Sophia Anne Caruso abruptly LEAVES Beetlejuice

Let's learn about and discuss Sophia Anne Caruso's strange and unusual departure from BEETLEJUICE THE MUSICAL on Broadway
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Hey theatre friends! I've been receiving a crazy amount of comments, messages, and DMs regarding Sophia Anne Caruso leaving Beetlejuice the Musical. I thought I would make a short, impartial video explaining the situation and a little bit of my thought process.

QOTD: What are your thoughts on the #BeetlejuiceTheMusical x #SophiaAnneCaruso situation? Who do you want to see as the next #LydiaDeetz in #Beetlejuice ? Let me know in the comments below!

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Sophia Anne Caruso, who originated Lydia the teenage lead in Beetlejuice the Musical on Broadway— has abruptly left the production. Now this comes as a massive shock to fans— not that she’s leaving the production, but rather the manner in which she left.
Two days ago she posted an Instagram story stating that she had already left the production. She removed it a few hours later and news outlets later confirmed that she had infact exited the production, citing that she had used her “contractual out” to pursue work in Television. Presley Ryan, a Lydia understudy, will takeover for a while until a permanent replacement is announced.

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[Kath_Steele]

💚 By popular request: covering Sophia Anne Caruso’s strange and unusual departure from BEETLEJUICE THE MUSICAL on Broadway

[hothotheat]

The red flag is that she didn’t try to put a positive spin on it. She didn’t say “thanks to my amazing cast” or anything. She gave a cold yeet and that was it.

[aspeno]

Somebody on TikTok compared this situation to Glee when Rachel left for a reality tv show. An that all I can think about when this gets brought up

[ratatoskclarke]

Folks please remember; sophia is 18 years old. She's still a kid, and insulting or belittling her when you don't know the full circumstances, or really anything about her, is unnecessary and extremely rude. Be kind to each other please.

[RachelZeglerLovesHugs]

this comment section is terrifying i love you kat

[daisymurf]

I think something has to have happened, especially since she deleted a lot of her posts on Instagram that involve beetlejuice and since the cast or the official beetlejuice accounts haven't said ANYTHING. For an OBC lead to leave with no flowers, happy trails wishes or anything is so odd

[karlikay]

I started noticing last couple months she seemed to be missing a lot of shows and she just didn’t seem to care about the show anymore. I think she was fired or she quit the minute she had the chance.

[yourlocalweeblexi]

I noticed on Presley Ryan’s tiktoks that she was in Lydia a lot. I didn’t think much of it until I read this but now I’m heartbroken. I believe that’s the second cast member down :(

[alexswanyhair]

And now Presley Ryan (who just got the official Lydia now) is leaving. I demand Lin Manuel Miranda as Lydia.

[cola]

I thought she left before because her understudy was doing more shows then she was

[katekathman]

This is the best cult i’ve ever been in, and i’ve been in **quite** a few

[nameistotallyelise]

sophia’s situation seems fishy, erika henningsen got flowers and a nice send off, but sophia just randomly left and i’m like whAT none of the other actors gave an instagram post to send her off and we didn’t get like a month or 2 before she left. usually, we get all sad when an actor says they’re leaving around two months in advance. overall, it’s very fishy EDIT: to add on, i definitely feel like sophia was extremely grateful for her opportunity as lydia. but she didn’t seem interested in the role after a few months or so, still, her situation is kinda fishy ngl

[phox]

Honestly massive respect for not spreading the rumors

[caitlinaronoff]

She was obviously fired and the cast and production team are covering it up for her because they probably feel bad.

1. There was a reddit post a whole day before she posted she had left about how she had been fired.
2. You don’t just leave a musical on BROADWAY to do a tv show when there’s only 4 months left in the musical.
3. I doubt her contract would have even allowed that, even though that was their “official” statement.
4. She just seems so salty about the whole thing. The thing she posted thanking her beetlejuice “family” felt so forced and insincere.
5. Like I previously mentioned, I highly doubt her contract would just let her up and leave like this but if it did, the team would need to know in advance so they could make preparations. There was no official announcement made that she was leaving and now the production team is scrambling to find a new Lydia. It all just doesn’t make sense.

In conclusion, the only logical explanation is that Sophia Anne Caruso was fired from the show and the bs excuse that she “quit” is a damn lie.

[courtneyernste]

I think she was fired. People in Broadway groups I am in have been saying for months that she's rude, never on and have been juuling in the backstage area. The fact neither Sophia nor the Show made a statement until Friday make me think she was fired and Equity was involved.... which makes for the very vague statements and lack of notice.
On an unrelated note, the Ethel Barrymore is open after March.... so there maybe hope for a move. But maybe we'll get that news with a new Lydia.

[simphia]

i’m happy presley is taking over instead of somebody else. she’s kinda cool no cap

[eveb]

i wasn’t really surprised since she missed over 50 performances

[harmony]

BREAKING NEWS: Trisha Paytas gets the role of Lydia Deetz in Beetlejuice.

[theoluvsharkz]

“I will not be doing any more future performances FOR IT.”





*For it.*

[landoneroberts]

The strangest thing about it to me is that she left on a Wednesday. 9/10 times actors leave on a Sunday at the end of the week, so that’s the biggest thing that makes me think that she may have been fired.