CRY-BABY Recasting?

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 1:02pm

It looks like the producers of CRY-BABY (which goes into previews March 15th in preparation for an April 24th opening at The Marquis) are re-casting the roles of Mona and Wanda before the show gets to Broadway.

Anyone know why?

http://www.playbill.com/jobs/find/job_detail/19937.html

Updated On: 1/12/08 at 01:02 PM

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 1:03pm

Yes, the tear will now be played by Shoshana Bean.

[B3TA07]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 1:04pm

Maybe the acknowledge they need a stellar cast to make the material watchable

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 1:08pm

If you haven't seen it, how can you say that?

[MungoGypsy8232]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 2:14pm

my vote for Wanda is Amy Spanger!

[B3TA07]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 2:19pm

"If you haven't seen it, how can you say that?"

Because I'm bored and felt like it.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 2:27pm

Nice.

I'll keep that in mind when reading any of your future postings.

[longshadowsfalling]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 2:29pm

"which goes into previews March 15th in preparation for an April 24th opening at The Marquis"

...I thought previews started March 1st?

[i.believe2]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 2:32pm

i have a question for anyone who has seen cry-baby..
out of curiousity, why is there a hyphen between the two words?
is cry-baby the name of a dance club or a clothing store in the musical?
thank you!

[B3TA07]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 2:44pm

"I'll keep that in mind when reading any of your future postings."

Lol!

[mallardo]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 3:22pm

Who played these roles in La Jolla?

[mallardo]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 3:23pm

Who played these roles in La Jolla?

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 3:25pm

"...I thought previews started March 1st?"

I think that was just a placeholder date that Playbill put on their page for Cry-Baby. I suspect the same thing of the April 1st date that is given for The Country Girl.

[MissAnneThrop]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 3:25pm

Lacey Kohl (Wanda)
Cristen Paige (Mona)

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 3:27pm

For some reason I thought one of these may have been the Elizabeth Stanley role. I thought there was a chance of her being replaced, guess not.

[MissAnneThrop]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 3:28pm

Elizabeth Stanley played Allison.

[mallardo]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 3:33pm

Thank you, MissAnneThrop.

[MissAnneThrop]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 4:04pm

no problem.

[thespian geek]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 7:54pm

I know that Megan Lawrence was Mona in readings. Maybe she can come back to the show now? Maybe? That'd be pretty fabulous.

[BroadwayBound86]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 7:59pm

Chester Gregory's status on Facebook about a week ago was that he "is looking for a JOB!!!!" Not sure what that is supose to mean...perhaps he is leaving the production as well? Has anyone heard anything about that?

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 8:48pm

As of now, Chester Gregory is still with the show.

Mona and Wanda have always been problematic roles. They were the two that were also re-cast after the workshop.


Megan Lawrence was originally slated to play Mona.

[StephanietheStar]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 8:56pm

NOOOO don't recast Cristen Paige!!!

She's amazing..I can't see how she would be bad!

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 9:00pm

She did it well.

The three "teardrops" are some of the characters undergoing some major rewrites (and from what I heard, a different song). They are going to take those two in a new direction (third times the charm!).

It will be interesting to see where they go with them.

A lot of the re-casting the first time around had to do with the look of the girls.

[Christina Cooper]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 9:25pm

Im surprised these two are going to be recast.. I thought the role of allison was going to be recasted, if there was any recasting.. This makes me sad.. they were really good!! Maybe they will cast some big names??

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 1/13/08 at 5:27pm

Maybe they will cast some big names??
Doubt it.