Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?
Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?
BroadwayConcierge
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/24/15
#1Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?
Posted: 10/10/18 at 1:40pm
A bit of a specific caption from Hailey Kilgore, no?
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bowt2vegrSc/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=13p5c19a85iwj
raddersons
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/14/13
#2Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?
Posted: 10/10/18 at 1:41pm
Maybe her contract was just renewed thru January?
#3Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?
Posted: 10/10/18 at 1:50pm
Seems like a renewal, but why only to January may be telling...
Br0adway
Stand-by Joined: 9/11/17
#4Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?
Posted: 10/10/18 at 1:50pmI bet it’s closing before May. When I bought tickets at the box office on goat give away day for May the lady said “can I have a phone number for contact just in case of... scheduling issues.”
Bwayfan292
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/17
#5Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?
Posted: 10/10/18 at 1:54pmOn a instagram live, hailey said she had another project coming up after OOTI
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CaseyBrent41
Stand-by Joined: 8/24/12
#6Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?
Posted: 10/10/18 at 2:03pm
She's going to be Deena in Dreamgirls
#7Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?
Posted: 10/10/18 at 2:07pmShe reads WAY too young for Deena.
#8Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?
Posted: 10/10/18 at 2:12pm
CaseyBrent41 said: "She's going to be Deena in Dreamgirls"
Wait. Is dreamgirls transferring this season?
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Bwayfan292
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/17
#9Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?
Posted: 10/10/18 at 2:17pm
A few thoughts:
If it is Dreamgirls, wasnt that coming in next season? So why would she be leaving in January, if it was next season? Mabye Once on this island is closing?
She could be doing a workshop of Dreamgirls.
Mabye Casey realized the prom isnt going to do to well, so he may bring Dreamgirls in this season.
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Updated On: 10/10/18 at 02:17 PM
#10Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?
Posted: 10/10/18 at 2:22pm
there is the usual heavy dose of cluelessness in this thread but I will reserve my scorn for "Mabye Casey realized the prom isnt going to do to well, so he may bring Dreamgirls in this season."
Uh, guess what, your good buddy "Casey" is a director, not a producer or a theatre owner. He does not decide when to bring in a show.
#11Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?
Posted: 10/10/18 at 2:25pm
CaseyBrent41 said: "She's going to be Deena in Dreamgirls"
False. Last I heard Casey has his eye on Ashley DeLaRosa from Mean Girls for Deena in Dreamgirls.
Hailey was up for Celia Goodings’ part in Jagged Little Pill. It’s probably that.
Elegance101
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/24/17
#12Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?
Posted: 10/10/18 at 2:28pm
There is absolutely no way it’s Dreamgirls.
Hailey’s contract was extended until January (two months). They’ll probably close then, honestly, but they haven’t decided that yet. Her project after could be literally anything (TV show, regional production, etc), so unless our friend has a source for this unfounded Dreamgirls rumor, then that is completely false and we shouldn’t take it seriously.
Huss417
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#13Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?
Posted: 10/10/18 at 2:30pm
HogansHero said: "there is the usual heavy dose of cluelessness in this thread but I will reserve my scorn for "Mabye Casey realized the prom isnt going to do to well, so he may bring Dreamgirls in this season."
Uh, guess what, your good buddy "Casey" is a director, not a producer or a theatre owner. He does not decide when to bring in a show."
Thanks for trying to restore some form of sanity to all the posts you do HH. :)
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#14Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?
Posted: 10/10/18 at 2:30pm
it makes perfect sense for OOTI to close in January, and not before.
CaseyBrent41
Stand-by Joined: 8/24/12
#15Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?
Posted: 10/10/18 at 3:00pm
Cute you think its false. You do you
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Elegance101
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/24/17
#16Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?
Posted: 10/10/18 at 3:15pmPlease provide us with any sort of source that these two very talented, but very young performers are leading the Dreamgirls revival THIS SPRING.
#17Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?
Posted: 10/10/18 at 3:19pm
CaseyBrent41 said: "Cute you think its false. You do you
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#18Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?
Posted: 10/10/18 at 3:44pm
Hailey could have a project lined up for after OOTI. And she could also be in contention for Dreamgirls.
But there is nothing saying those are the same things. There could be a project in between the two.
broadwayboy223
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/2/14
#19Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?
Posted: 10/10/18 at 6:07pmCould she do Anya in Anastasia?
BroadwayConcierge
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/24/15
#20Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?
Posted: 10/10/18 at 6:10pmKilgore wrote in a comment on that post that her last day is January 13.
Catsbroadwayfan
Stand-by Joined: 10/9/18
#21Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?
Posted: 10/10/18 at 6:19pm
Dreamgirls will open at the Hudson theatre and start previews late March with an opening in April. Head over Heels will announce a January 1st closing.
The producers know that this is a weak season for revivals, so they are gonna open this season.
at least that's my guess 
Catsbroadwayfan
Stand-by Joined: 10/9/18
#22Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?
Posted: 10/10/18 at 6:21pm
that's not official by the way that's just my guess
#23Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?
Posted: 10/10/18 at 6:50pm
Also worth noting that on Hailey's Instagram story is something called A.D. 16 with Alex Boniello, so it's likely that's her next project for the foreseeable future. However I haven't seen anything about it other than Hailey's story and an Instagram ad.
#24Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?
Posted: 10/10/18 at 8:17pm
broadwayboy223 said: "Could she do Anya in Anastasia?"
Or Funny Girl, with Rosie O'Donnell as her mother.
shall I go on?
czvallery
Swing Joined: 11/22/17
#25Is ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Closing in January?
Posted: 10/11/18 at 5:16pm
Because the one year contracts will be up soon, "stunt casting" is likely. The show is so lovely, it will be sad to see some go... but it it is understandable to keep the show going/people in the seats for as long as possible.
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