So...I have this obsession with people's "last shows." I love what it brings out in performances--the shear joy, the laughter, the sadness. This week, there were a lot of "lasts," with Skylar Astin, Laura Bell Bundy, Lilli Cooper, Max Crumm, Brian Charles Johnson, Natalie Joy Johnson, Andy Karl, Laura Osnes, Matthew Saldivar, Phoebe Strole, and Remy Zaken all taking their last bow in their respective shows. So here's a few of my favorite shots from the weekend:
The cast of Grease crowds around its leads. After a whirlwind year where they went from struggling unknown actors to the leaders of a Broadway company, Laura Osnes and Max Crumm left Grease to pursue other projects. Crumm is reportedly heading back to Los Angeles where he hopes to focus on television and film projects while Osnes is attached to other projects in New York including Bye, Bye Birdie and Pride and Prejudice concerts. 
Crumm carries Osnes offstage after their final curtain call. Osnes and Crumm have enjoyed a close friendship since the beginning of their journey, having met in line the first day of casting calls for the reality show.
Laura Bell Bundy shares a tender moment with onstage (and offstage) love Christian Borle at the celebration following her final performance in Legally Blonde. Laura Bell will next join co-star and close friend Paul Canaan to travel across the country for their Take It to the Top performance workshop series.
Delta Nu love! Laura Bell Bundy, Andy Karl (wearing a shirt referencing a line cut from the script after the San Francisco tryout), and Natalie Joy Johnson prepare for new projects. Andy Karl will join the cast of upcoming Broadway musical, 9 to 5, starring Allison Janney, Megan Hilty, and Stephanie J. Block and featuring a score by Dolly Parton while Natalie will join the Blonde tour taking on the role of insecure beautician Paulette, a role originally played by Karl's wife, Orfeh.
Several months after Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff exited the tony winning Spring Awakening, remaining original cast members Phoebe Strole, Remy Zaken, Brian Charles Johnson, Skylar Astin, and Lilli Cooper, played their last performance. Zaken and Cooper will head to universities.
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