Cast changes between Readings, out of town tryout, and broadway.

I would like to see peoples general opinions on this. It was brought up in the case of Finding Neverland when Matthew Morrison participated in a reading last year but was unable to commit to the trial run at A.R.T in the fall due to Glee comittments and is now taking the show to broadway.

Should ALL principle actors of a broadway show only be eligible for the job if they participated from the beginning of the development process and stayed with it all the way through?

Each production is a separate contract. They can do whatever they want It is highly likely that Jordan knew all along they hoped to get Morrison back.


This isn't a club, it's a business. The producers are going to do whatever they believe is best for the show.

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I really wish Jeremy was leading the FN production, but I'm sure Morrison will be fine. Luckily I can watch Jordan's performance anytime I want.

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In the original ADDAMS FAMILY workshop (Summer 200, it was, of course, led by Nathan and Bebe as Gomez and Morticia, but the rest of the company consisted of:

Michael Arden as Lucas Beineke, replaced by Wesley Taylor.
Annaleigh Ashford as Wednesday Addams, replaced by Krysta Rodriguez.
Mary Birdsong as Alice Beineke, replaced by Jan Maxwell in a workshop, and later, Carolee Carmello.
Marylouise Burke as Grandmama, replaced by Jackie Hoffman.
Kevin Chamberlin as Uncle Fester, who inevitably stayed on with the production. Matthew Gumley as Pugsley Addams was a lot of the same. Zachary James as Lurch, too.
Jeff McCarthy as Col. Mal Beineke, who was later replaced by Terrence Mann.

So, as you can see, sometimes? SUPER talented people lose gigs.

We ll think about Joel Grey in Wicked. He wasn't the Wizard in the SF tryout and he was still a fantastic choice!

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Although Jessie was in the SF pre-broadway tryout

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