Chicago Glinda Injured During "Popular"

[CapnHook]

Posted: 10/14/05 at 4:57pm

I'm surprised this wasn't posted - but since it's WICKED related, I probably just missed it.

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/95676.html

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 10/14/05 at 5:00pm

Ouch. Hope she gets better soon.

[Eliza0114]

Posted: 10/14/05 at 5:00pm

LoL, Hook. I like your reaction almost more than the post. this is why I'll never do Wicked - I might get killed. it's like a curse.

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 10/14/05 at 5:01pm

This is what happens when you are untrained...

Yeah, I said it!

Just kidding.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 10/14/05 at 5:03pm

Oh. My. God! LOL!!

How did she do it? Bang it against the bed?

[CapnHook]

Posted: 10/14/05 at 5:06pm

And this show is cursed, isn't it?

Chenoweth gets a neckbrace.
Idina falls through a trap door.
Joel Grey leaves for medical reasons.
(Did Butz leave due to injury/illness?)
and now Reinder.

[pndmnd]

Posted: 10/14/05 at 5:09pm

Norbert Leo Butz had a leave for a back injury, I think, not too long into the Broadway run. I don't know if it was caused by the show, though.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 10/14/05 at 5:12pm

Butz injured his back shortly after the show opened on Broadway and was out for 3 months. Taye Diggs played Fiyero while Butz was on medical leave.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 10/14/05 at 5:14pm

I think maybe they're all just faking injuries now to further exploit rumors of the curse. which, I don't believe exists.

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 10/14/05 at 5:16pm

. . .
Stephanie hurt her back and Neck on the Tour
Shoshana took a header recently into the Orchestra pit . . .

[Piazzaslight]

Posted: 10/14/05 at 5:18pm

My, my, my. I hope she's okay.

As for the Wicked curse... Maybe it's the curse of Margaret Hamilton, who wanted to keep her character evil.

Just kidding about the curse. I hope Kate is okay. She was great in Gypsy.

[WindyCityActor]

Posted: 10/14/05 at 5:25pm

Hope she feels better.....

...sigh, and I have tickets for next weekend.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 10/14/05 at 5:26pm

How does a person get injured in a "sit down" production? Did she lean too far back in her chair?

Updated On: 10/14/05 at 05:26 PM

[Aigoo]

Posted: 10/14/05 at 5:33pm

I hope she's okeedoke.

[Phantom2]

Posted: 10/14/05 at 5:57pm

I heard about this several days ago. Here's to a speedy recovery...may you be back in the bubble again soon!

Updated On: 10/14/05 at 05:57 PM

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 10/14/05 at 6:38pm

Injuries:

-Cheno and the Neck Brace.
-Norbert out for 3 months due to back injury (Kristoffer Cussick filled in for the first month and a half and Taye Diggs for the second month and a half.)
-Idina's infamous fall on 1/8/05
-Steph's injury during the Tour dress rehearsel before opening night
-Sho getting caught in a trap door (no real injury but it happened..)
-Sho falling off the stage
-Kate breaking her foot

And the list goes on... It really is eery. And didnt something happen to Chris Fitzgerald (original Boq) also? Because he left and Randy Harrison played Boq for about a month and then Chris came back...

[BreakingTheCircle07]

Posted: 10/14/05 at 6:39pm

Poor Kate. Hope she gets better.

[ElphabaRose]

Posted: 10/14/05 at 6:40pm

Chris left to do a show at __________(I don't remember which) Theatre Festival for that month.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 10/14/05 at 6:41pm

I wonder which show has more injuries: Wicked or Lion King?

[Parks]

Posted: 10/14/05 at 6:46pm

Was anyone at the performance? I wonder what she did....

"Popular, you're gonna be--F**K! OUCH!"

[xxnewgirlxx]

Posted: 10/14/05 at 6:56pm

Just don't cast Christina Applegate as Glinda.

I remember Norbert saying he'd get hurt all the time during the Fiyero-swings-in-on-a-rope scene.

[Elphaba3]

Posted: 10/14/05 at 8:11pm

Anyone know why Sara Jean Ford won't be alternating with Sarah Jane? I thought both were understudies. I hope Kate gets better soon.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 10/14/05 at 8:35pm

Because having to remember if Sarah Jane or Sarah Jean is on on a constant basis will send the stage managers to an early grave.

[Elphaba3]

Posted: 10/14/05 at 8:44pm

Ha ha, I was hoping for an actual answer.

[Footlooser]

Posted: 10/14/05 at 9:08pm

What is this about Sho falling into the Orchastra pit?