Yeah, this story is from August. Gillette had a death in her family and had to drop out and Lopez stepped in to replace her at the last minute. Lopez was quite good, if a bit miscast in the show (while she's in her mid-50s, she's still in such amazing "dancer" shape that she looked young enough to be the daughter of the other actresses on the stage, though she was supposed to be one of their contemporaries).
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney