Jessica Lee Goldyn: ACL Revival's Final Cassie? — Page 3

"I would also venture a guess that unless you knew Jessica's age, you wouldn't give a second thought about it when watching her Cassie. Acting is kinda cool that way."

Wow, I couldn't disagree more. I think she is a very good Val (one of the best things in a show with some very uneven casting), but I'm really kind of surprised that no one here thinks it's weird that she'll be playing Cassie. She looks like one of the youngest on the line. I mean she's a 22 year old who looks 22 playing Cassie the seen-it-all rising dance star who left for LA, got lost in the party scene after failing to find real work, and despondently headed back to NY to reconnect with the only thing that mattered to her. Really people?

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Have you SEEN her play Cassie?

Husk, your argument is a stretch. The implication is that she's been in NY working at that level all that time, not counting from her first role as Gretl in The Sound of Music at some random regional theater at age 4. I don't think anyone assumes Cassie is in her young 20's when they see the show.

No, I haven't seen her play Cassie, but I don't have to because my issue isn't with her talent. The girl is extremely talented. I'm saying it will be weird to see one of the youngest looking people on the line (and I have seen her standing next to those other actors multiple times) talking about how she needs to come back to dance with these kids. Mario was already a stretch for me as the "veteran" director with his baby face, but this is even worse.

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Just found out that Jessica went on as Cassie for the matinee today. I'm assuming she'll perform the role tonight as well. Charlotte is taking some personal time from the show here and there with Jessica & Kimberly Dawn Neumann splitting the u/s duties.

Also, for those lucky enough that saw the matinee today, Lopez was out(Todd Anderson played Zach). Lucky people.

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I wasn't there today, but I seem to remember a slight line change with regards to the age issue when Jessica went on last Friday. Instead of "You got out of the chorus when you were 19" (I think it's 19, my attention goes in and out) the line was "You got out of the chorus years ago..."

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Updated On: 7/23/08 at 08:30 PM

Glad to hear the good reviews about Jessica! A Wednesday sell-out?!?! Great! The show has been selling out on the weekends lately. It's really sad that the producers didn't wait a couple weeks before deciding if they should close the show. It clearly could have lasted until the end of the year.

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BTW, Jessica went on as Cassie again tonight. Kimberly Dawn Neumann is expected to cover Friday night & Sunday night with Charlotte back for both Saturday shows & the Sunday matinee. And there's someone new playing Connie. Not sure if she's with the show until the end or if J. Elaine will be back in time for the final show.

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The final cast list has been updated. Adam Perry will take over the role of Don starting on Tuesday. And it's still not clear whether J. Elaine will be healthy in time for the final show or if the current Connie(Liza B. Domingo) will do the final show.

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