Donna Murphy, Come out wherever you are... — Page 2

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There she is! (Back to your debates.)

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Updated On: 10/15/05 at 05:33 PM

It seems a significant number of you want to blame Ms.Murphy and neglect to mention the long standing "monster like" reputation the producer's fran and barry have. for the last 10 years i have heard nothing but horror stories about these two..never a kind word from anyone i know has been uttered. is it possible..just maybe they were the problem...or and this might be a stab in the dark..that the press was exploiting a situation they only had little fact bout.
could be? yes.
bottom line...ms. murphy is a tremedous talent. any producer in their right mind would be lucky to have her. her versatility speaks volumes about her. so lets take a page from the book of "not blowing it out of proportion" and hope she comes to broadway again soon.

Here's a website for her:

http://www.butterflyofbroadway.com

avigdar,
Fran and barry must be monsters. Noone wants to work with them. Interesting how all these celebrities who could get other work elsewhere choose to.
How many people have thrown themselves at the Weisslers feet to be Roxie, or Velma?... Not to mention Billy Flynn, Charity, Herman, Ruth.... or how 'bout people like Janine LaMana (and many, many others) who have performed in multiple Weissler shows. You can see Grease, Wonderful Town, Annie Get Your Gun and Chicago in many of the same bios. They must be monsters. Noone ever works for them again...

Maybe Donna had reason not to be at the theatre everynight (maybe she didnt?!) but I think Fran and Barry are the last to blame.

Either way, they are the ones laughing all the way to the bank, no?

Also.... didnt they even put one of the "fired" girls (Helene? Nikki?) from the out-of-town Charity into Chicago when Charity didnt work out?

Updated On: 10/15/05 at 09:19 PM

Donna's absenses could be excused, not forgotten, if she would have issued an official statement saying why she was out more than she was in. I realize it was a "personal" problem, but you think after the slaying she took in print for missing she would have just made a press release to save her name. This woman lost much of her credibility in the business because she never offered a "why". Instead, she just missed, and missed, and missed. If it was a deeply personal problem, she could have made it known, no matter how hard it would have been, and the community would have been behind her, supported her, and felt bad for her.

I agree about that but I still think Murphy's performance was seamless-Brooke's was too in a different way-and I still don't think she deserves to be bashed because of her "Wonderful Town" misbehavior, I do think that she should've released a statement now that you mention it but I'm sure she had her reasons, she doesn't have the diva attitude.

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haha

Okey dokey, old man.

Congratulations, you were an usher! Whoop, whoop.

Don't act like you were at Donna's side during her absenses nursing her back to health. You know what you know from what you heard at the theatre.

And my posts were not bashing. I was just simply saying that she should have given some sort of explanation, even if personal, as to why she was out so much.

Calm down and go back to petting your kitty.

Your kitty is lonely, jrb.

This is too funny.

That would be all well and good except that PJ is clearly on a mission in this thread. I'd be thrilled to know why.

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I'm lost...

I do agree that Murphy should have said something. I'm not saying she should have written a press release delving into her personal problems, but something like, "I am experiencing problems of a very personal nature, and I cannot continue to perform in Wonderful Town" would have won her a lot more sympathy than the disappearing act.