Karen Olivo Out of "West Side Story" Tonight — Page 11

Uhhh hate to break it to you but there is a full page insert regardless of whether or not anyone is out.

Totally discgusted by the absence of these people after the Tony's - especially Karen Olivo who has been SEEN at bars all week long!!

*blank stare*

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people were literally becoming physically ill in the lobby because Karen (and about 10 others) were out

Literally?

LITERALLY?

You mean, like, they were suddenly coming down with the flu themselves?

Or projectile vomiting on the other patrons and the ticket-takers when they saw the understudy boards?

Or suddenly going lame?

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"Shameful isn't even the word for the number of understudies out this week. I went on Friday night and people were literally becoming physically ill in the lobby because Karen (and about 10 others) were out."

Literally physically ill? Sounds messy - not to mention unlikely. Surely you hyperbolize.

" Totally discgusted by the absence of these people after the Tony's - especially Karen Olivo who has been SEEN at bars all week long!! CD signings, interviews, etc. I mean really, singing, dancing, or not - you people work 24 hours a week!!"

What in the world makes you think that only the hours spent at the theater constitutes a work day for an actor? You think the cd signings, interviews, not to mention the Tony rehearsals don't constitute work? Plus dance/acting classes. And probably some other little side project for the future, or have some other performance on a monday night. Their work is physically demanding.

The week before the Tonys is a stressful and busy one. It is not unusual to have fallout after, especially if the company crud is creeping through the theater, as seems to be the case in WSS. Honestly, the sense of entitlement and righteousness from some of you is what I find shameful. Well and good to be passionate, but to get angry over a missed performance? You need to develop more of a life. Get angry over a cause, not because an actor didn't come to work. It's a waste of your emotion.

These are people, not wind-up toys. Cut 'em some slack.

Updated On: 6/13/09 at 08:36 PM

That had to be really difficult for her to jump in for the second act, but good for her! (Although I find it a little odd that she was listed on the understudy board for the whole show and only did one act...)

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Wow, so Karen did try today? It is odd they did change the board at the intermission. I wonder what happened tonight.

Karen tried so hard! In fact, her voice problems came as a total surprise because her energy was so high and everything else was so good. I'm going to guess that Karen isn't going on tonight. Her voice went from weak during "America" to inaudible during the "Quintet."

I didn't notice the board when I left, but Kat Nejat was definitely not listed at the start of the show. The rest of the cast is the one I saw, so they must have changed it at intermission.

Unrelated note- has anyone else who's seen the show noticed major sound issues?

When I saw the show back in April, I noticed MAJOR sound issues. I could barely hear, and I was in the front mezz.

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Kat was a FANTASTIC pocket sized Anita! So happy for her!

OK, I didn't read every page of this thread, I confess, but I thought that somebody should say,

"There's something going around these past two weeks."

Mainly naso-pharyngeal and laryngeal inflammation and copious throat-gook, occasionally descending into the lungs with frank bronchitis, sometimes with two or three days of flat-on-the-bed fatigue.

Don't most of you guys hang around the theater district? I know a lot of people who are sick, and it's not just that H1N1 business, tho' that's the first thing you think of when you get this.

Sheesh.

I hope Karen was back! Maybe Tuesday though. One more day off will do her good.

When did we diagnose Karen Olivo with the flu?

I really hope Karen gets back sooner than later. The show definitely lacks its "it" factor when she is not in. I will be in New York tomorrow to see a show. I will try to check out the understudy board to see if she is in. Its weird, I still do not understand why Josefina is out THIS much.

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