tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2743503367468758601.post6566064237230428801..comments2023-05-23T06:19:13.568-04:00Comments on Stage Rush: Knee-jerk reaction: ‘Hair’ cast 2.0 announcementJesse Northhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04728251200890721917noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2743503367468758601.post-3879700422430192332010-02-24T01:17:04.996-05:002010-02-24T01:17:04.996-05:00@Anonymous. Totally agree. She was quite young on ...@Anonymous. Totally agree. She was quite young on American Idol—16, I believe. She's a young woman now and has been working this whole time. I don't think the connection to a reality show (especially one she didn't win) can hold out much longer. I think her stage experience will though.Jesse Northhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04728251200890721917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2743503367468758601.post-31473422497778368632010-02-23T22:36:11.402-05:002010-02-23T22:36:11.402-05:00Both Diana and Ace auditioned for these roles. The...Both Diana and Ace auditioned for these roles. They wanted them and went for them like every other hardworking Broadway actor. That, to me, is not stunt casting. The casting directors didn't go looking for a "name" to bring in more tickets. Not to mention Diana's musical theatre resume, I think she's worked hard enough to get rid of the American Idol title.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2743503367468758601.post-27088195878215425652010-02-16T22:53:41.775-05:002010-02-16T22:53:41.775-05:00See, is it stunt casting? With every role that Dia...See, is it stunt casting? With every role that Diana DeGarmo is cast in for the rest of her career going to be seen as stunt casting? Maybe it will be. But I think at some point they'll have to drop the "American Idol" branding and maybe say, "Diana DeGarmo, of TOXIC AVENGER and HAIR fame!!" I am so with you on the nothing-beating-Central-park thing though. But yikes, do you know how many people would disagree with us?Jesse Northhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04728251200890721917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2743503367468758601.post-66753888861695226142010-02-16T19:48:49.307-05:002010-02-16T19:48:49.307-05:00I'm not excited about this personally...I thin...I'm not excited about this personally...I think out of all of the shows on Broadway that did NOT need stunt casting to succeed, this was the one. For the producers to make this decision just seems very odd to me. It also makes me even less likely to want to see it at the Hirshfeld, being that there is NO WAY it could ever match seeing J. Groff in Central Park on a drizzly night!-KymAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com