Performers notorious for missing shows- Page 3

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 2/14/05 at 1:07pm

A lot of people still have that mentality, but too many do not. Interestingly enough, the word "trouper" comes from the word "troupe" as in a company of actors. That's what actors used to all be - troupers - it was part of the job description. And those were the days before Broadway actors were paid handsomely to be such.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 2/14/05 at 1:08pm

I was just thinking about Patti LaBelle in Chicago and wonder why no one has mentioned anything about her performance to begin with. I used to like her, but after seeing her cable show, "Living It Up with PLB" I changed my mind.

[Justice]

Posted: 2/14/05 at 2:13pm

Bernadette Peters for Goodbye Girl, and I believe she missed a lot for TMOAS. She is always out due to vocal problems.

Boyd Gaines in Company...same - vocal problems.

[kissmycookie]

Posted: 2/14/05 at 4:07pm

To be fair to Julie Andrews, she developed those polyps on her vocal cords during the run of V/V. So I think she can be "excused" for her absences...

[Jimmcf]

Posted: 2/14/05 at 4:36pm

I remember reading that Harvey Fierstein used to scold the young kids for missing performances in "Hairspray" and had some kind of board backstage to track absences...

[FOCI]

Posted: 2/15/05 at 1:42am

Well, I love Donna to death but people come now....
"Obviously she was ill, as she did have a doctor's note for every missed performance."
I always have a doctor's note to miss school too :)

[kec]

Posted: 2/15/05 at 6:03am

"Hugh Jackman I've heard was absent quite a bit from "The Boy From Oz." Hugh is a busy guy and incredibly talented, don't get me wrong, I just heard it wasn't exactly his "first priority." I heard (and I don't know if this is rumor or not) that they would actually close the show for weeks at a time because he had filming for recent movies out of town and such. Nevertheless, what a killer performer!"

Hugh Jackman NEVER missed a performance. The show was closed twice for ONE week each time when Hugh went on planned vacations. There were also few odd Tuesdays when the show was dark, and no performance the day of the Tony Awards, which he was hosting.

The Boy from Oz was his only priority during the year he was with the show -- there was no "filming for recent movies out of town" during that time. He did do a lot of promotional stuff for Van Helsing when it came out last May, but it was scheduled around his show schedule.

Hugh worked himself to the point of exhaustion in that show, and in the last four months prior to its closing he was dancing around with a stress fracture in one foot.

[umgeoboy]

Posted: 2/15/05 at 11:41am

Patti Lupone during Noises off was out more then she was in the show. And then finally just left in the middle of the run. There was always a sign on the front doors saying No patti is not in tonight.

[chess12]

Posted: 2/15/05 at 12:48pm

Audra McDonald during MARIE CHRISTINE. She was only contracted for 6 shows a week, her understudy played the matinees. And, I think, she missed more performances than she was in.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 2/15/05 at 2:07pm

During CARNIVAL, Ana Maria Alberghetti missed quite a few performances. Anita Gillette was discovered as her understudy.