Weeds star Parrish to join SPRING AWAKENING Aug. 18
Weeds star Parrish to join SPRING AWAKENING Aug. 18
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#1Weeds star Parrish to join SPRING AWAKENING Aug. 18
Posted: 7/7/08 at 8:39am
Hunter Parrish, Silas Botwin on Showtime's WEEDS, will join the Broadway company of SPRING AWAKENING as Melchior on August 18.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117988514.html?categoryid=15&cs=1
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#2re: Weeds star Parrish to join SPRING AWAKENING Aug. 18
Posted: 7/7/08 at 8:56am
Very cute stunt casting.
Hope he can sing.
Tom1071
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/1/04
#2re: Weeds star Parrish to join SPRING AWAKENING Aug. 18
Posted: 7/7/08 at 9:18am
We've been hearing about this for over 6 months now before it was officially announced that Jonathan Groff was leaving.
The best thing they can do for that show is keep pumping new blood into it.
#3re: Weeds star Parrish to join SPRING AWAKENING Aug. 18
Posted: 7/7/08 at 9:33am
LOVE Hunter Parrish.
LOVE Weeds.
But don't love him enough to see SPRING AWAKENING for a third time....
#5re: Weeds star Parrish to join SPRING AWAKENING Aug. 18
Posted: 7/7/08 at 10:04am
Anyone know who is going to perform the role in the interim? Riabko's last performance is August 2.
Jesse Swenson? Matt Shingledecker? Matt Doyle?
Does Matt Doyle even cover the role anymore? My most recent Playbill lists Swenson and Matt Shingledecker as the Melchior covers.
#6re: Weeds star Parrish to join SPRING AWAKENING Aug. 18
Posted: 7/7/08 at 10:20am^ Matt Doyle still covers Melchior. It hasn't been announced who will be covering the two weeks in between Kyle and Hunter. I really hope it'll be Matt D though.
#7re: Weeds star Parrish to join SPRING AWAKENING Aug. 18
Posted: 7/7/08 at 10:27amDidn't Kyle JUST start doing it?? I feel like Jonathan Groff left yesterday! Why would he be leaving so soon to do the tour?
I was lost 'til I heard the drums, then I found my way
#8re: Weeds star Parrish to join SPRING AWAKENING Aug. 18
Posted: 7/7/08 at 10:31amHe's gorgeous! Congrats to him.
"Everytime you step on that stage it is somebody's first Broadway show and somebody's last Broadway show. Make it count."
SNLMedia
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/6/05
#9re: Weeds star Parrish to join SPRING AWAKENING Aug. 18
Posted: 7/7/08 at 10:59amAnd here's my reason to revisit the show!
"The world is a better place because of hairspray." - Michael Ball
#10re: Weeds star Parrish to join SPRING AWAKENING Aug. 18
Posted: 7/7/08 at 11:19am
"Didn't Kyle JUST start doing it?? I feel like Jonathan Groff left yesterday! Why would he be leaving so soon to do the tour? "
It was always intended that Riabko would just be filling the gap between Groff and Parrish. Riabko was always supposed to be heading up the tour.
#11re: Weeds star Parrish to join SPRING AWAKENING Aug. 18
Posted: 7/7/08 at 12:51pmOHHH i see...ok that makes more sense then. thanks for clearing that up! SA is not a show I follow very much, so I had no idea about Kyle...well then good for both of them!
I was lost 'til I heard the drums, then I found my way
#13re: Weeds star Parrish to join SPRING AWAKENING Aug. 18
Posted: 7/7/08 at 12:57pmI was kind of hoping for an unknown; don't know why. I'm sure Hunter will do fine.
#14re: Weeds star Parrish to join SPRING AWAKENING Aug. 18
Posted: 7/7/08 at 1:52pmHe is pretty fantastic in WEEDS, I hope I'm able to catch him in this.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#15re: Weeds star Parrish to join SPRING AWAKENING Aug. 18
Posted: 7/7/08 at 1:55pmHunter wasn't even sure he would be doing up until last week. He said on Chelsea Lately that he was being offered a role on Broadway (the name wasn't given) & he didn't if for sure he was doing it.
#16re: Weeds star Parrish to join SPRING AWAKENING Aug. 18
Posted: 7/7/08 at 2:33pm
"He said on Chelsea Lately that he was being offered a role on Broadway (the name wasn't given) & he didn't if for sure he was doing it."
Oh man, I totally did not even pick up on that! I remember them mentioning Broadway briefly... that was a great episode too.
#17re: Weeds star Parrish to join SPRING AWAKENING Aug. 18
Posted: 7/7/08 at 2:38pmI thought he was going to create a role, but when I saw this I figured this was it.
xoangel2789xo
Broadway Star Joined: 11/3/07
#18re: Weeds star Parrish to join SPRING AWAKENING Aug. 18
Posted: 7/7/08 at 4:22pm
I heard him mention it on Chelsea Lately and I put two and two together.
#19re: Weeds star Parrish to join SPRING AWAKENING Aug. 18
Posted: 7/7/08 at 4:55pmI adore Weeds and he is great on it. I just hope he can sing
#20re: Weeds star Parrish to join SPRING AWAKENING Aug. 18
Posted: 7/7/08 at 5:08pmOkay, he's extremely pretty, but he's easily the worst thing about WEEDS (when he's speaking and/or acting), and while it will be nice to glimpse his ass on stage, I shudder at what he'll do with the ripe-for-overacting-potential role of Melchior.
ILuv2shop531
Broadway Star Joined: 7/12/07
#21re: Weeds star Parrish to join SPRING AWAKENING Aug. 18
Posted: 7/7/08 at 5:16pmmatt doyle is covering in between
#22re: Weeds star Parrish to join SPRING AWAKENING Aug. 18
Posted: 7/7/08 at 5:22pm
Actually, Matt Doyle just posted this in his blog:
To quickly diffuse a rumor, there are no set dates for any of the three Melchior covers this summer. We play things by ear and there is no guarantee that I will be going on for Melchior during July or the time between Kyle Riabko's departure and Hunter Parrish's debut. I promise I will post a blog if I have any set dates.
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