Audra McDonald's sick days? Oy!!!!

lol

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There is no way to predict any of this. And no one on this board is going to know that. Just buy your ticket, as a normal patron of the theatre, and attend the show. You're getting yourself worked up over nothing at this point. They would announce if a planned absence was happening, otherwise no one knows when they might become ill.

Unlike in the shows you mentioned above, Audra is above the title for 110 IN THE SHADE, therefore if she is absent from a performance, the audience is entitled to refunds. So don't expect her to miss many shows. And if she does, you can get your money back.

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The original poster has a valid question. Audra is known for missing performances. When she was in Marie Christine, she was out for all matinees (This was planned). I wouldn't blame someone who really wants to see her for being nervous about missing her. The ray of hope, as Foster said is that this time you are entitled to a refund if she's out. I will say, you'd be more likely to see her before the Tony's than after.

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Does Audra have a website where you can email her/contact her?

What I did when I was nervous about possibly missing a performer who was known to have a lot of absences was that I emailed him through his website a few days before the show and asked him if he was planning on performing in the show I was attending. I know not all performers have a website, but you can give it a go.

However, in the case of seeing a show in July, unless she's scheduled to be out then, I highly doubt she'll know whether she'll be performing that day or not.

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off-topic slightly:
this may be a dumb question, but if someone is out when they are above the title,can you get your money back after the show? Like if I see the u/s but I'm like I still want to see so and so in the role can I then get my money back?

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Does Audra have a website where you can email her/contact her?

Just imagine:

Dear Audra,

Are you going to show up and perform when I come to see the show, or be lazy and stay home?

E-mailing her about this issue would be the epitome of rudeness.

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The reason why Audra's absenses have never been written about, a la Riedel, is because her four Tony winning performances have all been featured roles, and below the title. It has never warranted reason enough to write a column about. MARIE CHRISTINE was her one leading role, in which, as stated above, she was only scheduled to play six shows a week. She didn't win a Tony for it, so there wasn't enough weight there about which to write a column -- the way that LaChanze was written up by Riedel -- even if she was missing some of her six scheduled performances. People would be like, who cares? That kind of gossip doesn't sell newspapers.

McDonald has been given Get Out Of Jail Free cards for behavior that other performers' careers have taken major hits from. Along the way she snatched up four Tony Awards for Best Featured Actress. Not a bad deal. If she wants to play leading roles and win Tonys for it without being written about by Riedel, she is going to have to show up for every performance pre- and post-Tony Awards.

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Updated On: 4/7/07 at 06:25 PM

If it's a matinee (which I assume), she might be. However, because of Tony rehearsals, many stars are out on Tony day.

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No twisted panties here, just think it's unfair to lump in a scheduled absence with "missing shows."

And I had no idea Miss Audra had attendance problems. I must be the luckiest man in the world-- I saw her in 3 shows and never got an understudy.

"I have great affection for the Hugh Jackmans and Michael Cerveris's of the world--you can count on 'em."

I thought that they closed the show when Hugh Jackman went on vacation.

It was Henry IV, but I have no idea what her attendance record was.