DR. SEX Closing Perf/Unprofessionalism from a cast member

Jenn Simard was kind enough to pass off four comps to the closing performance to me and my friends and, once again, we had a blast. Hearing that amazing woman belt her heart out is a blessing in of itself. But getting to enjoy a good laugh for a few hours is a blessing, too. Sometimes escapist theater is a nice way to get away from the thought of subway threats, the drama of life, the disappointment of love, etc. etc.

Anyway, onto the performance. There really isn't much to say since my first review except for the fact that the extremely talented Jared Bradshaw went on for Brian Noonan as Dr. Alfred Kinsey, the title character, in the FINAL PERFORMANCE. Best of all - it was Jared's first time going on. Some moments with a script in hand, some moments calling for line, some moments giving it his all as if you had no clue he had never played the role before.

To say that Brian's calling in sick displays an extremely unprofessional attitude of calling in for his final performance when, frankly, he just wasn't all that sick to begin with, is an understatement. I'm sure the entire cast felt extremely betrayed by their leading man abandoning them for their final performance. However, Jared went on and saved the show. His rendition of the closing, 11 o'clock number, "Book-Chicka-Boom" was above and beyond Brian Noonan's AND it was his first time performing the number not in a rehearsal setting. As a fellow actor (although only currently a theater STUDENT), just watching the number makes it obvious how extremely difficult the number must be and Jared did not flub once during it.

At the close of the performance, there was a standing ovation which Jared most certainly deserved.

Keep your eye out for the name Jared Bradshaw. He's going place, folks. And just close your eyes to the name Brian Noonan because, well, he's not going anywhere anymore!

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Maybe he was, you know, SICK.

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Unless you're his doctor, you don't know how sick he actually was, so you can't call it unprofessional. If he came in delirious from fever, kept forgetting his lines and had to run offstage to vomit, someone else would only complain how "unprofessional" it was that he DIDN'T call out sick.

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Kathleen Turner missed the final performance of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in Boston because she was ill. Would you call that unprofessionalism?

Unless you know FOR A FACT that he was not sick and just blew it off, you really have NO RIGHT to call him unprofessional.

I actually have spoken to members of the production team about their feelings on the subject. And from what I was told, he wasn't that sick and many people did feel very betrayed.

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Oh Craig,

You never fail to make me laugh. And for all the wrong reasons.

She didn't miss the entire performance, she still came out for one scene- but out of costume and high on painkillers. Perhaps iluvtheatertrash would have preferred if Brian Noonan had done this.

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Updated On: 10/10/05 at 04:24 PM

ZING!


Everybody, come on...it's just gossip and folks gossip on here all the time. We're mostly grown-ups and we can read the posts and decide for ourselves, right?

Most posts on the board are opinions anyway, why is this any different?

Updated On: 10/10/05 at 04:31 PM

To play devil's advocate, how do YOU know that? And iluv's opinion is just as valid as anyone else's....I'm not sayin, I'm just sayin....

I know because I was in the cast of the first reading - I was at those rehearsals and I witnessed the conversations w/Sally and Larry first hand. Sorry, I didn't mention that before because people on here crucify me every time I mention that I was indeed involved with the production as a way to back up my feelings on the show. Apparently proof or judgements based on experience are not welcome here.

As for a cast airing their dirty laundry to a 'theatre student/musical theatre-head' - yes, I agree, that is just plain unprofessional.

Folks..don't even waste your time with this phoney thread.

Check out "All That Chat" on talkinbroadway.com where this same poster has written a similar story of "unbelieveable" bravery and "supurb" performance from Jarod. You would think this actor is the second coming.

Theatertrash (how appropriate) obviously knows the actor and is just "shilling" for them. Look at the "All That Chat" posting...they're even kind enough to give us Jarods web page address.

Theatertrash...indeed.

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Did this show not have understudies?
Was this guy the understudy? If so then why was he calling for lines and holding the script? Am I missing something here?

Updated On: 10/10/05 at 10:09 PM

Could you answer my question? I really did want to know