New Fantine! — Page 3

If the show is scheduled to leave in April why would they re-cast in Jan/Feb. and which "name" would fill in for 2/3 mos? If the understudy is good, my bet is they'll keep her.

Just watch the numbers after the holidays are over...that will dictate all the moves. And please, go and enjoy the show.

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good point Lizzy. Why are they auditioning at all with 2 understudies ready to go? Perhaps the poor Daphne press and her contacted "opt out" has had an impact. Or maybe not...

Anyway it will be interesting to see what happens in Feb.

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I have read the agent breakdownand Prefer not to post it here but it basically says that it is for her scheduled absence for her Off-Broadway Play. The first performance is February 20th and it is said to go until April or May. Since it is for an extended time I think that it will be easier on the company to just replace her rather than bump someone up. Ensemble tracks are harder to learn and, more importantly, involve more full company rehearsals than a principle.
Regardless it seems like it would be a tough gig. A real "Damned if you do-Damned if you don't" situation. People either loved her or hated her. So You are either going to dissapoint or remind everyone how awful she actually is (i haven't seen the show so I won't render my opinion, but from what I've read, my imagination was probably spot-on).
Nevertheless , If I was a Girl I'd jump over my dead Grandmother to do it.

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If Daphne is leaving late January/early February and the temp replacement isn't coming in until February 20th, they are probably putting the understudies on for a week or two in between.

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I think that Neverandy was saying that "Jack Goes Boating" (the show Daphne is leaving to do) is starting on Feb 20th, not that a replacement actor would start then.

Again, last I heard from Daphne, she herself wasn't sure of the dates. Without checking the e-mail I believe she said that rehearsals are set to start sometime in late Jan/early Feb. So a tentative opening date of Feb 20th would make sense.

It sounds like, though, that by the time "Jack" closes, Les Mis may have closed as well. Depending of course on whether either show extends.

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Yeah, it's not like there's a lack of former Fantines/Fantine understudies out there.

The call isn't on actorsequity.org; I'm sad I can't read it for myself!

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I agree with Lizzie. They could just as easily bump Nikki Daniels up and bring back one of the plethora of women out there who know the Fantine u/s track. Whether they do that remains to be seen, but I hope Daniels gets some chance to perform this role.

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They could bump Haviland Stillwell up and easily fill her track. Bc Fantine's "track" also has all the extra blocking with her as a boy on the barricades, it seems like it would be just as hard to find someone to do Fantine as it would be to do the Factory Girl track.

Brecia is going into WICKED as Murney's standby. Won't be either of them.

Would the two runs conflict?

When is Murney going into Wicked?

Updated On: 11/22/06 at 11:16 PM

Does anyone have any update on the Fantine replacement? Isn't it supposed to be announced this week?

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