Andrew Rannells to replace NPH in HEDWIG

[CurtainPullDowner]

Perhaps NPH will return after Rannells 8 weeks and they are just not announcing it yet so people don't say, "oh, i'll just wait till Neil returns"?

Just a theory.

[Lenexajones]

I was hoping that they would perhaps put Wayne Brady in. Has there ever been a black Hedwig?

[Adair Haywind]

I'm about 80% sure Andrew is just in place to keep the show open until Pink is available.

[Sutton Ross]

Pink isn't an actress, so I have no idea why you would think that. Do you have any inside scoop?

[Testing1232]

Not sure if this would make a BIG difference, but I believe NPH is once again booked to be a "Candlelight Processional" Guest Narrator this year (Disneyworld/Epcot- most likely 1st week of December)---

So, unless he had an understudy this time around, cant see him coming back-
He would be missing a week of performances, and from all accounts, he really wants to spend more time with the family- and last 4 years, I have seen them in Disney for the holidays-

[Adair Haywind]

Whoa, chill out. I have no inside scoop, just pure speculation. There was an article awhile back reporting that Pink was in talks for the role.

[Sutton Ross]

Chill out? I wasn't attacking you in any way, I was just asking if you knew something I didn't.

[haterobics]

The only article mentioning Pink was some guy in Florida's blog:

http://moviemartin.blogspot.com/2014/05/pink-and-angry-inch.html

And he just said the producers were interested in her, but didn't even know if she had expressed any interest back yet. So, not a lot there to hang one's hopes on...

[Sutton Ross]

Yeah, I can't imagine that happening since she doesn't act and I think she's pregnant.

[Jane2]

"Pink isn't an actress, so I have no idea why you would think that."

"Chill out? I wasn't attacking you in any way, I was just asking if you knew something I didn't."

"Yeah, I can't imagine that happening since she doesn't act and I think she's pregnant."

I think you're nasty. You're trying to make Adair feel stupid for his comment.

[CurtainPullDowner]

The show is a GOLDMINE with NPH, I don't think they will make the $ he brings in with any other performer. One week in December won't stop them from bringing him back. As far as spending time with his kids, that's one thing you can do when you work on Broadway cause you're at least in one spot with a set schedule. And plenty of people on Broadway have kids.

As far as this Pink stuff goes, I highly doubt they will bring in a woman, the show makes no sense if a woman plays this role and they found that out with the Ally Sheedy disaster (besides her other problems).

[haterobics]

The other half of the equation, though, is NPH already has a GOLDMINE without Hedwig (he was pulling in $225,000 per episode of HIMYM, although he doesn't get all of that, but still...). From his perspective, he said he would do the role for X amount of time, did it, and won a Tony, so... aside from being worn out and bruised for more months, he can check it off his list and do other things.