Boys in the Band recoups

Kudos to them!!! From what I recall, they only had one discount in the mezz during weekday perfs? I'll admit I wasn't sure if it would recoup given it wasn't eligible for this year's tony awards but really happy to read this news!

Extend extend extend ugh

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Why cant they extend with cast replacements? Do all of them have commitments?

poisonivy2 said: "haterobics said: "poisonivy2 said: "So ... since this is a Rudin show and it announced recoupment then did Three Tall Women and Hello Dolly! not recoup?"

Aren't Ryan Murphy and David Stone the lead producers?

Yes but Scott Rudin is listed as a producer."



Correct. But Rudin is not the "muscle" on this one --- so he doesn't get to call all of the shots. Stone and Murphy are the lead producers.

I have been told by someone who is very, very involved with the show that there is no way they are extending. I think this is silly, considering how well it is doing, but who are the out gay actors who could serve as replacements here? I think there is, unfortunately, a fairly limited pool of such actors to choose from who would be a box office draw, especially considering that these characters are supposed to be in their 20's and 30's. If they didn't mind raising the age of the actors, they could have a field day.

So who are the actors who could do this? Here are some out gay actors, not sure some are age appropriate but who does everyone think could replace?

Neil Patrick Harris
Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Randy Harrison
Tituss Burgess
Billy Eichner
Jonathan Groff
Mario Cantone (too old but he could be a great Harold or Donald)
Sean Hayes (again, too old)
Cheyenne Jackson
TR Knight
Adam Lambert (can he act?)
Peter Paige
Jai Rodriguez
Russell Tovey
Michael Urie
Mark Gatiss (he was in a recent West End production)
Chris Colfer
Stephen Guarino
Ben Platt
Lee Pace
Paulo Andino
Stephen Wallem
Wentworth Miller
Charlie Carver

I'm sure I'm missing some obvious ones. But what does everyone think?

PS - the above are just out gay actors. I'm not saying that any of them are appropriate for this. Just curious on thoughts here.

Matt Rogers said: "But what does everyone think?"

The missing element on nearly everyone on that list is box office draw, which is what Parsons is for this production. When he injured his foot, the box office dipped. So, only NPH and possibly Platt (testing his draw for the first time post-DEH) would qualify. JTF has the same issue as Parsons, got to get back to the sitcom.

But yeah, heard the same thing that there is no chance of an extension.

bjh2114 said: "Sean Hayes is just 3 years older than Jim Parsons... I'd hardly qualify him as too old."

Definitely qualifies as too busy, since they will be shooting Will and Grace then...