A STRANGE LOOP On Broadway - Reviews & News Thread — Page 33

I was really hoping to see this before I head back to Toronto on Sunday morning ugh. What are the chances tomorrow’s performance will happen? 

binau said: "Pre-Covid to have a Broadway show cancel a performance was exceptionally rare. Now it feels common place. Maybe A Strange Loop feels a little more than others but clearly there is a systemic issue at play here that is not the fault of any particular show."

Think the problem with ASL is there are 7 extremely integral and specific roles, with 4 understudies covering 3-4 roles each. It's not like a big musical where you can have a split-track performance and a larger bench from which to assign understudies. DEH was a similar situation, and by the end I believe they had more offstage covers than onstage performers.

From my understanding with Mars is that they were out sick for almost 3 weeks due to COVID, then didn't return and is now on vacation through closing.

I'm coming in town for closing night and am starting to regret scheduling this. Adore the show, but am pretty anxious about this getting cancelled at the last second. 

Kyle Ramar Freeman just posted on Instagram about his last *scheduled* performances as Usher

- Saturday 1/7 at 2pm

- Sunday 1/8 at 3pm

- Sunday 1/15 at 2pm (NOT the closing performance at 7pm)

If you haven’t had a chance to see him, I encourage you to do so since he is AMAZING!!!

PriscillaN2N said: "I got a rush ticket for tonight but how do I find out if the performance is cancelled? I don’t see it on sale on Telecharge but am also not sure if they cut-off online sales at a certain point in the day."

 

Call Telecharge and they can possibly contact the box office if they don't know.

 

Jason is out tonight, and with Antwayn out as well, unless JMR comes back tonight, the performance may be off since they each only have two covers (Kyle and JMR)

(Although, if I’m lucky and fortune smiles, I’ll be able to see Kyle as #5 tonight and cross the last of his U/S roles off my bingo card)

EDIT: Two minutes after posting, tonight’s show is officially cancelled as of 3:56pm

Updated On: 1/6/23 at 03:54 PM

Such a mess. 

PriscillaN2N said: "quizking101 said: "Jason is out tonight, and with Antwayn out as well, unless JMR comes back tonight, the performance may be off since they each only have two covers (Kyle and JMR)

(Although, if I’m lucky and fortune smiles, I’ll be able to see Kyle as #5 tonight and cross the last of his U/S roles off my bingo card)

EDIT: Two minutes after posting, tonight’s show is officially cancelled as of 3:56pm"

What a bummer! Thanks for the update. Does anyone know the process of getting a refund for a rush ticket?"

I called Telecharge and verified my order number and information and they refunded me. I couldn’t do an even exchange because it’s a rush ticket and so there is a price differential. I ended up getting the last $59 Orchestra rush for INTO THE WOODS tonight since I’m already here 

BJR said: "binau said: "Personally though, I think it’s time we now move on from asymptomatic testing. The world is quickly moving on."

Whenever I'm in production and we're testing every day, I'm thinking, "Y'all know we're the only ones doing this, right?" I mean good to catch cases quickly, but no one else is."

 

Actually, there are shows still testing every day. I know one that is just using the home type tests now.

 

Two little birdies told me that the matinee is going on, but with a special concert version with Michael R. Jackson performing as Usher - and that this is the contingency plan for right now as opposed to cancelling shows

The plan for this weekend is Jackson as Usher, Reese as Thought 5 and Kyle as Thought 6.