Steve Kazee is leaving Once!
Steve Kazee is leaving Once!
jetts7
Leading Actor Joined: 5/22/11
#1Steve Kazee is leaving Once!
Posted: 3/18/13 at 1:20pm
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Ben-Hope-Laura-Dreyfuss-More-Join-Cast-of-ONCE-Steve-Kazee-Cristin-Milioti-to-Depart-324-20130318
Steve and other original cast members are leaving Once this week 
Looks like I finally need to get a ticket so I can see Steve in it.
NewYorkPulse24
Understudy Joined: 1/28/12
#2Steve Kazee is leaving Once!
Posted: 3/18/13 at 1:22pmI HATE when they give audiences a weeks notice of this! Especially for Tony winners, they should announce departures much earlier so people can go that havent and want to!
Wynbish
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
#2Steve Kazee is leaving Once!
Posted: 3/18/13 at 1:24pm
Given his recent troubles, and speculation that he would have extended, they may have not had enough notice to give the public much earlier notice
Updated On: 3/18/13 at 01:24 PM
Wynbish
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
#4Steve Kazee is leaving Once!
Posted: 3/18/13 at 1:25pmIf you read the other thread, Steve Kazee hasn't been performing for approximately the past four weeks and it isn't certain he will even be performing this week. He has been out of the show due to vocal rest.
AntV
Broadway Star Joined: 12/23/12
#5Steve Kazee is leaving Once!
Posted: 3/18/13 at 1:32pm
Is there no discount code for Once right now? The last one expired around March 10th.
EDIT: That discount code still works! I bought a center mezzanine ticket for Friday night. How's the view from the mezzanine?
I hope Steve is in for one final week! I mean he has to at LEAST be at his final show if not why wouldn't they announce now that Ben Hope takes over the role effective immediately?
Updated On: 3/18/13 at 01:32 PM
#6Steve Kazee is leaving Once!
Posted: 3/18/13 at 2:20pmI heard that for...personal reasons Kazee will not be returning. Though for the fans, I do hope he at least performs his last show. A few people I know paid full price expecting him to be there, which is not an unreasonable expectation.
#7Steve Kazee is leaving Once!
Posted: 3/18/13 at 2:22pm
I mean he has to at LEAST be at his final show if not why wouldn't they announce now that Ben Hope takes over the role effective immediately?
Maybe the 24th would be the official end of his contract?
#8Steve Kazee is leaving Once!
Posted: 3/18/13 at 2:29pmThrilled to see Laura Dreyfuss taking over for Milioti.
#9Steve Kazee is leaving Once!
Posted: 3/18/13 at 2:32pm
I HATE when they give audiences a weeks notice of this! Especially for Tony winners, they should announce departures much earlier so people can go that havent and want to!
If they wanted to they probably would have gone already.
lenstersf
Stand-by Joined: 6/14/12
#11Steve Kazee is leaving Once!
Posted: 3/18/13 at 3:24pmWhen I was last in NY about a month ago, the box office person said that Kazee had extended his contract until September...so this is a change. Whatever the reason(s), I hope he's OK.
#11Steve Kazee is leaving Once!
Posted: 3/18/13 at 4:49pmI bought a full price orchestra ticket for the performance on the 24th after finding out via Anne L. Nathan's twitter that Cristin, Elizabeth, and Will would be leaving, and now I'm hoping Steve goes on for his final show. I'd hate to go and not see him perform.
#13Steve Kazee is leaving Once!
Posted: 3/18/13 at 5:10pmWow, good for Claire Wellin. Guess she's turning Equity, lol. She's a Chicago actor and played Dottie in a recent hit production of Killer Joe.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#14Steve Kazee is leaving Once!
Posted: 3/18/13 at 5:14pm
"I hope Steve is in for one final week! I mean he has to at LEAST be at his final show if not why wouldn't they announce now that Ben Hope takes over the role effective immediately?"
It's a contractual thing. He has to learn the show have costumes made etc... You don't just pop into a broadway show like that. It's a lot of paperwork, negotiations etc.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#15Steve Kazee is leaving Once!
Posted: 3/18/13 at 5:16pm
"Though for the fans, I do hope he at least performs his last show. A few people I know paid full price expecting him to be there, which is not an unreasonable expectation."
That IS actually unreasonable. His first priority it to his health. Not fans of his or the show. If he's on vocal rest there is no reason he should put himself, his voice and his future in harms way cause a few people wanted to see him perform again. The expectation is what's unreasonable.
#16Steve Kazee is leaving Once!
Posted: 3/18/13 at 5:21pm
"It's a contractual thing. He has to learn the show have costumes made etc... You don't just pop into a broadway show like that. It's a lot of paperwork, negotiations etc."
except he's been the understudy since the beginning
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#17Steve Kazee is leaving Once!
Posted: 3/18/13 at 5:26pmYou still have to renegotiate a principle contract vs a chorus contract with a cover. He will finish out his contract and start an entirely new one.
#19Steve Kazee is leaving Once!
Posted: 3/18/13 at 7:27pmWHERE IS HE?! It's like he disappeared off the face of the planet (aka Twitter/insta)
trixigold
Understudy Joined: 12/24/12
theaternut
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/4/03
DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#22Steve Kazee is leaving Once!
Posted: 3/18/13 at 8:53pmThey did it again!
trixigold
Understudy Joined: 12/24/12
#23Steve Kazee is leaving Once!
Posted: 3/18/13 at 8:56pm
If the parties involved want to get specific as to why he departed the show at this point or why he hasn't been in for weeks, it's up to them.
#24Steve Kazee is leaving Once!
Posted: 3/18/13 at 8:56pmOkay you may have just swayed me a bit. I mean there's no need to be defensive when there's nothing to be defensive about....if that makes sense. Trying to be coy here.
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