Does anyone know why Nicholas Barasch has left the tour of Hadestown?

MarkBearSF said: "I was lucky to catch Nicholas Barasch's last performance as Orpheus in Hadestown in San Francisco yesterday. He was wonderful (as always) and there was a nice little farewell tribute to him by the company at the curtain call.

Does anyone know why he left the tour? Does he have something lined up on Broadway?

I've been a fan since first seeing him in Drood (on our night, the audience voted for him and Chita as the lovers) and was captivated by him in She Loves Me."

I think he's doing The Butcher Boy at Irish Rep.

And yes, I also saw him last week and agree he was excellent. Going again this week, and excited to see Chibueze Ihuoma's take on the role.

Was Barasch on for closing night of Drood? I know the bootleg (sorry) has the “threesome ending” with the male ingenue and both female ingenues kissing; was that a frequent inclusion, or just a cheeky treat for closing night?

Nick has been involved with THE BUTCHER BOY for its entire development. It's a project he's passionate about.

RippedMan said: "He was great in LA. Surprised he'd leave a production contract for this, but maybe he goes back after the run?"

The Hadestown tour isn't on a production contract, they are on a SETA contract. A travesty, I know.

Is Barasch such a promising young talent that it might be worth the risk to see Butcher Boy?

I don't know why, but when I first read about this upcoming musical, I mixed it up in my mind with Borstal Boy by Brendan Behan & got excited. Then I realized my mistake when I read the synopsis... "Oh yikes! that book." Butcher Boy is significantly darker, stranger. Not sure it will be up my alley.

slightly off-topic

but I hope they cast Damon Daunno to replace Reeve

As my gram used to say, “a ginger should never leave a good paying job.”

Alexander Lamar said: "RippedMan said: "He was great in LA. Surprised he'd leave a production contract for this, but maybe he goes back after the run?"

The Hadestown tour isn't on a production contract, they are on a SETA contract. A travesty, I know.

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Not necessarily. I have known many Seta contracts that, thanks to overage sharing, have paid better than Production.

Updated On: 6/14/22 at 01:14 PM

Saw Chibueze Ihuoma go on several months ago, and he's by far my favorite Orpheus.

He may have made a deal before he took the job that he would leave for the other show, if as someone else commented, he has been involved with it for a while.