Karen Olivo Out of "West Side Story" Tonight- Page 4

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 6/10/09 at 1:10am

I saw TOTC five times, SOML four times and WSS five times so far.

Do I see every show multiple times? Absolutely not. You couldn't get me to see HAIR or ROCK OF AGES on Broadway a second time if you paid me...

[Testing1232]

Posted: 6/10/09 at 6:43am

<< Believe me, I know my statement was harsh, testing. I was very mad that she wasn't there (and I still am). >>

I dont have a response to that one---



<< Of course people lose their voices all the time...did it have to be Karen's voice on June 9th though??? >>

The nerve of her body !!!!!

[dramamama611]

Posted: 6/10/09 at 6:47am

Really....how can you be MAD? We know she was sick Sunday. She didn't sound great Sunday night. She was suppose to risk'

1. Getting the rest of the cast sick?
2. Delaying her own health ?
3. Risk further injury to her voice?
4. Give a substandard performance?

Just for you? She doesn't owe ANYONE anything except the best preformance she can give WHEN SHE IS THERE.

I understand disappointed, but anything beyond that sounds like a child.

[Testing1232]

Posted: 6/10/09 at 7:05am

Yea, disappointed is one thing, but being angry, and letting it linger?! Totslly different issue. She might have lost a family member. Point is ya never know....

I am sure that you will have MANY other chances to see her again !!

[Drunk Chita Rivera]

Posted: 6/10/09 at 7:05am

I certainly am glad I wasn't there. I want her in every show I see of WSS. But you guys have to relax. People are out all the time, it's there job. You can't tell me you never call out sick of your job. And I bet your job doesn't have you singing and dancing and acting your ass off each day! She is still a person, she needs a break. She did sound sick and incredibly tired.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 6/10/09 at 7:48am

Thanks for the laughs, everyone. Great thread.

[Princeton78]

Posted: 6/10/09 at 8:01am

LEAVE HER ALONE! You are lucky she even performed for you B*******!
LEAVE KAREN OLIVO ALONE!?..Please.
Perez Hilton talked about professionalism and said if Karen was a professional she would?ve pulled it off no matter what.

Speaking of professionalism, when is it professional to publicly bash someone who is going through a hard time.

Leave Karen Alone Please?. !
Leave Karen Olivo alone!?right now!?.I mean it.!

Anyone that has a problem with her you deal with me, because she is not well right now.

LEAVE HER ALONE!

[CukorLover]

Posted: 6/10/09 at 8:39am

Considering how many times WAT sees shows I can't imagine one miss being so detrimental to his well being. Valium anyone?

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 6/10/09 at 9:16am

After sleeping on it, I'm still mad this morning...and if any of you were there last night, you would still be mad too.

Of course I'll see her again in the show, but it won't be her first performance post Tony win.

[bdwaygirl]

Posted: 6/10/09 at 9:55am

Did you even stop to think that maybe, just maybe, she is also disappointed in missing the first performance after her Tony win? That she wouldn't want to "celebrate" with her cast and fans?

You're mad, you're upset. It's not ALL about YOU.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 6/10/09 at 9:58am

Oh I'm sure she was very upset to have to miss last night's performance.

...and believe me, it is not all about me in the grand scheme of things (especially lately)...

[Testing1232]

Posted: 6/10/09 at 11:27am

<< After sleeping on it, I'm still mad this morning...and if any of you were there last night, you would still be mad too.

>>

How would you know that? I would have been "disappointed" for around 5 minutes once I realized she was out, and then gotten over it-

There is NO WAY that I would let something so trivial linger.

This is entertainment, and we are all very lucky to be able to experience it (especially as often as many of us do)

[Testing1232]

Posted: 6/10/09 at 11:28am

double Updated On: 6/10/09 at 11:28 AM

[Testing1232]

Posted: 6/10/09 at 11:28am

triple--- sorry Updated On: 6/10/09 at 11:28 AM

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 6/10/09 at 11:34am

Ok, I'm over it. The understudy was wonderful and I'm glad Karen didn't do the show last night since she was sick. In fact, I think she should take this entire week off so she can feel 100% better before going back into the show. Karen, thank you for not being in the show last night because I wouldn't want to see a sub-par performance from you. You made the right choice by calling out. I feel so fortunate to experience this form of entertainment as often as I do and it doesn't matter at all whether or not a Tony-winning actress is in the show the night I see it. I would never let something as trivial as that linger for more than five minutes...

[Testing1232]

Posted: 6/10/09 at 11:52am

<< Ok, I'm over it. The understudy was wonderful and I'm glad Karen didn't do the show last night since she was sick. In fact, I think she should take this entire week off so she can feel 100% better before going back into the show. Karen, thank you for not being in the show last night because I wouldn't want to see a sub-par performance from you. You made the right choice by calling out. I feel so fortunate to experience this form of entertainment as often as I do and it doesn't matter at all whether or not a Tony-winning actress is in the show the night I see it. I would never let something as trivial as that linger for more than five minutes...
>>

Wat... you are really starting to frighten me...

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 6/10/09 at 11:57am

This thread gets funnier by the minute (or with every new angry WAT meltdown post, whichever one comes first). Imagine the BWW comedy gold if WAT returns to WEST SIDE STORY and Olivo is out...again! But alas, I get ahead of myself.

Wat... you are really starting to frighten me...

Testing, I'd agree if the meltdowns weren't oh so amusing.

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 6/10/09 at 12:04pm

ray, of course WAT is returning to WEST SIDE STORY.

He has a firm policy of seeing every show at least fifteen times, so he's working hard until he meets his quota.

Updated On: 6/10/09 at 12:04 PM

[Testing1232]

Posted: 6/10/09 at 12:05pm

<< Testing, I'd agree if the meltdowns weren't oh so amusing. >>

I mean.. to be "MAD" at someone that MIGHT have been really sick--- wow... SCARY !!!

[blaxx]

Posted: 6/10/09 at 12:09pm

We haven't had a real meltdown for a long time- I miss them!

Last big one I remember was MTF3's, it was hilarious.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 6/10/09 at 12:11pm

Oh I wasn't questioning whether WAT would be returning or not, we all know he will. I just think that for entertainment purposes, Olivo should be out the night he returns...again. Just to spite him like she clearly did this time
From what I understand he doesn't return to every show fifteen times, he wouldn't see HAIR again if you paid him...you know HAIR, right? The revival that's actually good.

Updated On: 6/10/09 at 12:11 PM

[Ole Chum]

Posted: 6/10/09 at 12:13pm

uhm, i thought everyone was being harsh on WAT because i assumed he was angry at the situation he encountered (fair).

but that sarcastic post indicates...he's actually mad at karen olivo for being sick? is that possible?

[Eris0303]

Posted: 6/10/09 at 12:21pm

Princeton, I need you to repeat this mantra to yourself over and over again until you calm down. "Perez is a tool. Perez is a tool". Forget anything he says. Karen was out. Big deal. We don't know why but I'm sure it was a legitmate reason.

WAT aside I don't think anyone in this thread is bashing Karen for being out. Yes, there's been some playful comments but nothing was mean-spirited.

WAT is angry at Karen for being out. Should be be called on the proverbial carpet for that? Absolutely. It's foolish and unfair to Karen. Should he be attacked for how many times he's seen WSS or other shows? I don't think so. It's not really that relevant. I know many posters on this board make repeat visits to shows. I figure as long as they're not there every day it's not an issue. Once a month or every other month is fine IMO. It's his money. Better to filter it back into Broadway than something else.

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 6/10/09 at 12:27pm

Doesn't matter to me how many times he's seen the show (as Eris said, as long as you're not there every night, there's nothing wrong with it), but the fact that he's so angry at Karen for being ill is foolish and a little frightening.


And to actually try some discussion, a couple of my friends went to the show last night and said Yanira Marin was wonderful.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 6/10/09 at 12:28pm

If she was in fact sick, I am not mad at her for being sick. I am mad because I wanted to see her first performance post Tony win and she was not there. Period. End of story. If she were in the show last night and was visibly and audibly ill, I would have said "what a trooper for going on last night even though she was sick...she is a real star who doesn't want to disappoint her fans."

and ray, HAIR is a horrible revival, in my opinion, because it is an awful show. The revival of WSS is outstanding and the show itself is a masterpiece.

...and Eris, seeing the WSS revival five times is NOTHING compared to the amount of times some people on this board have seen XANADU, WICKED, NEXT TO NORMAL or RENT, so thank you for saying I should not be attacked for the amount of times I have seen this show.