Laura Benanti to replace Lauren Ambrose in MY FAIR LADY — Page 15

I’m sure Laura will post on her Instagram when she’ll be back in MY FAIR LADY. On her last post about a week ago she stated she was going off social media until she was better so she hasn’t been posting anything.

BrodyFosse123 said: "I’m sure Laura will post on her Instagram when she’ll be back in MY FAIR LADY. On her last post about a week ago she stated she was going off social media until she was better so she hasn’t been posting anything."

Keeping to her word, Laura is back on social media announcing her matinee today:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Br-2dDzhnTT/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1sg1z4upgzimx

curious if she performed last night or for the matinee today?

Dave13 said: "Kerstin Anderson played Eliza tonight. She had an incredible performance. I wouldnt let Benanti being out detour you from enjoying the show.

I saw Ambrose and I am almost inclined to say I preferred Kerstins performance over Ambrose."

Same here.

OKBroadwayFan said: "We also bought tickets to see her and paid full price. We had seen Ambrose last summer. This is strike three for us trying to see her. She was out when we saw Gypsy and out when we saw She Loves Me and now out when we saw My Fair Lady. We did get to see her in Meteor Shower and I actually performed with her when she sang with the Boston Gay Men's Chorus. One day we will get to see her in a Broadway musical :)

The understudy is excellent and we had seen the Higgins understudy during our first visit to My Fair Lady."

I brought this up when people were gleefully giving Ambrose a lot of crap for missing like a weekend and then going down to 7 performances a week and gloating about how she didn't have the stamina to be a Broadway performer. During the height of the anti-Ambrose fervor people, some didn't believe me or dismissed my comments about Benanti's former reputation of missing a lot of shows from Into the Woods on. I wasn't picking on Benanti, but just using her as an example of a seasoned, and brilliant, Broadway veteran to show even the best can miss a lot of shows. People used to give her crap too until she revealed her various health issues and people finally understood that even Broadway performers are human.

Updated On: 1/3/19 at 12:54 PM

so was she back tonight?

Scoot3 said: "Unless they announce at curtain, Laura is back in."

Yeah I’m here. She seems to be wiping her nose a bit and downing some honey at times, but she sounds great

WestEndGal said: "wendy72 said: "I believe the Anna standby in Frozen is going on quite regularly. Aisha Jackson is getting just as much stage time as Kersten Anderson, but I haven't seen that talked about at all on here.Why are some performers picked on and not others? They're all just human."

I actually feel like its the other way round, and Laura Benanti gets a pretty much free pass for absences because she's a Broadway 'darling'. I'm not in any way suggesting she should be given grief for it because if you're sick you're sick, but there seems to be a lot of double standards by some people on these boards considering the crap that Lauren Ambrose or Patti Murin were getting respectively for either not doing 8 shows a week or for missing shows due to illness.

Benanti is living with a comprised immune system. She gets sicker than the average person hence why she does not stage door: to keep herself as healthy as possible. She has a toddler so she’s already being exposed to quite a bit already. Sadly, when she does get sick, it hits her hard whereas others might still be able to perform.

This information was never revealed years ago so her shoddy performance history in past Broadway shows was attacked as irresponsible and unacceptable for a Broadway performer.

ScottyDoesn'tKnow2 said: "OKBroadwayFan said: "We also bought tickets to see her and paid full price. We had seen Ambrose last summer. This is strike three for us trying to see her. She was out when we saw Gypsy and out when we saw She Loves Me and now out when we saw My Fair Lady. We did get to see her in Meteor Shower and I actually performed with her when she sang with the Boston Gay Men's Chorus. One day we will get to see her in a Broadway musical :)

The understudy is excellent and we had seen the Higgins understudy during our first visit to My Fair Lady."

I brought this up when people were gleefully giving Ambrose a lot of crap for missing like a weekend and then going down to 7 performances a week and gloating about how she didn't have the stamina to be a Broadway performer. During the height of the anti-Ambrose fervor people, some didn't believe me or dismissed my comments about Benanti's former reputation of missing a lot of shows fromInto the Woodson. I wasn't picking on Benanti, but just using her as an example of a seasoned, and brilliant, Broadway veteran to show even the best can miss a lot of shows. People used to give her crap too until she revealed her various health issues and people finally understood that even Broadway performers are human."

Wasn’t the reason why she missed so much of Into The Woods was because she had a severe back injury? I’m also pretty sure it took her years to fully recover thus the reason why she missed performances of any show afterwards.

Call_me_jorge said: "ScottyDoesn'tKnow2 said: "OKBroadwayFan said: "We also bought tickets to see her and paid full price. We had seen Ambrose last summer. This is strike three for us trying to see her. She was out when we saw Gypsy and out when we saw She Loves Me and now out when we saw My Fair Lady. We did get to see her in Meteor Shower and I actually performed with her when she sang with the Boston Gay Men's Chorus. One day we will get to see her in a Broadway musical :)

The understudy is excellent and we had seen the Higgins understudy during our first visit to My Fair Lady."

I brought this up when people were gleefully giving Ambrose a lot of crap for missing like a weekend and then going down to 7 performances a week and gloating about how she didn't have the stamina to be a Broadway performer. During the height of the anti-Ambrose fervor people, some didn't believe me or dismissed my comments about Benanti's former reputation of missing a lot of shows fromInto the Woodson. I wasn't picking on Benanti, but just using her as an example of a seasoned, and brilliant, Broadway veteran to show even the best can miss a lot of shows. People used to give her crap too until she revealed her various health issues and people finally understood that even Broadway performers are human."

Wasn’t the reason why she missed so much of Into The Woods was because she had a severe back injury? I’m also pretty sure it took her years to fully recover thus the reason why she missed performances of any show afterwards."

Yep. She revealed it years after the fact and I think that coupled with her celebrated performance in Gypsy turned the tide in her favor on this board (that and the board's population changing somewhat over the years) when they realized how severe her health issues were. People should have seen that as a lesson in realizing these Broadway performers are human too and unless it's clear there's a bad work ethic or attitude, which I don't know how one would know unless they were working with someone or it's just common knowledge, then if they're missing shows, it's most likely due to something serious. Like later on, we found out Ambrose's father was dying and then did indeed die during her run.

Updated On: 1/4/19 at 12:24 PM