Ana Gasteyer to Exit Broadway's Schmigadoon! September 6
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- Ana Gasteyer will end her limited run in Broadway's Schmigadoon! on Sunday, September 6, the production announced.
- Gasteyer plays villainous preacher's wife Mildred Layton in the musical and earned a Tony nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical.
- Schmigadoon! is the most Tony-nominated musical of the season, winning four Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score, and Best Orchestrations.
- The musical opened Monday, April 20, at the Nederlander Theatre, starring Alex Brightman and Sara Chase as a couple who wander into a magical town where every day is a musical.
- Gasteyer received excellent reviews for her scene-stealing comic turns, though a replacement for her role has yet to be announced.
- The cast also includes Ann Harada, Brad Oscar, Isabelle McCalla, Ivan Hernandez, Maulik Pancholy, Max Clayton, McKenzie Kurtz, and Ayaan Diop.
Why it matters: Gasteyer's exit from the Tony-winning Best Musical creates an immediate casting vacancy on Broadway's biggest winner of the season, and the still-unnamed replacement will inherit a role whose scene-stealing reputation was central to the show's early buzz. With her September 6 departure closing out a limited engagement rather than an open-ended run, the production is signaling this was always planned as a star vehicle rather than a permanent slot.
