PRIMA FACIE Reviews — Page 4

According to the box office, she's planning on being on tonight, but they'll let ticket holders know ASAP if that changes. With the numbers currently higher than the afternoon (at least at my quick glancing/googling), I don't know how likely that is.

labellaragazza1 said: "According to the box office, she's planning on being on tonight, but they'll let ticket holders know ASAP if that changes. With the numbers currently higher than the afternoon (at least at my quick glancing/googling), I don't know how likely that is."

With the air quality much worse now then at 2pm, I can't see her going on. Possibly they simply cancel instead?

BroadwayGuy12 said: "I was at the matinee today, after being gifted a ticket by someone who was unable to attend.

The performance started a few minutes later than usual (I want to say around 2:12pm), and, yes, about 5 minutes in Jodie Comer apologized to the audience and said she couldn't breathe in this air. She exited the stage, they made an announcement that they would be holding, and the curtain was brought back down. About 20 minutes later (at around 2:40pm), they said that they were planning on resuming at 2:45pm, with Dani Arlington going on. At this point, many in the audience began booing, with one man shouting "I object!," and the mass exodus began. The aisles were backed up with so many people leaving, and they didn't end up restarting the performance until around 3pm.

I understand the disappointment in not being able to see Comer perform, but the booing was disheartening. Comer was doing what she felt she needed to do to keep herself safe, and Arlington was stepping up to help make sure that the show could still go on. I don't envy the position of either of them, and wish there had been a bit more respect displayed from the audience this afternoon.

As for the show, I thought Arlington was wonderful (and also enjoyed Comer in the five minutes of her performance that I saw), and thought the entire piece was well paced and well-designed. I really enjoyed the way music was used throughout the show, even starting from the preshow. I hadn't been planning on catching this, but I'm glad I was able to, even if the circumstances surrounding this afternoon's performance were a bit chaotic."



I'm glad you enjoyed the show, but geez, people are terrible. I mean, I'm certainly not surprised, but this is still sad to hear. Be disappointed, get your refund, but don't ****ing boo when someone can't carry on for health reasons. Ugh, people. I hope the audience who stayed were appreciative to Arlington.

The boos upset me. Comer could be an asthmatic and perilously close to serious consequences. I was at Sweeney this afternoon and worried for those glorious voices. Now Camelot has canceled tonight.

I understand people being disappointed. I understand people deciding to get a refund. I don’t understand booing. That’s just depressing to read.

Wow she performed?!?!?! The air quality in NYC became worse through the afternoon since air quality levels reached above 300 (hazardous) when I left work at 5pm.

I feel like there might have been some strong-arming involved. The producers probably wanted to try everything their power to keep it pushing, but after the reception the understudy got, they realized they came close to losing a whole performance worth of sales.

For those who booed when Arlington went on, to heck with ALL of them and their rude entitlement. Arlington does a magnificent job and is on with with and in some ways surpassed Comer. If this wasn’t a play that required a star to get produced, Arlington would be the critical darling of the season.

Sutton Ross said: "they said that they were planning on resuming at 2:45pm, with Dani Arlington going on. At this point, many in the audience began booing, with one man shouting "I object!," and the mass exodus began.

How incredibly f*cking RUDE and disrespectful to Dani. I can't imagine being in her position. They probably should have canceled it though since most people are there to specially see Jodie. Ouch."

Not to excuse that behavior but those tickets are expensive and I can believe most of them are tourists who went to this play, specifically for Comer. I can imagine the disappointment, because let's be honest, the play itself won't draw crowds in. It ain't that great. Comer could do a Springtime for Hitler revival and people would see that.

If it were up to me, I'd just cancel the show and give them refunds. The understudy had to go breathe that air, too. What about her health? And of the audience's? Comer being a celebrity shouldn't make her a priority if lives are at risk.

Updated On: 6/8/23 at 08:39 PM

I have an extra ticket for today's (6/25) matinee. It's a lottery ticket so not sure of seat location.

Does anyone know what the AQI was the time Jodie walked off stage (I wasn't in the city that day)? Seeing today's matinee and kinda worried Jodie's not gonna show!

it was code red for sure.

jkcohen626 said: "Does anyone know what the AQI was the time Jodie walked off stage (I wasn't in the city that day)? Seeing today's matinee and kinda worried Jodie's not gonna show!"

On the same day she left the stage, she still did her evening performance a few hours later even though the air quality was even worse than at the time of the matinee, so she is not skipping performances lightly, it was just an extreme situation. She has performed the last two nights and even did stage door, and the air quality is improved today.

Yes, I heard the problem was that the smoke had invaded the theatre when they opened the doors to let people in, and even the audience was having trouble breathing. Her understudy has said that by the time she got to go on almost an hour later it had already mostly dissipated inside the theater. By the time of the evening performance there was significantly less smoke, but I think the AQI levels were even worse if I remember correctly. Regardless, this week doesn't even come close to that day