According to someone on another board, Brynn O'Malley will replace Cristy Candler as Nessarose on November 11.

^Is there a credible source behind that?

Someone who's in the know just said she's not sure, but she'll try to get a confirmation.

Who's Brynn O'Malley?

Perfect! She was a great Amber!

Brynn O'Malley:

According to said poster on the other forum, Brynn O'Malley is replacing Cristy Candler as Nessarose on November 11, 2008!

There's still no word on who will replace Kerry on November 11, but my money is still on Julie.

Someone who's facebook friends with Brynn confirmed it.

I can confirm it (or not). I run Brynn's official website...but I'm not confirming anything until I get the "ok" from Brynn. I was told to keep my lid shut..but since it's swirling and two people have already asked it..I'll ask if I'm allowed to say anything.

o, and BTW...more on brynn can be found at http://brynn-omalley.tripod.com


EDIT. brynn is new nessa =)
see her thread in the broadway section! =)

I think we can all pretty much confirm that Eden will closing the Los Angeles production with Megan.

http://www.theedenespinosa.com/News.html

heck yes comp tix here i come...

Someone on BWW said that Brynn will only be in Wicked through February and Cristy is coming back again. Cristy is a decent Nessa, but she needs to move on.

do you guys not read my posts? haha.

Sorry, I posted that before I saw your post.

Eden's official return to the Los Angeles company will be on October 31, 2008.

http://www.theedenespinosa.com/News.html

So I guess Marcie will be going on for those few shows between Teal and Eden?

Also, Aaron Tveit will be in Arena Stages' "Next to Normal," so I'm guessing he's leaving on November 9 as well.

Yes, I believe that is the plan.

Okay so for all the current B'way Leads:

Elphaba: Kerry leaves the 9th. Replacement is unannounced.
Glinda: Kendra has no set departure.
Fiyero: Aaron leaves on the 9th. Replacement is unannounced.
Nessarose: Cristy leaves for a few months beginning the 9th. Brynn to take over.
Morrible: Jayne rumored to leave. Replacement is unannounced.

Did I get all these right? Can any on fill me in?

Thanks...

Is Kemdra definitely staying?

I'm pretty sure it's just rumored that she's staying.

Someone on another board she she's heard from reliable sources that Julie and KRC will replace Kerry and Kendra.

^ If so, then road trip to NY next summer! Julie and KRC are by far one of the best actresses in their respected roles. And together? Oh god, that's amazing!
Pray that it's true!

No offense to Julie, but I'm disappointed that my dream pair will probably never happen.

Is your dream pair in your banner? Is it KRC with Idina or Lisa? If Lisa, i think that maybe once Julie is done, and KRC stays, Lisa might return, no?

Julie/KRC..............oh my god. I would just DIE if that happened (the best possible way of dying)

And then Lisa/ KRC????? I'd re-die!

Katie Rose Clarke and Julie Reiber will be an awsome pair! If Julie is going to take over for Kerry, then she deserves it after what happened to her in LA. Nothing against Caissie, but she needed more time being a standby before becoming a lead and Julie was always ready to take over for Eden.



Did you also hear who will take over for Aaron as Fiyero?

Although I love Caissie, I think they brought her in instead of Julie because I think the producers think that being "Directly from the Broadway company" will be more of a draw in to an audience. Just what i think.

I love seeing the standbys promoted, but I was really pulling for Lisa/KRC. I'm happy for Julie, though.

I also think that they thought that Caissie had played roles in other BIG shows full time more than Julie has. Caissie played Penny in "Hairspray" on Broadway and on the 1st National tour. She also played Maureen in the national tour of "Rent." Julie played Emma in the "Jekyll & Hyde" - Korean Concert Tour and Faith in the national tour of "Brooklyn," but she had never played a HUGE role full time on Broadway.

Lisa/Katie.

IF KRC is taking over for Kendra on November 9 I hope she won't be too tired. She'll be joining the Broadway company just one week after she leaves the tour and I know she's lived in New York before but she'll have to go directly into rehetrsals for Broadway once she gets there. Do you think she'll start November 9th?

It makes me sort of sad that Carmen and Katie won't do Broadway together.

Carmen might do it eventually. Who knows who long Katie or Julie will do it on Broadway if this is true. Kendra reunited with both Julia and Stephanie (even if it was only for a month) in the New York company as did Kate Reinders and Ana Gasteyer.

From the way I'm reading it, it looks like Kerry is set to leave on the 9th, but Kendra is not. Which means that *if* Katie heads to Broadway, she may not have to rush to get there. Kendra could easily stay on longer than Kerry while they give Katie time to wind down, rehearse, and get her life back together in NYC before starting.

Who's going to be the next standby for Elphaba?

PS - The New York Times did an article about Jayne about a month before she came back and she said she was going to be here for 6 months. So she'll probably be staying until mid-December.

The producers could surprise us & put Anne Brummel on Broadway as standby. She is scheduled to be the understudy on one of the tours.

I thought it was pretty funny that wikipedia said Erin MAckey and Carmen Cusack will suceed Kerry and Kendra. I dont think that thought has crossed anyones mind and its a completely baseless lie. I took it off of course.

If the Julie/KRC rumors are true, then I believe that this will be one of the strongest pairs since Shoshana and Megan (atleast in my opinion). Having seen each of them, it's clear they both have their own unique perspective of the roles and are both phenomenal on their own. I can only imagine how good they'd be together.

I totally agree with you. I have seen Julie 3 times(5 on Wed) and Katie Rose twice and IMO they are 2 of the best there is. They are my dream pair(well next to Julie and Lindsay).

Someone on BWW says:

"You may be getting a chance to see a lot more of Donna as Elphaba pretty soon..."

Who? We have a lot of chronic liars on there.

adamgreer

He means it since Carmen is leaving that Donna would most likely be bumped up.

GOOD! I love Donna and she deserves it

That is really sad. They are amazing together and would definitely make Broadway complete. Where was it confirmed that Carmen is leaving?

In the tour thread apparently she told someone that after Wicked she will be taking a long break. The show has taken a toll on her and she's whipped out.

^ She needs a long break IMO. She was completely exhausted when I met her last week.

Erin, it's confirmed in the "new tour Elphaba" thread.