WAITRESS Will Officially Bow on Broadway in Spring 2016 — Page 9

I was at the concert last night at City Center and I really really really enjoyed all the music she and her band played from the show. I was surprised how much I wanted to move along with the music. It definitely SOUNDS like Sara (of course, when she's singing the songs.. duh), but it also made me realize how great of a composer she is. She plays with rhythm, meter change, unexpected melody changes... it's quite interesting. I'm excited for the show!

The concert: https://screen.yahoo.com/live/event/sara-bareilles

Sara has said that she'd love to do musical theatre again (did it in HS/college) and hinted that she'd love the chance to play Jenna.

What makes you think Sara can save her show if sting couldn't even save his.

Waitress has Jessie Mueller - if it's not doing well, replacing her won't be the key to fixing it.

Also Jessie and Sara are doing lots of promo work together which I think will help introduce and endear her to SB's fanabase, which is certainly going to be a key audience draw early on.

I bet she quit, because they basically cut her roles only song.

Gehling has a relaxed easy charm, a goofy comedic sense and he soars on the music. Thought he was great at A.R.T.

Call me- which song of jeana's was cut?

Apparently, Nick Cordero is joining the cast...

http://www.apnews.com/ap/db_268748/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=hbvJzuQZ

Nick Cordero as Earl is INSPIRED casting.

I was listening to Sara Bareilles' concept album the other day (I've listened quite a bit) and got back to thinking about the whole Ogie "Never Getting Rid of Me" song and his whole character arc. As we have discussed on here, both he and the song are really a bit stalker-ish and creepy. But having seen the show, Ogie is presented as a harmless character so it is passable.

I'm not looking for drama where it doesn't exist, BUT the problem I see is that the show is about a woman struggling to leave an abusive relationship with a man who also uses verbal and psychological threats. As I listened to "Never Getting Rid of Me" I thought, can you image if Earl said the line "I love you means you're never, ever, ever getting rid of me." Now that's scary. Is it okay because Ogie says it? I just hope someone involved with the production at least poses that question.

I really liked the show at A.R.T. and think it's a beautiful story about women being told by women creatives. I don't know what the reaction will be on Broadway but I would just hate to see something like that song mar the production.

Yeah it was definitely discussed on these boards too. Hopefully it's prevalent enough that the creatives at least look at it. In any other context Ogie could be judged as creepy but passable, but when he's a character in the same story as an abuser it doesn't sit well.

She wasn't dropped from Neverland...she walked away. Don't know about Waitress.