London cast of August: Osage County now listed on the National Theatre's website

I apologize if this has been posted already. At the National Theatre website, they are listing the following cast for August: Osage County's London run:

Steve Heidebrecht : TBD

Little Charles : Ian Barford

Violet Weston : Deanna Dunagan

Johnna Longwell : Kimberly Guerrero

Karen Weston : Mariann Mayberry

Beverly Weston : Michael McGuire

Barbara Fordham : Amy Morton

Ivy Weston : Sally Murphy

Charlie Aiken : Paul Vincent O'Connor

Bill Fordham : Jeff Perry

Jean Fordham : Molly Ranson

Mattie Fay Aiken : Rondi Reed

Sheriff Deon Gilbeau : Troy West

So Francis Guinan and Madeleine Martin are not going (does anyone know if she is staying with the New York cast?), and it sounds like Brian Kerwin is undecided (or that the re-casting hasn't been finalized yet).

There is a new logo as well

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Molly Ranson is totally miscast in this role. Her performance is a pale imitation of Madeleine Martin's. What a shame Madeleine won't be transferring.

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Obviously, everyone is entitled to their opinion and I'm biased towards Molly, but honestly, if she weren't good in the role they would have cast somebody else.

WOW. Look at that list! I'm actually kinda surprised that most of them are going to make it out there. The people in London are going to be pretty lucky.

Too bad Francis Guinan won't be able to. He was one of the stronger male cast members.

I meant they would have cast someone different specifically for the London cast if they weren't pleased with Molly's work.

Francis Guinan is doing The Seafarer at Steppenwolf starting in early December. I have no idea why Maddy Martin isn't going to London and I totally agree with WBaF's assessment. Ranson had nothing on Martin's performance.

I'm happy with the casting, especially the keeping of Amy Morton!

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the fact that people praise Martin still boggles me on so many levels. Ranson, while nothing wonderful was MILES better than the ear cringing, entirely unbelievable performance Martin is STILL giving at the Music Box

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It's not so much a new logo as tying it in with the National's brand. While pretty logos are very nice, and lord knows we've proved we can rant on about logos for DAYS, there's way more to a play than what font the title is in. Which is possibly why the National uses Arial for all its play titles, only breaking into actual design when a musical is involved. :P

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I think the role of Jean mostly has to be funny. It's not a huge role, and there aren't too many dramatic moments with Jean. Molly Ranson was not funny as Jean, not at all, but Madeleine Martin was. She plays Jean slightly over-the-top, and I thought she was very funny.

BUT come on! With cast consisting of Deanna Dunagan, Amy Morton, Rondi Reed, etc, who the hell cares who plays Jean!