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HAMILTON Principal Cast Replacements#554
Posted: 8/25/16 at 10:25am

yeah for all they care I could go out there and play Lafayette (although like many gays I'd rather play Angelica)

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HAMILTON Principal Cast Replacements#555
Posted: 8/25/16 at 10:28am

I'll miss seeing Renee by just a few days. Bummer. But at least she has a great replacement!

These abrupt departure announcements are, well, abrupt

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HAMILTON Principal Cast Replacements#556
Posted: 8/25/16 at 10:29am

so at this point, are the current understudies just rotating in the role(Chappelle, Stewart, Harcourt)?

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HAMILTON Principal Cast Replacements#557
Posted: 8/25/16 at 10:36am

What role? Lafayette/Jefferson? Sydney doesn't cover that track. Andrew Chappelle, Seth Stewart, and as of yesterday Jevon McFerrin are covering it.

"I doubt they(the producers) care. "

I didn't say they did.

Updated On: 8/25/16 at 10:36 AM

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HAMILTON Principal Cast Replacements#558
Posted: 8/25/16 at 10:37am

Mandy Gonzalez is starting at Angelica on 9/6! Can't wait to hear about her in this role!

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HAMILTON Principal Cast Replacements#559
Posted: 8/25/16 at 10:37am

Completely agreed with you, neon, on the production management comment. Unfortunately, it really is a matter of producers not caring. They're making bank, so they can drop these announcements whenever they feel like it.

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HAMILTON Principal Cast Replacements#560
Posted: 8/25/16 at 10:38am

I mean, it's not just about the announcements. It's about the fact that they don't seem to know how long any of the OBC was planning to extend for. They specifically put out a release saying Renee was leaving in October and now they're like JK, next week. That's bad people management.

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HAMILTON Principal Cast Replacements#561
Posted: 8/25/16 at 10:38am

Ah I didn't see someone had already posted about Mandy...my apologies for double posting!

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HAMILTON Principal Cast Replacements#562
Posted: 8/25/16 at 10:47am

I know it doesn't matter to them but this whole thing seems to be barely held together ever since Lin left

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HAMILTON Principal Cast Replacements#563
Posted: 8/25/16 at 11:00am

I agree! Who's holding down the fort?

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HAMILTON Principal Cast Replacements#564
Posted: 8/25/16 at 11:18am

Playbill Vault has Harcourt listed as a Lafayette/Jefferson u/s. They also don't list McFerrin.

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HAMILTON Principal Cast Replacements#565
Posted: 8/25/16 at 11:20am

Neither does IBDB:

https://www.ibdb.com/replacements/hamilton-499521

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HAMILTON Principal Cast Replacements#566
Posted: 8/25/16 at 11:22am

Sydney has never gone on for Lafayette/Jefferson, as far as I know. But ok.

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HAMILTON Principal Cast Replacements#567
Posted: 8/25/16 at 12:30pm

Look, I'm the first to call out bad management on a show, but you can't assume that's the case with Renee leaving earlier. They could have been told that she was leaving in October back when they sent out the press release. Filming schedules/actors' plans and health change which can affect their end date. To assume management somehow knew that things would change that much is a pretty big leap.

And while the Lafayette/Jefferson casting is odd, there is the distinct possibility that they had someone in mind who then fell through. Who knows.

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HAMILTON Principal Cast Replacements#568
Posted: 8/25/16 at 12:31pm

I'm not calling out bad management just because Renee is leaving early. I'm calling it out because of an abundance of things that have been happening in this calendar year alone. This is just the latest.

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HAMILTON Principal Cast Replacements#569
Posted: 8/25/16 at 12:56pm

I thought the press release said Renee would be leaving in the fall. Does anyone have a link that says she's leaving in October?

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HAMILTON Principal Cast Replacements#570
Posted: 8/25/16 at 1:00pm

"Mandy Gonzalez will return to Broadway this October as Angelica Schuyler. She succeeds in demand Tony winner Renée Elise Goldsberry in the role; precise arrival and departure dates will be announced later."

http://www.broadway.com/buzz/185551/mandy-gonzalez-to-replace-renee-elise-goldsberry-in-broadways-hamilton-joshua-henry-set-for-Chicago/

"while Gonzalez will join the Broadway company this October, replacing Tony winner Renée Elise Goldsberry as Angelica Schuyler"
http://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/joshua-henry-mandy-gonzalez-hamilton-casting_77967.html

Updated On: 8/25/16 at 01:00 PM

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HAMILTON Principal Cast Replacements#571
Posted: 8/25/16 at 2:07pm

https://twitter.com/JevonMcFerrin/status/768507477700800512

He tweeted about it yesterday! Also, the website lists him as standby for Lafayette/Jefferson and Hamilton. :)

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Updated On: 8/25/16 at 02:07 PM

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HAMILTON Principal Cast Replacements#572
Posted: 8/25/16 at 3:27pm

they hired a standby for a role that currently has no full time actor?

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HAMILTON Principal Cast Replacements#573
Posted: 8/25/16 at 3:34pm

Yeah, that's insane. ^

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HAMILTON Principal Cast Replacements#574
Posted: 8/26/16 at 10:37am

wish i were here2 said: "https://twitter.com/JevonMcFerrin/status/768507477700800512

He tweeted about it yesterday! Also, the website lists him as standby for Lafayette/Jefferson and Hamilton. :)

Probably only got the job because of who his father is. Connections. I think Hamilton management is horrible BTW. Agree totally with the posters here who have stated the same.

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HAMILTON Principal Cast Replacements#575
Posted: 8/26/16 at 4:15pm

Oh man, totally bummed out that I'll be missing Renee Goldsberry now! Was so looking forward to seeing her as Angelica not even two weeks later.

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