Fantasia and absenses

[Here I Am]

Fantasia and absenses#1

Posted: 10/15/07 at 7:31am

Does anyone know how she's been with that or if she has any scheduled dates coming up that she is going to miss? I am seeing the show on Wednesday night and I really would like to see her. Thanks! :)

[peaceone]

re: Fantasia and absenses#2

Posted: 10/15/07 at 7:38am

Fantasia is schedule for 7 shows a week..she does not do the Wednesday matinee.

Her attendence was been great lately.

[Here I Am]

re: Fantasia and absenses#2

Posted: 10/15/07 at 7:40am

Thanks so much. Thats awesome! So glad I have tickets for the night show so she'll be all rested up. :)

[sesboa]

re: Fantasia and absenses#3

Posted: 10/15/07 at 7:55am

I really hope that you will see Fantasia as planned. I saw her in the show this summer and it was definitely worth travelling all the way to NY from the opposite side of the globe. :)

[folkyboy]

re: Fantasia and absenses#4

Posted: 10/15/07 at 10:26am

don't hold your breath on seeing her

[peaceone]

re: Fantasia and absenses#5

Posted: 10/15/07 at 11:05am

^..lol

[mywonderwa11]

re: Fantasia and absenses#6

Posted: 10/15/07 at 11:24am

Is The Color Purple usually at TKTS?

"Somethin's comin', I don't know what it is but it is gonna be great!"

[Kev]

re: Fantasia and absenses#7

Posted: 10/15/07 at 11:50am

Yes, TCP is usually at TKTS.

Having seen the show (again) last week, I want to echo the praise for Fantasia. Montego Glover was passable as Celie, but Fantasia brings the show to another level.

[jv92]

re: Fantasia and absenses#8

Posted: 10/15/07 at 4:47pm

Oh boo hoo. Poor Fantasia doesn't have enough energy to scream a banal eleve o'clock number (and nothing much else) and has to miss Wednesday matinees.
Sorry. I had to. I could understand if she was onstage in every scene and had 10 songs, but it's one freakin' song at the end and a couple of other riffs throughout the rest of the show. Come on.

[dream on]

re: Fantasia and absenses#9

Posted: 10/15/07 at 5:16pm

^JV92

You have me roflmao. That was hilarious. You must not have seen the show. She really has you up in arms. LOL.


Updated On: 10/15/07 at 05:16 PM

[myManCape]

re: Fantasia and absenses#10

Posted: 10/15/07 at 5:28pm

I heard she was out all weekend? Is this true? I heard that Montego Glover missed the final rehersal for the Behind the Iron Mask reading because she was on at Purple.

"Have they come yet?"

[jv92]

re: Fantasia and absenses#11

Posted: 10/15/07 at 6:51pm

I did see Fantasia in the show and I was as unimpressed with the whole thing as I was with LaChanze. I just think the part is badly written and that it is laughable that these actresses miss consecutive performances performing a role that is basically nothing, despite the billing.
Updated On: 10/15/07 at 06:51 PM

[peaceone]

re: Fantasia and absenses#12

Posted: 10/15/07 at 7:07pm

^ Well thank God that your not a Broadway critic they seem to all love Fantasia in the role.

[B3TA07]

re: Fantasia and absenses#13

Posted: 10/15/07 at 7:15pm

Show sucks.

-Benjamin
--http://www.benjaminadgate.com/

[Dollypop]

re: Fantasia and absenses#14

Posted: 10/15/07 at 7:42pm

It's time for Broadway composers to re-evaluate their writing styles so they can write scores which can be sung by the same performers 8 times a week. Remember, the vocal chords are only muscles and as such are subject to fatigue and stress.

Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Jerry Herman and Richard Rodgers could write scores that didn't have to be screamed through and the stars rarely (if ever) missed performances to "rest up".

This is live theater, not a recording studio!

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

Updated On: 10/15/07 at 07:42 PM

[Here I Am]

re: Fantasia and absenses#15

Posted: 10/15/07 at 7:46pm

I agree with you Dollypop! It seems like everything nowadays is "how high can I belt??" ... and don't get me wrong, I like belting as much as the next guy, but it is slowly killing singer's voices. I don't care how trained you are. Singing Defying Gravity 8 times a week isn't healthy. (as much as I love that song).

[folkyboy]

re: Fantasia and absenses#16

Posted: 10/15/07 at 7:55pm

i always got the impression from this show that it was written with so little work with and the actresses and actors had to sass it up to make it seem like something awe inspiring. if every one of them sang it in a regular tone, people would realise most of the score isn't very good.

i do think i enjoyed the show more than most of these people in this thread tho.

[jv92]

re: Fantasia and absenses#17

Posted: 10/15/07 at 10:01pm

"Well thank God that your not a Broadway critic they seem to all love Fantasia in the role."

On that note...
You know, even though I'm a democrat, Rupert Murdoch, if you're looking for a replacement for Clive Barnes when he croaks, I could probably write a review ten times better than him. I'll make sure I stay awake.

[BroadwayEnthusiast2]

re: Fantasia and absenses#18

Posted: 10/15/07 at 10:21pm

Really, she only has "I'm Here", and that isn't the most challenging somg to sing. Most of it is very slow. Seriously, composers need to find a balance between the performers (Celie should have several good songs) and try not to make it so that a performer (even though Celie is a weak excuse for missing quite a bit of shows) doesn't have to strain their voice 8 times a week.

"I mean, sitting side by side with another man watching Patti LuPone play Rose in GYPSY on Broadway is essentially the equivalent of having hardcore sex." -Wanna Be A Foster. "Say 'Goody.' Say 'Bubbi.'" ... "That's it. Exactly as if it were 'Goody.' Now I know you're gonna sing 'Goody' this time, but nevertheless..."

[Pascal/Menzel/Bundy]

re: Fantasia and absenses#19

Posted: 10/15/07 at 10:31pm

Honestly I've never cared for Fantasia's voice. Especially as one for Broadway. I see why people like her, but I guess she's just not my taste. Good for her though, for having a successful career.

"It means nothing to come and sit in a theater night after night and immerse yourself in fantasy, only then to walk out the door and be unchanged in reality. This show will live on in our hearts. But where it truly must survive is in our actions, our compassion and our generousity of spirit towards one another." - Adam Pascal on the closing of RENT

[bially082]

re: Fantasia and absenses#20

Posted: 10/16/07 at 12:44am

I work at TCP. She missed all weekend. Ya never know if she'll be there. She has also called out minutes before show time numerous times.

You are young, life has been kind to you. You will learn.

[Here I Am]

re: Fantasia and absenses#21

Posted: 10/16/07 at 1:34am

aww that sucks. If you are on this board tomorrow and remember, can you let me know if she does tomorrow night's show? thanks :)

[Wanna Be A Foster]

re: Fantasia and absenses#22

Posted: 10/16/07 at 7:10am

Are there a lot of pissed off audience members who traveled from Kentucky just to see Fantasia?

"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad

"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)

[folkyboy]

re: Fantasia and absenses#23

Posted: 10/16/07 at 8:02am

yeehaw

[craftymarley]

re: Fantasia and absenses#24

Posted: 10/16/07 at 12:45pm

Fantasia's attendence has been much better since she stopped doing the Wednesday matinees, though it's true for a couple of months the situation was not good. She was evidently very sick all weekend, but hopefully will be well again for the Wednesday evening show.

Here I Am, I'm not sure why you would need someone to let you know if Fantasia is at tomorrow night's show. Didn't you say you were seeing it?