Jordan Donica leaves final Camelot mid-performance

[The8re phan]

Posted: 7/23/23 at 6:53pm

Unfortunately Jordan left just before the tournament/sword fight scene in Act One.

 

his understudy was fantastic, but such a shame Jordan missed his last show and curtain call

[ACL2006]

Posted: 7/23/23 at 7:01pm

Heard he got sick midshow. How unfortunate.

[quizking101]

Posted: 7/24/23 at 9:41am

He seems to have gotten sick a lot during the run. I genuinely hope he's okay, and missing the final performance definitely sucks.

I'm glad I was able to see him in previews because he was genuinely the only good thing I liked about the production.

[B212323]

Posted: 7/24/23 at 12:52pm

quizking101 said: "He seems to have gotten sick a lot during the run. I genuinely hope he's okay, and missing the final performance definitely sucks.

I'm glad I was able to see him in previews because he was genuinely the only good thing I liked about the production."

He apparently is having severe back issues which was affecting his singing. 

[pmensky]

Posted: 7/24/23 at 3:02pm

B212323 said: "quizking101 said: "He seems to have gotten sick a lot during the run. I genuinely hope he's okay, and missing the final performance definitely sucks.

I'm glad I was able to see him in previews because he was genuinely the only good thing I liked about the production."

He apparently is having severe back issues which was affecting his singing."

I saw an interview in which Andrew Burnap mentioned his back wasn’t feeling so great, because of the raked stage. I’m surprised AEA hasn’t been on this. Surely they can figure out a way to angle orchestra seating in a way that could both maintain the same number of seats and reduce the angle of the stage’s rake.

[Tag]

Posted: 7/24/23 at 4:14pm

pmensky said: "I'm surprised AEA hasn’t been on this."

They are.  There are rules governing this in the production contract.

[pmensky]

Posted: 7/24/23 at 4:25pm

Tag said: "pmensky said: "I'm surprised AEA hasn’t been on this."

They are. There are rules governing this in the production contract."

I know, but the standards are clearly inadequate.

[BorisTomashevsky]

Posted: 7/24/23 at 4:49pm

In my decade or so of seeing shows at the Beaumont, I’ve never seen that stage on such a steep incline. Maybe South Pacific was steep as well, but I was upstairs so probably couldn’t tell.

[BenjaminNicholas2]

Posted: 7/24/23 at 5:43pm

*Ragtime OBC enters the chat*

The rake on the Ragtime deck was legendary.  Much worse than what's currently at the Viv.

Marin would tell very funny stories about how steep it was.

Updated On: 7/24/23 at 05:43 PM

[perfectlymarvelous]

Posted: 7/24/23 at 6:17pm

Wicked also has a famously steep rake that has caused many injuries over the years. Seems like it might be time for AEA to reexamine the standards they have for it; people shouldn't be working on a rake so steep it causes chronic pain that affects their ability to do their jobs. 

[WldKingdomHM]

Posted: 7/24/23 at 6:19pm

I went backstage at Wicked one time. I can confirm the rake is insane crazy

[pmensky]

Posted: 7/24/23 at 6:41pm

perfectlymarvelous said: "Wicked also has a famously steep rake that has caused many injuries over the years. Seems like it might be time for AEA to reexamine the standards they have for it; people shouldn't be working on a rake so steep it causes chronic pain that affects their ability to do their jobs."

Yeah, it’s not right. I looked up the interview in which I remember Andrew Burnap talking about his back issues, and the video was shot only two weeks into previews of Camelot. This early closing may have at least one positive effect.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 7/24/23 at 7:26pm

Raked stages are simply evil. Especially for dance heavy shows.

[PipingHotPiccolo]

Posted: 7/24/23 at 8:36pm

A friend of mine was in JCS in 2000 (a stacked cast, by the way), and would complain about this constantly, and when I saw the show with this in mind, it was hard to understand how it was allowed? That said, I saw Camelot (without Donica, sadly) and didnt notice anything rake-y... 

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 7/25/23 at 8:51am

Christian Mark Gibbs was the actor who replaced Jordan during the final performance.  Same thing happened on Saturday.

[UWS10023]

Posted: 7/25/23 at 9:12am

I am sorry to hear about his back issues. That sort of thing is the worst.

[Kad]

Posted: 7/25/23 at 11:17am

PipingHotPiccolo said: "A friend of mine was in JCS in 2000 (a stacked cast, by the way), and would complain about this constantly, and when I saw the show with this in mind, it was hard to understand how it was allowed? That said, I saw Camelot (without Donica, sadly) and didnt notice anything rake-y..."

Raked stages aren’t always perceptible to the audience, particularly since the audience itself is often raked. 

[hearthemsing22]

Posted: 7/25/23 at 11:28am

Kad said: "PipingHotPiccolo said: "A friend of mine was in JCS in 2000 (a stacked cast, by the way), and would complain about this constantly, and when I saw the show with this in mind, it was hard to understand how it was allowed? That said, I saw Camelot (without Donica, sadly) and didnt notice anything rake-y..."

Raked stages aren’t always perceptible to the audience, particularly since the audience itself is often raked."

Like for Wicked, because it's stadium seating right? so maybe a little less noticeable?