Movin' Out Cast, etc.

can anyone tell me about the news of Elizabeth Parkinson and Ashley Tuttle taking a leave of absence for the month of April?

i heard it from my sister, who heard it from a "theater friend," and i want to make sure that it's true before i bash my head on the wall. we went to see the show last year spring break, but she was gone that night.....and this year, who knows...i will be crushed for life .

thanks for all of your help!

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all i heard is that maybe it was Elizabeth Parkinson and Ashley Tuttle....i sure hope it's not anyone else!

also, do you know if it's true that John Selya takes random days off...like Tuesdays and Thursdays?

ty

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i'm all set. thanks so much!

MOVIN' OUT LOVE!!! :-P

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In reference to the John Selya question... I have been there on two Sunday matinees in the past month when Selya has been out. (Actually, on one of those Sundays, Selya, Parkinson, and Roberts were all out.) I don't know if he's regularly taking Sundays off now, or if it was just a coincidence. While I am certainly in utter awe at the physical feats they accomplish and am not surprised that sometimes their bodies aren't up to doing it six times a week, it IS too bad that when you buy a ticket it's such a crap shoot as to whether you'll be seeing all (or any) of the original leads. I do think the show is a different experience without them; they bring things to it that the other dancers I've seen in the roles don't.

It seems like one solution that would be fairer to the ticket buyers would be to switch the schedule so that the originals do five shows a week and the alternates three, thereby easing the toll on the originals and increasing the likelihood that they would be able to appear at all the performances they're scheduled for. Of course, I have no idea if this is something the dancers would welcome or if there are many weeks they are actually happy to do six (and happy about the paycheck that comes with it) and so wouldn't want the reduced salary that would come with regularly only doing five. And there probably aren't enough audience members who know or care who they see anyway, so all this idle speculation on my part is purely pointless!