Karen Olivo: NYPD issues APB for your apprehension and return to the Palace- Page 6

[ljay889]

Posted: 7/27/09 at 9:33pm

Yes. Curtain. I am sure she missed 3 weeks of performances for NO reason. Right after winning the Tony. She even tried returning in the middle of those 3 weeks, and had to leave at intermission, because her voice gave out.

Do you hate this production and Arthur (and apparently Karen) so much, that you would believe she WASN'T ill?


Updated On: 7/27/09 at 09:33 PM

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 7/27/09 at 9:42pm

No.

But missing 2 and 5/6 shows after winning a TONY has to be a new record.
I have dislike for Laurents, I have never met the beautiful Olivo but her professionalism as a Broadway Performer keeps sinking lower and lower.

I hope she recovers soon.

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 7/27/09 at 9:45pm

If Olivo is still missing work because of an illness that originated almost two months ago, she needs to take an extended leave of absence so she can recover properly and perform consistently.

The people that are bringing up Laura Benanti and Donna Murphy should remember that both of them eventually left (or took a break from) the shows that they were out of frequently in order to get better.

Since whatever's plaguing her is clearly significant, maybe Olivo should do the same.

Updated On: 7/27/09 at 09:45 PM

[ljay889]

Posted: 7/27/09 at 9:46pm

All I am saying is, there is no doubt in my mind that she was ill for those few weeks after the Tonys. I cannot speak for missed performances once she returned.

I would want more than anything for her to have perfect attendance, and I will certainly be disappointed if after her vacation, she is still missing performances.

[blaxx]

Posted: 7/27/09 at 9:47pm

I think it's time to let this thread rest in peace. It's getting nowhere.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 7/27/09 at 11:15pm

point taken ijay.

[Rudy2]

Posted: 7/27/09 at 11:53pm

CurtainPullDowner, when I said a tight 90 minute show I meant "God of Carnage," not "West Side Story." I was concurring with DramaMama but someone posted as I was posting and distanced my reply to her with a post between her post and mine.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 7/28/09 at 12:00am

I knew that Rudy.
But the actors in GOD work just as hard if not harder
then the WSS gangs.

[Rudy2]

Posted: 7/28/09 at 12:17am

^ Fair enough, I'll take your word for it as I haven't seen it yet. Play acting and musical acting are entirely different beasts, no doubt about it. I wasn't trying to diminish what they do, and if I appeared that way I regret it. I'm just iterating the obvious that a 90-minute show is indeed shorter.

Updated On: 7/28/09 at 12:17 AM

[winston89]

Posted: 7/28/09 at 10:30am

I think that the problem is is that there are too many people out there who are going in to any show who are theatre fans who have trouble realizing that they are seeing live theatre. What I mean by that is that I feel that there are too many theatre fans out there who know the actors who are in the show etc and have trouble realizing that things will happen and that the actors that they wish to see might be out. Personally, I never have been let down when seeing a show in terms of casting. I have always shrugged it off if a particular actor that I wish to see is not in. Some of the best lead performances I have seen on Broadway have in fact been done not by the lead but by the understudy.

I guess all I am trying to say is that I am sure that there are people out there like the OP who are in fact upset when a lead is out regardless of if they have won the Tony or not. But, the point that I am trying to make is that to the actors it is a job. And, to the audience the only thing they are entitled to is the name of the show on the ticket and the seat on the ticket and nothing more. Anything else, like the lead of a show being in or not or a particular understudy being on or not is an extra. Some people forget that.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 7/28/09 at 11:06am

Touche, Winston, touche.


While it's a job they are lucky to have, it's a job. I LOVE my job...and I still have the need to take days off for me....it's life. That's why I get days off.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 7/28/09 at 11:26am

I saw Karen in the Sunday matinee and she was the highlight of the production.

As for her attendance, that is between Karen and the producers. There are performers I really wanted to see in a show, but they were not performing the day I attended and it sucks, but that's theatre. When you buy a ticket, there is no guarantee you will get to see every actor you wish. They are people with lives. Go figure.

[ClumsyDude15]

Posted: 7/28/09 at 3:42pm

When DancingThroughLife04 and I went the night Yarina was on, I asked prior to purchasing the tickets if I could get my money back if Karen was out, the ticket woman cut me off and told me that she sells the performance, not the performers.

[winston89]

Posted: 7/28/09 at 3:45pm

You couldn't because Karen's name is not above the title. Furthermore, even if her name was, as I said earlier buying a ticket does not guarantee casting. All it does is Guarantee that you will be seeing West Side Story ( or whatever show you're going to) the theatre that you're seeing it in and where you're sitting. Other then that everything is up in the air as it should be. After all, this is live theatre we are talking about.

[blaxx]

Posted: 7/28/09 at 3:47pm

Wow, this thread is not redundant at all...