felixleiter said: "The absences (aside from the wedding in April) have everything to do with the role being a too tiring for Beanie to do 8 times a week. If you dismiss the pre-show hype about MT being in her blood/ this being her dream role/etc, you see that the simple fact is that she is not a performer who has worked for years building up stamina to star in a multi-million dollar musical 8 times a week, let alone the psycholoigical implications of her performance being poorly regarded in a vehicle which literally has her image and likeness attached to every piece of promotion. She is an accomplished film and television actress who has a minor background in musical theatre. She is not someone who came up through the trenches of college, stock, regional, broadway choruses, understudies, etc. As someone else said, perhaps in one of the other threads, Minnie Fae and Fanny Brice are WILDLY different in terms the the nightly stamina requirements of the performers inhabiting those characters And, yes, many others with similar stories have been fortunate enough to find that they do indeed have those muscles, but the very sad fact is fact is that the titular star at the August Wilson is not the indefatigable force of nature that is needed on a nightly basis.
And yes-The Company absolutely knows that the show plays better with Benko, but the dichotomy is that Feldstein, aside from her limitations on stage, is well-liked by the company. For their sake let's hope that marketing and creative come up with a subtle but equitable way to navigate the next few weeks so that the balance of this run is somewhat smooth and everyone can show up and do their jobs without the drama."
She's way in over her head and has bitten off more than she could chew. Now she's under the pressure to really deliver because her likeness is ALL OVER the ad campaign. It's not like they used a cute upside down girl on roller skates, y;know?
Updated On: 5/31/22 at 01:11 PM
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