I'll second that. I saw her at the stage door on Saturday, and she definitely seemed worn out. I'm absolutely amazed and impressed, though, that despite being obviously tired, she is still playing the heck out of the role and was incredibly sweet and patient in person.

Yeah, seriously. I don't know how she stays sane though all of that.

I agree. She was out at SD with us for a long time. She was answering questions, just talking with us and goofing around with Katie Rose. And she did play the heck out of the role. I have never seen her that animated. Maybe since it was the last show in the city that they were in and her run is winding down.

Carmen and Katie have always been very good about coming out of SD and talking to fans. They're very sweet.

I know this is not reliable, but someone on youtube said they talked to Teal last night at SD and she said she's pretty sure she's gonna go to SF along with almost the whole LA ensemble but it's not 100% worked out yet. I hope it's true!

I hope that's not true.

Most of the L.A. ensemble have been booked to go to SF for some time now.

But your wallet does.

Way to pop my balloon Chad.

Not reliable? Has Shoshana come to the LA company yet because that was written on YouTube as well.

Youtube is even less reliable than wikipedia.

Sorry to double post, but a reliable source said that Ben Liebert will leave the Broadway production on November 2 and replace Brad Weinstock on tour.

Who would most likely take over?

You can say that again.


BAHA.

Alex Brightman will be the new Broadway Boq.

Is he a newbie, or has he been in Wicked before?

Not sure what the source of this is, but why do we know the new Boq and NOT the new Elphaba????

Believe it or not, he's new.

Cos' the new Boq starts nearly a month before the new Elphaba.

So Brad leaves the Tour, Ben leaves Broadway, Ben joins the Tour, and *gasp* Wicked newbie Alex Brightman joins the Broadway company?

But this is all speculation/reliable source, right?

He starts a week before Julie takes over.

Are we SURE it's gonna be Julie? Who's gonna be the new standby?

I hope Anne Brummel but she is joining one of the tours.

Julie is 90% taking over...

Yes. I'm on another board with people who have inside info and they've always been right about cast info in the past, so I'd say it's true.

And your source is?

I'd really like for it to be Julie/Katie. =]

Me too! But maybe Katie should take over in Feb/March to give her a nice break from the role. Plus Julie/Kendra are fantastic!!!!

how do u know this?

Someone can't be 90% taking over. It's unconfirmed, but all signs point to Julie.

what other board?

It's private and against forum rules for me to say any more.

Who's the other 10% possibly taking over?

ForGood, maybe you know when the offical news will come out?

Haha, calm down guys. I even said that I know that youtube isn't reliable. Plus, this is the rumors thread, no? So i think it's alright to post any rumors that kind of make sense. lol. I understand we gotta be careful though.

Also, how do we know Julie is taking over? Is it just guessing or is there a source?

I don't know any more than what I've posted here. A reliable source that that she's heard from reliable sources that it will probably be Julie and Katie. Take that for what it's worth.

^ Well I'm seriously hoping that it's true! Probably the smartest casting choices for Bway leads in a while!

Now this person is saying she has no idea and that the cast doesn't know either, so I guess it all just speculation. Sorry to have gotten your hopes up if it turns out not to be true.

What, it might not happen! That stinks if it turns out false! If it turns out to be someone like Victoria Matlock I'll be very angry. Kerry is leaving very soon and none of us and the casy have any idea.

That's so strange for a person to have a very good idea of who will take over and then have no idea at all.

Lets hope it's true. I'm praying at least Julie gets promoted, as she deserves it more than anyone else!

More than ANYONE else?!

I don't think it's fair to say that someone deserves it more than another person.

Really? saying something like Julie deserved LA more than Cassie, isn't true?

Yes, especially since CAISSIE was with Wicked longer.

I love Julie and I do hope she gets promoted but there have been a lot of other people who have been with Wicked longer and haven't been promoted.

Coughkatieadamscough.

Not that I don't love Katie Rose Clarke - actually, I like her more - I just really hate it when the standbys are constantly passed up for promotion time and time again.

Andthengethalfaruninchicago.

Tell me about it.

I don't know if this was posted yet but Aaron Tveit is leaving Nov 9th and coming back in January. That came straight from his mouth at SD last night. Also the Broadway cast members have no clue who Elphaba is gonna be or even what they are doing for the 5th Anniversary thing on the 27th.

^ Does anyone know who's taking over for Aaron?

Someone on the other board hinted that Donna will replace Carmen.