Posted: 12/27/24 at 12:10pm
“I told you so.”
- Scott Rudin
Posted: 12/27/24 at 12:11pm
WldKingdomHM said: "This wouldn’t happen if they got Sharon Brown as the standby"
Or Heather Headley…
Posted: 12/27/24 at 12:11pm
Any possibility that Audra is ill and they don't feel it's financially wise to put her cover on?
Posted: 12/27/24 at 12:14pm
I hope everyone is alright but this is just insane.
Posted: 12/27/24 at 12:15pm
It could be that Joy is sick as well. Yesterday she posted a pic of soup in her stories. It is possib;e that her understudy is not ready yet.
Posted: 12/27/24 at 12:15pm
Any possibility that Audra is ill and they don't feel it's financially wise to put her cover on?
Absolutely. They should just start again next year when everyone is well because this is ridiculous.
Updated On: 12/27/24 at 12:15 PM
Posted: 12/27/24 at 12:15pm
BCfitasafiddle said: "Any possibility that Audra is ill and they don't feel it's financially wise to put her cover on?"
At this point, I think they've lost more money cancelling five performances then letting her standby go on instead. Some people would have stayed. The word going around is there are a lot of cast, including some understudies, that are still sick.
Updated On: 12/27/24 at 12:15 PM
Posted: 12/27/24 at 12:15pm
This is…insane?? Unless the standby is sick I don’t see why this continues to happen.
Posted: 12/27/24 at 12:16pm
A nightmare all the way around. Again, not enough performers or they didn’t divvy up the covers properly. Either way, looks like a ~$1M loss this week so far. Sad, as this is the most lucrative week of the year. Feel bad for the cast, crew and the investors. I don’t recall this level of cancellations in the past. what’s different here?
Posted: 12/27/24 at 12:16pm
yyys said: "It could be that Joy is sick as well. Yesterday she posted a pic of soup in her stories. It is possib;e that her understudy is not ready yet."
Joy's understudy has already been on.
Posted: 12/27/24 at 12:18pm
Nolan LuPone said: "WldKingdomHM said: "This wouldn’t happen if they got Sharon Brown as the standby"
Or Heather Headley…"
I feel like Heather is too big a star to be a standby.
Posted: 12/27/24 at 12:22pm
One upside is we get to read all the (sometimes irrational) speculation here which is pretty entertaining at times and costs far less than the cheapest Gypsy seat.
Posted: 12/27/24 at 12:41pm
Mr. Wormwood said: "Jonathan Cohen said: "A stray thought in the context of Gypsy trying to deal with the cast out sick problem: "All In: Comedy About Love" is successfully charging Broadway prices for a staged reading. Yet I'd be far more agreeable to paying Broadway prices for a staged reading whereRenée Elise Goldsberry is playing Rose andRichard Kind is playingHerbie.
Maybecovers doing fully blocked shows doesn't have to be the only contingency plan for flu season.The audience who want to opt out of seeing a staged reading would still get their full refund."
A show did something along those linesa year or two ago if I remember... I forget which one though"
You may be thinking of Doubt where Amy Ryan performed with a teleprompter for a bit after she stepped in for Tyne Daly
Posted: 12/27/24 at 12:49pm
Yeah just cancel all reminding performances till next year …don’t lead the tourists and the Audra fans on
Posted: 12/27/24 at 1:18pm
Nolan LuPone said: "WldKingdomHM said: "This wouldn’t happen if they got Sharon Brown as the standby"
Or Heather Headley…"
I'd LOVE to see Heather Headley in this. Wish she was Audra's Donna Murphy
Posted: 12/27/24 at 1:22pm
The production has known since Monday that they would likely be cancelling all these performances. It’s terrible customer service to waste thousands of people’s time waiting to hear about a performance that isn’t happening.
Posted: 12/27/24 at 1:23pm
VotePeron said: "The production has known since Monday that they would likely be cancelling all these performances. It’s terrible customer service to waste thousands of people’s time waiting to hear about a performance that isn’t happening."
If they've been doing put-ins, I'm going to say they didn't at all believe they would be canceling the entire week.
Posted: 12/27/24 at 1:28pm
Productions should find a way to rehearse everyone from day one, even if it means an extra week of rehearsal on the calendar. Yes it would cost a bit more, but it would cost way less than this.
Posted: 12/27/24 at 1:42pm
Yes, they had a put-in yesterday afternoon. Not sure if they're rehearsing today or not.
Posted: 12/27/24 at 2:02pm
I don’t know why I didn’t think of this sooner- but there are so many kids in the cast- and kid germs are particularly virulent. I’m sure that’s making a bad situation worse.
Posted: 12/27/24 at 2:37pm
God, this is brutal, and, as others have pointed out, happening at the worst possible time. A lose-lose for everyone involved. Is it standard practice for understudies and stand-bys not to rehearse before the opening? Seems like something like this would have happened by now if so...
Posted: 12/27/24 at 3:23pm
GlindatheGood22 said: "is it standard practice for understudies and stand-bys not to rehearse before the opening?"
Yes. Standard practice. Scroll up in the thread for some more talk about this and the limited number of understudies being credited for each role. It happens sometimes but usually not on THIS level. Always a bit of luck involved. Some shows are also a lot simpler to throw in someone who hasn’t had a proper put-in.
Posted: 12/27/24 at 3:27pm
I hate to be that guy, but do we know the timeline for how long it should take Audra et al to recover. I know that nobody can read the future, but if those familiar with the current cold/flu/virus which is going around could chime in, that would be appreciated.
Posted: 12/27/24 at 3:50pm
At this point, they should cancel the remaining performances for the weekend. Canceling now allows not only the company to recover, but also gives ticket holders the chance to maybe seek out other shows before they sell out. Demand is high this week and options are growing more limited by the minute.
Give ticket holders the opportunity to secure their refund/exchange, then find another show to see without having to scramble within two hours to figure out how they're going to be entertained that evening. I'm sure other productions will happily take the now show-less audiences off their hands.
Updated On: 12/27/24 at 03:50 PM
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