Steve Kazee is leaving Once!

#1

Steve 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.

#2

Steve Kazee is leaving Once!

Posted: 3/18/13 at 1:22pm

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!

#3

Steve 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

#4

Steve Kazee is leaving Once!

Posted: 3/18/13 at 1:24pm

Updated On: 3/18/13 at 01:24 PM

#5

Steve Kazee is leaving Once!

Posted: 3/18/13 at 1:25pm

If 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.

#6

Steve 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

#7

Steve Kazee is leaving Once!

Posted: 3/18/13 at 2:20pm

I 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.

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#8

Steve 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?

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#9

Steve Kazee is leaving Once!

Posted: 3/18/13 at 2:29pm

Thrilled to see Laura Dreyfuss taking over for Milioti.

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#10

Steve 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.

#11

Steve Kazee is leaving Once!

Posted: 3/18/13 at 3:24pm

When 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.

#12

Steve Kazee is leaving Once!

Posted: 3/18/13 at 4:49pm

I 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.

#13

Steve Kazee is leaving Once!

Posted: 3/18/13 at 5:10pm

Wow, 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.

#14

Steve 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.

#15

Steve 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.

#16

Steve 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

#17

Steve Kazee is leaving Once!

Posted: 3/18/13 at 5:26pm

You 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.

#18

Steve Kazee is leaving Once!

Posted: 3/18/13 at 5:29pm

thanks for the clarification

#19

Steve Kazee is leaving Once!

Posted: 3/18/13 at 7:27pm

WHERE IS HE?! It's like he disappeared off the face of the planet (aka Twitter/insta)

#20

Steve Kazee is leaving Once!

Posted: 3/18/13 at 8:04pm

NM

Updated On: 3/19/13 at 08:04 PM

#21

Steve Kazee is leaving Once!

Posted: 3/18/13 at 8:51pm

Interrrresssting.

#22

Steve Kazee is leaving Once!

Posted: 3/18/13 at 8:52pm

See???

#23

Steve Kazee is leaving Once!

Posted: 3/18/13 at 8:53pm

They did it again!

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#24

Steve 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.

#25

Steve Kazee is leaving Once!

Posted: 3/18/13 at 8:56pm

Okay 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.