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#26

heathers

Posted: 6/29/14 at 8:22pm

That doesn't sound good.

#27

heathers

Posted: 6/29/14 at 8:26pm

Wow that's not good at all. It's weird. She is still listed on this site as Veronica. I'm not sure how reliable it is but it looks legit to me:
Current Heathers Cast Info

#28

heathers

Posted: 6/29/14 at 8:28pm

She was still listed in the Playbill on Friday night. If she is really gone her understudy should take over for her. She was remarkable.

#29

heathers

Posted: 6/29/14 at 8:35pm

According to her twitter, she is just on vacation.

#30

heathers

Posted: 6/29/14 at 9:28pm

Hogeland will be Veronica until someone is cast, but is not assuming the role full time. She is too valuable as an understudy.
Weed will be listed in the program until the next batch is ordered or the new girl starts, but will not be returning.

#31

heathers

Posted: 6/29/14 at 9:36pm

I've heard the same thing broadwayguy2 seems to have- that Barrett Wilbert Weed is not returning to the show and that Charissa Hogeland is only filling in temporarily until a permanent replacement begins.

In addition to covering Veronica, Hogeland is the Dance Captain and also a cover for both Heather Chandler and Heather Duke, so it makes complete sense that it would be way harder to replace her in that track than it would be to get someone from outside the show to come in as the new Veronica.

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Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.

Updated On: 6/29/14 at 09:36 PM

#32

heathers

Posted: 6/29/14 at 9:39pm

I wonder why she would leave so suddenly!

#33

heathers

Posted: 6/29/14 at 9:40pm

Alice Lee is on "Rising Star" right now if anyone wants to tune in.

#34

heathers

Posted: 6/29/14 at 9:42pm

And she just made it through!

#35

heathers

Posted: 6/29/14 at 9:43pm

Maybe the show was too rough on her vocally? She'd be a great contender for Diner, but that's not until Sept.

#36

heathers

Posted: 6/29/14 at 9:50pm

Barrett got fired from the producers. A good friend is a cast member and the story is quite dramatic.

#37

heathers

Posted: 6/29/14 at 10:15pm

re: Alice Lee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgodfVx4Zxo

Interesting that she was being critiqued as "too Broadway"

#38

heathers

Posted: 6/29/14 at 10:22pm

Wait, so she isnt returning? She hasn't mentioned it at all on Twitter or anything as far as I can tell.

#39

heathers

Posted: 6/29/14 at 10:55pm

Wow, fired? That is so weird. She was pretty terrific so whatever it was must have been big for them to get rid of her. Someone will cast her though with that voice.

#40

heathers

Posted: 6/29/14 at 11:28pm

Sutton,
With all due respect, I feel that even sharing that much is perhaps a bit much.
In regard to other things, I am under the impression that she, nor anyone, is supposed to confirm anything until the replacement has been announced and named.
As far as her next career move, suffice to say that will remain questionable when and until something happens.

#41

heathers

Posted: 6/29/14 at 11:33pm

I saw this today, I wanted desperately to love it, but I didn't. Elle Mclemore was terrific as usual, I liked Jessica Wynn much more than I thought I would. I do not care for the new Heather Duke, I think she think wide eyes translates to not playing with a full deck, but it didn't. I liked Carissa. Having seen Weed in Bare, which I think is a superior work, I don't think she would've saved it for me, it was the show itself- it does pay a nice tribute to the movie, but something is missing. I wonder what the deal with Weed is, she certainly was critically acclaimed in the role.

#42

heathers

Posted: 7/1/14 at 4:38pm

I was meeting a friend inside the stage door at NWS this past weekend as Heathers got out and as some of the actors from Heathers were walking up the stairs to leave they were talking (loudly enough that it echoed through the stairway) about how nice it is now that "the Barrett disaster is over." I have no idea what actually happened, but by the sound of it, something rather unpleasant went down.

#43

heathers

Posted: 7/1/14 at 4:43pm

Maybe she was just hard to work with or something? That sucks. I love her voice.

#44

heathers

Posted: 7/1/14 at 4:49pm

It's really not okay that a lot of this is being posted publicly...airing peoples' dirty laundry on a message board is really tacky.

#45

heathers

Posted: 7/1/14 at 4:55pm

Their professionals. It's a message board about theater. We're discussing what happened. It's not like it's a headline on CNN.

#46

heathers

Posted: 7/1/14 at 8:07pm

2 replacement thoughts for Veronica, off the top of my head;
Krysta Rodriguez
Courtney Wolfson

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"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel

#47

heathers

Posted: 7/1/14 at 8:18pm

Krysta doesn't really have the high belt, she's more of a soprano, and Courtney's not really a great actress. It's a demanding role, both vocally and in the acting department, it really requires a powerhouse.

#48

heathers

Posted: 7/1/14 at 9:46pm

I think Krysta would be great casting.

#49

heathers

Posted: 7/1/14 at 10:21pm

Visually, I can see it, but is there any show she's done where she's had to belt to an F/G like Barrett does in Heathers and been able to do it consistently?

#50

heathers

Posted: 7/1/14 at 10:28pm

Dream Veronica's:
.Jennifer Damiano
.Rachel Potter (if she was a little younger)
.Caroline Bowman (if she was a little younger)
.Elizabeth Gillies