Will any of the original Principals be in Hamilton after July 9th? — Page 2

I think it would be funny if Jeffrey Seller did like a ham4ham performance doing a cover of you'll be back during their final week.

They haven't acknowledged it. But they're serious rumblings.

I would be surprised if Renee and Leslie leave. They can ask for significant pay increases now, why wouldn't they stay a little longer?

Call_me_jorge said: "I think it would be funny if Jeffrey Seller did like a ham4ham performance doing a cover of you'll be back during their final week.



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You must have an extremely low threshold for comedy.

"Acknowledging the fact that as of right now these are just speculations, do you think it's possible their departure dates might not be true? Considering their supposed dates are not too far from now and we've yet to hear an announcement of cast replacements."



No. July 9th is real. Sometimes they announce things really late. That's just show business.

Updated On: 6/13/16 at 04:43 PM

Soo confirmed her departure in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter.

Also as Hamilton is a cultural phenomenon the producers are likely to report the departure on a staggered and late basis as they do not want to follow the same path as The Producers, Spring Awakening, and Hair, where grosses plummeted at after the original company left in large groups. I expect these announcements to come next Tuesday so they can sell as much of the block of tickets released this morning before they have to tell buyers they aren't seeing the original company.



Also regarding The Great Comet of 1812. It was reported everyone's contracts at ART were only for that production and were not "pre-Broadway" contracts.

PS I made up the "pretty standard" re month's notice...just basing that on

1) Color Purple announced Jennifer Hudson's last performance a month in advance

and

2) LMM himself IN the Heights announced his last appearance a month in advance (even though he came back for the finale performance of the show's run).

Phillippa leaving has not been a secret. Steven Pasquale's television pilot for CBS was picked up to series and will be filming in LA. She tweeted herself that they were California bound the day the announcement was made.

oncemorewithfeeling2 said: "As others on the board have stated, a lack of a denial is often a confirmation of something.



LIn says as of last night "I don't know when I'm leaving yet"

That's a quote

http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/13/entertainment/lin-manuel-miranda-leaving-hamilton/

There is your confirmation. Yes, "insiders" say it, but it's pretty obvious.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/hamilton-star-phillipa-soo-set-901031

Oh, and Pasquale does not have an "active career in Los Angeles". He is based in New York, and is starring on a show opposite Katherine Heigl so.....I'm sure he will be back in New York sooner rather than later!

Two words: Brian Dunkleman.

What? Never heard of him?

Perhaps you've heard of his co-star, from the first season of a little show called American Idol. In that first season, way back in 2002, Dunkleman and Seacrest enjoyed equal billing as co-hosts.

The show blew up, of course, becoming the biggest phenomenon in television in its first year, surpassing numbers that any other show had seen in a long, long time.

So Dunkelman left after that first year. Guess he figured that the show's popularity was due in no small part to his exquisite hosting skills. Or that since the show was the hottest thing in the entertainment world, he could parlay that popularity into personal career advancement.

He was wrong. As we know, the show continued to be a juggernaut for over a decade, elevating the careers of those who remained with it throughout that time, and making them all very, very rich. Ryan Seacrest is a household name. Brian Dunkelman could land on your head and you probably wouldn't notice.

All of the primary Hamilton actors are, of course, wonderfully talented. But there are a LOT of wonderfully talented actors on Broadway, and most of them are not starring in billion-dollar shows. The extraordinary success and popularity of Hamilton is due primarily, if not all but exclusively, to the genius of Lin-Manuel Miranda. Yes, Jackson/Soo/Goldsberry and all the rest execute his ideas brilliantly on a nightly basis, but no better than any one of a large number of other Broadway-calibre actors could. If these people left the show now, on the hopes that the popularity of Hamilton would make them the next hot thing on Broadway or Hollywood, they would be making a Dunkelman-esque mistake, conflating the show's resonance with their own. With the exception of Diggs, whose talent, look, and performance really are unique, the other principals -- while all strong, talented actors -- are, in the broader context of Broadway performers, a dime a dozen. If they left now, they'd be leaving a monster hit, and years-long job security, for a real risk, a real chance. It would be a foolish one to take.

Huh. I was never an Idol watcher, but I'd always heard that Dunkleman was a "quit before we fire you" situation.

Sorry for the Idol threadjack, I now return you to Hamilton...

Regarding Phillipa Soo...

She is talented and beautiful. But I feel that the hardships of showbiz are coming soon for her. She graduates Juilliard (of all schools), immediately gets cast in Great Comet, and then Hamilton. In the meantime, she gets swept off her feet by a handsome Broadway actor a good deal older than her (Steven Pasquale), gets engaged to him rather quickly, and is now following him to Hollywood as the supportive wife, and to forge a film career of her own.

Sadly though, Asian-Americans have a very, very hard time getting work as actors, especially in film. She has had a remarkable amount of success early on, but I fear is in for a rude awakening as it's never going to be like this for her again, and she has yet to really know what it's like to be an actor - especially one of the most under-represented race in showbiz.

I hate to be so negative but I just feel like the wiser move would be to stay with Hamilton a bit longer, enjoy the ride, and save the money. She's gonna need it.

Updated On: 6/14/16 at 12:50 AM