John Lithgow's vacation confirmed by telecharge

[NJgirl]

Posted: 7/19/05 at 11:52am

I did a search and didn't see this listed...and I know there's been questions of when the rest of the leads were taking their vacations..

I was just looking for DRS tickets and noticed that telecharge posted today that John will not perform Aug 9th thru 21st.

This has to be a new notice as I was on telecharge yesterday for DRS tickets and Lithgow's vacation notice was not posted.

[thespian geek]

Posted: 7/19/05 at 12:33pm

Nice. I'm seeing DRS his first day on vacation. Who's his understudy?

[oved]

Posted: 7/19/05 at 1:43pm

His s/b is Nick Wyman, but I don't think he has gone on yet (unsure if he is still with the show to be honest)
Tom Galantich is his u/s and has gone on a few times.

[Thenardier]

Posted: 7/19/05 at 1:46pm

Nick Wyman hasn't been with the show for a while now...not since Tony time.

Tom Galantich will go on.

He replaced Nick.

[oved]

Posted: 7/19/05 at 1:52pm

I see they finally took Nick off of the website, he was still listed last week as s/b

[VoiceofReason]

Posted: 7/19/05 at 1:53pm

Saw it with Tom a few weeks ago. His comic timing was not incredible, but his voice was delightful. "Love Sneaks In" was absolutely gorgeous--saw it with a friend who had previously seen it with John--her notes were mainly that he just didn't have the same chemistry with Norbert (as to be expected), and that Tom wasn't as comedically inclined, but that his singing far exceeded the previous performance. Overall--I still fell head-over-heels for the show, and Gregory, Joanna, Sherie, Norbert, etc...were excellent as always.

Posted: 7/19/05 at 4:30pm

Shame Nick never performed; I'd have loved to see him. I'm sure he would have been great.

[ProducersFan]

Posted: 7/19/05 at 5:04pm

Tom is AMAZING! Both times I saw the show I managed to see it when John was out and Tom was on. He has a fantastic voice (I actually prefer his singing to what I've heard of John on the cast album) and great timing and interaction. My parents loved him as well, when I took them to see it for my second time.

Plus he's a real sweetie at the stage door. A few of us waited for him to come out (about 10 minutes after the other leads had left) and he was so surprised! He waited until everyone had an autograph or photo who wanted one.

I can't say enough good things about Tom.

~Jessica

[SFFrontRow]

Posted: 7/21/05 at 4:06am

I just gotta say this...

I had tickets for 6/18 matinee - Lithgow was out and I switched for 6/19 matinee - Butz was out and I switched for 8/13 evening - now Lithgow is out.

Jeez - it seems I have the lousiest luck. Now what do I do?

I so want to see both of them in it. It frustrates me to know that the people who bought half price tickets the entire week of 6/12 got to see them both and I pay full price months in advance and cannot seem to buy a break.

I am from out of town - switching to another date is almost impossible for me. Does anyone know how long both are contracted with the show?

Should I wait until my mini-birthday visit in November?

Posted: 7/21/05 at 8:50am

Can't tell you whether to change it so you can see both; only you can say that re your schedule. But I can say that if you have to choose one to see, choose Norbert. Lithgow gives a good performance, but when I found out that Nick Wyman (a longtime Thernardier from Les Mis) was his understudy, I was interested to see Nick's performance eventually (never happened). However with Norbert, I have no desire to see anybody else play this part.

[Mamie]

Posted: 7/21/05 at 8:54am

Which just goes to show that it's all a matter of personal taste. I would have said just the opposite. I thought Lithgow was incredible.

Posted: 7/21/05 at 9:04am

Won't try to argue. Definitely personal taste.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 7/21/05 at 10:11am

For me, seeing the show without both Butz and Lithgow in it would be pointless. I'd demand a refund or exchange. It's like seeing Laurel without Hardy, or just 2 of the 3 stooges.

[nychick9876]

Posted: 7/21/05 at 11:35am

ah i have tickets for the 10th. hopefully Norbert will be performing that day.

[wendy72]

Posted: 7/21/05 at 12:41pm

I would see it on 8/13--as much as I loved seeing the original cast both times AND I do think Lithgow is great, the longer the show goes on, it just stands to reason more vacations will be coming up, illness..so go see it with Norbs.
Or, try changing tickets for around Thanksgiving if you can, which I would imagine would be a big tourist time and likely to have all cast members in. (Not taking vacations,etc., illness just can't be predicted.)
I think the entire cast in in the show thru the end of January.

Good Luck!