BD Wong Taken to Hospital Mid-Show @ Williamstown
BD Wong Taken to Hospital Mid-Show @ Williamstown
#1BD Wong Taken to Hospital Mid-Show @ Williamstown
Posted: 6/16/07 at 12:44am
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
Updated On: 6/19/07 at 12:44 AM
--Aristotle
#2re: BD Wong Taken to Hospital Mid-Show @ Williamstown
Posted: 6/16/07 at 12:46am
Nothing had been posted here yet, but there was something on ATC.
http://talkinbroadway.com/allthatchat/d.php?id=1417617
Poor BD! Hope he recovers quickly.
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#2re: BD Wong Taken to Hospital Mid-Show @ Williamstown
Posted: 6/16/07 at 12:54am
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
Updated On: 6/19/07 at 12:54 AM
--Aristotle
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#4re: BD Wong Taken to Hospital Mid-Show @ Williamstown
Posted: 6/16/07 at 1:08am
"Wong apparently gored his leg on the piano about 40 minutes into the performance and had to be rushed to a nearby hospital for stitches."
Ugh, I'm wincing just thinking of that. Hope he gets better soon!
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#5re: BD Wong Taken to Hospital Mid-Show @ Williamstown
Posted: 6/16/07 at 1:20am
Odd, I just got back from 'Yellow Face' here in LA and Brad is mentioned throughout the show.
I hope he's okay. 'Gored' doesn't ever sound good.
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#6re: BD Wong Taken to Hospital Mid-Show @ Williamstown
Posted: 6/16/07 at 1:20am
"No other news on his condition or when he will return to the show is available as of this writing."
Gored his leg on the piano???? A piano is a fairly stationary set piece. I'm at a loss as to how a person can "gore" himself on one. They don't even have that many sharp edges. Can anyone post more informative details regarding the accident? How does this even happen?
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#7re: BD Wong Taken to Hospital Mid-Show @ Williamstown
Posted: 6/16/07 at 1:22am
Aren't the black keys 'sharps'?
Ba Dump Bump.
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#8re: BD Wong Taken to Hospital Mid-Show @ Williamstown
Posted: 6/16/07 at 1:25am
Pbbbbbbbbbbbt.
*Wah wah wah.* (ala The Price Is Right)
And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."
#9re: BD Wong Taken to Hospital Mid-Show @ Williamstown
Posted: 6/16/07 at 1:27amOh no; I hope he gets well soon.
#10re: BD Wong Taken to Hospital Mid-Show @ Williamstown
Posted: 6/16/07 at 7:33am
Sweet BD Wong. I hope his recovery is quick.
Please send him our BWW support (especially mine!)
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#11re: BD Wong Taken to Hospital Mid-Show @ Williamstown
Posted: 6/16/07 at 9:07amThe piano and piano bench is on wheels and BD moves it around throughout the show.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
Updated On: 6/19/07 at 09:07 AM
--Aristotle
#12re: BD Wong Taken to Hospital Mid-Show @ Williamstown
Posted: 6/16/07 at 9:33am
What awful news! I was planning on coming up from the city next weekend to see the show. Here's wishing him a speedy recovery. Hmmm, I wonder if he needs a full time nurse. I'd sure love to give him a sponge-bath 
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#13re: BD Wong Taken to Hospital Mid-Show @ Williamstown
Posted: 6/16/07 at 11:50amOh god that's aweful news! I was hoping to go up there to see the show. Hey CapnHook, you work at Williamstown? I work at the Berkshire Theatre Festival, so if you ever want to catch a show here, let me know! I hope to come up there this summer to see some shows from you guys.
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#14re: BD Wong Taken to Hospital Mid-Show @ Williamstown
Posted: 6/16/07 at 12:39pmOff-topic, but that article also mentioned a production of THE FRONT PAGE featuring Jason Butler Harner as Hildy. Is that a typo? It didn't look like it was an all male production.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#15re: BD Wong Taken to Hospital Mid-Show @ Williamstown
Posted: 6/16/07 at 12:48pm
Lots of Love to BD from Mark and Tanny. 
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#16re: BD Wong Taken to Hospital Mid-Show @ Williamstown
Posted: 6/16/07 at 1:25pmBD is doing just fine. Today's matinee and evening performances are a 'go.' He's a trouper!
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#17re: BD Wong Taken to Hospital Mid-Show @ Williamstown
Posted: 6/16/07 at 1:59pm
Good for him! I can't wait to see the show
Note to AC126748: In THE FRONT PAGE, the character of Hildebrand 'Hildy' Johnson was a male reporter, originally played by Lee Tracy. In 1940, when the play was made into a movie, retitled HIS GIRL FIRDAY, Hildebrand became Hildegarde and was played by Rosalind Russell. (In the 1931 movie, called THE FRONT PAGE, Hildy was still a man, played by Pat O'Brien).
'Our whole family shouts. It comes from us livin' so close to the railroad tracks'
#18re: BD Wong Taken to Hospital Mid-Show @ Williamstown
Posted: 6/16/07 at 2:51pmWell, that explains it! I'm only familiar with the film version, so I had no idea that the character was actually male in the original play. Thanks, Hushpuppy.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#19re: BD Wong Taken to Hospital Mid-Show @ Williamstown
Posted: 6/16/07 at 10:17pm
Yay BD!
I saw him in M. Butterfly and Pacific Overtures and I think he's beautiful!
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
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#20re: BD Wong Taken to Hospital Mid-Show @ Williamstown
Posted: 6/17/07 at 12:33amI work on the show. BD was just fine today and both performances went up. It was an interesting experience. Never had to stop mid-show before.
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#21re: BD Wong Taken to Hospital Mid-Show @ Williamstown
Posted: 6/17/07 at 9:03am
Yay! I'm glad all is well with B D.
My knees were shaking when I approached him for an autograph at Studio 54 but he was so kind, so beautiful!
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#22re: BD Wong Taken to Hospital Mid-Show @ Williamstown
Posted: 6/17/07 at 5:26pmi was wondering the same thing, as i am a pianist,and looking at my piano right now cannot see any really sharp edges. That's some gruesome accident. I hope he's OK.
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