Idina hurt in 2nd act of today's matinee/Shoshana finished show instead! — Page 7

Actually the lyric is
"I'm not a fighter I'm a lover
but if you run, then run for cover
fight for your life
yeah"

See, I DO know my man

Capn, I'm very busy and important, and I value my IQ too much to have it lowered with the risk of wicked4life come back, so forgive me for skimming the post and missing yours.

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Updated On: 1/8/05 at 07:23 PM

..I talked to a reletive of mine whos in the show..they said that as of the moment..they arent sure if tehy want idina in tomorrows performance due to her health..however she is very persistant in getting them to allow her..so they are going to play it by ear.. dno if that helps anyone or makes it more unsettled...but at least shes trying.

Have I missed the bickering? I thought I was just being sarcastic.

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To clear things up, as I was in the audience. Forgive me if I'm repeating things, as I only have read the first page of this thread.

During the wicked witch death scene, Idina Menzel was injured. Apparently she either tripped or fell or had some mishap with the trapdoor that she goes down as Elphaba melts. The audience could only see what went on as a silhouette through the small curtain they use for the melting scene.

As Jennifer stood downstage, everything seemed normal until you saw Idina fall and a stagehand run onstage (behind that curtain) to help her. The music stopped and you could hear Idina crying out, while someone was saying "Blood blood, is there blood" and "Call 911, hurry up"....Jennifer started crying and walked offstage. The house lights came up, and the main curtain was lowered.

An annoucnement was made asking for any doctors in the house to report to the sound booth, and that they would try to resume the show ASAP. After two more announcements and 40 minutes later, Shoshana went on as Elphaba for the final scene. The whole cast was visibly shaken, and Joey Mac made an announcement to the audience saying that Idina would pull through and that he thanked everyone for their understanding. She was not present at the curtain call. Idina is out tonight and presumably tomorrow. The word from a doctor there was that she may have broken a few ribs, or at least "will have a serious bruise"...

It didn't happen during "For Good", and she was NOT present for the curtain call.

ok, well, now that it is somewhat explained, i'm out of this thread...

How about everybody hushes up for now? We already determined by reading the article who was correct, and who was pulling rumors out of their ass. There's nothing to be done but just wait and see how she is, and if she'll be able to go on tomorrow. Stop the damn bickering.

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Oh yes, thousands of upset disapointed fans, that IS hilarious...you sicko.

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I don't find it to be particularly funny - what if you were a huge fan of (insert any actor/actress) and were getting the chance to see their last performance, I'm sure you would agree that it would be a very big deal. It's really just childish and juvenile to make a comment like that - some people were really looking forward to her last night.

Updated On: 1/8/05 at 07:31 PM

I just can't imagine what the fans who paid >$1000 for tickets from scalpers are doing right now. Getting drunk or being fitted for a straight jacket, I bet.

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What I mean is that it's been officially announced what actually happened, so the several comments that keep coming up on people's takes on what happened are unessecary. All anyone can do is wait to hear how she's doing.

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I told someone what happened and they started laughing, but it wasn't to what i said...lol i was about to smack them!

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