Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?

[BroadwayConcierge]

Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?#1

Posted: 10/10/18 at 1:40pm

A bit of a specific caption from Hailey Kilgore, no?

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bowt2vegrSc/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=13p5c19a85iwj

Updated On: 10/10/18 at 01:40 PM

[raddersons]

Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?#2

Posted: 10/10/18 at 1:41pm

Maybe her contract was just renewed thru January?

[haterobics]

Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?#3

Posted: 10/10/18 at 1:50pm

Seems like a renewal, but why only to January may be telling...

[Br0adway]

Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?#4

Posted: 10/10/18 at 1:50pm

I bet it’s closing before May. When I bought tickets at the box office on goat give away day for May the lady said “can I have a phone number for contact just in case of... scheduling issues.”

[Bwayfan292]

Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?#5

Posted: 10/10/18 at 1:54pm

On a instagram live, hailey said she had another project coming up after OOTI

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[CaseyBrent41]

Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?#6

Posted: 10/10/18 at 2:03pm

She's going to be Deena in Dreamgirls 

[Jordan Catalano]

Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?#7

Posted: 10/10/18 at 2:07pm

She reads WAY too young for Deena.

[Call_me_jorge]

Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?#8

Posted: 10/10/18 at 2:12pm

CaseyBrent41 said: "She's going to be Deena in Dreamgirls"

Wait. Is dreamgirls transferring this season?

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[Bwayfan292]

Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?#9

Posted: 10/10/18 at 2:17pm

A few thoughts:

If it is Dreamgirls, wasnt that coming in next season? So why would she be leaving in January, if it was next season? Mabye Once on this island is closing?

She could be doing a workshop of Dreamgirls.

Mabye Casey realized the prom isnt going to do to well, so he may bring Dreamgirls in this season.

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Updated On: 10/10/18 at 02:17 PM

[HogansHero]

Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?#10

Posted: 10/10/18 at 2:22pm

there is the usual heavy dose of cluelessness in this thread but I will reserve my scorn for "Mabye Casey realized the prom isnt going to do to well, so he may bring Dreamgirls in this season." 

Uh, guess what, your good buddy "Casey" is a director, not a producer or a theatre owner. He does not decide when to bring in a show. 

[SchuylWERKsister]

Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?#11

Posted: 10/10/18 at 2:25pm

CaseyBrent41 said: "She's going to be Deena in Dreamgirls"

False. Last I heard Casey has his eye on Ashley DeLaRosa from Mean Girls for Deena in Dreamgirls.

Hailey was up for Celia Goodings’ part in Jagged Little Pill. It’s probably that.

Updated On: 10/10/18 at 02:25 PM

[Elegance101]

Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?#12

Posted: 10/10/18 at 2:28pm

There is absolutely no way it’s Dreamgirls.

Hailey’s contract was extended until January (two months). They’ll probably close then, honestly, but they haven’t decided that yet. Her project after could be literally anything (TV show, regional production, etc), so unless our friend has a source for this unfounded Dreamgirls rumor, then that is completely false and we shouldn’t take it seriously.

[Huss417]

Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?#13

Posted: 10/10/18 at 2:30pm

HogansHero said: "there is the usual heavy dose of cluelessness in this thread but I will reserve my scorn for "Mabye Casey realized the prom isnt going to do to well, so he may bring Dreamgirls in this season."

Uh, guess what, your good buddy "Casey" is a director, not a producer or a theatre owner. He does not decide when to bring in a show."

Thanks for trying to restore some form of sanity to all the posts you do HH. :)

 

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[HogansHero]

Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?#14

Posted: 10/10/18 at 2:30pm

it makes perfect sense for OOTI to close in January, and not before.

[CaseyBrent41]

Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?#15

Posted: 10/10/18 at 3:00pm

Cute you think its false. You do you 

 

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[Elegance101]

Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?#16

Posted: 10/10/18 at 3:15pm

Please provide us with any sort of source that these two very talented, but very young performers are leading the Dreamgirls revival THIS SPRING.

[little_sally]

Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?#17

Posted: 10/10/18 at 3:19pm

CaseyBrent41 said: "Cute you think its false. You do you



Effie isJai'Len Christine Li Josey"

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[haterobics]

Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?#18

Posted: 10/10/18 at 3:44pm

Hailey could have a project lined up for after OOTI. And she could also be in contention for Dreamgirls.

But there is nothing saying those are the same things. There could be a project in between the two.

[broadwayboy223]

Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?#19

Posted: 10/10/18 at 6:07pm

Could she do Anya in Anastasia?

[BroadwayConcierge]

Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?#20

Posted: 10/10/18 at 6:10pm

Kilgore wrote in a comment on that post that her last day is January 13.

[Catsbroadwayfan]

Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?#21

Posted: 10/10/18 at 6:19pm

Dreamgirls will open at the Hudson theatre and start previews late March with an opening in April. Head over Heels will announce a January 1st closing.

The producers know that this is a weak season for revivals, so they are gonna open this season.

 

at least that's my guess  

[Catsbroadwayfan]

Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?#22

Posted: 10/10/18 at 6:21pm

that's not official by the way that's just my guess

[EJ24642]

Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?#23

Posted: 10/10/18 at 6:50pm

Also worth noting that on Hailey's Instagram story is something called A.D. 16 with Alex Boniello, so it's likely that's her next project for the foreseeable future. However I haven't seen anything about it other than Hailey's story and an Instagram ad. 

[HogansHero]

Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?#24

Posted: 10/10/18 at 8:17pm

broadwayboy223 said: "Could she do Anya in Anastasia?"

Or Funny Girl, with Rosie O'Donnell as her mother. 

shall I go on?

[czvallery]

Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?#25

Posted: 10/11/18 at 5:16pm

Because the one year contracts will be up soon, "stunt casting" is likely. The show is so lovely, it will be sad to see some go... but it it is understandable to keep the show going/people in the seats for as long as possible. 

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