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"One of my favorite days in the development of 13...

By Gil on Thursday, Jan 8, 2009 | 1 Comment

was a very private reading in December 2007. On that day, we asked a group of adult actors to read the latest draft of the script, just so we could hear it out loud without going through a new casting process to find more kids..."
- Jason Robert Brown

So imagine being in Jason Robert Brown's shoes. "Ugh, I don't want to go through casting yet again. Just call our backups... you know, Sarah Saltzberg, Kate Reinders, Cheyenne Jackson, Steve Rosen, Barrett Foa and the rest."

On another note, Playbill posted a "photo gallery" for Will Ferrell's Bush show. Which only consisted of these four pictures:

Adam McKay, producer Jeffrey Richards and Will Ferrell

Interesting: cast members on Telecharge also include Patrick Ferrell, Pia C. Glenn, and Michael Delaney. Guess it's not fully 1-man.

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Seth Christenfeld | January 8, 2009 12:51 PM

No, it's not one-man, but IIRC from the casting notice, the other roles are largely silent.

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