CatastrophicDay said: "Tonight's show was also cancelled for a sick actor. We found out when we arrived 30 minutes prior to curtain.
Is this fairly common with Off-Broadway shows? I was flabbergasted when my friend, who arrived 5 minutes earlier than I did, texted me to say it was cancelled. I thought that was unheard of, though I've attended mostly Broadway shows where there are mostly always understudies."
When I had a ticket to a preview of The Blue Flower, Marc Kudisch's understudy wasn't ready, so they did cancel the show. I think we found out a couple hours before curtain, but I could be a little off on that.
The day we did end up going was his understudy's first performance, but we didn't find out until later (and he was great; we had no idea).
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