With Weeds coming back July 1st, when is Hunter Parrish Expected To Leave Godspell?

[PlayItAgain]

Posted: 3/15/12 at 12:49pm

Just curious, today Showtime announced Weeds is returning July 1st (which means they will start shooting soon right?) so when is Hunter Parrish expected to leave Godspell?

http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/03/14/start-date-for-weeds-and-episodes-is/ Updated On: 3/15/12 at 12:49 PM

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 3/15/12 at 12:55pm

Is it possible he could do both? The last season of Weeds was shot in New York.

[PlayItAgain]

Posted: 3/15/12 at 1:03pm

The way the story line left off at the end of last season, it time jumps and mary louise parkers character is no longer in NYC, which leads me to believe neither is Hunter Parrish's character .....

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 3/15/12 at 1:10pm

Oh, that's right. I forgot they left NYC.

[pli1018]

Posted: 3/15/12 at 1:11pm

Also, the majority of last season was shot in LA with only select scenes (mainly exteriors) shot in NYC.

[PlayItAgain]

Posted: 3/15/12 at 1:12pm

^ I thought that was true as well, so yeah anyone have any kind of guess, its got to be like May at the latest right?

[wdwfreak]

Posted: 3/15/12 at 2:59pm

He is leaving next month, and they did in fact film most of the season in L.A. so he has to go back.

[aasjb4ever]

Posted: 3/15/12 at 3:25pm

Unsure about Hunter, but I talked to Justin Kirk at the ODC stage door last sunday afternoon and he said he’s leaving the show on March 25 to go back and continue with Weeds.

[PlayItAgain]

Posted: 3/15/12 at 3:42pm

curious who replaces him, if I was Davenport id bring in a bigger name.....

[Dollypop]

Posted: 3/15/12 at 6:12pm

I spoke with Hunter just this morning and he told me he'd be leaving GODSPELL "in about 6 weeks or so".

[scripps]

Posted: 3/15/12 at 6:26pm

This thread reminds me that I still need to catch GODSPELL, and now have only 6 weeks to do so.

WEEDS was supposed to film in NYC last year, but only exterior shots happened here (including a shot of an apartment building used to indicate Queens which was my grandmother's building adjacent to Coney Island hospital in Brooklyn). Here's hoping the final season is worth the effort to watch.

And Justin was always slated to end his run on March 25th. As it stands, he starts filming a pilot for NBC two days after his final curtain call and then jumps right into WEEDS. Busy, busy actors.

[PlayItAgain]

Posted: 3/15/12 at 7:20pm

so mid april then, any theories who replaces him, I'm hearing jo bro rumors again.... (kevin)

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 3/15/12 at 8:34pm

I don't know if the rumors of Kevin Jonas coming in are true, but Nick Jonas was supposed to play Jesus originally. They were in negotiations with him forever and couldn't come to terms, which is when Hunter Parrish came into the picture.

[ILuv2shop531]

Posted: 3/15/12 at 8:46pm

Are you sure it isn't Joe Jonas? Kevin is the brother that has always played guitar and sings back up.

[PlayItAgain]

Posted: 3/15/12 at 8:53pm

maybe it was joe either way I'm hearing one of them is going in....

[gvendo2005]

Posted: 3/15/12 at 11:14pm

That's presuming there's money left to pay a Jo Bro. Name one show that reports grossing the exact same amount of money two weeks in a row (see link; the top denotes the most recent week and the bottom is the week prior -- to be specific, Godspell's percent change is 1%, with the exact same amount in ticket sales, not a digit out of place).

Cash those checks, investors, because Mr. Davenport's shell game is through; the numbers are being falsified. Wait any longer and they're gonna bounce.
Broadway Grosses: March 5-11

[gvendo2005]

Posted: 3/15/12 at 11:16pm

Checked with the bookmakers in Vegas; there are better odds of Billy Graham displaying bilocation growing out of one's @$$hole singing like Lena Horne as a meteorite hits the person in question than the same numbers, two weeks running, in different combinations, ever coming up.

[theatreguy]

Posted: 3/15/12 at 11:30pm

gvendo, your link shows Godspell grossing $289,607 for the week ending March 11, and $279,527 for the week ending March 4. BroadwayWorld has the same numbers.

[PlayItAgain]

Posted: 3/16/12 at 12:42am

@gvendo its always something negative with you isn't it?

[SondheimFan5]

Posted: 3/16/12 at 1:41am

Gavin Creel was supposed to do it back in '08 ('09?) when they first announced the production.

[PlayItAgain]

Posted: 3/16/12 at 2:27am

^ he is rumored to be involved with Pippin so not sure how likely it is he will be available for that long of a stint if it does happen.....

[labwyfan]

Posted: 3/16/12 at 1:52pm

Gvendo's just bitter it hasn't closed yet. Updated On: 3/16/12 at 01:52 PM

[ChildrenwillListen]

Posted: 3/16/12 at 2:13pm

If Hunter is going to leave soon, I'm glad I saw him when I did.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 3/16/12 at 3:19pm

Why is Gvendo so bitter about this show? It's one thing to dislike a production, but this guy's got nothing but abject hatred for it.

[smurftoo]

Posted: 3/16/12 at 4:13pm

Godspell is a very, very inexpensive show to run, it has made a good profit every week so far!