Do you currently think it's a new Christine rather than a Colleen run? I think Colleen deserves it so much, but I also can't imagine them only wanting three Christines in the cast even for just a few months
I agree with you about the whole 3 Christine thing.
I feel it is quite a risk having 3 Christine for 11 weeks (assuming week of 11th May is first week without Beatrice).
I feel like there is a high risk that we would end up with an Emergency cover situation at some point with someone being called back - and the pool for that is quite slim since Beatrice & Chumisa have shows, Lucy is probably still on Maternity leave, Eve recently posted about New York so I don’t know if that is a holiday or a show, Holly is touring and I feel Paige has possibly stepped away from performing. So the only people who could be called back without disrupting other plans are Anouk, Jess & Lily - but it’s also possible all three are busy and haven’t posted.
It is not impossible for the show to run with 3 Christines - it used to be like that pre-2020, but now that they are used to that safety net - i definitely feel it is a risk to loose one.
Personally I feel introducing a New Christine now would be for the best, the only other option would be introducing a new ensemble/cover Christine and doing full promotion of the current Christines - Colleen as Principal, Polly as alternate, Taylor as 1st cover, or even having a swing/cover Christine who will later either depart in July or take over an ensemble track.
I definitely agree that Colleen deserves the promotion, if I had the choice then I would have Colleen and Eve both have a short principal run if there has to be a temporary situation between now and July. Each doing a certain number of weeks so that we aren’t without a 4th Christine for too long.
I think the biggest risk of 3 Christines is holiday, although I will say that Colleen has taken a lot of holiday so maybe she has used all hers up, both Polly and Taylor seemed to have taken a lot as well so it is entirely possible that all three have no holiday left which allows the 3 Christine thing to work.
The fact that I have heard both situations - New Christine & Colleen principal/Polly alternate - just makes the waiting even more confusing.
I hope I have answered your question in someway but I feel I have definitely just gone on a ramble.