Why is Motown releasing Felicia Boswell as Diana Ross????
Why is Motown releasing Felicia Boswell as Diana Ross????
troynow
Featured Actor Joined: 5/2/13
#1Why is Motown releasing Felicia Boswell as Diana Ross????
Posted: 1/3/14 at 6:54pmSo ever since Valisia took her FIRST leave from Motown Felicia was brought in and she was GREAT!!!! GREAT GREAT GREAT!!! Now they are letting her go>??????????? Anyone know why????
#2Why is Motown releasing Felicia Boswell as Diana Ross????
Posted: 1/3/14 at 7:01pmI don't know that Felicia Boswell is being let go, but I do know that (the fabulous) Krystal Joy Brown is coming in to replace her. Her first performance is January 23rd.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Updated On: 1/3/14 at 07:01 PM
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#2Why is Motown releasing Felicia Boswell as Diana Ross????
Posted: 1/3/14 at 7:13pmVery happy that Krystal Joy Brown is getting another show so soon after Big Fish. She's the highlight for me on the Leap of Faith OBCR
#3Why is Motown releasing Felicia Boswell as Diana Ross????
Posted: 1/3/14 at 8:05pmKrystal Joy Brown looks more like Diana Ross than any of the other actresses that have played the role. Excited to see how she does in the role!
troynow
Featured Actor Joined: 5/2/13
#4Why is Motown releasing Felicia Boswell as Diana Ross????
Posted: 1/3/14 at 9:45pmWell i know that Felicia was broguht in to replace Valisia during her FIRST leave of "absence" for "vacation" and then let go long before her first "cancer" scare.... And then the producer hired Krystal and didn't even tell Felicia. I like Krystal too but Felicia was wronged! And motown aint right at all....
#5Why is Motown releasing Felicia Boswell as Diana Ross????
Posted: 1/3/14 at 9:58pm
troynow, it's my understanding that Felicia was always supposed to finish her run at the end of January because Valisia was scheduled to return to the show at that time until her illness was discovered. Your use of the phrases "let go" and "released" implies that they're firing Felicia. In reality, her contract is ending at its regularly scheduled time and the producers are simply choosing not to renew it.
Could they have extended Felicia now that Valisia isn't returning and a permanent replacement is necessary? Of course. But it's not as if she was supposed to continue on in the show and they're letting her go, which is what you're continuously and inaccurately suggesting.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Updated On: 1/3/14 at 09:58 PM
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
ravnquest1
Stand-by Joined: 7/8/09
#6Why is Motown releasing Felicia Boswell as Diana Ross????
Posted: 1/4/14 at 12:33amUpdated On: 6/17/17 at 12:33 AM
Visceral_Fella
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/18/12
#7Why is Motown releasing Felicia Boswell as Diana Ross????
Posted: 1/4/14 at 2:52amYeah I feel like Felicia is going to do the tour.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#8Why is Motown releasing Felicia Boswell as Diana Ross????
Posted: 1/4/14 at 7:31am
And of course, maybe she didn't WANT to continue.
Not everything that happens in the world is a conspiracy.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
philly03
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/07
#9Why is Motown releasing Felicia Boswell as Diana Ross????
Posted: 1/4/14 at 9:30amGreat news... Krystal was also a standout for me in "Leap" and one of my favorite upcoming performers. What a voice!
#10Why is Motown releasing Felicia Boswell as Diana Ross????
Posted: 1/4/14 at 3:03pmI'd guess and say the offered Boswell an extension but she has something else lined-up. Or it could be she'll be heading into the tour, as well.
A Chorus Line revival 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. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
#11Why is Motown releasing Felicia Boswell as Diana Ross????
Posted: 1/4/14 at 3:10pmWhy are you putting "cancer" and "leave" in quotation marks? Are you actually trying to suggest Valisia's illness isn't true?
loliveve
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/24/12
#12Why is Motown releasing Felicia Boswell as Diana Ross????
Posted: 1/4/14 at 4:27pm^ I wondered the same thing when I read troynow's post.
#13Why is Motown releasing Felicia Boswell as Diana Ross????
Posted: 1/4/14 at 4:53pmtroynow YOU are not right at all with your liberal use of quotation marks. You're an @ss.
troynow
Featured Actor Joined: 5/2/13
#14Why is Motown releasing Felicia Boswell as Diana Ross????
Posted: 1/5/14 at 5:56pmnope. not at all....I wish Valisia well.... however her cancer was not a factor in the producers letting her go. and placing her on a forced leave of absence because she wouldn't wear the auto tune mic as requested to correct her pitch.... she had been let go from Motown long before the cancer strike.
troynow
Featured Actor Joined: 5/2/13
#15Why is Motown releasing Felicia Boswell as Diana Ross????
Posted: 1/5/14 at 5:59pmI know first hand the cancer is ture that isn't my question. When a good actor takes a role with an amazing voice like Felichia. Who sweeps in learns a show in two weeks and is wonderful then you bring her back a second time and once the role is "offically" open you DONT sign her???? WHY???? WHY THE HELL NOT???? Then to let her find out via Facebook that she is not being renewed after she literally and i do mean literally saved Motown beause there was no one the Producers wanted!!! Felicia was and IS amazing. I adore Krystal Joy but it just wasnt right. And to answer the tour question. Felichia will not be on the tour.
#16Why is Motown releasing Felicia Boswell as Diana Ross????
Posted: 1/5/14 at 6:31pmOh girl GET OVER IT. Felicia is gone. DEAL WITH IT.
#17Why is Motown releasing Felicia Boswell as Diana Ross????
Posted: 1/25/14 at 6:28amAnyone seeing Krystal tonight?
#18Why is Motown releasing Felicia Boswell as Diana Ross????
Posted: 1/25/14 at 11:16am
troynow--I find the tone of your remarks about Valisia to be contemptible.
You really ought to be ashamed of yourself.
I only wish for you that when you or some loved one is stricken with cancer, no one comes onto an anonymous chat board and leaves unfounded and irrelevant comments, the way you have done.
The woman is going through treatment for cancer. Have some respect.
#19Why is Motown releasing Felicia Boswell as Diana Ross????
Posted: 1/25/14 at 12:05pm^ Word.
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
