WAITRESS Will Officially Bow on Broadway in Spring 2016- Page 9
WAITRESS Will Officially Bow on Broadway in Spring 2016
ohjustjake
Leading Actor Joined: 4/18/06
#200WAITRESS Will Officially Bow on Broadway in Spring 2016
Posted: 11/6/15 at 8:59am
I was at the concert last night at City Center and I really really really enjoyed all the music she and her band played from the show. I was surprised how much I wanted to move along with the music. It definitely SOUNDS like Sara (of course, when she's singing the songs.. duh), but it also made me realize how great of a composer she is. She plays with rhythm, meter change, unexpected melody changes... it's quite interesting. I'm excited for the show!
ohjustjake
Leading Actor Joined: 4/18/06
#201WAITRESS Will Officially Bow on Broadway in Spring 2016
Posted: 11/6/15 at 9:08am
Also, her album is on iTunes now!
#202WAITRESS Will Officially Bow on Broadway in Spring 2016
Posted: 11/6/15 at 9:10am
The concert: https://screen.yahoo.com/live/event/sara-bareilles
Stew123
Stand-by Joined: 2/17/10
#203WAITRESS Will Officially Bow on Broadway in Spring 2016
Posted: 11/6/15 at 9:23am
Am I the only one who thinks that Jessie Mueller and Sara Bareilles sound exactly the same? What are the odds that Sara goes into the show at some point?
#204WAITRESS Will Officially Bow on Broadway in Spring 2016
Posted: 11/6/15 at 9:30am
Sara has said that she'd love to do musical theatre again (did it in HS/college) and hinted that she'd love the chance to play Jenna.
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#205WAITRESS Will Officially Bow on Broadway in Spring 2016
Posted: 11/6/15 at 9:50am
If Waitress ends up struggling, she could just do what Sting did with The Last Ship by going into the show in order to save it.
Updated On: 11/6/15 at 09:50 AM
#206WAITRESS Will Officially Bow on Broadway in Spring 2016
Posted: 11/6/15 at 9:52am
What makes you think Sara can save her show if sting couldn't even save his.
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#207WAITRESS Will Officially Bow on Broadway in Spring 2016
Posted: 11/6/15 at 9:55am
^It would have to depend on how all she'd be willing to commit to it. Sting could only commit to a few weeks because of a concert tour he had coming up. While business for The Last Ship did improve, the producers still noticed what the numbers were going to be like post Sting's departure, so they pretty much decided to close the show with him.
#208WAITRESS Will Officially Bow on Broadway in Spring 2016
Posted: 11/6/15 at 10:20am
Waitress has Jessie Mueller - if it's not doing well, replacing her won't be the key to fixing it.
Also Jessie and Sara are doing lots of promo work together which I think will help introduce and endear her to SB's fanabase, which is certainly going to be a key audience draw early on.
I like a good rhyme more than a good time
CarlAlan610
Understudy Joined: 10/11/14
#209WAITRESS Will Officially Bow on Broadway in Spring 2016
Posted: 11/8/15 at 9:43am
It is so surpassing to me the Jeana is not continuing on with the production. Two summers at the ART and two times not continuing on? I wonder what happened. Do we know that she was fired from NEVERLAND?
#210WAITRESS Will Officially Bow on Broadway in Spring 2016
Posted: 11/8/15 at 9:45am
I bet she quit, because they basically cut her roles only song.
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CarlAlan610
Understudy Joined: 10/11/14
#211WAITRESS Will Officially Bow on Broadway in Spring 2016
Posted: 11/8/15 at 9:57am
Yeah - I also always assumed she quit Neverland when she found out they were hacking the role of Mary Barrie into nothing.
Wasn't Bryce Pinkham attached to Waitress at some point? When they announced GGTLM was closing, I thought maybe he would come back for the Broadway run. I enjoyed Drew Gehling at the ART, but was not blown away.
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#212WAITRESS Will Officially Bow on Broadway in Spring 2016
Posted: 11/8/15 at 10:21am
Gehling has a relaxed easy charm, a goofy comedic sense and he soars on the music. Thought he was great at A.R.T.
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#213WAITRESS Will Officially Bow on Broadway in Spring 2016
Posted: 11/18/15 at 7:15pm
What happened to the thread about the Waitress artwork/poster released today? I left for a couple of hours and it's gone. Did someone get mean?
I like a good rhyme more than a good time
UnwoundFantasies
Leading Actor Joined: 10/13/11
#214WAITRESS Will Officially Bow on Broadway in Spring 2016
Posted: 11/18/15 at 7:55pm
Call me- which song of jeana's was cut?
broadwayboy223
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/2/14
#215WAITRESS Will Officially Bow on Broadway in Spring 2016
Posted: 11/23/15 at 5:27pm
Does anyone have any detailed info on how Laura Benanti was involved at one point? I would love to see/hear if any audio exists of her doing Jenna.
#216WAITRESS Will Officially Bow on Broadway in Spring 2016
Posted: 1/12/16 at 11:30am
Apparently, Nick Cordero is joining the cast...
http://www.apnews.com/ap/db_268748/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=hbvJzuQZ
#217WAITRESS Will Officially Bow on Broadway in Spring 2016
Posted: 1/12/16 at 11:40am
Was really looking forward to Corey Mach transferring with this! He was a standout at the A.R.T.
neonlightsxo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/08
#218WAITRESS Will Officially Bow on Broadway in Spring 2016
Posted: 1/12/16 at 11:51am
Nick Cordero as Earl is INSPIRED casting.
neonlightsxo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/08
#219WAITRESS Will Officially Bow on Broadway in Spring 2016
Posted: 1/12/16 at 11:52am
broadwayboy223 said: "Does anyone have any detailed info on how Laura Benanti was involved at one point? I would love to see/hear if any audio exists of her doing Jenna."
I believe she did a workshop. There's no audio.
#220WAITRESS Will Officially Bow on Broadway in Spring 2016
Posted: 1/12/16 at 11:57am
I was listening to Sara Bareilles' concept album the other day (I've listened quite a bit) and got back to thinking about the whole Ogie "Never Getting Rid of Me" song and his whole character arc. As we have discussed on here, both he and the song are really a bit stalker-ish and creepy. But having seen the show, Ogie is presented as a harmless character so it is passable.
I'm not looking for drama where it doesn't exist, BUT the problem I see is that the show is about a woman struggling to leave an abusive relationship with a man who also uses verbal and psychological threats. As I listened to "Never Getting Rid of Me" I thought, can you image if Earl said the line "I love you means you're never, ever, ever getting rid of me." Now that's scary. Is it okay because Ogie says it? I just hope someone involved with the production at least poses that question.
I really liked the show at A.R.T. and think it's a beautiful story about women being told by women creatives. I don't know what the reaction will be on Broadway but I would just hate to see something like that song mar the production.
I like a good rhyme more than a good time
neonlightsxo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/08
#221WAITRESS Will Officially Bow on Broadway in Spring 2016
Posted: 1/12/16 at 12:00pm
NJ Broadway Girl, I've heard that criticism from multiple people who saw the show at ART so I hope that it is something the creative team considers before the Broadway run.
#222WAITRESS Will Officially Bow on Broadway in Spring 2016
Posted: 1/12/16 at 12:37pm
Yeah it was definitely discussed on these boards too. Hopefully it's prevalent enough that the creatives at least look at it. In any other context Ogie could be judged as creepy but passable, but when he's a character in the same story as an abuser it doesn't sit well.
I like a good rhyme more than a good time
mailhandler777
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/15/15
#223WAITRESS Will Officially Bow on Broadway in Spring 2016
Posted: 1/14/16 at 5:12am
Jeanna was dropped as Dawn after she was promised she could come to Broadway this time after being dropped in Finding Neverland.
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dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#224WAITRESS Will Officially Bow on Broadway in Spring 2016
Posted: 1/14/16 at 5:45am
She wasn't dropped from Neverland...she walked away. Don't know about Waitress.
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