Karen Olivo Out of "West Side Story" Tonight- Page 6

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 6/10/09 at 9:05pm

But worse yet, people must be angry.

I hope she feels better soon.

Updated On: 6/10/09 at 09:05 PM

[adamgreer]

Posted: 6/10/09 at 9:06pm

From a friend's facebook:

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/10/09 at 9:07pm

Does anyone know what is going on with Cody Green? He's been out for like a month, but he performed at the Tonys. I do not get it at all.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 6/10/09 at 9:11pm

yikes...glad i wasn't there tonight! both Karen and Josefina are out? Josefina was in perfect voice last night...so strange. I hope they are all well enough to attend the CD signing at Barnes and Noble tomorrow...

[theaterkid1015]

Posted: 6/10/09 at 9:25pm

How surprising.

As for Cody Green, dance injury maybe?

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/10/09 at 9:26pm

But why did he perform on the Tonys?

[DRSisLove]

Posted: 6/10/09 at 9:32pm

...because its the Tonys?

Also, there is no way he could have been for a month, as I saw him on 5/16.

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/10/09 at 9:33pm

Well i saw it May 20th without him, and I heard he was out before that. And he's been out ever since.

And I said "for like a month." Not an exact month. Updated On: 6/10/09 at 09:33 PM

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/10/09 at 9:38pm

So many people around here were saying the N1H1 flu was just a bunch of hype.

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 6/10/09 at 10:38pm

Josefina was having, erm, phlegm issues at the Tonys, so that could explain it.

[CurtainPullDowner]

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

And Angela hasn't missed a show, right?
Yes, people get sick,
but
Some or all of these people performed on the TONYS
and were seen at parties after the TONYS,
I tried not to harp on this again
but if you can't take the Fire
Get Out of the Kitchen.
I have No Respect for
performers
who let down their audiences.
This is not The Little League Kids.

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/10/09 at 11:13pm

So Tony winner Karen Olivo should not have performed on the Tonys and should have went straight home to bed after WINNING? Give me a break. If Karen was a shirtless 20 year old male you would be VERY forgiving.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 6/10/09 at 11:35pm

Jeeze.
No I wouldn't.
I still blame Prince
The Daily News said he was dancing
her up at the Party.
I was also talking about the long list of
absentees.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/10/09 at 11:37pm

There's this flu going around. But it's the kind of flu you don't want to talk about unless you want to scare people out of your theaters. Maybe that's it?

[PalJoey]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 1:04am

Maybe what's happening to the cast of West Side is the horrifying unraveling of Arthur's deal with Satan.

It will all end with the entire cast out with the flu and Arthur going berserk and turning into Norman Bates's mother at the end of Psycho:

Mark. My. Words.
Updated On: 6/11/09 at 01:04 AM

[ACL2006]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 1:48am

sorry, but if I went to any show and saw EIGHT( understudies on, I'd be pretty pissed off.

[Dolly_Levi]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 1:59am

Def. could be H1N1.

[ClumsyDude15]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 2:35am

I attended this evening's performance and I couldn't agree more with this: That being said, Karen's understudy, Yanira Marin, was truly awful, and it made me appreciate Karen's Anita even more (I would not have voted for her to win the Tony Award). While it is a fact that Karen cannot dance the role, Yanira cannot dance, act or sing the role! "America" was even more lackluster than I had remembered it, and one of the girls even stepped out of formation for a split second. The audience of mostly tourists didn't seem to care though, and still went crazy after the number was over. "A Boy Like That" was horrendous. Yanira was pretty much yelling the song, and it just didn't work at all. Also, the rape scene did not pack a punch like when Karen is acting in it. Yanira screamed her songs, yet could not let out any blood curling screams during the rape scene...I was so disappointed.

She was simply atrocious, and did as WAT said in his post: Screamed "America", was pitchy and all over the place during "A Boy Like That" and the rape scene has next to no emotion whatsoever. My friend and I had gotten standing room and just stood there in shock and couldn't believe what we had just witnessed during the usually fabulously done number. Early on when we had been looking into partial view balcony seats, I asked if Karen was out, could we get our money back to which the box office woman cut me off mid-sentence and told me "I sell the performance, not the performer." Despite my dislike of the understudy, the rest of the people in audience seemed to like her and gave her a decent amount of applause come curtain call.

I love Haley Carlucci as Maria and she was truly the shining moment in a really lackluster performance of understudies! John Arthur Greene was really bland and seemed to have next to no personality which Cody gives to the character, plus his vocals and acting were sub par compared to Cody.

Manuel Santos added a lot more anger to Chino as apposed to how Joey Haro portrays him which was actually kind of refreshing to see.

Overall, I still love the show and Haley and Matt (despite his acting looking like a crazed caveman, tonight) really made up for the atrociousness of the Anita understudy. I really hope Karen is resting up to make a fierce return to the Palace soon!

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 2:39am

Again I am wondering why they didn't put on Kat Nejat.


Thank you for your thoughts. I really hope Karen is back soon. Random question: does the understudy wear her hair down like Karen?

I thought John Arthur Greene was A LOT better than Cody Green. That could also be because both times I saw Cody, I was sitting in the balcony. I saw John from the front row.

Ps. I know you did standing room. But are balcony partial view seats still $24.00?
Updated On: 6/11/09 at 02:39 AM

[ClumsyDude15]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 2:48am

Yes, she does and I am not sure if it's her real hair or not, but it looked really fake.

Yes, they are still 24.00, which they ran out of rather quickly.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 3:06am

John Arthur Greene was really bland and seemed to have next to no personality which Cody gives to the character, plus his vocals and acting were sub par compared to Cody.

Jesus. You'd have to be really, really bad to have your vocals and acting be sub par compared to Cody Green!

[ClumsyDude15]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 3:45am

I really like Cody as Riff, I know that's completely and totally unpopular but I do.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 6:03am

EIGHT understudies? Wow....that must be some sort of record! I don't care what show that's for, I don't think I'd be too happy if I weree the average theater goer.

I wonder if they are indeed sick or if perhaps they had another committment AS the cast of WSS?? And if they ARE sick -- oh, my, what a shame.

[StageManager2]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 8:55am

"She must be really sick."

Please, ljay! Your fanatical devotion is disturbing. Why does she have to be sick? Why can't you entertain the idea that she probably called out for personal reasons? Or maybe she just doesn't feel obligated now that she has her Tony?

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 6/11/09 at 9:05am

Please, ljay! Your fanatical devotion is disturbing. Why does she have to be sick? Why can't you entertain the idea that she probably called out for personal reasons? Or maybe she just doesn't feel obligated now that she has her Tony?

I wouldn't consider myself a huge fan of Olivo's, but sometimes it's nice to give someone the benefit of the doubt. Why can't you entertain the idea that she's probably actually sick?


and for the people commenting on eight understudies, aren't at least two of them on because the actors who normally play those roles are on for another role? I know six actors out is still a lot, but that kind of shift seems normal when you think about it.