Breaking News: SCANDALOUS Cancels Today's Shows; Carmello on Vocal Rest

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Breaking News: SCANDALOUS Cancels Today's Shows; Carmello on Vocal Rest

Posted: 11/14/12 at 10:21am

Click Here to Read Breaking News: SCANDALOUS Cancels Today's Matinee; Carolee Carmello on 'Brief' Vocal Rest

Updated On: 11/14/12 at 10:21 AM

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Breaking News: SCANDALOUS Cancels Today's Matinee; Carolee Carmello on 'Brief' Vocal Rest

Posted: 11/14/12 at 10:25am

Is the score this demanding? Hoping for a speedy recovery for Carolee!

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Breaking News: SCANDALOUS Cancels Today's Matinee; Carolee Carmello on 'Brief' Vocal Rest

Posted: 11/14/12 at 10:37am

She does havea lot of singing and yelling/preaching.

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Breaking News: SCANDALOUS Cancels Today's Matinee; Carolee Carmello on 'Brief' Vocal Rest

Posted: 11/14/12 at 10:42am

It's ridiculous how much singing fortissimo at the top of her range she does in this show - it feels like she never stops. A clear symptom of ignorant/sadistic composers/arrangers.

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Breaking News: SCANDALOUS Cancels Today's Matinee; Carolee Carmello on 'Brief' Vocal Rest

Posted: 11/14/12 at 11:53am

The good news for Ms. Carmello is that she'll probably need to perform the show/sing the score only a few more times after the reviews come out. Then she can get LOTS of vocal rest.

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Breaking News: SCANDALOUS Cancels Today's Matinee; Carolee Carmello on 'Brief' Vocal Rest

Posted: 11/14/12 at 12:02pm

Update: https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-News-Update-SCANDALOUS-Cancels-Both-Wednesday-Shows-Carolee-Carmello-on-Vocal-Rest-20121114

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Breaking News: SCANDALOUS Cancels Today's Matinee; Carolee Carmello on 'Brief' Vocal Rest

Posted: 11/14/12 at 12:05pm

Yes she sings EVERY! SONG! LIKE! THIS! I'm surprised she's lasted this long.

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Breaking News: SCANDALOUS Cancels Today's Matinee; Carolee Carmello on 'Brief' Vocal Rest

Posted: 11/14/12 at 12:18pm

I was supposed to go tonight... I'm not that upset about this.

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Breaking News: SCANDALOUS Cancels Today's Matinee; Carolee Carmello on 'Brief' Vocal Rest

Posted: 11/14/12 at 12:18pm

"The good news for Ms. Carmello is that she'll probably need to perform the show/sing the score only a few more times after the reviews come out. Then she can get LOTS of vocal rest."

What a disgusting post. Do you not realize that if and when this show closes, a lot of people will be losing their jobs? Shame on you for making a joke about this. I don't care if this show is the worst thing to hit Broadway in years, which I highly doubt having seen Elling a couple years back.

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Breaking News: SCANDALOUS Cancels Today's Matinee; Carolee Carmello on 'Brief' Vocal Rest

Posted: 11/14/12 at 12:25pm

I hope the show doesn't close Friday - would love to see it then.

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Breaking News: SCANDALOUS Cancels Today's Matinee; Carolee Carmello on 'Brief' Vocal Rest

Posted: 11/14/12 at 12:31pm

Oh, calm down, Holster. The show is incredibly under-attended and the grosses are in the toilet. No one working on this show is likely to feel that they have job security right now, and I bet many of them are able to joke about it themselves.

Of course it's unfortunate when talented people end up out of work, but it's also just reality that isn't beyond the realm of potential humor.

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Breaking News: SCANDALOUS Cancels Today's Matinee; Carolee Carmello on 'Brief' Vocal Rest

Posted: 11/14/12 at 1:05pm

Lordy! If I were making jokes about the victims of Hurricane Sandy or the suffering people of Darfur, I would certainly deserve such wrath, but this is COMMERCIAL theater where shows open and close on a very regular basis. Jeez, I worked on Broadway. The show closed after seven weeks and I moved on. Broadway is not sacred territory. Far from it, in fact.

From what folks are reporting, I doubt George Hearn is going to crying in the unemployment line. If anything, he'll likely feel liberated.

#13

Breaking News: SCANDALOUS Cancels Today's Matinee; Carolee Carmello on 'Brief' Vocal Rest

Posted: 11/14/12 at 1:06pm

Could it possibly be that Carolee is not in need of vocal rest but that, instead, the show is still going through some final tweaks before tomorrow's opening or the show is actually not going to open at all?

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Breaking News: SCANDALOUS Cancels Today's Matinee; Carolee Carmello on 'Brief' Vocal Rest

Posted: 11/14/12 at 1:07pm

Tweaking the show now wouldn't affect the reviews as critics have probably already seen the show.

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Breaking News: SCANDALOUS Cancels Today's Matinee; Carolee Carmello on 'Brief' Vocal Rest

Posted: 11/14/12 at 1:10pm

Ah, good point, frogs. So could it be that they are just not going to open the show at all? I don't know anything about what kind of vocal rest is needed, but I suspect that one day is not enough.

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Breaking News: SCANDALOUS Cancels Today's Matinee; Carolee Carmello on 'Brief' Vocal Rest

Posted: 11/14/12 at 1:25pm

Probably obvious question: Do the cast, crew, etc. still get paid for today's performances?

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Breaking News: SCANDALOUS Cancels Today's Matinee; Carolee Carmello on 'Brief' Vocal Rest

Posted: 11/14/12 at 1:36pm

I'm surprised that they had shows scheduled for today with opening being tomorrow-- don't most shows have a day off prior to opening?

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Breaking News: SCANDALOUS Cancels Today's Matinee; Carolee Carmello on 'Brief' Vocal Rest

Posted: 11/14/12 at 1:42pm

Doesn't she have a Standby? This is very odd and very costly. I was hoping to see this today.

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Breaking News: SCANDALOUS Cancels Today's Matinee; Carolee Carmello on 'Brief' Vocal Rest

Posted: 11/14/12 at 1:44pm

Bettyboy I was thinking the exact same thing! Why not have the understudy go on and NOT cancel 2 performances! Isn't this standard practice?

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Breaking News: SCANDALOUS Cancels Today's Matinee; Carolee Carmello on 'Brief' Vocal Rest

Posted: 11/14/12 at 1:46pm

I'm wondering the same thing. With two understudies for the character of Aimee, I'd think (and hope) they'd be ready to go on in case of things like this... Wow. I really do wonder how much longer this show is going to last.

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Breaking News: SCANDALOUS Cancels Today's Matinee; Carolee Carmello on 'Brief' Vocal Rest

Posted: 11/14/12 at 2:23pm

There are surely critics who were supposed to attend today. IF she really is in need of a rest, I suspect that they didn't want to put an understudy on for the sake of critics, considering Carolee is the ONLY reason this show has a life.

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Breaking News: SCANDALOUS Cancels Today's Matinee; Carolee Carmello on 'Brief' Vocal Rest

Posted: 11/14/12 at 2:31pm

As to why understudies did not go on...According to Playbill.com:

Playbill learned that understudies have not been rehearsed to a point of immediate readiness during the Broadway preview process, which began Oct. 13.


They open TOMORROW. Talk about amateur hour.

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Breaking News: SCANDALOUS Cancels Today's Matinee; Carolee Carmello on 'Brief' Vocal Rest

Posted: 11/14/12 at 2:37pm

But for previews, much of the time is spent in rehearsals and re-working the material. Given the changes which supposedly have been made, I can imagine why the understudies may not have been prepared.

It appears that Carolee Carmello may get a longer break than she bargained for-although Kathie Lee Gifford has money and may be able to bankroll the show for a bit.

#24

Breaking News: SCANDALOUS Cancels Today's Matinee; Carolee Carmello on 'Brief' Vocal Rest

Posted: 11/14/12 at 2:39pm

Drunkie Lee should go on, book in hand. I would pay to see that!
She has to know the show, by now.

#25

Breaking News: SCANDALOUS Cancels Today's Matinee; Carolee Carmello on 'Brief' Vocal Rest

Posted: 11/14/12 at 2:49pm

A friend of a friend is in the ensemble. He's trying to get the scoop now.