Audra Out of PORGY & BESS Today

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/26/11 at 12:17pm

Was told she's not feeling well today. Theyre not sure if she'll be missing the evening as well as the matinee yet.

Feel better, Audra!

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 12/26/11 at 1:04pm

If Audra is indeed out, Alicia Hall Moran is on for her.

Updated On: 12/26/11 at 01:04 PM

[uncageg]

Posted: 12/26/11 at 1:10pm

They had a matinee today? I went to their website and it only shows an evening performance. (Unless they took the matinee time down already).

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/26/11 at 1:13pm

Yep, 2 & 8 today.

[Auggie27]

Posted: 12/26/11 at 2:11pm

Say not so!

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Posted: 12/26/11 at 3:12pm

Food poisoning from the figgy pudding?

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 12/26/11 at 4:08pm

Audra and Will wanted to hit up the after Christmas sales.

I bet he is out of Priscilla today too.

I think I saw them at Macy's trying on Uggs.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/26/11 at 5:27pm

And she's out tonight as well.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 12/26/11 at 6:16pm

Just returned from the matinee. Great TDF seats - 5 th row orchestra. The orchestra was mostly full with a few empty seats. No idea re upstairs.

Audra's understudy, Alicia Hall Moran, could not have been better.David Alan Grier almost stole the show as Sporting Life.The rest of the cast was first rate. Even if she had been there, the best one in the show was Norm Lewis

His Porgy was sympathetic & his powerhouse voice did the score justice. All in all, a first rate production.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/26/11 at 6:47pm

The spaceship still lands at the end, right?

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 12/26/11 at 6:52pm

You spoiled the ending & not me

The set was so ugly it made the On A Clear Day set look good.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/26/11 at 7:04pm

Well it takes place in a crack house, right? That's not supposed to be a "pretty" set.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 12/26/11 at 10:58pm

SO glad I got to see her Xmas eve. She looked and sounded wonderful. No disrespect for the understudy but Audra was a big pull for me to see the show.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/27/11 at 12:37am

I agree with you Roxy. The set is an insult to paying customers. And the principals.

"Even if she had been there, the best one in the show was Norm Lewis"

I agree that Norm is fantastic and criminally overlooked when standing in Audra's shadow, but believe me, she's even better than he is.

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 12/27/11 at 8:17am

Already? Wow...

[Emmaloucbway]

Posted: 12/27/11 at 8:28am

Wow... lucky I saw her last week 2 days before Christmas Eve. Audra (and the rest of the cast) were fantastic!

[AC126748]

Posted: 12/27/11 at 9:39am

Bess is no cakewalk even when your well, especially when you're singing it eight times a week, so I'd imagine an illness would only make it more difficult. Audra looked exquisite and performed wonderfully at Friday's matinee. According to her Twitter, she expects to be back in the show tonight.

Updated On: 12/27/11 at 09:39 AM

[SeanMartin]

Posted: 12/27/11 at 9:46am

I'd only seen bits and pieces of the set in some of the promo photographs, but someone sent me one of the whole shot.

My god.

I'm starting to think they need a special Tony for Worst Design Concept. It would be a blood match between this and CLEAR DAY.

[followspot]

Posted: 12/27/11 at 1:02pm

I hear Alicia Hall Moran serves a mean baked apple.

Updated On: 12/27/11 at 01:02 PM

[broadwaybaby086]

Posted: 12/27/11 at 1:44pm