Darling departs frozen, Gattelli joins creative team

Not surprised though. I expected Gattelli from the get go. I also wonder if Groundhog Day is planning on coming in alongside frozen.

I'm not trying to say anything snarky, but Gattelli is currently involved with two project, this makes three, spongbob and war paint. So I wonder why darling can't do two shows, maybe it has to with Groundhog Day being based in London.

Call_me_jorge said: "I'm not trying to say anything snarky, but Gattelli is currently involved with two project, this makes three, spongbob and war paint. So I wonder why darling can't do two shows, maybe it has to with Groundhog Day being based in London. "

What you are missing is that despite both of Gattelli's summer shows being out-of-town, they are literally across the street from each other in Chicago. How he did both while they were in New York is something he probably worked out with the two. The other key is that Frozen has a workshop coming up here in a few weeks - while Groundhog Day is in London. So while overall they may not have the same timeline, at this point their timelines are conflicting.



All that being said, I'm glad Gattelli is joining the team. Frankly, I was surprised (but not in a negative way) when he wasn't a part of the team originally.

Gattelli is also doing Fair Lady in Sydney, opening in August and directed by Julie Andrews. Busy guy, and with good reason. His musical In Your Arms also seems to be on the move from the Old Globe.

'Scheduling difficulties' usually means fired. Happening so soon after the workshop probably means he didn't work out.

Yeah, that is the polite way to let someone go with dignity.