Charlotte St. Martin Petition — Page 2

I don’t think she was putting the blame on understudies, that’s how people have interrupted it (disingenuously). Not having prepared understudies is either no one’s fault (it’s just the reality of the business and it does not work well during a pandemic) or the production’s fault (if they could have been more strategic). She was just describing the reality of the situation. If there were enough prepared understudies the shows would likely not have closed. Do we always have to take the most extreme, offensive interpretation possible? It seems many people want to do everything they can to make sure they are offended.

A couple of people signing a petition from a silly Broadway site-BWW is nonsense and has no merit. It's all about how she said it and then realizing what she said and apologized it all lacked eloquence. Not grounds of her being fired but do feel it's time for a change after 15 years.

What she said was stupid, ignorant and offensive to all of those hard working performers. Agreed. But this has turned into a witch hunt and it’s unpleasant to witness.

Regardless where we fall on this, as forum goers, as attendees, as fans, it really comes down to the community itself, the ones working on Broadway.


From what I’ve seen, a lot of them are very upset with her, and her comments, and have been publicly outspoken on social media.


I mean, Wicked just released this statement on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/wicked_musical/status/1474148727480803331?s=21


What does this tell us?


The community may no longer have faith in her abilities or leadership, and they have to figure out where they stand / where they go from here.

Updated On: 12/23/21 at 05:57 PM

Tag said: "pmensky said: "I don’t care whether or not she’s knowledgeable about the business if she’s keeping things running well behind the scenes. However, when you can’t properly answer questions about the business, you shouldn’t be the spokesperson. She’s had two missteps in two days, and that has resulted in a lot of embarrassment and anger. They need a more knowledgeable representative to deal with the press and public. As far as the new Executive Director of AEA goes, perhaps if he’s around as long as Ms. St. Martin, he may actually take the time to learn about the industry in which he’s working. Just because someone comes from another industry doesn’t mean they’re incapable of learning."

What is the second misstep?"

Actually, there were three. Last week was the first when she prematurely boasted in the afternoon how only 4 shows were cancelled that evening. At that point, shows had been canceling right up to curtain, and that evening had several more than 4 cancelled by the time it was over. There were comments in this thread, some of which I believe were deleted, which suggested she was out of touch then. Either she was unaware of the cancellation pattern that had been going on, or she was just choosing to ignore it like the mayor from Jaws. The second was the understudy comment, and the third was in her apology where she attempted to justify her rude comment by saying “I don’t make theatre” as if her lack of knowledge of how the industry works somehow entitled her to be rude about the competency of its workers.

Another Call for Her to be Let Go