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Who will replace Ben Platt
#75Who will replace Ben Platt
Posted: 3/23/17 at 8:59am
Does anybody know when he'd be leaving? Also its probably a long shot but what about Skylar Astin? He did Pitch Perfect and was OBC spring awakening.
“6 AM. The sky glows. Somewhere a bird chirps. I want to shoot it.” ~ Jonathan Larson, Tick...Tick..BOOM
#76Who will replace Ben Platt
Posted: 3/23/17 at 8:59am
Does anybody know when he'd be leaving? Also its probably a long shot but what about Skylar Astin? He did Pitch Perfect and was OBC spring awakening.
“6 AM. The sky glows. Somewhere a bird chirps. I want to shoot it.” ~ Jonathan Larson, Tick...Tick..BOOM
Whateverjsays
Featured Actor Joined: 7/12/16
#77Who will replace Ben Platt
Posted: 3/23/17 at 10:03am
If the show runs for a few more years I'd absolutely love to see Joshua Colley tackle this role. Idk if you guys have seen him singing 'How Far I'll Go' from Moana, but this kid is going to be a force to be reckoned with.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyCdeKAg2L8
#78Who will replace Ben Platt
Posted: 3/23/17 at 10:05am
I'd love to see Anthony Rosenthal as Evan at some point.
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#79Who will replace Ben Platt
Posted: 3/23/17 at 10:11am
thebookofwhizzer said: "Does anybody know when he'd be leaving? Also its probably a long shot but what about Skylar Astin? He did Pitch Perfect and was OBC spring awakening."
Seems like the wrong direction age-wise to play a high school student...
#80Who will replace Ben Platt
Posted: 3/23/17 at 10:33am
Call_me_jorge said: "I'd love to see Anthony Rosenthal as Evan at some point.
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I highly doubt the production will run long enough for Rosenthal to become age-appropriate for the role.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
Hamilfan2
Broadway Star Joined: 12/28/15
#81Who will replace Ben Platt
Posted: 3/23/17 at 12:31pm
My top 2 choices for a replacement are Chris McCarrell and Jordan Fisher!
mulligan3
Chorus Member Joined: 7/9/16
#82Who will replace Ben Platt
Posted: 3/23/17 at 1:30pm
My guess is that he's gone in beginning of November.
What about his current understudy Colton Ryan ? My guess is that at some point, he's going to start going on somewhat regularly to help the show make a transition to a non-Ben Platt version. The show is bordering on dangerously dependent on one actor.
theatregoer3
Broadway Star Joined: 3/8/13
#83Who will replace Ben Platt
Posted: 3/23/17 at 2:37pm
Does anyone think that Colton Ryan is too conventionally attractive for the role? He looks and acts like a very confident high school jock. I mean, the kid is pretty fit/muscular and has a winning smile. He looks like he's about to be swept up by some Disney Channel franchise any second now. His voice is great and I would love to see him onstage, but I have a hard time picturing him as a very removed and socially paralyzed individual. Maybe I'm alone in this and can't see the bigger picture :)
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#84Who will replace Ben Platt
Posted: 3/24/17 at 4:44am
Doubt we would see Skylar "I'm better than you" Astin replacing on Broadway.
Andrew KB can replace the girlfriend.
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#85Who will replace Ben Platt
Posted: 3/24/17 at 4:53am
theatregoer3 said: "Does anyone think that Colton Ryan is too conventionally attractive for the role?"
Just seems like he should gravitate to a show that requires nudity instead....
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#86Who will replace Ben Platt
Posted: 3/24/17 at 5:56am
Pretty people have social and psychological issues, too
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#89Who will replace Ben Platt
Posted: 3/24/17 at 6:56am
steven22 said: "Sean Grandillo?
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Funny you should say that. Looks like he just saw the show last night, not a bad idea. https://instagram.com/p/BSAROXAD8Wg/
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#90Who will replace Ben Platt
Posted: 3/24/17 at 7:41am
andy mientus?
“6 AM. The sky glows. Somewhere a bird chirps. I want to shoot it.” ~ Jonathan Larson, Tick...Tick..BOOM
GreasedLightning
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/11/14
#91Who will replace Ben Platt
Posted: 3/24/17 at 9:52am
Tiann Nerng Chong said: "Austin P. McKenzie.
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This could be delightful.
#92Who will replace Ben Platt
Posted: 3/24/17 at 10:34am
Sean? No. Austin - yes. This show will push whoever's doing it to their extremes. The acting and singing requirements are insane.
Caption: Every so often there was a rare moment of perfect balance when I soared above him.
#93Who will replace Ben Platt
Posted: 3/24/17 at 10:38am
GreasedLightning said: "Tiann Nerng Chong said: "Austin P. McKenzie."
This could be delightful."
Agreed! He was wonderful in "When We Rise" and I'm really looking forward to Speech & Debate and seeing what else he does next.
#94Who will replace Ben Platt
Posted: 3/24/17 at 6:20pm
I enjoyed Austin P. McKenzie in Spring Awakening, but I don't remember his voice being particularly strong. This is a role that requires solid technique and vocal stamina--McKenzie strikes me more as an actor who sings.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#95Who will replace Ben Platt
Posted: 4/18/17 at 10:07am
Alex Wyse feels like pretty ideal casting for this.
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#96Who will replace Ben Platt
Posted: 4/18/17 at 10:18am
somethingwicked said: "Alex Wyse feels like pretty ideal casting for this."
Haha, I came to the board just to say this. Another guy who I'd like to see take a shot at it is Max Chernin. He's not popular enough, but should be.
Caption: Every so often there was a rare moment of perfect balance when I soared above him.
#97Who will replace Ben Platt
Posted: 4/18/17 at 10:24am
Can Adam Langdon who's playing Christopher on tour, sing?
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My sister (AIDS)
My uncle and my cousin and her best friend (AIDS, AIDS, AIDS)
The gays and the straights
And the white and the spades
#98Who will replace Ben Platt
Posted: 4/18/17 at 10:28am
Call_me_jorge said: "Can Adam Langdon who's playing Christopher on tour, sing?
I'm pretty sure that he's actually a baritone. The part is probably too high.
ijest22
Stand-by Joined: 4/14/17
#99Who will replace Ben Platt
Posted: 4/18/17 at 10:56am
mulligan3 said: "My guess is that he's gone in beginning of November. "
That's probably when his contract expires, but given how much money that show is raking in, and given how much of it is likely to be dependent on Platt being in the show, I'm going to bet that they are going to throw a significant chunk of change at him to keep in an extra three to six months. I wonder if there's any chance of a move to a bigger theater to maximize the box office if he does extend.
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