1776's Sara Porkalob Brutally Honest Vulture Article — Page 6

Is it possible that this controversy might help ticket sales?

This will have ramifications on the producing side of the business. I can see entire production staffs - and not just limited to performers having to sign a Non Disclosure Agreement at the time of hire. My husband and I have both had to sign them at various times in our careers. For Broadway it would be appropriate if it is given the formal name ‘Porkalob Agreement.’

I also see productions having to hire larger publicist staffs, with all performer interviews being monitored by a producer representative. If a generation of actors are going to start talking to the press the way they do to their psychiatrists then producers need to get a formal grip on their assets.

And for those finding this person’s behavior less than objectionable, keep in mind that millions of dollars have been spent on this production of 1776, and some of that money is being used to pay Porkalob.

Reading her comments on the Vulture article is....WOW. The "Sarshad" account is absolutely her, and I don't know why she continues to wade into this. The comments she's making now are absurd and so entitled (including that her 75% is better than a "regular" performer's 100%.). Any sympathy or understanding I had for her in this situation has flown out the window. She is absolutely imploding. She won't get that Tony nomination now and likely won't work in NYC, at least for a long time (and does she not understand the same people who work in commercial Broadway theater also work Off-Broadway, in non-profits, in regional theaters...such a truly bizarre course of action).

I doubt it will help in the long run, but I had a group of friends who went last night simply because of the article."

I have friends getting tickets because of the article as well. That’s why I asked.

BorisTomashevsky said: "Can anyone clarify what SADH stands for? I tried to find in it previous pages but may have missed it."

I couldn't find anything through Google, but I'm assuming it means, um, "go orally pleasure a man, strumpet." He was right to delete it. I agree with everything else he wrote, but that was pretty problematic.

Talk about entitled millennial crap - They clearly are so self absorbed and lacking in any sense of community by not lifting up other Creatives.

binau said: "I am literally stunned reading the following QA. These do not sound like someone who really grasps the reality and difficulty of what it means to have a career in professional arts or Broadway theatre. I don't think 'ungrateful' is the word I'd use, more just completely removed from reality (which I think is why the Director's 'Matrix' comment is apt). Unless this person ends up being the next Lady Gaga or something, these comments will haunt the rest of their career (however it lands).

And I can't help but wonder if the Editor of the article is 'in' on the joke, kind of like exploiting vulnerable people who do reality TV shows. I guess they don't owe anyone anything and their words and their own, but is there a point where you need to put a stop to the article to protect the person from themselves?

Can someone also please getSara Porkalob a ticket for "Merrily We Roll Along" at NYTW? I genuinely think she will learn a thing or two or ten from the show, both right now and in time.

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What do you hope you get out of being in1776on Broadway?
A Tony nomination, good reviews, and a smart, personable, hard-working agency that’s ready to rep me. Also, I guess more Instagram followers and more community here in New York. I don’t want just a career. I could make a career just being in commercial Broadway musicals.

You could.
I could. I guess the money would be fine.

The money would be better!
It would be better! But I don’t want that to be my life."

I don't know if you're familiar with the Seattle fringe theater scene (I know impassioned theater fans who still mourn the loss of the Fringe Festival), but there is a whole genuinely rich theater community of playwrights and actors and technicians in that city who has no interest in a career or reputation beyond Seattle, or even in what would normally be called "professional" theater.

I think, even though she's obviously eager to develop a New York-based career and win awards, she still basically operating out of that mentality. There may even be a struggle going on in her mind about whether, in doing this show and trying to cultivate a New York career, she's selling out. This may be intentional self-sabotage.

If Porkalob was on the bubble or about to be fired for violating a non-disbaragement (different from the now verboten non-disclosure agreements) agreement, that has now been certainly put on the backburner due to the unprofessional "SADH" post from the AD of the production.

Suffice it to say that all is not well in 18th century Philadelphia, and based on this public behavior, it hasn't been well for a while.

What a mess.

Strange that he deleted the post. Legally, I imagine he was safe since he didn’t mention her by name. However, they are definitely not going to fire her now since his post could theoretically be used in court if she were to file a wrongful termination lawsuit or something like that. I’m assuming that the tour after the Broadway run is a separate contract and that she simply won’t be offered one, which is basically being fired.

I have to say though, the supportive comments she is getting elsewhere on the internet really shock me. The things she said in her interview were most definitely not “dismantling white supremacy” and all the other nonsense she is now spouting about herself. The fact that a large number of people think this kind of behavior is admirable says a lot about where our society is right now.

This whole masquerading-on-the-Vulture-comments-section really is a sociopathic level of trying to keep the house of cards from falling. I wonder if there’s something there waiting to be diagnosed.

Updated On: 10/16/22 at 06:32 PM

cleverer said: "I have no interest in delving into whether or not I agree with what Sara has said, or whether they should have said it—everything that can be addressed there has already been addressed and my opinion is moot—but what leaves me speechless is the response from Jeffrey Page. Broadway seems to have latched itself so hard onto being a "community," it forgets at the end of the day that it is an industry and a workplace. If this were any other workplace and someone was insubordinate or disparaged the company, you would look for ways to have them terminated or reprimanded through officially documented channels. In absolutely no situation would/should a workplace superior respond to that situation by publicly calling said employee a "trick," a "h**," or "rotten to the core," and telling them to "SAD." That's a harassment lawsuit, or at least the threat of one, waiting to happen. What in the world has gotten into theater folk that makes them think that's normal business behavior?

All I can say is the PR team for 1776 must be having a goddamn field day. What an embarrasment."

I hope you're not a lawyer. And it's bad for Mr. Page to say it but it's okay for her to call anyone who disagrees with her BS a hoe? Have I got that right? I thought Mr. Page had every right to post what he did - I mean, if this person in the Vulture article had the right to spew her manure, why is it an issue for Mr. Page to spew his?

Updated On: 10/16/22 at 06:53 PM