Broadway Legend Joined: 12/29/13
Jeremy is learning remotely as his cast rehearsals for Broadway in NYC - because he’s got a few concerts on his schedule!
WHAT!!!!!! It's a multi-million-dollar Broadway show and you are the lead....how was this ever approved?
Well they did just do a run at Paper Mill. I can’t imagine they’re changing that much (unfortunately). He’ll be fine.
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/23/17
BETTY22 said: "Jeremy is learning remotely as his castrehearsals for Broadway in NYC - because he’s got a few concerts on his schedule!
WHAT!!!!!! It's a multi-million-dollar Broadway show and you are the lead....how was this ever approved?"
Oh Mary, calm down. This happens with actors on EVERY show!
There is no way this wasn’t part of his contract negotiation - calm down.
Jeremy is the best thing about this show. I hope they make the show fuller, richer, and more melodic. Do we know if they are replacing any of the big numbers?
Mind ya business
..,and James Monroe Iglehart was rehearsing SPAMALOT while doing the Louis Armstrong musical out of town.
...and Jasmine Forsberg was rehearsing for SIX while still performing in HERE LIES LOVE.
...and Kyle Ramar Freeman was learning THE WIZ while doing A STRANGE LOOP in London.
What, pray tell, is your point???
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/27/19
We live in a world where Beanie got approval to take the weekend after opening off to attend a wedding. That was egregious. This is not.
Updated On: 2/19/24 at 04:17 PMBroadway Star Joined: 6/14/22
Just how many concerts does he have, aka how many actual in-person rehearsals is he missing?
Lea Salonga's initial Broadway rehearsals for Allegiance on Broadway were fully remote from the Phillippines while the rest of the cast was in NYC. Do you take issue with that as well? For context, she had also already performed the show out of town.
The concerts are also basically free publicity for the show. I’m sure he will be doing a Gatsby song.
Besides, he is a genuine Broadway star. He can kinda do what he wants.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/14/11
Wait, you mean to tell me that someone working on a Broadway show got approved to take a couple days off to perform another show that they had already scheduled before this production was announced??? This is truly stunning. I can't imagine that this has ever happened before in history. This could very well be the end of Broadway.
Between this and the “is Satine really dead?” thread, I truly worry about these boards.
This thread is a valuable reminder that just because someone goes to the theatre a lot, and keeps up with what's going on, does not mean they know how it is made.
HogansHero said: "This thread is a valuable reminder that just because someone goes to the theatre a lot, and keeps up with what's going on, does not mean they know how it is made."
^^^THIS!^^^
it's quite common for an understudy to fill-in during a rehearsal. Who's his u/s?
Didn’t Kelli O’Hara miss the entire pre-Broadway run of Bridges because she was PREGNANT? The NERVE of these actors. Do they not realise when they become attached to a Broadway-bound show they need to be physically locked up and focus on nothing more than the show???? These entitled actors are…acting…like they might actually be real people. Despicable.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
Jeremy Jordan has been celebrating his 10th anniversary of his first cabaret show at Feinstein's at the Nikko in San Francisco. On Sunday night, the Tony nominee kicked off his soldout, 3-night run with Joe Iconis' ''Broadway, Here I Come!'' from his ''Smash'' TV show. He also teased what he'll be bringing to Broadway soon: ''The Great Gatsby,'' and sang his soaring Act I solo, ''For Her,'' by Jason Howland and Nathan Tysen. Because of this week's concert gigs (he's also playing at the Segerstrom Center in Costa Mesa, Calif., on Feb. 22), Jordan is missing the first N.Y. rehearsals for ''Gatsby,'' but says he's attending via Zoom in the mornings.
Jordan has always had a spectacular voice, but he's grown into such a stellar storyteller. I really enjoyed how he set up his beautifully tender rendition of ''What Was I Made For?,'' Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell's Grammy-winning and Oscar-nominated hit from ''Barbie.''
But the tour de force of the night was Jordan's funny, Reader's Digest re-enactment of ''Newsies,'' in which he played all the characters and sang snippets of all the Tony-winning tunes by Alan Menken and Jack Feldman, while slipping in his quips. To me, he'll always be Jack Kelly, ''Once and for All.'' Bravo!
It's a smart career move to keep other irons in the fire besides Broadway stardom, an ethereal realm that can dissipate as fast as it is conjured.
Impeach2017 said: "It's a smart career move to keep other irons in the fire besides Broadway stardom, an ethereal realm that can dissipate as fast as it is conjured."
It’s how it’s done. Actors work on simultaneous projects all the time. I have a close friend who starred on a top rated single-cam network comedy during the week and worked on a Netflix series during the weekend (they filmed around her schedule and saved her scenes for weekend shoots). She also was doing voice work on countless animated projects, too. THAT’S why working actors are tired and exhausted all the time but have long careers. No one works on just one thing. That “you only have one full-time job” mentality exists for the simpletons living basic simple lives.
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