Idina hurt in 2nd act of today's matinee/Shoshana finished show instead! — Page 10

Whoever edited out the horrible comments made in this thread, thank you.

To those who were at the theatre tonight, or saw the show - any buzz?

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i feel VERY bad for her. I pray for a speedy recovery, because in all seriousness, the woman was just doing her job, and something went wrong. I feel quite bad for her, and I hope she is able to perform tomorrow evening.

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I don't know if this has already been posted cause I didn't read all ten pages but there is an article about this right now on BWW. Just trying to help.

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It's terribly sad to hear this news. I'm sure she will recover, and she'll be sad, but she will always have a legendary story to tell about "her final weekend" and all the good spirits that came her way, even if she couldn't finish.

But to her fans seeing the show tomorrow...I'm sure the one thing Idina would not want you to do is miss the show because she may not be there. A show that is presumably so dear to her heart deserves your support. And it's your job to make sure the cast on stage knows that they are loved and appreciated, and make sure they feel the warmth. Because as they say, the show must go on.

p.s. back to the costume question posted waaay earlier...since Shoshana is starting Tuesday, wouldn't she have had her own "official" costume made, if one hadn't been made while she was a standby? So that even if Idina went to the hospital in costume, there wouldn't be a shortage?

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Multiple costumes aren't always made - it depends on how elaborate the piece is.

In the case of Elphaba's costume for that scene: I wouldn't be surprised if duplicates were made.

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This is not a joking matter and for those of you who keep saying to stop posting or this thread is getting tired need to understand how much pain she must be in. I feel AWFUL for her and am praying that she will have a quick recovery and possibly make it to the show tomorrow. This is heartbreaking news.

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I just thought of this...

I wonder how many people were assisting Shoshana Bean in applying her green makeup when she was called in. I thought I read an interview with Idina in which she said that with herself and the makeup artist, it took about an hour. Or did she say that they cut down the time? Anyway, it MUST take more than ten minutes to apply it. And if the break between Idina's incident and the continuation of the show with Shoshana was only 45 minutes, they must have been hustling to greenify her!

Updated On: 1/8/05 at 09:47 PM

I was also at the matinee today, but I read the whole thread and the articles, so I'll try not to repeat any information or just speculate.

During the scene when she melts, you could see her silhouette go down as she went through the trapdoor. Then, someone came out and carried her off to the side and someone else grabbed her hat. JLT stood off to the side for a few minutes and you could hear people talking behind the curtain saying "Call 911!" but I didn't hear anything about blood, just muffled talking (I had a good seat). Then JLT left the stage and the lights came up and the curtain went down.

My dad was waiting outside the theater at the time and saw "someone in a pettycoat and green body paint being loaded into an ambulance." He made no mention of the dress, so it was probably taken off because they wanted to check her ribs. Shoshana was wearing the dress (or her dress) during the curtain call, but not when she first came up out of trapdoor, so who knows.

After the curtain call, Joey stopped the conductor and said that this was "against protocal", but he just wanted to let us know that Idina had hurt her ribs and that she was strong and was going to be okay.

As for Shoshana getting ready so fast, we were waiting for a good 45 minutes. There was definitely enough time to do a passable job, but at that point, I don't think many people were paying attention something as petty as that.

I felt bad, my sister and I ran into some people later that night because that said they were going to see Wicked. We told them about what happened, and at first they didn't believe us. Then they kind of freaked out because they had come this weekend specfically to see Idina's last shows.

Thought of this eerie parallel during the wait: During the filming of The Wizard of Oz, the trapdoor didn't work right for Margaret Hamilton and she was burned on her face and hands when the flames shot up.

I'm going to believe Joey for now and hope Idina will be better soon.

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Could this be a hint as to the existence of a "The Wizard of Oz"/Wicked Witch of the West curse that affects those who play the Wicked Witch?? Sorry, I'm a little spacey... Just a thought...

" for those of you who keep saying to stop posting or this thread is getting tired need to understand how much pain she must be in."

Wicked4Lyfe, what has people saying to stop posting have to do with the pain she's in?

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"I wonder how many people were assisting Shoshana Bean in applying her green makeup when she was called in. I thought I read an interview with Idina in which she said that with herself and the makeup artist, it took about an hour."

I must admit that I know NOTHING about makeup but I would think (in the interest of saving time) they would only apply the green makeup only where absolutely necessary....that is, skin is in plain view (face, hands etc). For example, in the first act, during Dancing Through Life and Popular she's wear a costume that full shows her arms, neck, face etc. I don't recall that the final costume reveals that much


"Thought of this eerie parallel during the wait: During the filming of The Wizard of Oz, the trapdoor didn't work right for Margaret Hamilton and she was burned on her face and hands when the flames shot up."

I never heard that but then again I haven't see The Wizard of Oz in a very long time, I've been meaning to buy it....

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I seriously just spent the last like half hour reading this thread....
That is truly awful what happened. I just saw the show for the first time on tuesday, and Idina was wonderful in it. I will never forget how I got chills from her voice, especially in Defying Gravity and No Good Deed.

I really hope nothing all that bad happened to her. I send all my best wishes to her! And hope she can perform tomorrow, as it is her last and I know she wouldn't want to miss that.

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