Waitress post Sara B
Waitress post Sara B
ethan231h
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/5/11
#1Waitress post Sara B
Posted: 4/12/17 at 12:32pm
Any news on her replacement/ other replacements from June 13 on?
#2Waitress post Sara B
Posted: 4/12/17 at 1:22pm
Nathan Lane
#3Waitress post Sara B
Posted: 4/12/17 at 1:23pm
Jokes aside, people are predicting Betsy Wolfe. I'd love to see Stephanie J Block take on that role. She'd slay it.
#4Waitress post Sara B
Posted: 4/12/17 at 1:26pm
I wonder if Sara will return in the winter to keep the show open. Otherwise I don't see it lasting past New Year's.
jbird5
Broadway Star Joined: 12/20/15
#5Waitress post Sara B
Posted: 4/12/17 at 7:28pm
If the advance sales fall off a cliff, they could just end it after Sara ala The Color Purple when Cynthia left. I really don't see where they go from here.
#6Waitress post Sara B
Posted: 4/12/17 at 7:34pm
ACL2006 said: "Otherwise I don't see it lasting past New Year's."
Waitress has been in the black every week for a year and is currently one of the hottest tickets on Broadway. Right now the show is at 118% gross capacity. Compare that to Kinky Boots, one year ago today it was at 48.8% gross capacity and a year later it is still running. Or On Your Feet, one year ago was at 55.7% gross capacity -- still running a year later.
While I can imagine a world where the show closes by New Years, I just don't see any historical evidence that suggests the show is heading in that direction even after Sara leaves the cast.
#7Waitress post Sara B
Posted: 4/13/17 at 10:37am
It's official, Betsy Wolfe will be taking over for Sara Bareilles on June 13th...
http://www.broadway.com/buzz/187095/shift-change-betsy-wolfe-will-take-over-for-sara-bareilles-in-waitress-on-broadway/
#9Waitress post Sara B
Posted: 4/13/17 at 10:40am
That's really cool, I'd love to see her in this as well!
And yea, the show has recouped so they can afford to keep it running as long as they make even just a small profit, so I don't know that they need to be worried atm.
#10Waitress post Sara B
Posted: 4/13/17 at 10:43am
Though it should be interesting to see how much longer the show can last without a big deal performer in the starring role.
Updated On: 4/13/17 at 10:43 AM
JennH
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/14/13
#11Waitress post Sara B
Posted: 4/13/17 at 11:04am
I'm just kind of in awe at how all these "rumors" end up being true. Almost everything that has been rumored for the past couple years has turned out to be true.
#12Waitress post Sara B
Posted: 4/13/17 at 11:16am
Betsy will be fantastic but Valentina3, now I can't get the idea of Stephanie J. Block as Jenna out of my head!
#13Waitress post Sara B
Posted: 4/13/17 at 11:52am
Valentina3 said: "Jokes aside, people are predicting Betsy Wolfe. I'd love to see Stephanie J Block take on that role. She'd slay it.
"
Another Elphaba who would equally slay the part, Carmen Cusack.
#14Waitress post Sara B
Posted: 4/13/17 at 12:06pm
Just in terms of dream casting Jenna, this show could keep going for a few years!
GreasedLightning
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/11/14
#15Waitress post Sara B
Posted: 4/13/17 at 12:09pm
JennH said: "I'm just kind of in awe at how all these "rumors" end up being true. Almost everything that has been rumored for the past couple years has turned out to be true.
"
Rumors are based on something, they don't just appear out of thin air.
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