Posted: 6/4/17 at 7:53pm
I noticed DEH has a 2pm show scheduled on the day of the Tonys. What are the chances the full cast will be performing? I would think they'd need to, you know, get ready for the biggest performance of their careers perhaps?!
Updated On: 6/4/17 at 07:53 PM
Posted: 6/4/17 at 7:55pm
They'll all be in, baring any kind of last minute illness.
Posted: 6/4/17 at 7:55pm
Only Ben is singing at the Tonys as they're doing Waving Through a Window. Regardless, actors almost always turn upto matinees the day of the Tonys.
Posted: 6/4/17 at 7:55pm
Everyone on here claims that the full casts are always on the day of the Tonys. However, last year Lin Manuel Miranda had originally been scheduled for the matinee (which I attended) but then changed his schedule a month before so he didn't have to perform. That's the only case I know of.
Posted: 6/4/17 at 7:59pm
Yes but that's slightly different as Lin always had a show off and it makes sense that that week he'd want that one off. Audra was also out last year, due to her pregnancy but then turned upto perform at the Tonys.
Posted: 6/4/17 at 8:01pm
n2nbaby said: "They'll all be in, baring any kind of last minute illness.
Thanks! I wonder if Ben will stage door between that matinee and the Tonys. I live here and won the lottery yesterday (after 7 months of entering). I knew he doesn't usually come out to sign playbills on double show days, so I intended to go back today to get my playbill signed. I saw it was raining and thought he wouldn't come out, boy was I wrong and kicking myself that I saw on FB he did come out! It's a bit of a trek from Brooklyn to go all that way if he doesn't come out but I'd like to try to catch him sometime.
Posted: 6/4/17 at 8:05pm
You're talking about the 6/11 performance, though, not the 7/11 one, right?
Posted: 6/4/17 at 8:08pm
Usually actors get ready for the Tonys in the theatre, then get on a bus and head there straight after the matinee, so although it would be fun to see them off at the stage door, I doubt there would be any signing/pictures. It's a very hectic and rushed day for them, as they have the Tonys rehearsal in the morning too.
Posted: 6/4/17 at 8:12pm
froote said: "Usually actors get ready for the Tonys in the theatre, then get on a bus and head there straight after the matinee, so although it would be fun to see them off at the stage door, I doubt there would be any signing/pictures. It's a very hectic and rushed day for them, as they have the Tonys rehearsal in the morning too.
"Makes sense, and is completely understandable. I'll try another time. Thanks!
Posted: 6/4/17 at 8:13pm
BroadwayConcierge said: "You're talking about the 6/11 performance, though, not the 7/11 one, right?
"Oops! Sorry for the typo. Any way to fix that?
Posted: 6/4/17 at 9:44pm
Go to your original post and hit edit message and make the fix.
Updated On: 6/4/17 at 09:44 PM
Posted: 6/4/17 at 10:03pm
froote said: "Only Ben is singing at the Tonys as they're doing Waving Through a Window. Regardless, actors almost always turn upto matinees the day of the Tonys."
The entire cast is in the fully staged version of "Waiving Through a Window".
Posted: 6/4/17 at 10:06pm
Yes, which is why I said that only Ben will be singing, not performing.
Posted: 6/4/17 at 11:14pm
VotePeron said: "Everyone on here claims that the full casts are always on the day of the Tonys. However, last year Lin Manuel Miranda had originally been scheduled for the matinee (which I attended) but then changed his schedule a month before so he didn't have to perform. That's the only case I know of."
Are you sure about that? He always took one show off per week (in which his alternate, Javier Munoz, performed), and it was always Sunday (unless it was while the show was dark on Sundays, in which case his day off was Monday).
Posted: 6/4/17 at 11:19pm
casedilla2 said: "
Are you sure about that? He always took one show off per week (in which his alternate, Javier Munoz, performed), and it was always Sunday (unless it was while the show was dark on Sundays, in which case his day off was Monday)"
You are incorrect. When I bought my ticket in January of '16, Lin had a schedule of random days off that varied each week, but was published through June. He was originally scheduled to take off the Saturday matinee on 6/10, which is why I purchased my tickets for the following day (I did my research! Haha) He later revised his schedule to always be Sunday, and this was only a few weeks before the Tonys.
Posted: 6/5/17 at 9:47am
VotePeron said: "He was originally scheduled to take off the Saturday matinee on 6/10, which is why I purchased my tickets for the following day (I did my research! Haha) He later revised his schedule to always be Sunday, and this was only a few weeks before the Tonys."
Yes, but he didn't do it because of the Tonys...
Posted: 6/5/17 at 9:53am
froote said: "Yes, which is why I said that only Ben will be singing, not performing."
The entire cast sings at the end of the song...
Posted: 6/5/17 at 9:55am
Regardless, the ony person that does enough to consider taking a show off for it would be Ben.
