Brody Grant

[Owen22]

Posted: 11/29/24 at 6:31am

Tik Tok is saying Brody has only performed his lead role in The Outsiders 65% of performances since last spring. He has missed a total of 88 shows. Is he not well?

[Bwaygurl2]

Posted: 11/29/24 at 6:36am

Presumably he's had some health struggle but it isn't publicly known. He missed a few months but returned about a month or so ago. I would think those months are why the percentage is low, not that he misses several days each week. 

[inception]

Posted: 11/29/24 at 9:24am

He was out when i saw it two weeks ago.  Don't think he makes or breaks the show.  He's not the one who is shirtless most of the first act.

[laurgirl220]

Posted: 11/29/24 at 9:49am

Updated On: 11/29/24 at 09:49 AM

[laurgirl220]

Posted: 11/29/24 at 9:53am

inception said: "He was out when i saw it two weeks ago. Don't think he makes or breaks the show. He's notthe one who isshirtless most of the first act."

What a gross comment to make. But anyway, as stated above, he was in fact out for a planned absence for a month, which is what brings down the average. He does also miss a show or two a week which is in line with what many lead roles do in other shows (see, eg, Hells Kitchen). The problem isn’t with Brody, it’s with the weird way the show handles it— of choosing not to disclose when he’ll be out. But at least some people like this gross poster who are apparently going for the shirtless young men don’t care whether he’s out or not anyway! 

[The8re phan]

Posted: 11/29/24 at 9:58am

He does seem to be out ALOT....... just as much if not more than Lindsay Mendez was out in Merrily.

Not saying that his absences aren't justified, but it's obvious he gets a free pass here while she was raked over the coals consistently on this message board

[Kad]

Posted: 11/29/24 at 10:09am

The8re phan said: "He does seem to be out ALOT....... just as much if not more than Lindsay Mendez was out in Merrily.

Not saying that his absences aren't justified, but it's obvious he getsa free pass here while she was raked over the coals consistently on this message board"

I’m not sure he gets a free pass, per se. It’s more that the membership here was more invested in Merrily overall. 
There was also a weird while this summer in which his absences became fodder for unsubstantiated rumors of misconduct amongst the production on social media and on Reddit in particular and any posts about the topic got deleted. 

[RippedMan]

Posted: 11/29/24 at 10:26am

I'd agree with that plus Mendez is a Tony winner and seeing the 3 of them was essential to show's success. Grant's insanely talented, but I think most people are going for the show.

[laurgirl220]

Posted: 11/29/24 at 10:29am

RippedMan said: "I'd agree with that plus Mendez is a Tony winner and seeing the 3 of them was essential to show's success. Grant's insanely talented, but I think most people are going for the show."

Mendez was also above the title so there was more obligation on the show and they often didn’t notify until pretty last minute 

[Ensemble1698878795]

Posted: 11/29/24 at 12:12pm

If he wasn’t okay and had private medical or mental things going on, would that make his performance record more suitable to you? This thread is weird. Actors are humans first, they owe us nothing. Let’s worry about the shows and not their personal lives. Our ticket price doesn’t include that info.