatre.org/events/king-lear-22-23/

Actually, "casted" is a word, but its use in this context betrays a lack of enlightenment reinforced by the use of the malaprop expression "take that with what you will."

EDSOSLO858 said: "nativenewyorker2 said: "The obnoxious tik tocker says Gaten and Micaela Diamond have been casted so take that with what you will"

So much for inclusive / diverse casting."



LOL - Well that casting is not happening so chill. Anyway, the roles of Tobias, Beadle, Beggar woman-Lucy or even Judge Turpin could end up being black but the show has not been cast yet!

Updated On: 9/3/22 at 02:50 PM