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Waitress Announcement 9/28
BroadwayConcierge
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/24/15
#50Waitress Announcement 9/28
Posted: 9/26/17 at 4:16pm
Call_me_jorge said: "touring shows don’t need a star in the show."
...?
GeorgeandDot
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/16
#51Waitress Announcement 9/28
Posted: 9/26/17 at 4:20pm
Tour shows very rarely cast a name these days and the production has already been cast.
Also Stamos did end up doing Wonka so.......
kaykordeath
Stand-by Joined: 4/14/17
#52Waitress Announcement 9/28
Posted: 9/26/17 at 4:26pm
Fair point on the tour being cast.
And Stamos doing Wonka at the Hollywood bowl NEVER came up in that thread.
Don't get me wrong, I think the prospect of Mraz coming into the Broadway cast is great. Even more so if the rest of the rumor pans out and Sara eventually joins as well.
raddersons
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/14/13
#53Waitress Announcement 9/28
Posted: 9/26/17 at 4:26pm
If/Then definitely needed Idina to sell their show, but maybe that's a special case.
kaykordeath
Stand-by Joined: 4/14/17
#54Waitress Announcement 9/28
Posted: 9/26/17 at 4:55pm
BroadwayConcierge said: "Call_me_jorge said: "touring shows don’t need a star in the show."
...?"
raddersons Said: "If/Then definitely needed Idina to sell their show, but maybe that's a special case."
Clearly the experts on this board have indicated that tours never need stars.
#55Waitress Announcement 9/28
Posted: 9/26/17 at 4:59pm
Jason Mraz' music on still on the radio constantly. Mind you, it's the soft-rock stations. But guess what? Those have the best ratings. (And that's also where Sara's music plays mostly.) So it's a perfect choice for the audience of this show.
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
Carmilla
Chorus Member Joined: 1/24/12
#56Waitress Announcement 9/28
Posted: 9/26/17 at 5:21pm
I had heard a while back that Sara is planning on coming back, after Betsy leaves.
raddersons
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/14/13
#57Waitress Announcement 9/28
Posted: 9/26/17 at 5:22pm
kaykordeath said: "Clearly the experts on this board have indicated that tours never need stars."
I actually agree with everyone here, but I mean... having a star for the tour definitely isn't going to hurt your ticket sales. Dolly on tour without Bette Midler wouldn't crash and burn, but would it get more ticket sales at higher prices? Hell yeah.
GeorgeandDot
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/16
#58Waitress Announcement 9/28
Posted: 9/26/17 at 5:47pm
Ok but the tour has been cast already, so I don't understand why we're still talking about this. Most tours do not cast names. It's a fact. It doesn't hurt to have them, but it isn't a necessity the way it is on Broadway. Also, If/Then needed Idina because she was all the show had going for itself.
PS, I'm pretty sure that Stamos wasn't mentioned for the Hollywood Bowl because that production wasn't even announced yet. Everyone just knew that he would likely be playing Wonka somewhere, and it was safe to assume that he would be joining the Broadway company.
#59Waitress Announcement 9/28
Posted: 9/26/17 at 6:57pm
https://twitter.com/betsywolfe/status/912812274481541125
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#60Waitress Announcement 9/28
Posted: 9/27/17 at 7:01pm
Clue #3 is an avacado. A reference to Jason Mraz's avacado farm?
BroadwayConcierge
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/24/15
#61Waitress Announcement 9/28
Posted: 9/27/17 at 7:05pm
Honestly, on day 1, they should have just taken out a piece of paper that said "JASON MRAZ IS JOINING WAITRESS." These clues are dead giveaways, lol.
VintageSnarker
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/30/15
#62Waitress Announcement 9/28
Posted: 9/27/17 at 10:22pm
I'm not sure how I feel about this. I know he sang on the album but I feel like he would make a more believable Earl than Dr. Pomatter. Hopefully they update the information about how long all the main cast members will be in the show with this announcement so I can decide who to go back to see. Unless Sara comes back, I think 3 trips to Waitress is enough for me.
smidge
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/06
#63Waitress Announcement 9/28
Posted: 9/27/17 at 10:52pm
Really? I would never believe Mraz as a bad guy in a million years. Also waiting to find out something definitive about when they'll have a set cast for awhile.
chelseaburnside
Understudy Joined: 4/14/14
#64Waitress Announcement 9/28
Posted: 9/28/17 at 12:04am
http://www.broadway.com/buzz/189817/grammy-winner-jason-mraz-to-make-broadway-debut-in-waitress/
Officially official.
VintageSnarker
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/30/15
#65Waitress Announcement 9/28
Posted: 9/28/17 at 1:22am
smidge said: "Really? I would never believe Mraz as a bad guy in a million years. Also waiting to find out something definitive about when they'll have a set cast for awhile."
But you believe him as a nerdy, awkward doctor?
smidge
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/06
#66Waitress Announcement 9/28
Posted: 9/28/17 at 4:37am
VintageSnarker said: "smidge said: "Really? I would never believe Mraz as a bad guy in a million years. Also waiting to find out something definitive about when they'll have a set cast for awhile."
But you believe him as a nerdy, awkward doctor?"
Absolutely. He's the Geek in the Pink!
VintageSnarker
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/30/15
#67Waitress Announcement 9/28
Posted: 9/28/17 at 2:05pm
smidge said: "VintageSnarker said: "smidge said: "Really? I would never believe Mraz as a bad guy in a million years. Also waiting to find out something definitive about when they'll have a set cast for awhile."
But you believe him as a nerdy, awkward doctor?"
Absolutely. He's the Geek in the Pink!"
To me that's different from playing an East Coaster who went to medical school. He's from Virginia. To me, it's less of a stretch for him to swagger around and yell a bit to play Earl. He seems too chill to play anxious and I find it difficult to picture him as the doctor type.
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