Damiano is Spider-Man's new Mary Jane

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 6/8/10 at 4:05pm

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/08/new-mary-jane-for-spider-man-musical/

[alliez92092]

Posted: 6/8/10 at 4:07pm

Good for Jenn! Now I actually hope this show does end up opening so she gets to do it. She really deserves it.

[wicked1492]

Posted: 6/8/10 at 4:10pm

I think she'll do really well with this. I hope we can see something other than the angsty, depressed character we get alot of in N2N.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/8/10 at 4:12pm

Ugh. Stunt casting.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 6/8/10 at 4:14pm

What I'm wondering, Jordan, is whether or not she'll be a c**t at the stage door.

[wicked1492]

Posted: 6/8/10 at 4:16pm

HAHAHA

Do you think she'll sign my NEXT TO NORMAL magnet and poster?

[Craww]

Posted: 6/8/10 at 5:49pm

She seems so stolid to me. It's hard to imagine her with the proper girlish charm. If she were a movie actress I'd put her more in the Julia Stiles track than the Kirsten Dunst track.

[steven22]

Posted: 6/8/10 at 6:11pm

at the next to normal stage door a few weeks ago (end of may) i asked Jen about Spiderman and she said she couldn't speak about it. hahahaha

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 6/8/10 at 6:35pm

Craww - in the comics, Mary Jane wasn't the girl next door. She was VERY feisty. In the movies, they calmed her attitude down a lot.

[Craww]

Posted: 6/8/10 at 6:38pm

Yeah, I know. But like...feisty in a spunky way, not in a bitchface way. (Sorry Jenn, nothing but love 4 u!)

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 6/8/10 at 6:46pm

Hahaha. You preach the truth!

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/8/10 at 6:58pm

I like the idea of Jenn as Mary Jane. She seems like someone who could actually match Spidey and stand up to him if she needs to.

[B3TA07]

Posted: 6/8/10 at 10:37pm

With such a commercial show I can't imagine the producers not giving her crap if she refuses to at least be polite at stagedoors.

I just love that she is cast as MARY. JANE.

Updated On: 6/9/10 at 10:37 PM

[chellie]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 1:51am

I can't imagine the producers her crap if she refuses to at least be polite at stagedoors.

I honestly can't figure out what you're trying to say. I think I get the gist of it, but I can't figure out where you left out a word or...something.

[B3TA07]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 4:26am

LoL, how embarrassing. I think I wrote it, changed the structure, and left something out when I went and did that. I edited it.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 4:31am

She's aloof, not impolite. Stagedoor is something she doesn't enjoy, I can't imagine THAT will change any. It's not part of the show, OR going to be in contract....so not much they can (or will) do.


Of course, we don't know if this will ACTUALLY open or not -- but it does seem to be more of a possibility at this point.

[starspangledjenny]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 4:37am

The pairing of her and Reeve Carney will be interesting. Jenn is loud. Carney is well... not. It makes me think of a mac truck running over a tiny puppy.

[BroadwayBound062]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 5:43am

When I saw N2N Jenn was perfectly nice to me and everyone else

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 8:14am

Well that's one way for the production to save s lot of money.
Good luck to her.

[jndeblasi]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 8:57am

jenn has always been super sweet at the stage door to all those waiting. she makes conversation, signs and takes pictures with whomever asks. i'm excited for her to move on to this role and think that is where the focus should be, not on if she'll stage door or not.

[Craww]

Posted: 6/9/10 at 1:11pm

I don't really think you can say she's always been super sweet to all those waiting. I mean, people get these reputations for a reason. Lea Michele wasn't a horrible hosebeast to me, and I've even heard stories of her being a true sweetheart, but...I can't take that and apply it across the countless stories that implied otherwise.

I don't actually care, though. Shouldn't be any prerequisite for considering someone for a role. A lot of people do confuse uncomfortable and aloof with being horribly rude, also.