Charlayne Vivika to Replace Elena Shaddow in Piazza Tour? - Variety

[boxers7]

Posted: 9/14/06 at 9:04pm

Rumor has it Charlayne will be taking over as Clara in The Light in the Piazza National Tour. Variety also mentions Valerie Cherish is in talks for Margaret. Wish them both the best of luck!

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 9/14/06 at 9:14pm

Valerie Cherish??? NO WAY!

She'll be great....when she walks in on Clara and Fabrizio, instead of that nice Act 1 end crescendo, she can screech "I don't need to see that!"

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 9/14/06 at 9:22pm

Random humour.

[RuprechtJr.]

Posted: 9/14/06 at 9:46pm

It's not random. Look at the first person's signature and then look at the joke. Also, why are they replacing so soon? How many cities did they do? Only two so far, right? I know I'm probably not right.

[IssaMe]

Posted: 9/15/06 at 11:48am

What "Variety"???? I get Weekly, Daily, and online editions of Variety - and there is nothing in any of them referring to this.

Also have been to the show in S.F. and Cincinnati - and not a peep about this from anyone connected with the show.

WHAT are you talking about?

[zoran912]

Posted: 9/15/06 at 12:06pm

Charlayne Vivika?

Really? I mean - come on.

[erikaamato]

Posted: 9/15/06 at 12:13pm

It's. A. Joke.

[flaemmchen]

Posted: 9/15/06 at 2:45pm

Wow, my emotions just plummeted and went right back up. Don't ever do that again!

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 9/15/06 at 2:48pm

I have no idea who Charlayne Vivika is. But according IBDB, she's never done a Broadway show.

[flaemmchen]

Posted: 9/15/06 at 2:49pm

Well, according to herself, she's the best thing since (insert name of female theatre legend here).

[best12bars]

Posted: 9/15/06 at 3:19pm

Dottie, you don't know Charlayne???

Why she's one of BWW's most celebrated sock puppets!

I'm shocked...

...but not surprised...

[All_For_Laura]

Posted: 9/15/06 at 3:45pm

I frequently talk to Elena, and she WILL be staying with the tour. There is no news of her leaving at all! She is having a great time and loves the cast, a little homesick at time, but that is normal! No replacements will be occuring at all, at least for a while!

[Patronus]

Posted: 9/15/06 at 3:49pm

Joke  /dʒoʊk/ Pronunciation[johk] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation noun, verb, joked, jok‧ing.
–noun
1. something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
2. something that is amusing or ridiculous, esp. because of being ludicrously inadequate or a sham; a thing, situation, or person laughed at rather than taken seriously; farce: Their pretense of generosity is a joke. An officer with no ability to command is a joke.
3. a matter that need not be taken very seriously; trifling matter: The loss was no joke.
4. something that does not present the expected challenge; something very easy: The test was a joke for the whole class.

In the words of Brad Hamilton - Learn it. Love it. Live it.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 9/15/06 at 3:57pm

Best12, considering I've been here for 3 years, I'm surprised I haven't heard of her either!!

But I do know who Valerie Cherish is, and last I heard, she was in a B&T tour of Evita.

Updated On: 9/15/06 at 03:57 PM

[best12bars]

Posted: 9/15/06 at 3:59pm

Dottie---Search for Charlayne Vivika on the BWW threads, if you want a good laugh.


Craziness.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 9/15/06 at 4:05pm

Thanks, Best12. I did just that. How I missed any of those posts is beyond me. I must have been living under a rock!

[best12bars]

Posted: 9/15/06 at 4:19pm

Dottie---If I'd-a been smart... I would have crawled under that same rock with you.


This is a good example of "ignorance is bliss."

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 9/15/06 at 4:32pm

I will admit, some of those posts gave me a laugh.

[All_For_Laura]

Posted: 9/15/06 at 4:33pm

I must have been under that same rock!

lol

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 9/15/06 at 4:34pm

All for Laura, from what I hear, there are a group of us under that rock!

[Yero]

Posted: 9/15/06 at 5:20pm

All I know is both Elena and Christine better be there when it comes to Boston!

[BroadwayBaby6]

Posted: 9/15/06 at 7:35pm

I happen to think charlayne Vivika is one of the UNSUNG treasures of the American Theatre....

[Charlayne Vivika]

Posted: 9/15/06 at 7:48pm

I've been tres occupee these past few days so I didn't have time to respond to this completely false rumor until now. Let me set the record straight! The role of Clara is one that I have been dying to play since first I auditioned for it...oh...way back at the beginning. In fact, I was set to play the role until that bit--, that less talented than I Celia with the slightly famous brother got the part. I was out of the country performing the titular role in Evita when Scarlett or Maureen O'Hara (or someone from that family) got offered MY part and took it to Broadway. This Shadow chick is doing a (probably bus and truck) TOUR, and that for me was never an option, as the Great White Way is my goal, not playing somewhere out in the sticks or boonies. Good luck Elena, especially in getting rid of that pesky British accent, and the rest of you, I will be performing on Broadway within the next 16 months. XXOOXX!!!
Love to you all,
Charlayne :)

[WickedGeek28]

Posted: 9/15/06 at 8:02pm

Updated On: 9/15/06 at 08:02 PM

[BroadwayBaby6]

Posted: 9/15/06 at 8:13pm

Charlayne,

Are you up for Dot in "Sunday"? I think you would make a great Dot especially if James Barbour plays George (although they'll probably go with a more obvious choice like Michael Cerveris).