Andy Karl tonight — Page 11

Perhaps it wasn't a complete tear, as ACL tears are a complete b:tch to heal. In my experience, a true ACL tear is not healed by rest and PT. It typically takes surgery and a rigorous PT regiment to come back from the injury. For his sake and the future of his knees (I've torn both, rushed rehabbing one, and am facing major knee reconstruction at 32), I hope he works closely with his physical therapy team to ensure he long term success,

ACL tears are funny things...sometimes you can walk away fine from a wicked accident with no knee injury and other times, a wrong step destroys it. I tore one of mine when walking my dog and accidentally stepping into a shallow whole. I moved laterally and that was it for 7 months.

Anyone who was there on Saturday and saw Andrew Call, can you tell me what the curtain (the TVs with clips of Good Weather with Phil Connors) and the (presumably pre-taped?) news intro looked like? Was it still AK or did they rush and tape some with Andrew?

thealtoslament - It was on someone I know's Snapchat but the video screens had Andrew Call as Phil, not Andy.

Updated On: 4/17/17 at 06:40 PM

altoslament: https://www.instagram.com/p/BS7M58VjlH3/?taken-at=260052961060987

I found this in the Instagram geo tag and you are very welcome!

Updated On: 4/17/17 at 07:07 PM

LesWickedly said: "https://www.instagram.com/p/BTAE1tLlMyc/

Wow. A torn ACL. He says it will be fine with Physical Therapy but man to jump right back into the show.

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Are we sure he is going on tonight? The photos from the show curtain look a lot more like Andrew than Andy. And Andy says he can't wait to see everyone on their opening night, not that he can't wait to perform tonight.

Clyde: That photo I posted above for altoslament was from Saturday evening and is Andrew Call, while this photo is from tonight and is Andy: https://www.instagram.com/p/BTALnnAjwHN/?taken-at=260052961060987

Updated On: 4/17/17 at 07:27 PM

What most people call a knee sprain is actually a slight tear. A knee brace can minimize the risk of further injury, but it will not make the pain go away. My guess is whatever they can do to dumb down the physical strain on the knee, they will do, and I would expect him to perform only as many times as necessary prior to the Tony nominations, and then take a break for a week or so. His knee will not get better, however, until he can take some extended time off. He will probably wearing the knee brace for as long as he is in the show. My only medical bona fides come from having sprained a knee many years ago. I remember the initial pain (I thought I had torn my leg in half), the tenderness lasting for weeks, and how the brace gave me the confidence to start moving around more naturally after just a week or so. With a brace, he should be able to function without doing further damage to the knee, but it is going to hurt....a lot. Despite his upbeat social media posts, do not think for a minute that what he is doing is not gutsy as hell. He's in Kerri Strug territory.

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thealtoslament said: "ClumsyDude15 said: "thealtoslament - It was on someone I know's Snapchat but the video screens had Andrew Call as Phil, not Andy. "

Cool, thanks! I was curious since Andrew stepping in was such a last-minute thing."

It was last minute that he'd perform Saturday, but he is the understudy, so it was always planned that he'd eventually go on. They likely filmed them at the same time they filmed the intros for Andy.





Andy was on tonight with a brace (I was in the audience). They made some choreography changes, a few small wardrobe changes(see below), and he had one slip where he almost fell off a bed, but overall he came through it and seemed fine in the signature line afterward.

Karl will be out for both shows today, Thursday night & Saturday matinee. Andrew Call will be on as Phil.



Injured Andy Karl Will Be Out of GROUNDHOG DAY This Week; Andrew Call to Take Over for Four Performances

Golenboybway said: "I wonder if Call will be on at all next week? I'd love to see him! But hopefully Andy will feel better and be able to come back! He really is incredible in this role.

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Likely. I don't see Karl doing 8 shows a week for a while.