Kristin Chenoweth pulls out of Candide

I booked tickets to see her just days ago.. now she's pulled out!

http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.php?pg=207&story=E8821205241569

Candide must be incredibly frustrated.

Did she just find out that Leonard Bernstein was Jewish?

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I guess Kristin's more into PUSHING DAISIES.

You don't see her pulling out of THAT one.

oh man....I am going on vacation to England in June and got a ticket for June 23rd...guess I will still go and enjoy it....

...not her fault, I guess she just has obligations for TV!

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At least this means more episodes of Pushing Daisies!

HOORAY!


(.....walks away quietly and discreetly....)

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How unprofessional!

There was a posting a while ago, asking who were the new legends of Broadway?

The sad truth is there can be no more "legends" when theatre pays less than TV and film. The draw to the theatre just isn't as strong, financially, as other mediums.

I would have said Nathan Lane was one of the new legends, and still feel that he has some street cred, as it were, because he's managed to find a blend that keeps him in the (media) public eye at large, but still keeps his roots in the theatre.

Kristin, not so much.

Well, at least Kristin's a common household word in Oklahoma. Sort of like "gravy," "catfish" and "WIC card."

Updated On: 3/11/08 at 05:13 PM

I highly doubt Pushing Daisies is currently in production. It's common knowledge that it won't be returning until the fall, so why would ABC, which is rushing to gather some episodes of there other shows ready for this season, be worrying about Pushing Daisies now? If anything, Pushing Daisies will be back in production in May or June through the summer.

I totally support Kristin, I mean she does have obligations. I don't find it unprofessional or find it debasing to her theater stardom. She chose to do TV over theater, so what? It pays better and gives her more of chance to be seen. Plus, its not like she's doing a bad show, in fact Pushing Daisies is one of the best shows to come on in a few seasons. And she even gets to sing, which, for a musical theater actress, probably is a nice perk. :)

I'm sort of glad. I feel like the Lonny Price concert was perfect and that there's no real reason for her to explore the piece with a different director hell bent on making the show darker.

PUSHING DAISIES will NOT be coming back this season. From all articles I have read, the show is expected to go into production in June which is when Chenoweth was supposed to play the role. She is contracted with the show and obviously cannot violate her contract by bailing out on everyone, plus from what I hear, shooting PUSHING DAISIES takes longer than it does most shows (which is why we'll see most of the ABC line-up back). I don't think there is anything bad about her having to pull out, she was willing to commit herself to a stage production while on break, it's not her fault that the strike affected her schedule.

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