Anybody want to meet up in NYC in mid-May?

[deelaundry]

Go read this Robert Sean Leonard news then come back here and discuss.

I'm not kidding about NYC in mid-May.

Note: House spoilers may appear in the comments below or on that post.

ETA: Whattaya know? This is my 1000th post. Huh.

Comments

[namasteyoga.livejournal.com]

It would be nice to see him in the theater, but there's no reason to assume Wilson's gone for good.

1) It's a revival, which means that they won't need extensive rehearsals in advance to work out the kinks of a new play. A month would be luxurious, which means RSL would be available for quite a few weeks to film, and since they know about it, they can easily shoot advance scenes with him for later episodes.

(Fred MacMurray had it in his contract for My Three Sons that he'd only work 65 days, so they shot all of his scenes in two 30-day chunks, out of sequence, then went back and shot everything else with an inanimate stand-in for eyeline reference. One of the "sons" referred to it as working with Fred MacMop.)

2) The Times referred to RSL as leaving House "temporarily."

3) A revival isn't a long-running show, unlike a musical which has to recoup its costs. A number of actors have done Broadway during their summers. (Even new plays don't typically last for long, especially not with their original cast members.) There's no reason to assume this is a multi-year commitment.

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

What seems most likely, unfortunately, is that Wilson's screentime will get cut even more than it has, and his character will have less and less relevance in the show. Which will suck.

I'd personally rather they killed Wilson out right so I don't have to keep watching.

Sorry to be such a Debbie Downer.

[cuddyclothes.livejournal.com]

I feel the same way. How in God's name would the show keep going without Wilson?