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ashley0139

Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05

#0when a show moves from off-broadway to broadway
Posted: 3/6/05 at 11:22am

Does the cast usually stay the same? Or are there usually changes. RENT pretty much stayed the same, didn't it?

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timote316
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Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/04

#1re: when a show moves from off-broadway to broadway
Posted: 3/6/05 at 11:26am

It depends on the show (and on the wishes of the producers).

I'm not sure if Rent had the same cast for NYTW. I know for the original reading of it at NYTW, it had the following cast:

Roger Davis - Tony Hoylen
Mark Cohen - Anthony Rapp
Tom Collins - Pat Briggs
Benjamin Coffin III - Michael Potts
Joanne Jefferson - Shelly Dickinson
Angel Dumott Schunard - Mark Setlock
Mimi Marquez - Daphne Rubin-Vega
Maureen Johnson - Sarah Knowlton
Blockbuster Rep - Erin Hill

Ensemble:
Deirdre Boddie-Henderson
Gilles Chaisson
Sheila Kay Davis
John Lathan
Jesse Sinclair Renat

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wickedrentq

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#2re: when a show moves from off-broadway to broadway
Posted: 3/6/05 at 10:31pm

I know that at least the main cast, and I would imagine the supporting cast though I'm not postive, all remained the same in Rent.

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Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04

#3re: when a show moves from off-broadway to broadway
Posted: 3/7/05 at 12:13am

AQ stayed the same...

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#4re: when a show moves from off-broadway to broadway
Posted: 3/7/05 at 12:51am

The cast of the last Rent NYTW cast and the original Broadway cast was pretty much the same.

95% time, casts remain completely in tact for Off-Broadway to Broadway transfers.

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Updated On: 3/7/05 at 12:51 AM

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#5re: when a show moves from off-broadway to broadway
Posted: 3/7/05 at 1:02am

It's very rare that there is a cast change from Off-Broadway to Broadway since the reason that the show is moving in the first place is because of its success, so why tamper with a sure thing. When changes do occur, they tend to happen if there is long break between the move and an actor becomes unavailable. I'm sure that there have been cases when an actor or actress has been replaced but that would be the exception and not the rule.

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