rjm516 said: "Yeah it is strange that they would do it so soon after Shuffle Along opens. Maybe the summer is her only free time and next fall she has even more projects coming.
I hope the seating is similar to Broadway. I bought club seats that kind of make it look like they'll be behind her (T3/4) but that CAN'T be, right? Not for the most expensive seats!
In one of the articles that came out after the announcement, it said the Audra will be in Shuffle Along until June of next year. Also, Audra was just in London doing a concert and she posted a picture of her outside the Wyndham with a marquee of another show playing there. Thus, the summer was possibly the only time she could do it.
The timing is a bit baffling. I think I read somewhere that Audra's part in Shuffle Along is only 20 minutes in duration. (How could someone know that already? I'm assuming for now this is true.) Of course, someone like Audra could stop the show in five minutes, let alone 20. But maybe her part isn't that large.