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sorano916

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Posted: 7/25/12 at 07:30pm

Jeremy's getting married in September in Ashley's hometown, based on an interview he did recently, so he'll be out then. But no confirmed dates, though.

tphiliboy152

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Posted: 7/25/12 at 10:41pm

^ Jeremy will be out for his wedding from 9/6/12 to 9/16/12.

http://jeremy-jordan.com/

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shrekster224

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Posted: 7/26/12 at 04:29pm

New Jack Kelly Standby, coming directly from Tommy Bracco's twitter, is Corey Cott, who graduated from CMU this year. New Newsie is Julian DeGuzman.

Corey Singing

sorano916

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Posted: 7/26/12 at 06:52pm

On the official website, JP is listed in Alex's track, so JP is only temporarily in the cast?

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Posted: 7/26/12 at 09:40pm

You know, I believe JP will eventually switch to being a swing so that Julian can take over Alex's track, but Julian may be the new swing and JP could stay in Alex's track. All I know is when Julian joins the cast, one will swing and one will be Sniper/Scab.

shrekster224

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Posted: 8/7/12 at 11:20pm

So Julian has joined the cast as a swing and Corey as the Jack Kelly alternate and standby, meaning JP will continue as Sniper.

http://www.playbillvault.com/Person/Detail/123487/Julian-DeGuzman
http://www.playbillvault.com/Person/Detail/123486/Corey-Cott

tphiliboy152

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Posted: 8/7/12 at 11:25pm

Corey Cott will have his first performance as Jack Kelly (and his broadway debut) tomorrow (8/8/12)!

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ACL2006

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Posted: 8/7/12 at 11:48pm

they list him as an alternate, not a standby, on playbill.com. So are the having him do one or two performances a week??

A Chorus Line played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013.

loliveve

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joined:6/24/12

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Posted: 8/29/12 at 05:57pm

Just to update this some more... Per her FB page, Capathia Jenkins will play her last performance as "Medda Larkin" on September 9.

Personally, I thought she was amazing in the role. It probably helped that the song "That's Rich" was written for her!

shrekster224

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Posted: 8/29/12 at 07:14pm

Yup, LaVon Fisher Wilson (of Lysistrata Jones and Chicago) is taking over.

Even though they are not leaving yet, who would be good replacements as Davey, Katherine, Crutchie, and Pulitzer down the road?

PlayItAgain

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Posted: 8/29/12 at 07:27pm

ugh I hated Lavon in Lysistrata

shrekster224

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Posted: 8/29/12 at 07:33pm

Biti, the Lysistrata band vocalist (read: band crazy riffer) would even be great. Or Kecia Lewis-Evans. Or NaTasha Yvette Williams.

Updated On: 8/29/12 at 07:33 PM

seaweedjstubbs

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Posted: 8/30/12 at 12:42am

Ummmmm, I'm pretty sure LaVon never went on during Lysistrata Jones. She was Liz Mikel's understudy, and I'm pretty sure that Mikel never missed a performance. I could be wrong though.

broadway_show_fan

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Posted: 8/30/12 at 01:55am

First off, I really must correct a small but significant typo from earlier.

It previously read:
I'm a dancer, but he and Ryan Steele have such beautiful form and their pirouettes look like a "how-to," just perfect.

Well, I'm NOT a dancer. Read: not. at all. ever. never taken a dance lesson in my life. I just admire dance and dancers and for the most part I think I do a pretty decent job of spotting the good ones :)

Anyway, I'm sad that Capathia is leaving but I have to say that LaVon is amazing! I saw her about 6 years ago in Baltimore's Centerstage's production of "Once on This Island" and her vocals are wonderful. She'll be a great replacement.

shrekster224

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Posted: 9/5/12 at 02:57pm

Apparently Ephraim Sykes has left or is leaving the show within the week. Anyone know who's replacing him?

AC126748

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Posted: 9/5/12 at 03:07pm

an unconfirmed rumor on All That Chat a few days ago speculated that Ron Raines would be temporarily stepping in for John Dossett when Dossett takes a leave of absence to do GIANT.

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

loliveve

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Posted: 9/5/12 at 03:19pm

I think that Iain Young is joining the cast, but I don't know if he replacing Ephraim Sykes.

Also, Lewis Grosso is leaving this week. Lots of cast changes in a short period of time!

broadway_show_fan

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Posted: 9/5/12 at 03:52pm

Anyone know who is replacing Lewis?

Ephraim was in the show last night (9/4). I hope he doesn't go. His dancing is absolutely beautiful and he's got such personality!

macnyc

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Posted: 9/5/12 at 04:25pm

I think Ron Raines would make an excellent Pulitzer.

I hate to think of Sykes not being there. He really is excellent. It just goes to show how much every member of the company is making such a strong contribution!

tphiliboy152

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Posted: 9/5/12 at 04:58pm

Ephraim and Lewis are probably leaving before the end of the week since they tweeted their last SIPS. Didn't hear about Dossett leaving temporarily. Where did everyone hear that?

Side note - Corey starts to night as full time lead!

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Posted: 9/5/12 at 08:34pm

See, it's funny because I loved Ephraim in Memphis and Rent but thought he got kind of lost in the ensemble in Newsies. He's a great dancer, but because he wasn't featured as much as the other Newsies, say Ryan Steele, the audience didn't know what he was capable of. Still delivered all of the choreography with more than precision. Just IMO.

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Posted: 9/5/12 at 08:39pm

Ephraim is leaving on Friday.

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CurtainPullDowner

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Posted: 9/5/12 at 08:53pm

Where are they going?
Where's everybody going?
Back to high school?

I can't imagine these chorus kids doing less than a year in their first BWay show, unless something huge like SMASH takes 'em.

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Posted: 9/5/12 at 09:11pm

First Broadway show? Ephraim has three or four credits on Broadway, was a lead off Broadway in Rent, and has been featured in a few dance movies. Not to mention he's an Alvin Ailey graduate. He probably has something lined up next or else he would stay. Alex Wong also had other engagements in LA for SYTYCD, ballet, etc, so it wasn't like he was leaving to go sit at home.

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Posted: 9/5/12 at 09:51pm

Iain Young has been rehearsing since last month for "Newsies". Ryan Steele is teaching him the show! Not sure who Young is replacing, though.

Updated On: 9/5/12 at 09:51 PM

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Posted: 9/5/12 at 09:59pm

^I think Iain is replacing Ephraim...

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