Posted: 7/22/18 at 11:18pm
Posted: 7/23/18 at 12:45pm
ChairinMain said: "You know, it is just baffling to me this production doesn't have female understudies for Papa Ge. At least it didn't when It opened and that seems to still be the case. I can understand maybe not having a spare male actor on hand who can nail "Mamma will Provide", but Papa Ge has no such vocal challanges and if Dandridge goes out, the dynamic of those scenes shift in a big way with a male actor. Any thoughts on this?"
the dyamic will change, but I don’t think necessarily for the worse. The character is written as male, and as excellent as Merle and Tamara have been, I’m curious how a male Papa Ge will be in this particular production
Posted: 7/23/18 at 1:30pm
In the abstract, yes, I don't think the two leads have much box office pull. But I also think it's an unjustified assumption to say the vast majority of the audience doesn't know who they are. You don't know who is seeing this show unless you work at the box office, as an usher, etc. I'd be curious. As BobbyBubby pointed out, actors who interact with fans on social media are becoming the ones that young people are familiar with. Hailey is the one who leads that broadway.com vlog.
Posted: 9/1/18 at 8:00pm
Hailey just posted on her Instagram Story that she’ll be back in the show on Tuesday.
Posted: 9/1/18 at 8:26pm
poisonivy2 said: "For instance in Angels in America I don't think Lane or Garfield ever missed a show but had they missed people would have wanted refunds."
Actually, not related to this board completely, but when I saw AIA in May, Mark Nelson went on as Cohn in Perestroika. Since we picked up our tickets at will call, we were told several times. I don't think a lot of people read the insert because when Nelson appeared, there was a little bit of surprise (and grumbling) in the theater.
That being said, I think this show would do well with a number of different faces and I wished I could have seen several people perform.
Glad to hear Kilgore will be back soon, though!
Posted: 9/2/18 at 5:54am
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Posted: 9/2/18 at 10:53am
