What happened to Laura Benanti in Waitress?
What happened to Laura Benanti in Waitress?
What happened to Laura Benanti in Waitress?#1
Posted: 12/16/18 at 11:23am
For awhile we were hearing Laura was doing the workshops for the show and then at some point, Jessie took over. Does anyone know why Laura was replaced? I can't even imagine her playing Jenna now--vocally it's just not her part. So did they just go in a different direction with the show? Was she just no longer interested in the show? I'd love to hear!
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What happened to Laura Benanti in Waitress?#3
Posted: 12/16/18 at 5:06pm
As a huge fan of Waitress...I don't know if I could picture this.
What happened to Laura Benanti in Waitress?#4
Posted: 12/16/18 at 5:11pm
The photo is from when Laura and Heidi did The Most Happy Fella for Encores! in 2014.
What happened to Laura Benanti in Waitress?#5
Posted: 12/16/18 at 5:36pm
BwayLover5 said: "Thephoto is from when Laura and Heidi did The Most Happy Fella forEncores! in 2014."
I think BrodyFosse knew that, and was making a joke
What happened to Laura Benanti in Waitress?#6
Posted: 12/16/18 at 6:17pm
JBroadway said: "BwayLover5 said: "Thephoto is from when Laura and Heidi did The Most Happy Fella forEncores! in 2014."
I think BrodyFosse knew that, and was making a joke"
Could have also shown a pic of Laura's waitress turn in THE WEDDING SINGER. :)
What happened to Laura Benanti in Waitress?#7
Posted: 12/16/18 at 7:38pm
The show's book was originally supposed to be written by Paula Vogel. Yes, Indecent Paula Vogel, and I would kill to read that script sometime.
What happened to Laura Benanti in Waitress?#8
Posted: 12/17/18 at 5:05pm
Alex Kulak2 said: "The show's book was originally supposed to be written by Paula Vogel. Yes,IndecentPaula Vogel, and I would kill to read that script sometime."
Did the change of Paula go hand in hand with the change of Benanti? Maybe Jessie Nelson had a different vision and Benanti didn’t fit that vision?
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