Goodbye, Carly — Page 2

just a word from the composer/co-lyricist

Carly has given 2 years of fantastic performances as Tracy, and all of us at HAIRSPRAY are wildly grateful to her for that, and want her to get the vocal rest she needs...she has always given her all...and we love her and thank her

And Shannon has been knocking them dead everytime she has gotten to go on, so we are overwhelmed at our good fortune...long live Tracy Turnblad!!!

Marc Shaiman

hopefully I will be able to get a ticket!

How could she sing the role for so long and only NOW have vocal problems? Simple. Some vocal problems can be cumulative. What you thought was just a tickle in your throat can become a reoccuring sore throat... and snowball from there until you find yourself with nodes or worse. I've seen several very promising singers blow themselves out with bad technique or simply not warming up/maintaining the instrument correctly.

I'm not going to dip in to the "fired" controversy since it's mainly fan speculation at this point anyway. If indeed her voice has been damaged, I hope she rests it and heals up soon. I don't care who you are- losing your voice can be a scary and traumatic thing.

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Well, we get the Marissa!

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