Posted: 9/1/26 at 1:16pm
OhHiii said: "Swear to godif they shove Ben Platt in this..."
They will. He posted Sunday related content on his story a few weeks ago.
Posted: 9/1/26 at 1:21pm
WldKingdomHM said: "OhHiii said: "Swear to godif they shove Ben Platt in this..."
Is his dad producingit ?"
The lead producer is Empire Street Productions, fronted by James Bierman.
Posted: 9/1/26 at 1:23pm
This announcement kills any interest I had in this production.
Posted: 9/1/26 at 1:48pm
I wonder why he dropped out. George is a dream role for many actors - did he book something better?
Posted: 9/1/26 at 2:28pm
Was the money already raised?
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Posted: 9/1/26 at 3:44pm
Lisalemann said: "I would kind of love to see Jonathan Groff do this - he's already in London this fall doing Shakespeare - maybe he could extend his stay."
she’d be a bit miscast as Dot but imagine if this is the project Groff and Lea finally do together after all these years
Posted: 9/1/26 at 4:20pm
Groff is the only current leading man I want to see take on this role. I think the production rises or falls on its leads. I can't say I was too, too confident in Grande and Bailey, but was hoping to be pleasantly surprised. Groff would be excellent. He has the same excitement in those tenor notes that Mandy Patinkin does, where the general tenor of his voice makes you think he won't be able to hit them, and then he knocks it out of the park.
Posted: 9/1/26 at 4:21pm
pupscotch said: "Lisalemann said: "I would kind of love to see Jonathan Groff do this - he's already in London this fall doing Shakespeare - maybe he could extend his stay."
she’d be miscast as Dot but imagine if this is the project Groff and Lea finally do together after all these years"
She'd be more than a bit miscast.
Posted: 9/1/26 at 4:54pm
I predicted he would drop out. I never thought he had a strong enough voice for it. I was surprised he agreed to do it in the first place.
Posted: 9/1/26 at 5:26pm
WldKingdomHM said: "I’m waiting for an Aaron Tveit annoucement …lol"
To be honest, that doesn't sound bad to me at all. The roll is vocally much more in his wheelhouse than Sweeney Todd was (and I liked him in that), and he seems to specialize in characters with a sort of emotional distance - an inability to connect, if you will.
Updated On: 9/1/26 at 05:26 PM
Posted: 9/1/26 at 5:39pm
no...[chord chord chord chord chord chord]...staaaaars
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