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Riedel on more Comet Drama

PaulWom

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Riedel on more Comet Drama#1
Posted: 8/8/17 at 11:46pm

The plot thickens further...

If you don't know him, Joey is Comet's drummer (I sat next to him in the box once- he's a cool guy). I've read this article and people have shared it with me, but I follow Joey on twitter and the fact that Joey confirmed it is... pretty amazing.

https://twitter.com/JoeyCassata/status/895095727550083073

Also...

https://twitter.com/JoeyCassata/status/895047571500093442

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Riedel on more Comet Drama#2
Posted: 8/8/17 at 11:48pm

Whoa. That "Poison Oak" tweet is...much.

usn120 said: "Really... REALLY...? It's been 8 years and you thought it was worth bumping to share that you THINK Broadway "Star" Alex Wyse is Jewish?"

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Riedel on more Comet Drama#3
Posted: 8/8/17 at 11:48pm

HOLY SH*T! THAT LAST TWEET THO.

Hamilton - Les Mis - Jesus Christ Superstar - The Book of Mormon - Wicked - Phantom - Addams - Heathers - Assassins - The Producers - Shrek - Miss Saigon - Sunday - Dear Evan Hansen - Avenue Q - RENT - Groundhog Day - Something Rotten! - In The Heights - Sweeney Todd - Great Comet - Little Shop - Aladdin - Matilda - Hello Dolly!

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Riedel on more Comet Drama#4
Posted: 8/8/17 at 11:56pm

I actually gasped when I opened the Poison Oak tweet...

Wow.

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Riedel on more Comet Drama#5
Posted: 8/8/17 at 11:57pm

I'd love to be a fly on their wall during one of their rehearsals. Damn.

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Riedel on more Comet Drama#6
Posted: 8/9/17 at 12:02am

It's a shame that the only real information we're getting about this situation is from Riedel, because I have no idea whether to trust it or not.

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Riedel on more Comet Drama#7
Posted: 8/9/17 at 12:03am

I... that last one.

I think it's safe to say Oak won't be doing anything for a long, long while.

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Riedel on more Comet Drama#8
Posted: 8/9/17 at 12:03am

But now we have Joey, who is on the record here confirming the entire article. And may I just say, the "Poison Oak" tweet is one of the shadiest things I have seen in YEARS.

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Riedel on more Comet Drama#9
Posted: 8/9/17 at 12:04am

Karma's a bitch, Oak. Better hope Jeffery Seller will let him back into Hamilton in a few years for much less than he was making last year.

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Riedel on more Comet Drama#10
Posted: 8/9/17 at 12:07am

Can't be true, all these people told me on here it was childish to blame Oak /s

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Riedel on more Comet Drama#11
Posted: 8/9/17 at 12:09am

Not surprising in the least. I saw Oak during his last week in Hamilton and he was terrible. Totally phoned it in. Couldn't understand a thing he was saying because he mumbled his way through the show. Completely unprofessional. Good riddance.

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Riedel on more Comet Drama#12
Posted: 8/9/17 at 12:10am

Jesus. It's a shame that being one of the least buzzed about principals in the original Hamilton cast made someone become such a diva.

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Riedel on more Comet Drama#13
Posted: 8/9/17 at 12:11am

And everyone brushed me off when I said he wasn't prepared musically.

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Riedel on more Comet Drama#14
Posted: 8/9/17 at 12:14am

I see Cynthia's been on a twitter storm defending her actions (sips tea). What "facts" do you have, Cynthia?

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Riedel on more Comet Drama#15
Posted: 8/9/17 at 12:16am

trpguyy said: "And everyone brushed me off when I said he wasn't prepared musically."

If it's any sort of consolation, I believed you. Don't know how you're connected to the show but you've always been right about it.

Only surprising thing in the article is the last bit about Dave being "unpopular" with the investors. I understand how throwing the show's financial info out there wasn't the best move, but I hope it doesn't reflect on him negatively for any extended period od time. I need more of his shows being produced asap, and it'd be a shame if that one, well-meaning tweet keeps him from gaining backers in the future.

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Riedel on more Comet Drama#16
Posted: 8/9/17 at 12:18am

WTF?? I was already turned against Oak from his lack of statements, but if this is true he owes the entire cast an apology. There's no excuse for not being prepared after being announced FOUR MONTHS in advance, let alone his actions with Patinkin.

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Riedel on more Comet Drama#17
Posted: 8/9/17 at 12:18am

trpguyy said: "And everyone brushed me off when I said he wasn't prepared musically."

I believed you, too! Starting a show a week late (especially after you've been cast in it for at least five months) isn't a thing.

usn120 said: "Really... REALLY...? It's been 8 years and you thought it was worth bumping to share that you THINK Broadway "Star" Alex Wyse is Jewish?"

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Riedel on more Comet Drama#18
Posted: 8/9/17 at 12:24am

I don't think it's going to affect Oak or Rafael as much as I might like. There's going to be tons of people who are going to say that they did a great thing and pump them up. He might not get broadway jobs but he's not blacklisted. RC is ok bc he's hot and that takes you far. You can't even talk negative about Erivo bc her twitter followers are a mini beyhive. I saw a few negative tweets to her and her fans POUNCED!

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Riedel on more Comet Drama#19
Posted: 8/9/17 at 12:25am

as usual, Riedel is half right and half wrong.

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Riedel on more Comet Drama#20
Posted: 8/9/17 at 12:26am

Oh, I think people on Bway have a long memory, especially if none of the people you just mentioned only have rabid fan bases instead of significant ticket-selling capabilities

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Riedel on more Comet Drama#21
Posted: 8/9/17 at 12:27am

HogansHEro, where is Riedel "half wrong", seeing as Cassata confirmed all of it?

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Riedel on more Comet Drama#22
Posted: 8/9/17 at 12:28am

amazingamandakate said: "WTF?? I was already turned against Oak from his lack of statements, but if this is true he owes the entire cast an apology. There's no excuse for not being prepared after being announced FOUR MONTHS in advance, let alone his actions with Patinkin.

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He'd rather tweet bs praise to each person than actually save their jobs

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Riedel on more Comet Drama#23
Posted: 8/9/17 at 12:30am

Riedel is correct and this story has been confirmed to me by someone in the production.

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Riedel on more Comet Drama#24
Posted: 8/9/17 at 12:33am

leighmiserables said: "Only surprising thing in the article is the last bit about Dave being "unpopular" with the investors. I understand how throwing the show's financial info out there wasn't the best move, but I hope it doesn't reflect on him negatively for any extended period od time. I need more of his shows being produced asap, and it'd be a shame if that one, well-meaning tweet keeps him from gaining backers in the future. "

And yet people on here said that they should have been up front about their financial situation in the original Mandy announcement...yeah, that is not a smart move. That being said, I hate the thought of the investors being upset with Malloy, and I agree, I hope more of his work gets produced. especially his adaptation of Moby Dick that he is working on. Can't wait for that.

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Riedel on more Comet Drama#25
Posted: 8/9/17 at 12:34am

Ever since his "I've done other things than Hamilton" phrase on his playbill bio, I've known Oak was rude and, generally speaking, disrespectful. I hope this story gets out to more people and it gets recognized, let's try to see the Oak apologists play the victim card now.

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Riedel on more Comet Drama#26
Posted: 8/9/17 at 12:35am

Cassata is not a source for anything other than his own opinions and biases, which he is as entitled to as much as everyone else in the mess. And I learned one thing decades ago: people in shows are the worst at knowing what's going on in their shows. Starting in this case with the truth about the shows prognosis: you know, what the guy who created it said that's pissed off some investor. Cassata is not privy to the (non-existent) advance. Cassata is not privy to the people who had already said no. Cassata is not privy to the unliklihood of those imaginary people making a silk purse out of a sow's ear, long before this controversy was borne.

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