Dear Barry & Fran Weissler,- Page 2

[Wilmingtom]

Posted: 9/19/14 at 3:31pm

Thanks for joining with the sole purpose of bashing Josh. I guess you didn't get the gig, right?

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 9/19/14 at 3:33pm

"I thought Justin Guarini was fatastic in Women on the Verge."

I was surprised by that too. And THEN saw him play an entirely different type in "Ghost Brothers of Darkland County."

Having said that, I will never see Laura Osnes in anything.

[Someone in a Tree2]

Posted: 9/19/14 at 8:56pm

^ Girl was superb in BONNIE & CLYDE. She's the real thing, despite the reality thing.

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 9/19/14 at 10:00pm

So... Is it safe to assume they'll cut the shirtless scene?

[brdway411]

Posted: 9/20/14 at 12:57am

^^^ LOL, I am avoiding the show with this cast.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 9/20/14 at 1:01am

"Girl was superb in BONNIE & CLYDE. She's the real thing, despite the reality thing."

This will not change my prejudice.

[SamIAm2]

Posted: 9/26/14 at 12:53pm

FindingNamo, I'm curious. Why the prejudice? Is it the reality show thing?

[Wilmingtom]

Posted: 9/26/14 at 2:41pm

Troynow, in case you haven't heard, the "laughing stock of Broadway" will become the 2nd longest running show in history in November. They must be doing something right.

[jnb9872]

Posted: 9/26/14 at 4:30pm

^^ running the cheapest production of a musical, keeping the costs low and every so often debasing the production with stunt casting of the lowest order. Doing "something right" =/= doing something well.

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[dramamama611]

Posted: 9/26/14 at 4:59pm

And since none of us know HOW he was cast (only because of AI, did he audition and actually ACT) no one actually knows if the casting is appropriate or not. He might suck, but he might be wonderful as well.

Why not wait and see before deciding ANY opinion? I know that is a bizarre concept.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 9/26/14 at 4:59pm

And since none of us know HOW he was cast (only because of AI, did he audition and actually ACT) no one actually knows if the casting is appropriate or not. He might suck, but he might be wonderful as well.

Why not wait and see before deciding ANY opinion? I know that is a bizarre concept.

[ShakinBaconGirl]

Posted: 9/27/14 at 6:52pm

When crap like WHAT happens? Have you seen him in the show? I had to do a bing search to find out who this guy is. I would hardly call this stunt casting.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 9/28/14 at 1:04am

Um, yes, sort of. We don't seem to have the magical powers that you possess. What is it about him that makes you so sure he CAN'T??

Updated On: 9/28/14 at 01:04 AM

[SweetLips]

Posted: 9/28/14 at 1:21am

It's important that 'we' are allowed to express opinions on all things theater here, but I have never understood why the mass hysteria when producers try to keep their show, and directly all the other performers, employed with the so-called 'stunt casting'. It's a fantastic idea-sometimes it works and when it doesn't-that sucks-but that's BUSINESS. Have a bitch but if a show can stay open, employ people, make a profit, that's fcukin' fabulous.

[Wilmingtom]

Posted: 9/28/14 at 1:24am

Does it only qualify as stunt casting if they're bad? Or is it stunt casting to cast Tom Hanks even if he's good? Or is casting anyone who has a name who might sell tickets stunt casting, whether they're good or bad?

[binau]

Posted: 9/28/14 at 1:28am

It's only stunt casting if the primary reason seems to be to sell tickets, I think. Someone coined a term here called "event casting" if I recall correctly, which was meant to refer to casting that will both sell tickets and is artistically meritorious.

[Wilmingtom]

Posted: 9/28/14 at 1:40am

That's a great explanation. But it makes me wonder if casting, say, Tom Hanks or Julia Roberts or Hugh Jackman is "event casting" unless they don't work out, and then it is perceived as "stunt casting." It may just be that I'm not into labels. I guess if Lindsey Lohan ends up being terrific in Speed the Plow, it was "event casting." If not, it was "stunt casting."