Idol: The Musical Replaces Entire Cast Prior to Opening
Idol: The Musical Replaces Entire Cast Prior to Opening
#1Idol: The Musical Replaces Entire Cast Prior to Opening
Posted: 8/4/07 at 6:40amWhy was this done? Does anyone know why? I think that's really sad.
TapTapTapioca
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#2re: Idol: The Musical Replaces Entire Cast Prior to Opening
Posted: 8/4/07 at 6:47amI don't know, it is really odd/rare that a musical does that.
#2re: Idol: The Musical Replaces Entire Cast Prior to Opening
Posted: 8/4/07 at 7:02amMaybe they weren't very good.
#3re: Idol: The Musical Replaces Entire Cast Prior to Opening
Posted: 8/4/07 at 7:20amIf that was the case then why would they hold the cast together that long and then say the day before opening night "Hey, we're replacing you guys." If you ask me they made that show what it was.
#4re: Idol: The Musical Replaces Entire Cast Prior to Opening
Posted: 8/4/07 at 7:33amNo idea then...
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#5re: Idol: The Musical Replaces Entire Cast Prior to Opening
Posted: 8/4/07 at 8:04amThis could be the worst show I've ever seen - should have kept the cast and fired the writer, composer, producer and director. A complete waste of time.
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#6re: Idol: The Musical Replaces Entire Cast Prior to Opening
Posted: 8/4/07 at 11:33amIt's certainly unusual. I mean, I've heard of people being replaced during rehearsals, out-of-town and previews, but never of an entire cast let go just prior to opening.
#7re: Idol: The Musical Replaces Entire Cast Prior to Opening
Posted: 8/4/07 at 11:50amI pray it wasn't a publicity stunt
#8re: Idol: The Musical Replaces Entire Cast Prior to Opening
Posted: 8/4/07 at 11:54am
The ENTIRE cast was wrong . . . ? I'm not buying that. I say publicity stunt. Unless the director was doin' something when he/she/it cast them.
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#9re: Idol: The Musical Replaces Entire Cast Prior to Opening
Posted: 8/4/07 at 11:57am
You're right on the nose, Elphie3. This was planned from Day One. Two casts were hired. One would play out the first three weeks of previews, then the second cast would come in to finish out previews and open the show.
I met two of the (first) cast members at the stage door of 110 IN THE SHADE, and they were telling Steve Kazee to come see them soon because they were only in it for the first few weeks after which a second cast came in.
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#10re: Idol: The Musical Replaces Entire Cast Prior to Opening
Posted: 8/4/07 at 12:00pm
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#11re: Idol: The Musical Replaces Entire Cast Prior to Opening
Posted: 8/4/07 at 12:15pmProbably a publicity stunt of some kind.
#12re: Idol: The Musical Replaces Entire Cast Prior to Opening
Posted: 8/4/07 at 2:12pm
I thought it was pretty common knowledge that this had been planned form the get go.
From what ive heard the cast that started the show wasnt a professional cast (the actors themselves weren't professionals) and that a professional cast was coming in to do the actual run of the show.
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