Justin Guarini to play Paris in Romeo and Juliet

[theaterdrew]

Posted: 6/27/13 at 1:28pm

This qualifies as not-your-usual casting. A deliberate choice to have a biracial Paris with a white Romeo and a black Juliet, or just coincidence?

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Roslyn-Ruff-Christian-Camargo-Justin-Guarini-More-Join-Cast-of-ROMEO-JULIET-20130627

edited to add the link that didn't post.
Updated On: 6/27/13 at 01:28 PM

[aasjb4ever]

Posted: 6/27/13 at 9:57pm

I'm glad he's getting work in theatre lately! I read an interview with him while he was in Women on the Verge and he said how he had to choose between an audition for American Idol and The Lion King and ended up on Idol.

Plus he went to my high school, his mother-in-law was my teacher, and we've bumped into eachother a few times in our home town. Sweet guy. Good for him!

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 6/27/13 at 10:14pm

Will there be nudity involved in this production?

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 6/27/13 at 10:19pm

^If Orlando Bloom isn't getting naked then I'm not going.

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 6/27/13 at 10:20pm

I will go in your place.

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 8/9/13 at 8:23pm

This is off-topic, but on 'Oprah's Where Are They Now' he revealed that the reality TV show that made famous was extremely damaging.


Justin Guarini, 'American Idol' Runner Up, Says Show Was 'Extremely Damaging' (VIDEO)

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/9/13 at 8:43pm

He "revealed" that huh? Isn't it weird that when you bomb there is always someone to blame and big hits do it all themselves? No one would know why Justin Gwartini was without idol. No one.

[dblue236]

Posted: 8/9/13 at 9:29pm

So the only reason anyone knows who he is in the first place is Idol, but yet the show is responsible for his depression and his abysmal record sales after that horrible flop of a movie? Sounds like sour grapes to me.

[theaterdrew]

Posted: 8/9/13 at 10:01pm

I think that's been edited to create drama. I've seen him talk about the post-Idol situation and take personal ownership for not knowing who he was as an artist, so I anticipate this is just him describing how it really felt at the time. How screwed up is it that he found out that he had been dropped when he heard a joke about it on SNL?

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 8/9/13 at 10:04pm

"How screwed up is it that he found out that he had been dropped when he heard a joke about it on SNL?"

That's showbiz.

[theaterdrew]

Posted: 8/9/13 at 10:16pm

Yeah, but are showbiz people not allowed to experience real human emotions? If other people had all the control over your career and there was nothing you could do to get them to support you, and every time you turned around, there was another joke being made about you, would that possibly cause you to feel depressed?

This kind of crap pisses me off, even though I realize "it's showbiz."