Billy Elliot the Forum

Not exactly sure when it will occur, but these articles indicate that Santino Fontana has been cast in a revival of Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound, which will be opening on Broadway in the fall. Since rehearsals begin August 24, it looks like Billy is going to lose his older brother and Eugene is going to gain one before too long.

http://bbbblogger.wordpress.com/2009/05 ... way-bound/

http://www.broadway.com/Josh-Grisetti-J ... ws/5028200

Per Greg Jbara's website, Santino will be leaving late June and Will Chase will take over role of Tony on or approximately June 28.

Thanks for that info, Hugs. Here's some information about Will Chase. http://www.talkinbroadway.com/spot/chase2.html

It'll be sad to see Santino leave. I thought he was a terrific "Tony"!

Here is what playbill is reporting. "...Fontana exits July 4."

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/13 ... n_Broadway

Tickets go on sale tomorrow for The Neil Simon Plays, in which Santino will be playing Stanley Jerome.

http://broadwayworld.com/article/THE_NE ... 7_20090806

Saw Santino (as Stanley) the first night of previews of Brighton Beach Memoirs. He was terrific and the play was great.

Wonderful! Glad to hear it!

Pictures of Opening Night for Brighton Beach. Santino is about half way down. Other Broadway World posts as well of the after party with more Santino pictures. Really miss him although Will Chase is great as well. Still Santino was my first ol' Tony.

http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Ph ... e_20091026

The New York Times review of Brighton Beach starts and ends with very high praise of Santino's performance!
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/theat ... ef=theater