I have to wonder when Rouleau & Platt will join the Broadway company. Maybe they're on vacation for a week or two before joining the Broadway cast. If they're joining soon, I wonder where Doyle & Strand will be going?
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/12
The site is currently being updated, AJ Holmes is listed as Cunningham for the 2nd national tour.
AJ Holmes appears to only be Cunningham in the next 3 cities. https://twitter.com/ajholmesmusic/status/387991164764180480
if he's playing the role through it's San Francisco run, that's until January 19, 2014. Congrats to him!!
If they were smart, they'd grab the wonderful Mark Evans from the first national, put him opposite Ben on Broadway, and watch the magic happen. I think they could be as good (and totally different) a team as Andrew and Josh were.
Featured Actor Joined: 4/10/09
Apparently there is going to be a changing of guards on bway in Jan
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/12
Strange that he's only contracted for three cities. They have done a lot of strange switching around.
Ben IS going to Broadway. I can't really visualize him with Mark Evans, though. That seems like an odd pairing. (And it's not going to happen anyway...)
https://twitter.com/MarkHEvans/status/386527944895508480
A fun development! https://twitter.com/Nick_Spangler/status/389553538868981760
Do we know when Ben is going in on B'way?
I wonder who Spangler will be taking over for and if he'll be u/s Elder Pride again.
https://twitter.com/nicrouleau/status/392349569927106560
https://twitter.com/BenSPLATT/status/392349590697299968
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/18/12
https://twitter.com/MattfDoyle/status/392400908447129600 (interesting tone)
https://twitter.com/CodyCobbler/status/392498983265775616 (interesting hashtag)
Doyle seems pissed in that twitter comment. I'm guessing Strand is going into the 2nd national tour then - "Switcheroo"?? Wonder if that means AJ Holmes will be bumped down to standby.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/12
I'm guessing Doyle didn't want to end his contract? After Roleau leaves The tour, I wonder who will replace him?
I'm guessing with Spangler returning to the Broadway(who also u/s Elder Price) that one of the Elder Price standbys might do the second national tour(Hippensteel??).
Right now two companies have two standby Prices (Stephen Mark Lukas and Ryan Bondy on the 2NT, and KJ Hippensteel and Kyle Selig on Broadway), so I'm thinking there must be a reason for this... rise in Prices...
SORRY
But I wonder if they're just prepping to have more Prices at the ready for future departures. It's not like Nic Rouleau calls out often (for that matter, neither does Doyle, really). Bondy and Selig also have yet to go on as Price.
With Nikki set to do the revival of Les Miz, I would imagine we'll see a new Nabulungi come January as well. Or maybe Asmeret returns??
Doyle says that he has another project in development for when he leaves MORMON--anyone have insight?
I can see where one might read a tone of anger in his tweet, but I don't think that's the case. He's long said that his contract is up in January, it's not new news. It seems like he's just making it official here.
It's safe to assume that if Matt is Marius, it would've been included in today's announcement, right?
Not necessarily. The announcement says "Additional casting, including the roles of Marius, Cosette, Enjolras and the Thenardiers, will be announced in the coming weeks."
Has there been much talk of him as a potential Marius? (I honestly haven't been paying attention). He seems a superb choice.
Not that I've seen, plus he's tweeted about not going to the gym in preparation for a role (to be "scrawny"), which doesn't seem right. I'm not a fan of his Price, but I think he'd be a great Marius. For some reason I started thinking about it a few weeks back.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/12
Doyle as Marius would be inspiring casting.
Excited to see Nic and Ben! They both look great! Sad to Cody go he was amazing. Hopefully he joins the tour. Matt was okay. He wasn't nearly as good as Mark Evans IMO.
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