No one knows yet! Though it does seem that she'll be doing a little concert tour with Jarrod Spector (at least in Newark, New Jersey and Denver, Colorado).
But in any case, I am looking forward to seeing what she does next!
Updated On: 10/26/14 at 08:46 PM
By "a source" denied the rumor, do you mean the show, Cynthia Weil, and Jessie Mueller herself? Anyone who still thinks she's hitting the road is delusional. She already has a project lined up for next season.
I'm sure there'll be a press release soon, I don't wanna spill somebody else's beans. Jeffrey, you can go listen to Jessie's recent radio interviews in Chicago to hear her confirm she won't be touring, and look up relevant tweets from Cynthia Weil, the show's PR people, and others about how the Jessie will not be touring with the show.
I'm sure everyone wishes she would, she's giving an amazing performance. But she'll have been with the show for over a year in March, I think we should all just be excited for what's next.
I didn't think it was a rumor, I mean, wasn't there a release on sites like Playbill.com explicitly announcing she wouldn't be on the tour? I saw her in BEAUTIFUL about a month ago, my first time seeing her live. She was incredible; I couldn't believe how brilliant she is in the show. I look forward to seeing her over and over again in whatever shows are next for her (hoping she doesn't go away to LA to do a TV show anytime soon).
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
Don't know whether she would want to play another show business role or play another real person or do a revival, but I think she would be great in Funny Girl. If anyone doubts, find footage from Carousel, in which she was hilarious as Carrie Pipperidge. Lea Michelle definitely has serious competition....a reason Tony winner from a huge hit.
She didn't seem on the fence in February: "And I would love to go back to Broadway. Ryan Murphy just got the rights to Funny Girl, so we're hoping to do that at some point."
I saw her in the tryout and honestly thought that she was decent but nothing more. I am familiar with Carole King, and I can appreciate how well she sang and her earnest and honest performance, but to me she didn't really seem all that special in the role.