Idina out second act — Page 4

I think the person would still be pissed (and rightfully so. CLEARLY stated to not link). A simple internet search on obvious websites should do.

How do they get away with that? In this case the title of the show is practically Idina Menzel in If/Then. I can understand the disappointment and the exchanging of tickets for a later date, but I don't understand the twitter berating.

A friend of mine who I was with this afternoon was getting texts from someone who works at the Richard Rodgers theatre. Idina is out again tonight. Apparently there was some sort of "incident" but wouldn't share anything else with anyone. Who knows what that means, but hopefully everything is ok.

An "incident" sounds a lot scarier than a cold. I really hope everything is okay with Idina. That's not the most comforting thing to hear a week before making the trip up to see the show. If I lived locally and could easily return another day I would not want a refund, but it would be a bit frustrating after making a long trip. I saw someone on Twitter saying they were offered free tickets to come back another night. If anyone can confirm the refund/exchange policy for this particular situation, that would be much appreciated.

Updated On: 5/16/14 at 08:57 PM

If I was seeing Gypsy starting Patti LuPone and Miss LuPone became ill, I would be very upset because the entire show has been billed around her. Same thing with NPH in Hedwig, Audra McDonald in Lady Day, or even Barbra in Funny Girl.

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Upset is one thing but to go into hysterics and wind up in a hospital is a bit much

Hey I do not want to lose when I go to play at a slot machine but I do not go into a hissy fit when it happens. If there is a possibility of this happening this party simply should not bother going because it could happen again.

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I think it was true. We shall never know

What about someone who sees a show 50 times? That is an illness and an expensive one at that

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Roxy, it was clearly a Next to Normal joke. Either that or someone's life mirrors the exact details of the show, down to the characters' names.

Yikes. I hope all is well with her.

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An incident! Now it's getting juicy.

She IS in fact sick - she rehearsed on Wednesday for the 9/11 thing; one of my friends was a talent "wrangler" and texted me saying she was sick - but was still rehearsing.

So unless she has some horrible terrible rare illness...she's just sick. She has a 4 year old and on top of all germs he brings home from school every day, she's been surrounded by hundreds of people for the last several weeks. It was only a matter of time before SOMETHING got her.

Also, Jackie sounds great!!

And yeah, The Talk was prerecorded.

Updated On: 5/16/14 at 10:18 PM

Hope Idina is OK and that she can return to doing what she loves soon!!!

I understand being disappointed, but today's understudies could be tomorrow's Tony winners.

For example, I am huge fan of Barrett Wilbert Weed and bought my Heathers tickets shortly after the tickets went on sale. When I got to the theatre and saw that her understudy, Charissa Hogeland, would be on in her place, I was disappointed for about thirty seconds before a thought popped into my head: Laura Benatti was Rebecca Luker's understudy in The Sound of Music, and she went on to have (and is still having) a nice career. Norbert Leo Butz was Adam Pascal's understudy in RENT-- same scenario. So I said to my friend who was with me and said: "Maybe we'll be able to say we saw her (Charissa) back before she was big." And when the show was over, I was happy to have seen her because she gave a great performance, AND it prompted me to go home, follow her on social media, and download an album she's a part of on iTunes.

So, you never know.

Just heard some audio clips of Jackie and she sounds wonderful. I'm seeing the show on the 3rd and while I'm hoping that Idina will be there, seeing Jackie would clearly be a treat as well.