Ashley Spencer will be Sandy starting July 22nd...

[onlylisab]

Posted: 6/24/08 at 12:23pm

http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=417813&Category=9


Sorry if this is a double post.

[StockardFan]

Posted: 6/24/08 at 12:35pm

And Derek too, huh? Good on them!

[alfgiotir]

Posted: 6/24/08 at 1:03pm

wow (sarcastic). i though all the actors from "you're the one that i want" wanted to distance themselves from the show.

[onlylisab]

Posted: 6/24/08 at 1:04pm

I'm actually kind of suprised...Is this a step up or a step down for her?

I'm happy for Ashley though. She's such a sweet girl. I wish her only the best.

[yankees1253]

Posted: 6/24/08 at 1:10pm

congratulations to both of them.
it will great to revist grease again with them in it. derek was a favorite of mine on the show and my mom was in love with him. it will be sad for ashley to leave her family at hairspray and i hope she gets a nice farewell.

i would love to thank cantonrep newspaper for the confirmation.
by the way this is not a double post. i am glad ashley last day is july 13th and she gets to see lauras last day with max.

[Brave Sir Robin2]

Posted: 6/24/08 at 1:11pm

Derek was better than Austin and Max!

[yankees1253]

Posted: 6/24/08 at 1:14pm

i wonder what laura is up to after grease?.

ashley has been in an supportting role, so i feel its a step for her. still surprised that derek k is replacing max and josh franklin. i feel laura, kate, and ashley has already seperated themselves from the show and chad too who is in alter boyz.

[lovepuppy]

Posted: 6/24/08 at 1:19pm

Why are Max and Laura leaving? Were their contracts that short? 5 months or so?

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 6/24/08 at 1:22pm

Max and Laura have run out their contracts, which began in rehearsals last July.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 6/24/08 at 1:28pm

P.R. companies and producers hate it when actors leak this stuff to their local papers before the offical announcement.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 6/24/08 at 1:31pm

Were their contracts not re-newed or did they decide to move on from this awful production?

[barcelona20]

Posted: 6/24/08 at 1:31pm

Oh boo-hoo PR company.

What difference does it make really? Casting announcements are taken soooooo seriously.

Especially with these two, it's not like Barbra Streisand is announcing her return to Broadway.

[defyingravity07]

Posted: 6/24/08 at 1:31pm

And now they are just going to get more & more people from that ****ty show to be put in a ****ty show.

[FosterChild]

Posted: 6/24/08 at 1:34pm

yankees, you're posting too much and too long again!

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 6/24/08 at 1:34pm

From what I understand, they were offered to lead the touring company following their Broadway contracts running out and both turned it down (she's got voice over gigs and other commercial work; he's going back to La La Land).

[wicked_beast4]

Posted: 6/24/08 at 1:35pm

playbill confirmation

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/118955.html

[yankees1253]

Posted: 6/24/08 at 1:47pm

the thing about ashley pic from the playbill announcement its her photo from your the one that i want which pisses me off and they couldnt use a recent one like her headshot.
i would love to see matt salivador go and cody green take over.

[lovepuppy]

Posted: 6/24/08 at 1:53pm

I actually thought Matt Saldivar made an appropriate Kennickie.

Also, the Playbill link says Rizzo will be played by Janine DeVita, and I saw Jenny Powers in the role. Decent. Was she asked to renew too, and turned it down, or is she just leaving upon the contract expiration?

Updated On: 6/24/08 at 01:53 PM

[Glory]

Posted: 6/24/08 at 2:00pm

i don't get why they would put them in because Max and Laura won and now they have their runner ups taking over..oh well they were awesome so i'm happy for them!

[into_the_woods2]

Posted: 6/24/08 at 2:01pm

Congrats to her,she is going to be playing her dream role on Broadway!!!

[adamgreer]

Posted: 6/24/08 at 2:13pm

"Also, the Playbill link says Rizzo will be played by Janine DeVita, and I saw Jenny Powers in the role. Decent. Was she asked to renew too, and turned it down, or is she just leaving upon the contract expiration? "

Powers gave her final performance on Sunday. Natalie Hill is playing the role until DeVita takes over this Thursday.

[MovieGuy1031]

Posted: 6/24/08 at 2:24pm

Jenny Powers was the only part of the show that didn't make me want to die.

[SirNotAppearing]

Posted: 6/24/08 at 2:27pm

That show is DEAD without Max and Laura. Not artistically, the show has always been a reanimated, sad corpse. Financially, it won't survive, except with tourists who think Travolta's in it.

[choderman]

Posted: 6/24/08 at 2:41pm

Totally disagree with you. The show is a financial success and will continue to be with Ashley and Derek in the role. They also had thousands of fans!

[SirNotAppearing]

Posted: 6/24/08 at 2:45pm

Oh dear. It's a GREASE shill.