How long with OBC of Drowsy be in for?

[BroadwayBoy2]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 9:39am

I'm going in May and I want to know who for OBC will be there.

[Just_John]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 9:59am

Probably not all of them, because the show opened last May and they all have nine month contracts, so it depends who will want to extend or not.

[bwayondabrain]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 10:01am

I'm sure Sutton Foster might've left by then to go work on YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN

[James2]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 10:08am

Edward Hibbert will have left by then (probably in Jan.) to act in Curtains.

[JerseyScoundrel]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 12:19pm

Bob Martin is leaving in March according to a casting notice for his replacement.

[DRSisLove]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 12:22pm

Man, I hope Bob Martin extends.
The show seems so much more special with him in it since he wrote it.

[SahDu]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 1:41pm

When in March? I'm going to NY from the 27th to April 1st...should I expect to see the majority of the cast?
Updated On: 2/15/14 at 01:41 PM

[worrell4077]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 3:39pm

The only two I think would be gone by May would be Sutton and Edward.

"When in March? I'm going to NY from the 27th to April 1st...should I expect to see the majority of the cast?"

By March, I would think only Edward would be gone since Curtains starts previews in February.

[Hawker]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 7:18pm

This whole OBC thing, in my opinion, is overrated.

When Les Miserables first opened in 1987 I was told by theater pundits that no one would ever match Colin Wilkenson (sp.). I thought Mark McVey was far superior.

Then, in 1988, the same thing was said about Michael Crawford in POTR. Personally, I preferred Davis Gaines.

I could go on and on with similar examples--Spamalot, The Jersey Boys, Carousel... .

The latest "now and forever" is Bob Martin. He's sensational but will he be remmebered in the same way as Rex Harrison or Yule Brenner?

Time will tell. But don't sweat it. The material will pretty much stand on its own.
Updated On: 12/16/06 at 07:18 PM

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 9:32pm

As a previous poster said, Bob Martin is leaving in March. He will be reprising the role of Man in Chair in a London production expected to launch in the summer.

[Broadwayboy2631]

Posted: 12/16/06 at 10:06pm

"Bob Martin is leaving in March according to a casting notice for his replacement."
Nooooooooooo I have to see it again before he leaves. I can't see anyone else in the role (besides myself).

[Dollypop]

Posted: 2/3/07 at 1:25pm

Breathe easy. His replacement is the ever-popular John Stamos.