Elena Roger playing matinees in Evita?
Elena Roger playing matinees in Evita?
SFFrontRow
Broadway Star Joined: 3/19/05
#1Elena Roger playing matinees in Evita?
Posted: 1/25/12 at 3:50pm
Have the producers specified if Elena Roger (and Ricky Martin for that matter) are playing matinees? I know that Patti LuPone did NOT play matinees back in the day (it was Florence Lacey who I saw in a touring production and was very good but was not the "star" that Evita made out of LuPone).
I would take a matinee but I want to see the "next big thing" in Rogers - would like to see Martin as well, but more interested in how Roger performs this role.
Does anyone know if the producers have made any commitments on the scheduling?
Thanks --
Updated On: 1/25/12 at 03:50 PM
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#2Elena Rogers playing matinees in Evita?
Posted: 1/25/12 at 3:56pmElena Rogers is not in Evita, who is she?
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
#2Elena Rogers playing matinees in Evita?
Posted: 1/25/12 at 4:00pm
No announcement has been made but in London She skipped Monday and Tuesdays and later Monday and Thursdays. She didn't follow the traditional Evita schedule of skipping matinees.
Evita starts previews on a Monday, however, so I assume she will at least do the first preview and that her alternate schedule the first few weeks of the run will be different.
#3Elena Rogers playing matinees in Evita?
Posted: 1/25/12 at 4:07pmI don't know if this has been discussed here before. But there are no Sunday Performances listed for the first six months of the run. They're doing Mon-Sat, then switching to Tue-Sun.
Art has a double face, of expression and illusion.
#4Elena Rogers playing matinees in Evita?
Posted: 1/25/12 at 4:07pmDidn't Roger do all the previews in London? I was under the impression the alternate didn't begin covering for her until the show had opened, but that may be wrong.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Updated On: 1/25/12 at 04:07 PM
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
showchoirguy
Broadway Star Joined: 7/14/10
#5Elena Rogers playing matinees in Evita?
Posted: 1/25/12 at 4:29pmSo to catch Elena as Eva, evenings would be the way to go?
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#6Elena Rogers playing matinees in Evita?
Posted: 1/25/12 at 4:31pm
So to catch Elena as Eva, evenings would be the way to go?
No, read above.
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
#7Elena Roger playing matinees in Evita?
Posted: 1/25/12 at 4:37pm
Roger.
ROGER.
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#8Elena Roger playing matinees in Evita?
Posted: 1/25/12 at 4:38pmIf you want to be sure to catch her, I'd go on a Friday or Saturday night. I actually think she did all matinees during her London run, so those buying assuming she is going to do the traditional 6 performance a week schedule might be disappointed...
showchoirguy
Broadway Star Joined: 7/14/10
#10Elena Roger playing matinees in Evita?
Posted: 1/25/12 at 4:44pm
If their dark day is Sunday for the first part of the run, I'd imagine one of the two performances Roger will opt to miss are those on Monday evenings in order to give herself back to back days off (which she did consistently in London.) Thursday evening being the other day off would make sense too, since it gives her a break in the middle of the week without having to miss any of the prime weekend performances on Friday and Saturday, which I imagine the producers want her in for anyway.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Updated On: 1/25/12 at 04:44 PM
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
SFFrontRow
Broadway Star Joined: 3/19/05
#11Elena Roger playing matinees in Evita?
Posted: 1/25/12 at 4:54pm
Thanks for correcting my misspell on her name...
How EMBARRASSED am I? I want so badly to see "her" in the show and I DON'T EVEN KNOW HER ACTUAL NAME. What kind of idiot am I?
Just so you all know, and I have said this before, I am not a neophyte. I travel to NYC 3 times a year for a 6-day visit each time. On each visit, I attend 9 shows in 6 days. I have been going to NYC since 1983.
I apologize for my stupidity (LOL).
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#12Elena Roger playing matinees in Evita?
Posted: 1/25/12 at 4:59pmIt's ok, love. You are certainly not the first, nor you'll be the last.
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#13Elena Roger playing matinees in Evita?
Posted: 1/25/12 at 5:08pm
As Elena Roger has her name above the title of the show, there should be ample notification if she's missing a performance AND full refunds will be available at the box office when she doesn't go on.
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
Updated On: 1/25/12 at 05:08 PM
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#14Elena Roger playing matinees in Evita?
Posted: 1/25/12 at 5:10pmROGER!
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
SFFrontRow
Broadway Star Joined: 3/19/05
#15Elena Roger playing matinees in Evita?
Posted: 1/25/12 at 5:17pm
See Blaxx it is really NOT okay as now I have perpetuated this horrible error and it is multiplying.
But, I have corrected the original posting and the topic title. At least we have that (LOL).
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#16Elena Roger playing matinees in Evita?
Posted: 1/25/12 at 5:19pmRoger and out...
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
#17Elena Roger playing matinees in Evita?
Posted: 1/25/12 at 5:24pm
Somebody posted that the box office has said they will allow exchanges for seats purchased before the alternate schedule is posted, but we of course don't know yet if that's true.
After the schedule is posted, I doubt they will allow refunds for performances her alternate takes. If she's out ill, perhaps, but apparently her track record in London was near perfect attendance.
#18Elena Roger playing matinees in Evita?
Posted: 1/25/12 at 5:35pmI bought tickets for a Thursday evening performance 3 weeks ago. You guys suck lol.
#19Elena Roger playing matinees in Evita?
Posted: 1/25/12 at 6:33pm
Just think "Ginger Roger and Fred Astairs," and you'll remember it.
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Owen22
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/24/11
#20Elena Roger playing matinees in Evita?
Posted: 1/25/12 at 6:34pm...but is it pronounced Rog-air or Rog-ay?
HBP
Broadway Star Joined: 6/2/05
#21Elena Roger playing matinees in Evita?
Posted: 1/25/12 at 7:29pmI really can't decide if I want to see Elena or Christina DeCicco, so I may just buy tickets for a Wednesday matinee and put it into fate's hands. Is Elena a must see? I've heard mixed reviews coming from the West End...
#22Elena Roger playing matinees in Evita?
Posted: 1/25/12 at 7:38pmI bought tickets for a matinee specifically because I'm not a fan of Roger's, based on youtube videos. I'm hoping I'll see the alternate.
Art has a double face, of expression and illusion.
random person 112
Broadway Star Joined: 6/26/11
#23Elena Roger playing matinees in Evita?
Posted: 1/25/12 at 9:11pmWait who said that about previews starting monday? That makes no sense. Is it true?
Visceral_Fella
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/18/12
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