Is Andrea Martin still leaving Pippin in the fall?

[Leadingplayer]

Is Andrea Martin still leaving Pippin in the fall?#1

Posted: 7/16/13 at 1:05am

Who could replace her? Tough call. You need someone who can do the comedy, the singing and the physical stuff.

[somethingwicked]

Is Andrea Martin still leaving Pippin in the fall?#2

Posted: 7/16/13 at 1:28am

You say "still" as if it's already been discussed that she is. Since when has her departure been a known fact?

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[Leadingplayer]

Is Andrea Martin still leaving Pippin in the fall?#2

Posted: 7/16/13 at 1:32am

She says so in an interview in the June Playbill.

[darreyl102]

Is Andrea Martin still leaving Pippin in the fall?#3

Posted: 7/16/13 at 4:26am

She will be a tough act to follow!

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[Bettyboy72]

Is Andrea Martin still leaving Pippin in the fall?#4

Posted: 7/16/13 at 7:21am

Cloris Leachman. It's a no-brainer. Lol

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[AC126748]

Is Andrea Martin still leaving Pippin in the fall?#5

Posted: 7/16/13 at 8:05am

I've read the playbill article in question and I can find no mention of her stating an intention to leave at all. See the link below.
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[kadu335]

Is Andrea Martin still leaving Pippin in the fall?#6

Posted: 7/16/13 at 8:21am

She has to stay at least until November so I can finally see her in this role. It will be very disappointing if she isn't =(

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[Queen of the Night]

Is Andrea Martin still leaving Pippin in the fall?#7

Posted: 7/16/13 at 10:12am

Actually she has mentioned in several interviews that her contract is up in September. I have heard that several other cast members were contracted through September as well. Of course, since the show is doing so well and there's good money to be made through the holiday season, it is quite possible that some of them may choose to extend through the end of the year. But I agree, replacing this cast will be challenging!

[dramamama611]

Is Andrea Martin still leaving Pippin in the fall?#8

Posted: 7/16/13 at 10:34am

I remember that Gavin Creel had a short contract (initially) for Hair. He then re-negotiated a (much) higher salary after it was proven that the show had legs and would be bringing in money.

I wonder if this is a similar thing: to give the actors a chance to increase their salary now that the show has proven its success.

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[quizking101]

Is Andrea Martin still leaving Pippin in the fall?#10

Posted: 7/16/13 at 11:53am

Jackie Hoffman!!! <3

Also, does anyone think Rachel deBenedet would make a fabulous replacement Fastrada when Charlotte when she leaves the show?

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[iluvtheatertrash]

Is Andrea Martin still leaving Pippin in the fall?#11

Posted: 7/16/13 at 11:57am

Mary Testa!

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[Queen of the Night]

Is Andrea Martin still leaving Pippin in the fall?#12

Posted: 7/16/13 at 12:11pm

I totally second Jackie Hoffman. She was the first person I thought of too. She was a riot and totally memorable in the smaller role of Grandma in the Addams Family. She'd be perfect in another sassy, funny, sexy grandma role!

[darreyl102]

Is Andrea Martin still leaving Pippin in the fall?#13

Posted: 7/16/13 at 12:18pm

Sexy? Jackie Hoffman??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U6hMk6WMKI

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[AC126748]

Is Andrea Martin still leaving Pippin in the fall?#14

Posted: 7/16/13 at 12:53pm

Mary Testa played the role recently in a regional production in Kansas City. She would be an interesting choice.

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

[ClydeBarrow]

Is Andrea Martin still leaving Pippin in the fall?#15

Posted: 7/16/13 at 12:59pm

I LOVE the idea of Jackie Hoffman. Not too sure about Mary Testa though. If we're staying XANADU adjacent then what about Annie Golden?

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[Unknown User]

Is Andrea Martin still leaving Pippin in the fall?#16

Posted: 7/16/13 at 1:46pm

It has already been announced that Neil Patrick Harris will be replacing Martin.

[lovebwy]

Is Andrea Martin still leaving Pippin in the fall?#17

Posted: 7/16/13 at 2:40pm

Why not Stritchie?

[Kad]

Is Andrea Martin still leaving Pippin in the fall?#18

Posted: 7/16/13 at 2:46pm

Oh boy, "No Time At All" as a 10-minute dirge punctuated with prompting for lines.

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[Michael Bennett]

Is Andrea Martin still leaving Pippin in the fall?#19

Posted: 7/16/13 at 3:35pm

How about Cathy Rigby? They could actually put in MORE acrobatics....

[bwayphreak234]

Is Andrea Martin still leaving Pippin in the fall?#20

Posted: 7/16/13 at 3:40pm

What exactly happens during No Time At All that's so incredible? I know I'm asking for a spoiler. If someone could PM I would really appreciate it

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[brettarnett]

Is Andrea Martin still leaving Pippin in the fall?#21

Posted: 7/16/13 at 3:49pm

Seriously! I agree with Bwayphreak! Being across the country and unable to see it makes me incredible curious!

[Visceral_Fella]

Is Andrea Martin still leaving Pippin in the fall?#22

Posted: 7/16/13 at 3:57pm

I just PM'd you both.

[wickedfan11]

Is Andrea Martin still leaving Pippin in the fall?#23

Posted: 7/16/13 at 4:05pm

I'm interested in knowing what happens, too, if you don't mind sending me a PM. Thanks!

[Visceral_Fella]

Is Andrea Martin still leaving Pippin in the fall?#24

Posted: 7/16/13 at 4:11pm

No problem. If anyone else wants to know just PM me, or I can post the spolier here, and mark it accordingly if a lot of people are interested.

[ethan231h]

Is Andrea Martin still leaving Pippin in the fall?#25

Posted: 7/16/13 at 5:22pm

I don't want Andrea to leave the show. She is amazing in the show!
but Jackie Hoffman would be a wonderful Berthe!


Updated On: 7/16/13 at 05:22 PM