porschesrule wrote:Jake posted the following on his public Facebook page this morning:
"So, starting August first I will be taking a leave of absence from Billy Elliot for 2 and a half months. I'm going to play Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Cougan in a new musical called Limelight at the La Jolla Theatre in San Diego, CA! Luckily Billy Elliot is letting me come back to the show afterwards. =D"
Jake has started his leave of absence per this tweet from Liam last night:
liamredhead wrote:Cant believe I just had my last show with Jake. Feels like yesterday we wer rehearsing together dying to start performing. Il miss yah buddy
Good luck with your project at La Jolla Theatre Jake!
porschesrule wrote:Jake posted the following on his public Facebook page this morning:
"So, starting August first I will be taking a leave of absence from Billy Elliot for 2 and a half months. I'm going to play Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Cougan in a new musical called Limelight at the La Jolla Theatre in San Diego, CA! Luckily Billy Elliot is letting me come back to the show afterwards. =D"
Here is a Playbill.com article about the La Jolla production of Limelight: The Story of Charlie Chaplin, the show in which Jake has been working while on leave from BETM in NY. Take a look at photo #7.
Jake also performed Tuesday Night with Alex (his first show back?) - and he is bloody brilliant! Such good comic timing, presence, wonderful singing, a complete star, loved him
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Has anyone else noticed that almost 4 weeks after Jake Evan Schwencke's return to the show, the BETM-NY official site is still listing Gabriel Rush as Michael? Upon Seth Fromowitz's departure as Small Boy, they were very quick to update with his replacement, Zachary Maitlin. I just don't understand the production being very quick to update a relatively minor (but entertaining) role but very slow to update a major role.
Not only is not updating in a timely fashion a violation of Equity contract rules it is also very unfair to the performers involved.
Billy Fanatic
"Normal not to be normal"
BROADWAY - 19: Billy: Alex K. x3, Giuseppe x1, Jacob x2, Joseph x5, Julian x2, Myles x1, Peter x4, Tade x1 Michael: Cameron x7, Jack x5, Jake S. x2, Neil x5 Debbie: Georgi x5, Lilla x14 Small Boy: Alex D. x10, Seth x3, Zachary x6 Tall Boy/Posh Boy: Ben x12, Giuseppe x1, Joseph x2, Julian x2, Myles x1, Tade x1
TOUR - 3
RICHMOND, VA: Billy: Ben x1, Drew x1, Noah x1 Michael: Jake K. x1, Sam x2 Debbie: Samantha x3 Small Boy: Cal x3 Tall Boy/Posh Boy: Jake K. x2, Sam x1
