Jeremy Jordan missing in-person rehearsals because he had a few concerts! OUCH

Well they did just do a run at Paper Mill. I can’t imagine they’re changing that much (unfortunately). He’ll be fine.

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 PM

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.

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.

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. 

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!

Updated On: 2/21/24 at 03:53 AM

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.