Sophia Caruso departs Beetlejuice — Page 3

I have no stake in this situation because I don't know what happened, and neither does anyone else here which is why, what, half the responses were deleted? Yeah, and reading the Reddit thread of "Well I heard from my sister's boyfriend's uncle's pilate instructor that............".

Yeah, it's all speculation and rumors. She is gone, I wish her well, it's no one's business.

Why is this being made such a huge deal over?

It's not as if Patti is out of Company.

Caruso was a specific actress who was cast VERY specifically. I found her shrill and boring.

"you cannot post a thing about it because nothing can be confirmed"

We may as well just copy and paste producers' press releases then. This board is a shadow of its former self. It's not a chat board- chat includes rumours, speculation and unattributed sources. Maybe just call this the "hey-how-do-I-get-cheap-tickets-and-is-this a-good-seat" board?

Dana Steingold played Lydia on Wed. eve, Feb. 12th, and Presley Ryan played the Girl Scout. Both very good, though the show itself is on the empty side.

My favourite part is when mods delete a post but then don't delete those who quoted them

The Other One said: "...though the show itself is on the empty side. "

Empty as in the number of seats or Empty as in having lost part of its soul? If I had any qualms about selling my ticket for the final show, they’ve evaporated now. I have no desire to see this without the dynamic duo.

KathyNYC2 said: "Sutton Ross said: "I know what happened.Just because you don't know what happened doesn't mean no one else here does.

That may be true, but you cannot post a thing about it because nothing can be confirmed, making it a moo(t) point."

Confirmed? By who? Sutton said he/she knows what happened. I have no idea what happenedin this situation so I won’t respond to it. ButI have on occasion known exactly what happened...a few situations that were actually speculated on in this thread earlierbut itsnot my place to report on private matters. So I don’t.

You have the option to believe me or not but you can’t say it’s not confirmed just because Sutton didn’t post the details."

Sutton doesn't know what happened. He/she/they was quoting someone else, and he/she/they said that nothing could be confirmed.

dmwnc1959 said: "The Other One said: "...though the show itself is on the empty side. "

Empty as in the number of seats or Empty as in having lost part of its soul? If I had any qualms about selling my ticket for the final show, they’ve evaporated now. I have no desire to see this without the dynamic duo."

As in, a few performances and early moments aside, it isn’t a very good show to begin with. The mezzanine was probably 3/4 full, which seemed acceptable for this time of year without boding well for the likelihood of a transfer.

Brightman is excellent. Is he leaving before closing?

Kad said: "Actors and producers are able to negotiate a mutually agreed-upon termination, provided both sides are open to it. It would allow an actor to leave from their contract without the general termination requirements. They may negotiate a payout or something, as well, to make it easier to accept.

It happens if there isn’t just cause to be fired, but, say, relations between parties have deteriorated and it would behoove both to immediately cut it off.

Hypothetically, of course."

Sometimes it is as simple as paying out the remainder of the contract.

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Fully understandable.


But are we free to admit that this is wildly unusual? On a Wednesday, an OBC member suddenly departing... without any prior announcement? Especially with the show closing in the not too distant future?


Who knows why truly, and we don’t need answers, but the press release is certainly spin as anyone who has contract experience knows.