BREAKING: Mandy Patinkin Withdraws from THE GREAT COMET — Page 13

froote said: "As if you guys aren't speculating just as much that Oak encouraged the Twitter rants.

Bored of this crap now. Oak's career will be fine, he has the support of everyone in the industry. Sorry if that will be too offensive for you guys to handle. Peace out.



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I never speculated that Oak was responsible for the twitter hate... all I pointed out was the his silence didn't help, which it really didn't.

And his only statement was to say he was done with the show. After the original announcement from producers said he was welcome to come back, which granted, maybe it wasn't true, but that's not the point.

I just wanna know if Alexis Michelle facetimed Oak in tears in behalf of Patinkin, or not.

Updated On: 7/29/17 at 01:04 PM

Also, his statement had a hashtag that said "the fans made room"

Too bad they didn't make room in their wallets.

People stood up for Oak's Dust and Ashes last night, according to someone I know who was there. He was on fire last night, don't believe anything else.

Sondheimite said: "People stood up for Oak's Dust and Ashes last night, according to someone I know who was there. He was on fire last night, don't believe anything else.



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Cool. Like I said, I only saw a few random tweets so I was wondering if someone here knew more. I'm glad he's still giving his all

MVintheheartland said: "So what is Daveed Diggs up to these days? He would make a great Pierre, I have no idea about his vocal range for their part, but I sure think he's cute."

Diggs is keeping himself quite busy with a full schedule of TV/film projects including a just announced film with none other than Rafael Casal.





Maybe in a few years, someone will write a play about a fictional meeting between Oak and Patinkin a la Mary Stuart.

Canceled my tickets for 8/30. Five less seats sold. No issues with Telecharge about refund. If I'm the type of person the show was trying to reach to buy tickets, it won't work now. Just.A.Hot.Mess.

BroadwayRox3588 said: "mullein said: "By the way... I've never seen Comet up on Todaytix or among the lower tier point redeem tickets on audiencerewards. If they're truly in death throes you'd think they'd want to fill some seats.



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It's been on TDF a lot though. That's a better indication than Audience Rewards or Today Tix

Interesting.



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I've said it before and I'll say it again: John Legend as Pierre.

trpguyy said: "Unfortunately, the "star" that they're rumored to be courting will do nothing but result in a collective "huh?"



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That sounds ominous.

trpguyy said: "Unfortunately, the "star" that they're rumored to be courting will do nothing but result in a collective "huh?"



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Plot twist: it actually doesn't close by Labor day and subsequently goes out on an even weirder note?

I don't get the hysteria about this show. It's a tuneless hot mess, like some student show. Anyone saying it's the best thing they've ever seen has obviously seen some BAAD shows.

That aside, this is a mess of a situation. 1. The stupidity of these producers thinking that just because some guy has been in Hamilton he will sell tickets, and 2. That Oak (whom I'd never heard of before) was dumped so unceremoniously. He owes those producers nothing after that treatment. The whole show is tainted now and it will close very fast.

I've obtained discount tkts from Playbill.com via Telecharge. Plus they're available at the half price place on Times Square.