SIX Broadway Replacements — Page 6

Also confirmed that Ayla Ciccone-Burton WILL be returning to the cast after The Great Gatsby concludes its run at Paper Mill.

QueenTwinnied said: "Wow I definitely didn’t expect the whole Aragon tour cast to replace. They’re a fabulous group and I guess it makes sense to bring in a group with established rapport and chemistry."

This makes me wonder...

- Will we get another Aragon tour cast with new girls

- Would the Boleyn tour girls be the next to come in?

- Would Boleyn be the only US tour? I don't know how many cruise ship productions are still standing

At this point, it seems unlikely that they keep two tours running.

The physical assets of the Aragon company are now being used at the Canadian company, which was cast with Canadian talent. They have dropped down to one domestic tour. They needed the second company to cover initial demand, but as the show is sized to do one-week stops, they are going to be able to have covered most full-week markets by this time next year, with just the one company touring.

I'm not going to get into the economic reason for the full cast turn-overs every year on this show; I'll just say that they're doing it London-style where casts are contracted for 1 year, and the expectation is that there will be a full cast change every year. And, as we can see from the number of folks who have gone out of the show for medical leaves, the show is causing physical and vocal issues for a lot of people who have done it-their bodies need a break from doing the show after 12 months of doing it.

Updated On: 10/23/23 at 09:11 PM

Happy trails to the seven queens departing the Broadway cast tonight.

And FYI, Hailee Kaleem Wright will NOT be continuing with The Heart of Rock and Roll for its Broadway run (she did the workshop in early August).

Liz Doran also music directed at SIX for the last time tonight (hopefully for now). She is attached to Water for Elephants in the spring. 

The Playbills have finally been updated with a picture of the new cast!

If anyone's there tonight, would love to hear reports on our new queens.

New cast’s first “MegaSIX”:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0frOudtIXb/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Jana Larell Glover will come over to Broadway from the second national touring company as an alternate in April. 

Updated On: 3/19/24 at 12:34 PM

MNNiceorIce said: "I just noticed that Bella Coppola is now Jane Seymour in the Toronto cast. Does anyone know what happened to their initial Seymour? It seemed they went out pretty early in the Toronto run and haven't been back -- this is the second US replacement to be filling in."

Variety of reasons and I don't mean to be snarky, but they're not obligated to disclose. Illness. Injury. Working on a different project that requires them to take a leave. Who knows? But Canada is lucky to have other Queens come in (the other was Kelsee Kimmel, was it not?) 

The six tour has dates through July 28th and then it doesn’t pick back up until November for a 3 week run in DC. Anyone know what’s up with that? Is the current tour shutting down in July and it’s being “downsized” (lower tier contract) in the fall?

Updated On: 3/20/24 at 06:29 PM

Call_me_jorge said: "The six tour has dates through July 28th and then it doesn’t pick back up until November for a 3 week run in DC. Anyone know what’s up with that? Is the current tour shutting down in July and it’s being “downsized” (lower tier contract) in the fall?"

It looks like all of the "new" Boleyn tour queens have a previous history with the show, so given the abrupt tour casting change announcement out of nowhere and it not lining up with the tour breaks makes me start to believe this theory. Especially with the larger licensing roll out we're seeing with SIX.

GottaGetAGimmick420 said: "Call_me_jorge said: "The six tour has dates through July 28th and then it doesn’t pick back up until November for a 3 week run in DC. Anyone know what’s up with that? Is the current tour shutting down in July and it’s being “downsized” (lower tier contract) in the fall?"

It looks like all of the "new" Boleyn tour queens have a previous history with the show, so given the abrupt tour casting change announcement out of nowhere and it not lining up with the tour breaks makes me start to believe this theory. Especially with the larger licensing roll out we're seeing with SIX."

True. The gap is odd. I assumed eventually the tour would scale down to fit smaller venues but the tour is still selling well in big venues. I’m seeing the tour next month and actually struggled to secure a ticket. 
 

It seems like a lot of work to rehearse three brand new alternates (who have no history with the show) just for a couple of months.