Exclusive: SPIDER-MAN's Arachne, T.V. Carpio, Out for 2-3 Weeks with Whiplash

[Rob]

Posted: 3/22/11 at 5:40pm

yikes
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[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 3/22/11 at 5:43pm

Oh lawd.

[Kalimba]

Posted: 3/22/11 at 5:46pm

Oh puhlease. They must think we're stupid. Next thing you know they'll say she won't be able to return to the show....ever.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 3/22/11 at 5:47pm

It's always something with this show. I guess Book of Mormon starting stealing some of it's spotlight and they need to get back in the news.

[Katurian2]

Posted: 3/22/11 at 5:48pm

That's terrible. If the show has the fortune to run long enough for a replacement cast to come it, I'd think it would be hard to lure an actor in Arachne's role. The possibilities for injury in the part seem ridiculously high.

[steven22]

Posted: 3/22/11 at 5:57pm

Bye bye Arachne. Bye bye Julie Taymor

[Marianne2]

Posted: 3/22/11 at 5:58pm

Is this now injury #5? They might as well just shut it down early.

[Kalimba]

Posted: 3/22/11 at 5:59pm

^Exactly. Just the perfect set up to say they decided to eliminate the character completely.

[ReggieonBway]

Posted: 3/22/11 at 6:06pm

I feel bad for her (she is a fairly talented singer) but I don't feel bad for the show.

[willheim2]

Posted: 3/22/11 at 6:26pm

so juicy. it's not about eliminating the character. jmho.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 3/22/11 at 6:34pm

Chase Brock? WOW!

I hate the way they get rid of Acne over there. Whack em with a rope, put em on in the part than throw em back in the chorus, Whip lash em, just brutal.

[BroadwayBound062]

Posted: 3/22/11 at 6:54pm

again? dear God.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 3/22/11 at 6:58pm

[best12bars]

Posted: 3/22/11 at 6:59pm

I can't wait for the musical version of this behind-the-scenes musical.

[kyl3fong2]

Posted: 3/22/11 at 7:30pm

Ugh...and just when we thought that the other shows on Broadway are actually going to get the spotlight for a change and Spider-Man returns in the headlines yet again...

[egghumor]

Posted: 3/22/11 at 8:09pm

I agree with Kalimba. Don't be surprised if we never see Ms. Carpio return to the show. By the time she would ready to return, the show will shut down for an overhaul. Among the things believed to be jettisoned are possibly the character of Arachne, played by T.V. Carpio. Injury took her out, but book writers and directors might well eliminate her altogether. Wishing her well...

[bwayfan7000]

Posted: 3/22/11 at 8:11pm

Poor America Olivo. She's had to play the role for a stretch twice now, likely with no real reward either time.

[Elphie3]

Posted: 3/22/11 at 8:54pm

best12bars - you read my mind! Wanna start working on it with me? LOL

[SNAFU]

Posted: 3/22/11 at 8:59pm

Who would you cast as Taymor? Someone just plain nuts.... Hmmmmmmmmm someone who screams at people about ART.....

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 3/22/11 at 9:18pm

"She's had to play the role for a stretch twice now, likely with no real reward either time."

What does that mean? Like, she didn't get a dog treat?!

She got to perform the role. That's all the reward an actor needs.

[bwayfan7000]

Posted: 3/22/11 at 9:23pm

It means she had to play the role every night when Mendoza was out while someone else was being groomed to take over it full time, and now if Carpio never returns, Olivo will either have no role at all to play or a severely cut down one.

I know she has been lucky to go on in a major role in a Broadway production, but it has to be frustrating for a performer to go on as an understudy for a long period of time under those circumstances.

[B3TA07]

Posted: 3/22/11 at 10:18pm

I think this is a first time that Rob has commented on a story that he's posted.