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It’s very difficult for anyone to step into Nicole’s shoes because the whole concept of the production feels like it subtlety mirrors her own career, she has a once-in-a-million voice and vocal timbre that is highly unusual and brings so much dynamic range to Norma’s songs, AND because Nicole just eludes so much ‘star presence’ or whatever that nebulous X factor concept is. And I say this as someone who really did not care for Nicole at all or know much about her

Does anyone have any stories/anecdotes of actors you’ve seen on stage who probably should have called in sick

I don’t mean those with very mild ailments. For example, when I saw Patti in “War Paint” I saw her visibly cough a few times and then eventually she missed performances but overall she still sung and performed well so it’s not really what I’m talking about.

However, I saw Bernadette in “Old Friends” many times and o

Would love to see any of these proposals, and WOW the idea of Bernadette actually playing Marie now in the 2nd act of Sunday would be something. 

The other role that would be a good fit for Bernadette is Claire in "The Visit". A dream revival would be to pair Bernadette with Mandy Patinkin as Anton. I could imagine this pairing actually making money. 

It's nice to see a thread where people seem to respect Bernadette and aren't trashing h

See Bernadette in Old Friends - you/your friend are literally watching Sondheim's muse perform 'Send in the Clowns' and read lines as Dot in Sunday on Broadway that is a once in a lifetime experience (or twice if you saw the original shows :P). She is truly leading this show with Lea and the show is highly satisfying, not boring or mediocre as the idea of yet another Sondheim revue sounds.

I don't know how many shows Bernadette has in her, but she very rarely d

I can’t speak for the Atlantic, but if you look at Playwrights horizons or the Public’s financial statements in recent years it really does look like there just isn’t enough money circulating around these off broadway theatres anymore.

I accept that sometimes there are bare minimum working conditions that everyone should expect, to the point that maybe we would prefer there to be less jobs available than more jobs with compromise.

But none of this seems easy. T

Bwaygurl2, I have to agree that it is very difficult to compare their performances. Audra's is a mammoth masterwork of traditional acting and vocal technique, whereas Nicole's is an abstract aesthetic journey. I don't believe that either actress is capable of doing what the other one is doing right now either.

For me, Nicole's aesthetic (singing timbre + stylised acting) is highly unique and unlike anything I have ever seen or heard before in any medium. The s

I think it’s an over simplification and self-congratulation to suggest the production is ‘prioritising health over profit’. I would suggest that the reason why there are so many last minute cancellations is they are trying to prioritise keeping the cash they have collected, scrambling to see if they can work behind the scenes to be able to put on the performance and then releasing it back at the last minute only when they realise they just can’t do it. <

Is it possible that Audra is doing 8 shows a week because she insisted? Eg on a podcast Eden said for Lempicka she was offered 7 from the beginning but chose 8 (a mistake as she was planning to soon go down to 7 had the show not closed and 6 after Tonys apparently because of the extreme vocal demands). 
 I could imagine Audra would not want to break tradition and be the first Rose that didn’t at least start with the ambition of 8 shows a week. I think she has enough power to have g

I agree I think things will just bounce back. Especially because this is after opening (unlike say the Bernadette sickness and absences during previews which contributed to a narrative that Bernadette couldn’t handle the role that was hard to shake). 

The only worry would be if Audra misses more than occasionally in future. Word of mouth that Audra misses too many shows in combination with this would be deadly as people less willing to take the risk.

But I think

I’m not really sure I understand this reaction. Is the narrative now that we have to believe the show is an unqualified critical and audience word of mouth success or something else? Based on show-score.com, this board and my own reaction to this show plus the anecdotes of others in this thread I believe that the noise around this production reflects something. 
 

I don’t mind that the show got raves as I said before this I kind of low key hoped