So went to go see Patti as Kira tonight (she's on all this week for Kerry)...Cheyenne started the show, but then at some point after "Magic" and his exit, he must have decided to not continue the show for whatever reason.
I first noticed something different when I saw Cheyenne from the corner of my eye briskly passing backstage in the wrong direction, and then when the "sirens" came out during "Evil Woman", Curtis was missing from the group.
Then after Evil Woman, the telephone booth was preset, and the voice of God came on, announcing a "cast adjustment", with the role of Sonny being played by Curtis Holbrook and Curtis' roles played by Jacob ben Widmar. After a pause of about a minute, Curtis made his entrance into the "Suddenly" scene.
You don't realize how much the show relies on momentum, but it was weird for the audience to get back to the response level they were at before. Luckily Curtis came on strong and did his usual best! Jacob was a little iffy on the tap shoes, but otherwise was great, and as Thalia (in Marty's muse costume), he was able to comfortably fit in with the other muses with great faces and physicality.
Patti, of course, was fantastic, easily grabbing great laughs from lines that don't always fly - and the singing voice is so strong, you people have to see her this week!
Hope all is well with Cheyenne and a fast return.
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
i've been to several shows where replacements have happened after intermission, but only one or two where it has happened mid act.
edited: because i can't spell tonight.
"Sometimes on the strip, the dreams you come in with, ain't the dreams you leave with" ~Rock of Ages
"I'm a butterfly, trivial and small, and in the greater scheme of things, I don't mean much at all." ~The Story of My Life
"Forget Regret, or life is yours to miss." ~Rent
"He had an allergy attack - (or has been suffering with allergies, basically)"
Allergies have been horrid this year and I really feel for any performer who has had to suffer with them. I have allergies but they only really bother me around mid-April and then I'm fine the rest of the year. I've been suffering off and on all spring and summer. I would imagine other people are having similar troubles.
"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney
We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".
Someone on the other board posted that Kenita is playing Kira on Sunday. Anyone know why they wouldn't put Kate Loprest on in that role? I'm dying to see her try it...
thanks testing1232 she was great after she started singing I forgot all about Kerry she should take over the role once she leaves and she was very funny. Updated On: 8/19/08 at 11:31 PM
i am DYING to see kate go on, but kenita will be VERY interesting as well.
and just fyi, jacob wears ryan's old purple muse costume, not marty's blue one. granted, they're almost identical except in color and the side the shoulder is on.
Had the pleasure of seeing Patti Murin this week as Kira. She is AMAZING!!! Go see her if you get a chance!!! Her voice is similar to Kerry's but she puts her own stamp on the role.
I thought she hadn't been understudying the role ever since coming back from her medical leave.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
I was at a performance of the Benny Tour of RENT ages ago and during "Out Tonight", the actress playing Mimi lost her voice -- you literally felt it pop-out. She managed to finish the song and endure a difficult "Another Day". When the street scene came up a few minutes later, another actress was in the Mimi leopard print coat and black sunglasses and finished the rest of the show. The 'adjustment' announcement was made at the start of Act 2.
Same thing happened when I saw BIG on Broadway -- a different child actor played young Josh in Act 1 and in Act 2. The 'adjustment' announcement was made at the start of Act 2.
As the reigning Mr. Allergies 2008, I can vouch for how bad alergies are this year as well. August has been terrible and since mine are a one-two punch with asthma included, it's not fun.
Hope Cheyenne feels better fast.
Weird thing is that when I'm in NYC, my allergies don't bother me nearly as much. Get back on the train and head north...open the floodgates.