Encores: Into the Woods to Transfer to the St. James for limited run this summer? — Page 9

Jordan Catalano said: "Wasn’t Donna (along with Kelli) bumped up to a series regular for season 2?"

And a huge number of other players, many of whom were essentially already series regulars.

Anyway, I’ll be upset to not see Heather continue if this goes to Broadway. I thought she needed a little room to grow at first, but as the show went on she clearly was getting better and better and I imagine she’d only improve with the extra time on Broadway. I would be interested in seeing Renée in this role though, I could see her being great.

I just hope that whatever happens with the cast, Sara and Gavin don’t go anywhere. To me, their performances were the freshest and most exciting of a stellar ensemble in my eyes.

The short answer is tbd. Money has already been spent and hiring has already occurred. They still have a decent cushion of time if their aim is still 8 weeks from end of June till end of August.

Updated On: 5/16/22 at 02:27 PM

Not sure if this definitely means Christian Borle will be the new Baker (or if it means anything for that matter), but on the Little Shop website under cast he's no longer listed. It just has Andrew Call listed for Orin et al. 

Updated On: 5/16/22 at 02:53 PM

And what makes you say that? Everything I've heard since even yesterday was that the plan is still there.

Really best to trust no one with “insider information” at this juncture. What’s clear is that something was in flux  and people got ahead of the announcement. Would presume not happening but be hopefully optimistic. 
 

As W told us all: “fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again.”
 

City Center tweeted a picture of the cast with the caption “no one leaves for good.” Take of that what you will.

I'd personally advise everyone to take every single post in this thread with a grain of salt.

The theatre industry is pretty much day-to-day right now, and things can change in a snap. Best to just wait and see what happens.

All politicians are professional actors.

Updated On: 5/16/22 at 07:32 PM

They're shooting Emily in Paris this summer so she's not available. 

n2nbaby said: "City Center tweeted a picture of the cast with the caption “no one leaves for good.” Take of that what you will."

I believe that photo was of the cast with Rob Berman, who was retiring as musical director after several years.

WldKingdomHM said: "Talk about magic, they should of transferred Little Shop from a couple of years ago"

Except they intentionally opened it off-Broadway for a commercial run to ensure it sells well, and also the original creators never wanted it on Broadway.

Thought they were referring to the production currently running. That makes more sense.

Larry6417 said: "Christian Borle is the luckiest person on Broadway.

So mediocre. So uninteresting.

IMHO



PS- NPH is NOT Chip Zien and neither is CB. You want perfection? Listen to the OBC!"

I don't know if I'd like Borle as the Baker but he was my favorite part of Something Rotten and the only decent thing about the dreadful Charlie and the Chocolate Factory so I disagree.

But yes, Chip Zien is the greatest. His snub for a Tony nom is an all time snub IMO.

Updated On: 5/18/22 at 06:58 PM