Jordan Fisher—DEH — Page 6

I completely agree. Even though he doesn't owe patrons anything, I think he knows that people are coming to the show for him, have spent money traveling to see him, etc., so no mention of it by him is a little strange.

No one seems to be coming to the conclusion that he simply could not handle the vocal and acting demands of the show, and they are struggling to come up with a reason for him to gracefully leave.

Something similar happened recently with a production of ANNIE that I saw with an Emmy Award winning actress and musical comedy stage veteran in the role of Hannigan. It was very clear when I saw it that this actress was not able to sing the part. I had seen her play Hannigan about ten years ago and she was fantastic; great comedic performance and wonderful vocals. But clearly her voice has not aged well. She sang LITTLE GIRLS an octave below the norm. Within a week after I saw her in the show, a press release came out saying that she had broken her leg on some ice and would need to be replaced.

People who were present the night Fisher left the stage would have some insight into what happened. Was he struggling vocally? Why and under what circumstances did he leave the stage? The fact that he has not performed since he left yet continues to do publicity for other projects and does not seem to have any health issues (like the flu), and the fact that he has left with literally NO EXPLANATION would indicate that they are trying to replace him with as little publicity as possible. I predict that he will not be returning to the show, though I wish him all the best (had never heard of him before his casting was announced). It's a monster of a role.

l agree 100% with those who praise Piser. I saw him as Evan and he was amazing! I would still love to see Josh Colley in the part.

I don't think Jordan is making any sort of graceful exit or anything, I think he overbooked himself and now is feeling that with everything going on at once. Evan is a taxing role and he even said himself how much of a toll it was taking on him in the interviews I've seen him do.

I really think this is simply him being overbooked and having too many plates spinning and the aftershocks of all of that. I feel like he's resting and will return sometime next week, but it just seems so odd not to even just say a simple "Getting better/resting" tweet or post.

Updated On: 2/8/20 at 01:08 PM

^Oh, absolutely. This definitely is a poor planning/timing thing and I'm surprised they wouldn't have had Zach and Josh (the Evan understudy) split off the time between Andrew and Jordan to allow for this to not be an issue. They're doing something similar with Dan covering for Connor between Alex leaving and David starting next week.

I really feel like if he's not going to be back next week, this should be addressed either by him or the production because it is as you noted disappointing.

I still don't consider Jordan a stunt cast (star casting, there's a case for, but Evan Hansen the show is the draw) and I was there on Wednesday night when he was out and I didn't hear anyone groan or complain nor did it appear there was a line in the box office to exchange/refund.

I'm sure he feels awful about missing and like I said it's just odd for him to be posting random things but not acknowledging the elephant in the room.

Updated On: 2/8/20 at 01:35 PM

^^I think he’s just resharing a story of someone tagging a billboard for his show- I don’t think he’s saying he’s in LA.

Zach is the best Evan

Updated On: 2/16/20 at 09:18 PM

I've seen both Michael and Zach and they're both great in their own ways, but there's just something very different and refreshing about the way Zach plays the role.

He brings a new energy to it that I've not seen in other Evans and he doesn't have the major ticks that a lot of them have and just comes across very real and natural if that makes sense. His voice is incredible and leads beautifully to the score and it is such a juxtaposition to his soft spoken Evan.

Michael was wonderful and has a fantastic voice but he definitely was similar to Ben with some of the ticks and mannerisms. He was a wonderful Evan and I'm glad I got to see him a few times before he left the show.

I think I've already vouched for Piser, but I will do it again. I've only seen the show 4 times (twice with Ben) but I found Piser's Evan to be, for me, the most moving of them all. Not sure why, but his performance really got to me.

There's definitely a reason and I'm sure it's him being exhausted given the show plus press for To All The Boys I've Loved Before 2 and other projects. Why he hasn't acknowledged his absence, I don't understand.

I feel like if he had simply said something like not feeling well or resting and sorry to be out on Twitter/Instagram things would be much better understood.