Barrett Wilbert Weed abruptly departs HEATHERS

WTF is going on over there??

It has been discussed here. So strange.
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Broadway.com out of the loop as usual. I feel bad for Barrett that they wrote the story this way. But yeah, discussed in Heathers thread.

I just find it to be rather callous. Replacing someone in a musical is usually rather sensitive and especially when they haven't announced anything officially. Callous:

"Maybe she'd just had enough of croquet, pâté and slushies? Broadway.com has confirmed that Barrett Wilbert Weed, who was starring as Veronica in Heathers, the musical based on the 1988 cult classic film, has suddenly departed the off-Broadway production. No word yet on why she left the tuner or who her replacement is."

It's Broadway.com, a mostly tacky ticketing site with a half-assed news division that uses flashy language. It is nothing from the producers. And the article states she left and no reason given, not that she was replaced. They phrased nothing to hint at a firing or being replaced, which would be different in tone. Besides, I have read far worse in Variety, which uses a higher quality version of similar phrasing.

I posted the official announcement on Playbill.com in the Heathers thread.

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Updated On: 7/8/14 at 03:41 PM

You will NOT be disappointed by Charissa Hogeland as Veronica. Having seen both Weed and Hogeland in the role, I actually preferred Hogeland's Veronica in almost every way over Weed's, especially vocally.. Heathers is in VERY good hands with Charissa at the helm. This may be enough to get me back one more time!

Listening to her sing on YouTube. She's fine. But Weed had such an incredibly interesting voice and demeanor. She was perfect in that role.