Sara Bareilles to make Waitress-related announcement on Today Show, 2/16 — Page 3

I love this and already have my tickets. My hope is they replace the voice over at the begining which is Sara and have it be Jessie.

With JM ending her run on March 26 and Sara starting on the 31st - do you think Stephanie will be on as Jenna? Just wondering - would love to see her.

Have they made any announcement about standing room? Can we assume they'll still have it when Sara joins the show?

I heard Drew is leaving as well! Any idea who is replacing him?

I saw Henry Gottfried when Drew was out. He wasn't bad but he read a little young next to Jessie so I don't know if they'd give him the role permanently. Then again, Charity seemed young to be playing Becky.

Here it is: http://www.playbill.com/article/waitress-wraps-1-million-the-day-sara-bareilles-announced-as-new-lead

Sometimes limited runs of a play get extended. I wonder if the 10 weeks of Sara could get extended. Maybe this was intended as a trial - if her performance gets panned, the show is only putting 10 weeks in jeopardy. But if she is sold out every night and nails it, and if she is getting compensated well enough, maybe she'd keep extending and extending?

VintageSnarker said: "I saw Henry Gottfried when Drew was out. He wasn't bad but he read a little young next to Jessie so I don't know if they'd give him the role permanently. Then again, Charity seemed young to be playing Becky.



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I haven't heard anything about Drew leaving but assuming he's leaving at some point, it's unlikely in my opinion Henry would be the replacement because he's a swing who can play two leads and multiple chorus parts. He's too valuable to lose, just like Stephanie Torns is too valuable to bump up because she covers both Jenna and Dawn and is in the chorus. There are lots of people who can play one part other than their own but swings have a special talent...and fortunately or unfortunately they are in demand to stay as a swing.

Charity just got bumped up for a larger role from a smaller one. Admirable for sure but not the same thing.

Updated On: 2/23/17 at 05:40 PM

Chris' work on "Good Girls Revolt" made me such a hardcore fan. This news is really exciting and I'm so happy he's coming back to Broadway. I just hope he'll still be in it when I can get back to NYC.

Updated On: 2/24/17 at 12:36 PM

^yes it has..it's in the article about Chris joining.

Updated On: 2/24/17 at 03:33 PM

The only thing I've seen Chris in is that show The Starter Wife with Debra Messing which was a very different part. I'm curious about what the show will be like with an older actor. Seeing Henry in the part, the doctor character wasn't exactly sympathetic, but it was sort of more understandable that a younger guy would have made those choices.