I really wish they'd stop shoving Broadway shows in rehearsals down everyone's throats. Seeing that really makes me not want to see the who - they are doing no one a favor, least of all themselves. These press events and all that - never used to happen and yet shows managed to run years and years without having to resort to that.
Brave new world. Soon, they'll be able to clone the casts, so the likes of Marin Mazzie will never be able to replace Alice Ripley 1, 2, 3, or 4 for the duration of "Next to Normal."