Waitress Potential Cast Replacements

[broadwayboy222]

Posted: 9/4/16 at 7:06pm

I've been obsessed with the cast album this past week and thought about some people who might make wonderful replacements later in the run once the current principals depart: 

Jenna: Carmen Cusack/Caroline Bowman/ Stephanie Torns (would LOVE to her bumped up to principal or even do the role on tour!)

Becky: Katie Thompson/ Bonnie Milligan/Shauna M. Hamic 

Dawn: Lindsay Mendez/ Annaleigh Ashford/ Jeanna De Waal/ Haven Burton/ Arielle Jacobs 

Ogie: Rob McClure 

Joe: Would kind've be fun to see George Hearn come back in a role like this!

Dr. Pomatter: James Snyder/ Kevin Massey/ Bryce Pinkham 

Earl: Andy Karl/ Joe Tippett

Thoughts? Other people you would like to see in this show? 

 

 

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 9/4/16 at 7:13pm

Christine Dwyer as Jenna would be phenomenal.

it would also be a nice beautiful renuion with Anika Larsen as Dawn and Jake Epstein or Jarrod Spector as the doctor.

[trpguyy]

Posted: 9/4/16 at 7:19pm

I'd love to see Desi Oakley as Jenna, her voice is perfect for that music. 

[broadwayboy223]

Posted: 9/4/16 at 7:34pm

My dream is Orfeh as Becky and Carmen as Jenna. Talk about perfection 

[Phillytheatreguy10]

Posted: 9/4/16 at 8:27pm

Totally support Orfeh as Becky all day! 

[pupscotch]

Posted: 9/4/16 at 9:24pm

I'd love to see Elle McLemore as Dawn. Adam Jacobs could be a great Dr. Pomatter also.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 9/4/16 at 9:33pm

I can't help but think of how perfect Megan Hilty would be as Jenna.

[maxkko]

Posted: 9/4/16 at 9:36pm

If Katie Thompson played Becky, I would go all the way up to New York to see her. 

[slumdogdelaware]

Posted: 9/12/16 at 3:35pm

William Popp starts as Earl on Sept. 23.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/SLEEP-NO-MOREs-William-Popp-Will-Join-Cast-of-WAITRESS-This-Fall-20160912

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 9/12/16 at 3:42pm

Is Kimiko coming back at all?

[itis2l84u]

Posted: 9/13/16 at 4:53pm

I didn't want to start a new thread but did anyone else notice that on playbill vault Jessie is no longer listed as Jenna but Stephanie Torns is? Did I miss something?

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 9/13/16 at 5:13pm

Whoa. What is up with that?

http://www.playbill.com/personlistpage/person-list?production=00000151-b783-d86d-a375-ffc779cc0000&type=cp#cc

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 9/13/16 at 5:16pm

I would assume Jessie is just on vacation and needed Stephanie to cover for an extended period of time. I'm probably wrong though.

[a-mad]

Posted: 9/13/16 at 5:34pm

Laura Osnes as Jenna.... 

If that can't happen I think Caissie Levy would be great if she could nail the accent and tone of the material...

[Valentina3]

Posted: 9/13/16 at 5:39pm

I saw Jessie on Sunday matinee. Surprised I didn't notice any outage notice on the website when I was buying the tix

[slumdogdelaware]

Posted: 9/13/16 at 5:44pm

Valentina3 said: "I saw Jessie on Sunday matinee. Surprised I didn't notice any outage notice on the website when I was buying the tix

 

It said "arrived Sept. 13" so must be new? I really really hope this is temporary because I wanted to see Jessie one more time

 

[itis2l84u]

Posted: 9/13/16 at 5:47pm

slumdogdelaware said: "Valentina3 said: "I saw Jessie on Sunday matinee. Surprised I didn't notice any outage notice on the website when I was buying the tix

 

It said "arrived Sept. 13" so must be new? I really really hope this is temporary because I wanted to see Jessie one more time

 

 

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I feel like if she was gone for good they'd have made an actual announcement. The situation is just odd because a) no announcement about Jessie taking a leave of absence was made and b) if she is just on a brief vacation they don't usually change around the playbill. I just hope she's ok and we find out what's happening soon.

[slumdogdelaware]

Posted: 9/13/16 at 5:51pm

I just reached out to Playbill to hopefully get some more info about this.

[NJ_BroadwayGirl]

Posted: 9/13/16 at 5:55pm

slumdogdelaware said: "I just reached out to Playbill to hopefully get some more info about this."

If she's on a planned, extended vacation they really should have posted it on Ticketmaster. I'm on my phone so it's not easy to check that but I will later. 

[KathyNYC2]

Posted: 9/13/16 at 6:25pm

Updated On: 9/13/16 at 06:25 PM

[starcatchers]

Posted: 9/13/16 at 6:38pm

PlaybillVault strikes again. She hasn't left. They have a tendency toward huge errors. 

[itis2l84u]

Posted: 9/13/16 at 7:29pm

starcatchers said: "PlaybillVault strikes again. She hasn't left. They have a tendency toward huge errors. 

 

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Ok! Sorry to have started a panic! I was just so shocked when I checked playbill vault to see if they had updated who played Lulu and saw Jessie gone. I wanted to know if something had happened or if I'd completely missed something big.

[starcatchers]

Posted: 9/13/16 at 10:02pm

To clarify, I reached out to them and they said "That's the casting this week. No accidents in the vault this time!" 

 

She he is on vacation. I guess they took her out of the playbill for a week. American in Paris used to do the same thing when either of the two leads would go on vacation. 

[gleek4114]

Posted: 9/14/16 at 12:10am

To be fair, I don't believe she is above the title, so no ticketmaster note, email or refund is required. You show up and get who you get. 

[KathyNYC2]

Posted: 9/14/16 at 9:29am

And Stephanie got a standing ovation at the end of the show last night...