Erika Henningsen to Depart Mean Girls — Page 3

StephieElise said: "singer234 said: "I would love to see Hailey Kilgore play this part."

I haven’t actually seen the show, but Iwonder if they’d be hesitant to cast someone African American because of Cady having lived in Africa - either concerns that jokes would fall flat or, even worse, seem racist when they’re about a black girl rather than a white one (or Asian or whatever). For example, does Iit include the “I’m from Michigan” joke? That doesn’t really work if Cady does look like what people expect someone from Africa to look like."

I think the Michigan joke, as well as the “if you’re from Africa...” joke have both been cut for the show.

Someone please correct me if I’m wrong, I haven’t seen the show since previews.

AlexxGee said: "I am not a Mean Girls fan at all, but Erika is beyond talented, and such a sweetheart. She hasbeen playing Cady for SO long. I hope she takes a well-deserved break before starting a new project. I know it is probably not going to happen, but I would LOVE it if Tee Boyich came back to be Cady."



Wow, I LOVE mean girls, the musical, the movie, everything, but I think Erika is so boring and was such a generic choice for Cady. I hope i warm up to her more in other roles, but she was not the Lindsay replacement that was needed for that part.

ClumsyDude15 said: "In DC - the line "If you're from Africa, why are you white" was there, but the cast recently did a Google Talks interview and Kate Rockwell explained that they cut it because they didn't want the audience to finish the joke and be ahead of the moment so they cut it.

The line when Cady first arrives has changed a little in recent because of the Broadway production making changes to follow up with the tour.

It was originally:

I remember when Zurin (a black woman) covered Karen she would still say the line "Caucasian thumbs up" which bothered some people

Mr. Duvall: We have a new student joining us, her name is Caddy Heron

Cady: It's Cady

Mr. Duvall: She just moved here from Kansas

Cady: Kenya

The new line is similar but it has Mr. Duvall saying"We have a new student joining us, she just moved here from Arkansas." and Cady responding "Africa" and Mr. Duvall repeating it before introducing her as Caddy and being corrected like the above. The tour change goes a little further with Mr. Duvall making a comment about the names of students similar to the movie.

Considering they've had Olivia Kaufmann as standby for Cady and she's Asian, I don't see there being a problem with an African American Cady. Mean Girls has had their fair share of diverse covers for their roles, so I don't see why they couldn't have a woman of color playing Cady or any of their leading females."

lightsarebrightonbroadway said: "Just considering her recent presence in New York, could Maia Reficco potentially be replacing Erika?"

I'm sorry--who?

lightsarebrightonbroadway said: "Just considering her recent presence in New York, could Maia Reficco potentially be replacing Erika?"

She’s currently doing Next to Normal at the Kennedy center but I guess there is enough of a turn around for her to come to mean girls. However I think she might be a little young to take on the beast of a role that is Cady

I saw Olivia Kaufmann as Cady earlier this week and LOVED her. I hope she replaces.