Natalie Venetia Belcon

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Natalie Venetia Belcon

Posted: 5/15/04 at 7:50am

I saw avenue q last night and there was an insert in the program that said, "tonight the role of gary coleman will be played by carmen ruby floyd" and then it said they were welcoming a new understudy for gary coleman to the cast and it had her headshot and bio and all. Does this mean Natalie Venetia Belcon left? Thanks

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re: Natalie Venetia Belcon

Posted: 5/15/04 at 10:07am

I know that most of the Q principal cast is contacted to at least July 04. I don't think Ms.Belcon would leave right before the Tonys either. Was Ms Floyd good?

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re: Natalie Venetia Belcon

Posted: 5/15/04 at 12:05pm

Natalie is injured and out for a month.

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re: Natalie Venetia Belcon

Posted: 5/15/04 at 2:36pm

She's a great singer and was wonderful in "Little Ham" and "Crowns."

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re: Natalie Venetia Belcon

Posted: 5/15/04 at 2:40pm

I saw Avenue Q last week, and I, too, saw Carmen Ruby Floyd. She has a great voice, but she talks too quickly, and most of the time you couldn't understand what she was saying because the words didn't come out very well. When you could understand her, though, she was funny.

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#6

re: Natalie Venetia Belcon

Posted: 5/15/04 at 9:38pm

Natalie's injured! Oh no!
I hope it's not her foot again!
I ruv you Natalie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#7

re: Natalie Venetia Belcon

Posted: 5/16/04 at 12:10am

I hope she's okay! When she was in Rent, she had trouble with her throat and soon left. Hopefully she can still finish out her run in Avenue Q!

#8

re: Natalie Venetia Belcon

Posted: 5/16/04 at 12:28am

Yes, its her foot.

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"You got the same dress I got?" "Yes.""You got the same wig I got?" "Yes." THEN SHUT UP!

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re: Natalie Venetia Belcon

Posted: 5/16/04 at 12:32am

I hope she's okay! When she was in Rent, she had trouble with her throat and soon left. Hopefully she can still finish out her run in Avenue Q!

Her throat problems were VERY apparent towards the end of her run. Still, she was fierce and fabulous...probably the best in her cast at that point in time.

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re: Natalie Venetia Belcon

Posted: 5/16/04 at 6:53pm

Natalie was in today's matinee.

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re: Natalie Venetia Belcon

Posted: 5/16/04 at 10:43pm

Thank goodness! I'm sure Ms Floyd was great but injuries are no fun (unlike drinking games as the Bad Ideas Bears would say).

#12

re: Natalie Venetia Belcon

Posted: 5/16/04 at 10:50pm

Just curious... who did Natalie play in Rent? She's fabulous in Avenue Q.

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re: Natalie Venetia Belcon

Posted: 5/17/04 at 12:34am

Yeah she seemed pretty on today so even if she was still bothered by her injury she wasn't showing it at all.

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#14

re: Natalie Venetia Belcon

Posted: 5/17/04 at 1:54am

Yeah, she did the evening show too. Hilarious!

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re: Natalie Venetia Belcon

Posted: 5/17/04 at 9:37pm

Natalie played Joanne and ROCKED.

#16

re: Natalie Venetia Belcon

Posted: 5/17/04 at 10:20pm

I never knew that...when was she in Rent?

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re: Natalie Venetia Belcon

Posted: 5/17/04 at 11:59pm

Natalie was in Rent from I believe late 2000 to late 2001. She was an AMAZING Joanne, very fierce, very loud. Apply her "Loud as the Hell" voice to "Take Me or Leave Me" and "We're Ok" and you have her Joanne. I really loved her, I wish I had seen her a couple more times. Plus, she was a bright spot in a pretty sucky cast. The Dark Ages, we like to call them.